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Good evening.  I met my goal today of making graduations cards. I have several friends kids graduating this year and felt inspired to make my own cards.  My featured card today was inspired by a card that I came across on the Splitcoast Stampers gallery under graduation. I liked the pop up and interactive element of  this style of card. I saw several other variations of this card and one of the pictures included a link to a tutorial on how to make the card base. Click here for the tutorial.

Exterior of Graduation Card

Interior of Graduation Card

Supplies I used:

Spring Card Tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers

Scor Pal Score Board

Stampin Up Go Graduate Digital Brush Set

Stampin Up Word Play Stamp Set

Embroidery Floss

Jumbo Brad

To start, I used black cardstock and followed the tutorial for making the folds for the spring card.  Instead of folding the card to spring up, I instead folded it such so that the sides tucked in instead of allowing the card to spring up. This allowed me additional interior real estate to place a pocket for a money gift or the graduate.

Afterwards, I added decorative paper to the cap’s top. I then fumbled through Photoshop Elements to alter and print my digital image of the feet.  This was quite the experience as I have never used a digital stamp before.  I then adhered my digital images to the bottom front panel of the card.

After competing the exterior of the card minus the tassel, I felt the interior of the card looked a bit plain.  After a bit of thinking, I decided to cut additional squares of decorative paper for the top area and formed a pocket by adhering a half square of plain black cardstock over the decorative cardstock.  This will provide me a place to tuck in a money gift for the graduate. I then decided to add another sentiment element just above the feet image.

All that was left now was the finishing touch, the tassel.  Today’s card is for my girlfriend’s daughter whose school colors are green and gold.  I decided to use gold embroidery floss for the tassel.  As I was attaching the tassel to the brad, I wish I had little numbers “12″ on hand to add to the tassel. Instead, I die cut numbers from Chip Block, a Tim Holtz decorative strip die and adhered them along the side of the cap.

The completed card measures approximately 5 1/2x 5 1/2 and will require a special size envelope and additional postage.

I apologize in advance if something does not make sense in this post.  Somehow in the middle of writing and previewing the post, my auto save feature failed and I had to start over, thus writing this post has consumed over 4 hours. Argh!  Please feel free to email me or post any comments or questions you may have.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will come back again soon.

Michelle

Welcome.  Today I have another canvas scene titled, “A Perfect Day” to share with you.  This framed 18×24 canvas was specially created for my guest designer spotlight at Tuesday Treats blog awhile back.  At the time, the Tuesday Treats moderators assigned select Provo Craft Cricut cartridges to be used dependent upon which Cricut cartridge(s) the blog was showcasing at the time.  My assigned Cricut cartridges were Forever Young and Heritage. I recall browsing the handbook and the ladies stood out for me and after a bit of brainstorming, my idea became clear to create a scene. I of course showcased my favorite places.  I will admit that this canvas was tedious, but I was/am pleased by the results.  Click on the image for an larger view.

Supplies Used:
Die Cuts:
Provocraft Cricut Cartridges: Ashlyn’s Alphabet, Beyond Birthdays, Forever Young, George & Basic Shapes, Gypsy Font, Heritage, My Community, and Walk In My Garden
Cottage Cutz Die: Ice Cream Parlor

Embossing Folders: Daisies (Crafts Too), Damask (Tim Holtz/Sizzix), Swirls (Tim Holtz/Sizzix), Swiss Dots (Provocraft), and Tartan (Provocraft)

Miscellaneous Supplies:
Acetate for doors and windows
Bow on Purse: Martha Stewart
Canvas 18×24
Doorknobs: hitch fasteners Tim Holtz Ideaology
Frame from Michael’s
Pop Dots
Purse Bling from Stash
Ranger Assorted colors of Liquid Pearls and Stickles
Scor Pal used to score buildings to mimic brick
Sidewalk is photo real paper
Storefront Window Images are resized Google images (personal use only)

 
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Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will come back again soon.

Michelle