. . . for a birthday that needs an "OLDOMETER"

Special birthdays often need to have the age included

and seventy is an extra special milestone.

 I remember seeing lots of different "oldometer" cards out there in cyberland over the years, so I decided to make mine ticking over from 69 to 70.

I started by opening my Silhouette Studio to design the panels for my card.  I wanted the numbers to be quite large, so with all the metallic matting layers, the card soon grew, ending up 8" tall and 7" wide, a big card for a big birthday.  I confess that I spent ages choosing the fonts for my numbers and sentiment (details below), it has made me realise that I have become a bit of a font hoarder collector.  In case you're interested, the numbers are 350 font size, making them 4" high, before being trimmed and the "OLDOMETER" is 130 font size and 1 1/4" high.

I cut the "oldometer" sentiment, numbers and panels using my Silhouette Cameo, using metallic cardstock for the gold & silver, heavy textured cardstock for the black layers and card base.  As the card is so large, I had to create the card base using two 7" x 8" panels, scoring the back panel 1" from the top and adhering to the front panel.  I used liquid adhesive to secure all the layers, alphas and numbers.  Note: I aligned the numbers on the gold panel, adhered them in place, then trimmed off the edges with my favourite scissors.

I matted the inside of the card to match the front and added a large die cut sentiment.

Here you can see how I created the top fold.

   

Instead of an envelope, I made a large flat gift box to hold the card.  I used the same heavy black cardstock, cut, scored, burnished the folds then trimmed the corners to complete the dimension.  I made the top 1/8" larger so that it wasn't too snug to put on / take off.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***

age numbers - digital font - Bernard MT Condensed

"OLDOMETER" - digital font - Playbill font
gold metallic cardstock
silver metallic cardstock
American Crafts - 12x12 textured cardstock - black
Silhouette Cameo + own design
Sizzix Big Shot
Couture Creations - Intricutz Dies - Script Happy Birthday
sentiment inside the card

scoreboard and bone folder - for the top fold and gift box
Helmar Acid Free Professional Glue - to adhere the top fold
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the matting layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the sentiment

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:

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Crafting By Designs - July Anything Goes Challenge Die Cut Divas Challenge Blog - Anything Goes - Optional Twist of Patriotic
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Add A Number
Through The Craft Room Door – TTCRD Anything Goes 16th July