Graduation Card | Cut It Up! Challenge #200 - "Shoot For The Stars"

Hello!

We've got a stellar new theme over on the Cut It Up! Challenge Blog..."Shoot For The Stars!" We would love to see any type of congratulatory projects featuring stars or star motifs! Our wonderful sponsor, Karin Martin from DRS Designs, provided the Design Team with a selection of amazing images (including the large sentiment stamp spotlighted on my graduation card!) Karin is giving a $20 gift code to the winner of this challenge and we can't wait to see your projects in our gallery! And remember,  don't forget the die cut! : )

The background panel was ink-blended with Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Inks, spritzed with shimmer spray and spattered with gold watercolor; this panel was die cut with an A2 stitched rectangle die. I die cut a thin frame to fit just inside of the stitching from heavy white card stock and glued it into place. The silhouettes were created in the Cricut Design Space and die cut from #110 black card stock (see free template below.) The hands were cut to size using the same frame die and glued at the bottom. After prepping the background panel with my anti-static powder tool, I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with gold powder. This embossed image shown brightly on this background! I adhered the front panel to a top-folding A2 card base and finished up this project by adding the flying hats and matte gold stars!

This was the inside sentiment (Pinkfresh Studio - now-retired Word Series: Brilliant) I chose for my niece who is graduating from high school - she really is powerful, brilliant and brave!!!

Thanks so much for joining me today and for your inspiring comments...they make my day!

Additional Challenges:

Bitten By The Bug - Graduation (of Any Sort)

Crafty Cardmakers - Celebrations #256

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions #271

Aud Sentiments #251 - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Rachelle ♥

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 ♥

Graduation Card | Watts of Occasions - Stampin' Up

Hey there!

I wanted to show you a very simple graduation card featuring one of the creative light bulbs from the Stampin' Up "Watts of Occasions" set. I combined it with sentiments from Lawn Fawn and the great stamp/die set from Pinkfresh Studio's Word Series "Brilliant".

I lightly blended Distress Oxide Ink (Mustard Seed) onto a panel of white pearlized card stock and adhered it to the right side of an A-2 white top-folding card base. The heart bulb was stamped onto the same paper with black VersaFine Ink, colored with distress inks and then fussy cut. To add some color, I added two strips of patterned paper to the left side of the card front.

Using the MISTI, I lined up and stamped the sentiments with the VersaFine Ink and popped the light bulb onto the front of the card with foam tape to give it some dimension. The inside of the card read "Keep Doing That! Happy Graduation!" I LOVE simple, beautiful cards like this one! ♥

Thanks for joining me and have a great day!

Rachelle ♥