I created pocket pages to hold all of his birthday cards.  I used my Cricut to cut out the letters, birthday stamps for the cake and balloons and little felt creatures from the paper pack.  I took the edge of my stamp pad, color gypsy, and created the "X" look around the paper for distressing.  I sponged the purple paper, and used black waxy flax for the strings of the balloons.  The cake is raised up using foam strips.