birthday tags

My family almost never goes into my card stash to find a card, but I notice that when I leave my tags in the gift-wrapping bin, they always get used, even though I have a lot of store-bought tags in there..  Thus, I decided to make some birthday tags.

I started by stamping some small sentiments in gray on white cardstock - I wanted white cardstock so that they could write a message on the back.  you would think it would take forever to stamp a background with such small words, but I put several sentiments on the block at once (there are 14 sentiments in the enjoy the ride stamp set from a•muse studio).  It went very quickly.   I then softened the background by burnishing with distress inks.  I decided to dip into my stash of silk flowers and ribbons to decorate the tags once I cut them.  A little more inking on the edges to pick up the colors in the flowers, and a little bling/glitter, and they are ready for use.

Challenges:

•  Allsorts - flower power
• Hiding in My Craft Room - tags
• Crafty Catz - anything but a card
• Frosted Designs - give a gift
• Sassy Studio Designs - ribbon, roses (I take mine apart and use the layers separately), rhinestones