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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. 

Party hat card cheironbrandon.typepad.com

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

Giftcard from cheironbrandon.typepad.com

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

Hatcloseup from cheironbrandon.typepad.com

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! 

Ribbon closeup from cheironbrandon.typepad.com
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  1. Sue McRae Avatar

    Wow, I absolutely love how fun and colourful this card is! The Distress Paints look amazing, can’t wait to get my hands on some.

  2. Glenda J Avatar

    This is amazing! I love your background. The black tab is perfect.

  3. Barb Avatar

    Awesome! Such a cool card, Cheiron! The colors look amazing!

  4. Lisa (ThePurplePlace) Avatar

    Way to go Cheiron!! I saw your link on Tim’s Blog and was so excited for you!!
    This is a gorgeous card and I LOVE how you use Tim’s products in pretty feminine colors….beautiful!!
    🙂

  5. Erin Avatar

    Happy, happy colors, Cheiron! Thanks!

  6. Jill Grace Avatar

    your talent never ceases to amaze me! And, do I spy, a Cali SBUX Card? 😉

  7. Maureen Morton Avatar

    Oh, wow, Cheiron – I love the richness of these colors. Great background and love how you used the black to kind of ground the whole design. What a fun party in a card.

  8. Lorraine A Avatar

    I love this !! WOW !! gorgeous card 🙂
    luv
    Lols x x x

  9. Taheerah Avatar

    Love this Cheiron – i’s so bright and fun!!

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