Wishing you the very best C5 hand stamped card - Day 288 of my 366 day challenge

Wishing you the very best C5 hand stamped card - 

Day 288 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

Been playing again with the brilliant Generation INX dye-based ink pads and some of the stamps in a couple of the Card-io collections - and this is the result!

To make the card first of all:-

• As I made this aperture card myself, I took a normal C5 card and cut out the circle where I wanted it using the "Pin dot" die from Tattered Lace.
• I wanted to make the topper the same size as the aperture, I decided to use the "waste" to stamp my image on - as the card stock is "Colour Me" from Hunkydory, I knew this would be fine....
• I then used my "Scor-pal" and first of all scored vertically every 1/2" and then scored horizontally from just under the hole again every 1/2".
• Finally I added some diagonal scores on the top half - again on every 1/2"
• I then added a single row of black wavy peel off stickers to separate them.
• To colour them, I used the "Blue - B01 and N02" Generation INX dye based inks on the top half and "Green - G01" on the bottom half - making both colours slightly darker towards the top and bottom,

How to make the Topper:-

• For the topper, I kept the cardstock in the die ("Pin dot circles from Tattered Lace" and masked off the bottom half and coloured the top using the blue inks gradually making it darker as I reached the top. I kept some of the bottom bit very pale to give the impression of mist. and some clouds.
• I then repeated the process on the bottom half using the "Green" colours again making it darker towards the bottom. I finally added a touch of "Orange" to give the impression of the sunrise.
• I then matt and layered it on to a slightly larger version of it, this time in black card so there was a narrow border around it.

To make the card up:-

• I first of all cut out the "Mini Lattice" panel in both black and silver cardstock and glued it to the bottom half of the card (using the score lines as a guide).
• I also added  a few of the "waste" hexagons to some spaces to give a bit of interest - I measured where I wanted the sentiment to make sure that they were in the right place...
• I then placed the topper on the inside of the card where I wanted it to be and marked it slightly and then glued it in using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue (You could also use foam pads if you want it lifted out of the aperture but you would also need to make it smaller).
• I then coloured the "Wishing you the very best" sentiment (from the "Year of Sentiments" pad from Craftwork Cards) in the co-ordinating blue and attached it to the panel with foam pads... 

And there you are - a card made using a scoring tool, some hand stamping and some dies! You can buy it here on my website or don't forget you can visit The Handmade Crafts Shop anytime to see what else I have for sale or sign up to my monthly newsletter here 

Products and items you may need to make this card

• C5 white straight edged card (300gsm approx) with envelope from Hunkydory
• Card-io - Festive Fun and Vintage Christmas stamp collections
• Mini lattice die from Tattered Lace
• Pin dot circle dies from Tattered Lace
• Picot edged circle dies (one size larger than above) from Tattered Lace
• Blue (B01 and N02) and Green (G01) with a bit of Orange (O01) Generation INX dye based ink pads
• Wishing you the very best sentiment from the Year of Sentiments from Craftwork Cards
• Scoring board and tool - 
• Versafine Onyx Black ink pad
• White cardstock
• Black cardstock (from Creative Crafting World)
• Silver Mirror card
• Black wavy line peel off stickers
• Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
• Collall All purpose glue

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