Graduation Card | MFT Stamps - You're Super

Hello!

I couldn't wait to share this card, which was created for my niece who is graduating from high school. She is SUPER...class president, first-class athlete, outstanding student, beautiful girl and most importantly, a wonderful and kind person. I can't wait to see what her future holds! She looks exactly like this wonder-gal in MFT's "BB You're Super" Stamp Set!

I started off by blending background panels - two onto pale yellow card stock and the other onto a medium purple stock. Using Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink, I blended color heavily in the center of one yellow piece and faded out to the edge of the panel. Then I very lightly blended color onto the other yellow panel - it's so light that you can barely see the ink. I then blended in reverse on the purple panel (heavy on the outside to light in the center) using Wilted Violet Oxide Ink. Each panel was sprayed with shimmer mist, blotted with a paper towel and flecked with multiple metallic watercolors. All three ink blended panels were die cut with the radiating rays fancy die from the Hero Arts MMH Kit July 2018; one additional panel of plain purple card stock was die cut, too.

To assemble the background die cut, I popped all of the loose interior pieces out onto separate pieces of paper so that I could put the puzzle back together again! I glued the inked purple panel to the extra die cut (to give it some dimension) and then this was glued onto the front of an A-2 top-folding card base. The heavily blended yellow pieces were glued back into the five openings along the top and bottom and the lightly blended pieces filled in the middle sections on either side. The yellow pieces fit back perfectly into the negative spaces of the purple frame. Using these complimentary colors,  together with the reverse blending values, really made this background POP! (Of course a heavy spattering of gold paint doesn't hurt!) The oval centers were glued/stacked together and backed with craft foam.

Super Girl was stamped, colored and die cut; three additional die cuts were glued/stacked behind the colored image. I wanted her to have a lot of dimension popping off of the card front. The sentiment was stamped, heat embossed and die cut using heavy weight black card stock. 

The oval was glued into the center and once it was secure, I aligned/glued the sentiment on top using a small plastic t-square to keep it level and then adhered my superhero into place. I die cut a few stars from my ink blended scraps using Lawn Fawn's Shadow Box Theater Add On Die Set. These stars worked perfectly to finish up the card and I loved this mix of the regular stars and mini outlines!

She looks like she could take on the world and I wish all of our graduates good luck and happiness!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz #97 - Graduation

Crafty Creations Challenges #391 - Anything Goes

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - May 2019 - Feminine or Add a Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Mood Board - Bright Colors

613 Avenue Create Challenge #221 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies May 2019 

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today!

Rachelle ♥