Update: well, I didn't win, but I had fun making this card, and hopefully my classmate enjoyed it. And, I've since made a couple more really similar ones for relatives.
Here's a card I've made for a former classmate's birthday this week, and I'm entering it into a drawing at Simon Says Stamps for World Card Making Day! Boy, I'd love to win that!
I hope my friend likes this card. It's for a guy, and they are sometimes tricky about cards, unsure what they'd like, but hopefully this simple fall card will work!