Birdbrain Needs Coffee Card

A good friend of mine is a definite coffee addict, and when I wanted to make her a card to thank her for all her work organizing a big event at our church recently, I thought I'd make her a card with a coffee theme. She has a fun sense of humor, and I knew she'd enjoy this digi and sentiment! (I gave it to her this morning, and she loved it!)
I followed the sketch at I {heart sketches} with a tWist this week for this card using a FTHS set called "Birdbrain Needs Coffee." I won it recently during the February FTHS blog hop. You can find it at http://fromtheheartstamps.com/shop/
I imported the digi set (it comes with several sentiments) into my Silhouette Design Studio software and sized the image and sentiment the way I wanted them for this card. Then I isolated the coffee beans from the bottom of the digi to make a pattern paper background with coffee beans on it. I printed it on Bazzill cardstock and then on Kraft cardstock so I could have a card base with the coffee bean motif as well as the Kraft cardstock I die cut to match the sketch. I used a Gina Marie die to die cut the Kraft cardstock and then cut the top to match the sketch. I decided to add a pull-out tag with the sentiment, so I only adhered 3 sides of the Kraft cardstock to my card base and left the top open for the tag to slide in. I die cut the Birdbrain digi with a Top Dog Dies die and colored him with Copic and MEXPY markers. The last step was to enlarge 3 of the coffee beans from the digi and print them out. I colored them and fussy cut them before adhering them to the card with foam squares. I also fussy cut some coffee beans from the leftover Kraft cardstock to add to the tag with the "Hello, Monday, we meet again" sentiment.

Here's a view of the tag (die cut with a Gina Marie die):

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
I {heart} sketches with a tWist
http://fromtheheartstamps.com/community/2016/02/08/i-heart-card-sketches-with-a-twist-138/

Share Joy Challenge
http://sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com
Retarte 2W, E3 - #70 - Anything Goes or Easter (Week 2) 

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