Inspiration
For graduation card, I like to match the school colors. Both the schools we received invitations for this year have orange as one of their colors, so I made 2 cards with the same design, just different base colors.
Morristown, TN East High School Colors
University of Texas at Dallas Colors
Ingredients
Note: finished card size is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Stamps
| Frantic Graduation Girl (Sassy Cheryl's Digis) |
| Spring Pictograms (SU!) |
Paper
| Card 1 - Morristown, TN - East High School Colors | |
|---|---|
| Basic Black (SU!) | 5 1/2" x 11", score at 5 1/2", 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" |
| Pumpkin Patch (SU!) | 5 3/8" x 5 3/8", and 4" x 5", and 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" |
| Gold Star Swirl (DCWV) | 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" |
| Stamper's Select White (PTI) | 4" x 5", and 1 1/2" x 4" |
| Mirror Cardstock - Gold Silk (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store) | 4" x 5" |
| Card 2 - University of Texas at Dallas Colors | |
| Basic Black | 5 1/2" x 11", score at 5 1/2" |
| Garden Green | 5 1/4" x 5 1/4", and 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" |
| Pumpkin Patch | 4" x 5", and 1 1/2" x 4" |
| Stamper's Select White | 4" x 5", and 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" |
| Mirror Cardstock - Gold Silk (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store) | 4" x 5" |
Ink
| Epson RX620 Printer |
| Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) |
Accessories
| Petite Oval Nestabilities - Small (Spellbinders) |
| Petitie Scalloped Oval Nestabilities - Large (Spellbinders) |
| Stars 5 Nestabilities (Spellbinders) |
| Banner Basics 2 Shapeabilities (Spellbinders) |
| Grand Calibur (Spellbinders) |
| Corner Rounder Punch (SU!) |
| Oval Punch (SU!) |
| Scalloped Oval Punch (SU!) |
| COPIC Markers & SPICA Glitter pen (Imagination International) |
| Baker's Twine (the Twinery) |
| Ribbon (Hobby Lobby) |
| Becca's Peg Bow Maker (ODBD) |
| Double-sided Sticky Tape (PK Glitz) |
| Zip Dry Glue |
| ATG (3M) |
| 3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook adhesives) |
| Scor-Pal |
| Rotary trimmer with straight and scalloped blades (Fiskars) |
Instructions
BASE CARD
Start with black card stock, cut to 5 1/2" x 11", score at 5 1/2" and fold.
MAT
Cut the orange card stock to 5 3/8" x 5 3/8", and round all 4 corners. Cut the black swirl paper to 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" using a scalloped blade. Mount the black swirl mat onto the orange mat. Glue black & white twine in a curve around the top two corners.
Cut/emboss 4 orange banners, 4 gold stars, and 1 gold tassel. Glue 2 banners on the twine in each corner, and adhere a gold star to each banner.
Cut a six-inch strip of gold ribbon. Tie a bow using gold ribbon onto the ribbon strip then mount across the mat using double-sided tape, with the bow on the far left of the card. Mount the mat with ribbon onto the front of the card. Glue the tassel just below the bow.
IMAGE
Resize the graduate image to be 3 1/4" in height. Print the image on white card stock. Cut/emboss the image using an petite oval die. Cut/emboss an orange scalloped oval using a die just larger than the oval used to cut out the image.
Color the image with COPIC markers. I used these colors:
- Skin: E0000, E01, R20
- Hair: E55, E57
- Cap & Gown: C3, C5, C7, 100
- Skirt: YG61 & YG67 - OR - C3 & C5
- Tie & Shoes: YR12, YR14
- Diploma: E30, E31
- Shadow: C0, C1
- Tassel: Gold SPICA
Mount the image oval onto the orange scalloped oval, then adhere it to the card front.
SENTIMENT
Stamp the sentiment in black ink on white card stock. Punch it out using the oval punch. Punch a scalloped oval from black card stock. Mount the sentiment oval onto the black oval. Color the star in the sentiment with the gold SPICA pen. Mount the sentiment to the lower right of the image using foam squares.
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