Challenge of the week--make a card for a blind artist

WOW!  Did I ever get a challenge this week!  I received an e-mail from a co-worker that says:  "My friend is an artist (painting, drawing, etc) and just got accepted into the Uof U Masters of Fine Art program. We are having a party for him congratulating him for it.

He is almost blind so he can feel cut outs or things you would paste on it as dimensional items. (i.e. pallet, brushes, easels or frames, whatever for such ideas). If you would do some items or objects inside as well, I know the cost would be more, but I thought it would be good, since he feels a lot of what he can not see. He does not do brail. He can see 6-7% out of one eye, and uses a strong magnifying glass to read and do his paintings or drawings.
I will love what ever you come up with I am sure, because I really like what you design, or cut out, or do to make your cards so great. I do not care the cost as much as something different and nice, because I am going to be with a bunch of high brow people at the party, and want to stand out from them a bit if you can work wonders for me on that front via your card."

OH MY STARS!!!  How do I make a classy card for a blind person?  My biggest thought was to be sure it has different textures that he can feel.  So, I got a white 5 1/2" x 5 1/2 " card.  It came with a texture of raised retro squares on it.  Then I added a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of University of Utah designer paper and matted it on black cardstock.  Then I added a rectangle of white cardstock that is matted on black cardstock.  Across the white cardstock is a raised gold colored sticker that says: Congratulations.  In each corner of the designer paper is a square gold brad.  When the card is opened, I placed a hand-drawn artist palette in tan cardstock.  I punched out the whole with a 1" circle Making Memories hole punch.  For the colors on the palette, I put 1/2" raised foam stickers in red, orange, yellow, lime green, blue, and purple.  I added a sticker of a watercolor paint brush to top off the palette.

I sure hope my friend likes it and that his friend likes it. I have been racking my brain trying to think of what I could do. I think it turned out to look pretty classy for the "high brow people at the party" and I hope it stands out.