Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Grad card

I made this awesome graduation card for my husband's cousin. He's graduating this year :).


I used Happy Graduation (a cart that I've never used before.. but I've owned it for about.. oh I donno.. since Thanksgiving time lol) to cut out the graduation cap. I took the actual cut out and ripped around the edges of the hats negative. I took a black scrap piece of card stock and ran it through my cuttlebug with the diamond plate embossing folder. Then I inked the black embossed card stock with silver ink. I thought this gave it a nice boyish feel. I used some scraps of red with light red polk-a-dot paper and cut one side with some edge scissors and adhered them to a white card base. After I put down all the other layers I added some foam glitter number stickers to say 2012 and I wrote "ConGRADuations" on the bottom red paper. I outlined grad in silver pen to match the rest of the card. His school colors are silver, black and red.



I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Scrap It With A Song - Good Riddance/Time of Your Life (this song always reminds me of graduation)

Hope you liked my card today :). Come back tomorrow to check out my project for the CWC blogaversary celebration!

17 comments:

  1. This is an awesome idea to use the negative for the cap. Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut.

    Annette
    mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com

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  2. This is an awesome idea to use the negative for the cap. Thanks for joining us at Exploring Cricut.

    Annette
    mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com

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  3. AWESOME job with your card!Thanks for joined us at FCCB this week!:)

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  4. Oh this is great!!! Love how you used the negative! Thank you so very much for joining our challenge at Exploring Cricut!!!! :)

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  5. Great grad card! You did an excellent job giving it a masculine feel! Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Cutter Room.

    Tonya
    CCR DT

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  6. Very interesting. Thanks so much for playing along with us this month at Scrap it with a Song!

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  7. love the color scheme on your card! Thanks for joining in the challenge at Scrap It With a Song=) Tiffany

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  8. Beautiful card! Thanks for playing with us at Scrap it with a Song. Shelley

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  9. So glad we helped you get out that little old neglected cartridge! lol Thanks for entering at Exploring Cricut.

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  10. Awesome card! I love the red, black and white! The embossing looks fabulous! Thanks for playing at My Craft Spot!

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  11. Your card is so different I just love the background embossing and the red cap is super.
    Thank you for joining us at Creative cutter room. DT member
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  12. Really creative idea. Great Job. Thanks for joining us on this challenge over at the FCCB.

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  13. Great graduation card! Fun design! Thank you for joining us at Creative cutter room. DT member Carri

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  14. What a great card - and such a fun sentiment! The embossing on your card looks terrific!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot and at Fantabulous Cricut!

    Kate
    Small Bits of Paper

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  15. Awesome card! Love the colors, textures and Grad Hat! Thanks for playing along at Scrap it with a Song!

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  16. Great masculine card! The texture is perfect! Thanks so much for joining us at Scrap it with a Song!

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  17. Great card! The diamond plate is one of my favorite embossing folders. =) Thanks for playing along at Scrap it with a Song!

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