Happy Birthday~ The Cutting Cafe DT Day~ Winner!!

Good Morning everyone!!

Today I am sharing my project for The Cutting Cafe and along with the rest of

 the DT we are showcasing the Long Sentiment Tags file.

What a GREAT bunch of tags....

perfect for all your cards or LO pages.

~~But before I share my project I want to announce to winner of my blog candy from the Love Bugs Banners for Kids Hop~~
Using Random.org the lucky winner is.....
JUDY!!!
Congrats Judy...please email me at
eschfamily@yahoo.com with your mailing address and I will get your ribbon right out!

Now on with the show....LOL!!

For my project I used the Birthday Tag from the set and made a masculine birthday card.

I have to say I really LOVE the way this turned out!

What do you think?

So in addition to the Long Sentiment Tag file

I also used the Fun With Pockets file......

another packed file full of 14 different pockets!

I re sized my tag to 2 1/2" x  4 1/2" and printed it out on white card stock.

I colored all the wording using my copics in colors matching the DP.

I did add some white gel pen doodles to the wording because....well I have a hard time not using my gel pen :)

The DP is from Simple Stories..another fun birthday print

and it was layered on white card stock all on a Kraft Card base

The balloons were cut from the Simply Charmed Cartridge at 2 1/2".

I used foam dots to give some dimension to the red balloon and again added my gel pen doodles.

The ribbon is from American Crafts...one that I love but can not seem to find any more :(

Here is the inside of the card along with the whole tag.

I am making it another goal of mine to complete the inside of my cards as well...that way they are 100% ready to be used!

Some additional items used for this card include:

Distress ink in Gathered Twigs

eyelets

white ribbon from my stash

and

"X" stamp from Stampendous (Typewriter Alphabet)

Now for even more inspiration and to be entered to win some of your own files from The Cutting Cafe

make sure to hop over and check out the rest of the DT's projects.

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I am also entering this card into the following Challenges:

The Kraft Journal~Favorite Colors (Blue, Brown, Green)

Fantabulous Cricut~Challenge Me Monday

Celebrate The Occasion~Child's Birthday

Simon Says Stamps~Spots or Stripes

Pile it On~Manly Card

Crafty Creations Challenge~ Something New (The Cutting Cafe File)

For Fun Challenge ~ What Fun

Paper Pretties~ Sentiment as Focal Point