playing with distress paints (a birthday card)

I had a great morning playing with my new Distress Paints! I absoluely love them and can't wait to use them on even more projects. I had seen Tim Holtz make a tag like the background I used here and thought it would work great for a birthday card. For this project I used a #12 Ranger manila craft tag, and sealed it on the sides after Distress staining it and folding it to make a festive gift card holder. 

The black tag slides out to reveal a gift card, and I wrote my birthday message on the back of the tag: 

I added a little Stickles Dry Glitter to the stripes on the hat: 

And to match the fun background, made my own ribbon to go with the background by dabbing on various colors of Distress stains, crinkling it up and drying it with my heat tool. This has got to be one of the most fun cards I have made in a while! 

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