- 6" x 6" square white card blank
- a piece of patterned paper, white spots on black, from the Altenew 'Essential Black and White' paper pack, cut slightly smaller than the card front and glued in place
- stamped the main elements of the image onto a piece of white card stock using Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink and the Woodware '18th Birthday' stamp set - and of course the Misti!
- then stamped the number 18 onto a piece of diagonally striped black and white paper from the same patterned paper pack
- carefully fussy cut the number 18 out and glued it onto the white stamped image - making sure I ran a black Whispers marker round the edge of the fussy cutting first, this hides any little white bits that might otherwise show up :)
- trimmed the image panel to required size and glued it to the centre of the card front
The Altenew paper pack is very stylish and lends itself nicely to cards such as this one.
Little tip when you need to fussy cut any apertures - which I had to do on the number eight, top and bottom. Use a hand punch to punch one or more holes in the aperture first. It makes fussy cutting so much easier and you don't run the risk of ruining the stamped image by trying to poke the end of a pair of sharp scissors through to get started.
A lovely card Di - I do like these large Woodware stamps.
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A fabulous graphic and dramatic card Di!
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Hi Di this is a gorgeous card you have made for your nephew. Take care. Hugs Jackie
ReplyDeleteWhat a super masculine 18th birthday card. Good tip about aperture cutting too!
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Hugs, Sarn xxx
Good job you remembered that stamp - a great one for such an occasion and a very elegant card made. Good tip about using a punch when fussy cutting inner shapes - thanks for sharing.
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Wonderful card, I bet Ben loved it! I love the monochrome and the large 18 stamp, such a cool look! Thank you for the tip about using punches to start off the fussy cutting - inspired! I have ruined things before by stabbing scissors in the centre of images. Hugs xxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteA great masculine feel to this card Di, love the size of the 18 too.
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This is a great masculine look Di and love the classic black and white spotty paper and the sketchy style of the large number, and thanks for the tip about punching into the aperture before hand cutting, hadn't thought of that one. x
ReplyDeleteBrilliant card for a young man Di, it's a super design and I love the mono shades too, Kate x
ReplyDeleteThe black and white is brilliant, a really great card for an 18 year old young man.
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Wow this is gorgeous, great card.
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I am loving your black and white birthday card Di! It is masculine but cute at the same time. What a great tip about fussy cutting. I will have to try and remember that. I am so loving those number stamps too. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteFab card, and great tip for the apertures too xoxo
ReplyDeleteNo pics needed to this great card! It's brilliant.
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Fabulous and masculine card Di love the size of the number stamp l am a great fan of Woodward crafts x
ReplyDeleteWonderful B+W card Di, that's a super stamp and perfect for a masculine card xx
ReplyDeleteStriking & fun, Di--bet he loved it!
ReplyDeleteI love this bold unfussy and manly card. I read your tip about using a hand punch for the little apertures. I hadn't thought of that but I always use a scalpel and just cut lines across in a few places so that you can get the scissors all the way in. I will try your method next time though.
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Hi Di, sorry for the delay on comments, I'm very busy.
ReplyDeleteYour paper piecing is stunning, such classy birthday card! Thanks so much for the tip about fussy cut an aperture inside a shape with the help of a round punch, I have ruined a lot of works... :D
Hugs and cuddles to Dudley!