Graduation Cap Card

I find it hard to believe but my niece, Claire, just graduated from high school and will be heading off to college in the fall. We recently went to her graduation party and I made this grad cap fold out card for her. I found the idea on Pinterest and modified it a bit for her.

To make this card I used a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock cut to 8 1/2" x 4 1/4". I did a gate-fold with it so I scored it at 2 1/8" on either side then folded the sides into the center. I also cut the following pieces of paper:

- 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Cherry Cobbler

- 3" x 3" Basic Black

- 4" x 4" Basic White

- 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Basic White

- 2" x 1 1/2" Cherry Cobbler

- 2" x 3/4" Basic Black

In addition I pulled some black glitter paper from my stash to 2 3" x 3" pieces.

I cut one of the 3" x 3" black glitter pieces in 1/2 diagonally along with the 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Basic White piece. I took 1 of each of these triangles and cut it in 1/2 along the long side. These will be used for the graduation gown "collars".

I adhered the white smaller triangles to the black glitter smaller triangles then to the front side of the gate fold on the card.

I made a tassel using some black and white twine. I wrapped the twine around 3 fingers a few times until I felt like it was thick enough. I used two of the ends to tie together around the top of the loops then cut the other loop to make the fringe. I added an extra piece tied through the top of the loop to hang the tassel with. 

I attached the 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Cherry Cobbler piece to the 3" x 3" black glitter piece. I poked a hole through the center then using a brad from my stash I attached the tassel to the cap. I adhered the 3" x 3" Basic Black piece to the back of the cap to cover the brad.

I folded the 2" x 1 1/2" piece of Cherry Cobbler in 1/2 lengthwise and used this to attach the cap to the card. I used the 2" x 3/4" piece of Basic Black to cover the top 1/2 of the Cherry Cobbler piece.

I stamped Congratulations from the Something Fancy Stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink on some Basic White and then using a coordinating die cut cut out the sentiment. I added a small piece of Basic Black that I hand trimmed as a mat for the sentiment layer.

This card worked out great and was a fun way to share some graduation wishes with my niecce.

I hope you like this card. Thanks for stopping by!

  

Congrats for the Graduate card

It's that time of year when graduation parties are happening all over and I knew I would need a quick card for a recent party we went to. I found inspiration for this card on Pinterest and knew I could make it from paper and stamps in my stash.

This was for a college graduation party for a friend and I used the colors from their university for the start of the card. I stamped the sentiment multiple times using Candy Apple Exclusive Ink. The graduation cap was stamped in Intense Black Exclusive Ink and then cut out. I added some shimmer to it using a Black Shimmer Brush before adhering it with 3-D Foam tape to the card. 

I hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by!

Graduation 2019 Layout

I have been meaning to do this layout for over a year and finally got around to creating this during a recent Scrapbook with me event. It is hard to believe that Nicole graduated high school over a year ago and is now in her sophomore year in college but here we are.

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch I found on Pinterest from Scrapbook and Cards Today. They have a series of sketches to help you create a monthly layout for each month in the year. I will definitely be diving into these sketches more with my Monthly Recap layout series.

You can see this sketch along with others here.

When looking at the photos for this layout I knew I couldn't just pull the graduation colors (maroon and gold) or the party colors (blue and green) for my papers so I decided to go with a neutral palette for the papers. I dug into my stash of retired Basics Fundamentals paper from Close To My Heart to achieve this.

The title and stars were die cut using black and silver glitter paper from Close To My Heart. The title uses the Simple Serif Thin Cut set.

I hope you like this layout. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Z3760 - Simple Serif Uppercase Thin Cut
Z3236 - Black Glitter Paper
Z3239 - Silver Glitter Paper

Graduation Layout

I have been doing a series of Scrapbook with me virtual events with my friends and customers to keep us all motivated during the time of Covid-19 and social isolation. I did this layout during our most recent session as a companion layout to the card I had made for my college graduate, Meghan. Even though her ceremony will be a virtual one we will still be celebrating her achievement and I will be putting this pictures in this layout. You can see the graduation card here.

I worked from a sketch available here on the Close To My Heart Blog.

In keeping with the colors and style of her graduation card I keep with blue and black and repeated the embellishments I used on the card on the layout as well as did some embossing on the title and journaling box mats. I used up some paper from my stash and added some of the new Mix-Ins papers from our latest Close To My Heart Catalog.

As with the card I added some shimmer to the graduation cap and other stamped embellishments using the Clear Shimmer Brush.

I colored in some of the details on the stamped images with our Watercolor pencils and used our small watercolor brush to blend the color.

I hope you liked the layout. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies Used:

C1836 - For The Graduate stamp set

X9015 - Mix-in Paper pack

X5957 - Sapphire cardstock

X5958 - Peacock cardstock

X6047 - Black cardstock

Z2805 - Black Exclusive inks

Z2848 - Sapphire Exclusive inks

Z3293 - Clear Shimmer Brush

Z3630 - Watercolor Pencils

Z3224 - Small Round Waterbrush

Z4191 - Silver Glitter Gems

For The Graduate

I know with everything happening that most graduating students, whether high school or college, will not be having a true ending to their school years. We are in the same boat here in my household. My oldest will be graduating from Champlain College with a bachelors degree in Visual Communication Design and though it will be a virtual ceremony we are gearing up to celebrate the achievement with her. As soon as I saw the For The Graduate set from Close To My Heart in the current catalog I knew I had to use it to make a special card for her.

The inspiration for this card came from a sketch from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 4 How-to book as well as a current challenge from Color My Heart Color Dare. The challenge uses 3 shades of a color but I adapted it to use 4 for this card. I love that our solid cardstock is two-toned so I use 2 different shades and both sides of the cardstock to get my 4 colors.

To add a little extra to the card I embossed one of the strips of cardstock using an embossing folder and I added some shine to the cap and diploma using our Clear Shimmer Brush.

This set of 11 stamp sets is great for all kinds of graduation celebrations!

I hope you like the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies Used:

C1836 - For The Graduate stamp set

9044 - Make It From Your Heart Volume 4

X6039 - Bluebird cardstock

X5957 - Sapphire cardstock

X6047 - Black cardstock

Z2805 - Black Exclusive inks

Z2848 - Sapphire Exclusive inks

Z2393 - Clear Shimmer Brush

Z4191 - Silver Glitter Gems