Dan's 16th

Today I'm sharing a card made for my nephew's 16th birthday.  I hadn't a clue what to use for the focus element or image this time, so I decided just to make  large numerals and use those as the main feature.

The June sketch from The Sketch File is great for stuff like this - its a simple, clean LO that lends itself to using the shape elements in lots of different ways - Brenda has been suing it brilliantly to add to her Christmas card pile, and I must remember this LO when I start making mine!

Boys seem to like the colour orange, so I teamed that with simple black and white dor my colour palette, and used a couple of embossing folders to give a bit of extra depth.
I SilCam-cut the large numerals 4 times in white, which I glued on top of each other, and once in black for the top layer.  I then added a thick coat of Glossy Accents and left them to dry overnight before adhering in place

Info:

White card blank

Bazzill card[ black, White and Orange

Embossing folders: Numerals - Cuttlebug, Brick Wall - Darice

To get the longer brick wall piece I ran through once, then moved the card along, matching the pattern before running through the ebosser a second time

Printed sentiment and name tab

Ribbon and square orange brads from my stash

Glossy Accents

This Sketch:

I used it more like this version, but mirrored!

That's the lot for today - I hope you like it and will feel inspired to try out the sketch for yourself, we'd love you to join in with us.
Thank you for looking