Funky Fossil Designs "Comic Book' 60th Birthday Eclipse Card

Our friend celebrates his 60th birthday this weekend.  I had been putting off making his card, I just had no ideas, but then I woke at 5am this morning with a blinding thought of inspiration, so got up and made this eclipse card using Funky Fossil Designs stamps and stencils.

I started with a five and a half inch square piece of white card and used the two Funky Fossil "Wow! 2 Layering Stencils" with two colours of Ranger Archival Ink.  I used Sun Dazed and Manganese Blue.

I then stamped the "OMG!" which is part of the Funky Fossil "Comic Book Words", stamped in Versafine Clair "Paradise" ink.  Using the same ink, I stamped the sentiment which is part of the Funky Fossil "Stripped Back Sentiments" stamp set.

I then used a white Posca Pen to add dots to the word "wow" !  

The next step is where my first make of this card went wrong.  I positioned the two number dies in the middle of the card, used a little bit of low tack tape to hold them in position and ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot.  However, even though I had de-stickied the tape, by running it through the machine it had welded itself to the card and pulled the surface of the card off, so I had to start all over again!

So, I repeated the process, but left out the sticky tape and prayed to the god of die cutting that the dies didn't shift.  I prayer was answered and I was able to continue with my card.

Over the back of the area where the dies had cut, I glued a square of red paper.  I then mounted the card on to a piece of dark blue/purple coloured card, then a piece of red card and finally on to a white card blank.

Finally, I used foam pads, which I had to cut down in size in places to adhere the two numbers into position.  I then used wet glue to stick the inner of the number six and the naught into position.