A significant birthday seemed the ideal time to use the Crafter's Companion Cut-in Numbers and Cut-in Sentiments sets that I purchased recently. The numbers are very big so I kept the rest of the card clean and simple.
The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and I used it to cover the front of a 14.5cm square card blank. I die cut the numbers and the 'th' (called an ordinal) from a 14cm square piece of card, covered the back with acetate and put foam tape around the cut numbers and the edges of the card blank.
I dabbed powder around the edges of the tape to prevent the sequins from sticking to the sides but I don't think I added enough as some sequins did get stuck. I used a combination of sequins and seed beads and bunched them up onto the patterned paper and then placed the cut card on top. Next time I might try to do it the other way around, placing the sequins in the 'well' and placing the card blank over it. I think I should have used more sequins as well but you live and learn.
I used some old peel-off strips to form a border around the front and die cut the sentiment from the Cut-in Sentiments set in a coordinating paper from the same pad.
I'm very pleased with this bundle of dies and think it will be very useful for a variety of occasions.
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