My nephew just graduated from high school (congrats Mac!) and here is the card I made him:
The base is
Elegant Eggplant, with a layer of
Smoky Slate striped paper from the
Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack and then I used the
Large Numbers Framelits dies to cut numbers in a piece of
Silver Foil (Mac's high school colors are Purple and Silver).
I backed the foil sheet with Elegant Eggplant, popping it up using the new
Foam Adhesive Strips (be sure to keep the "insides" of your numbers - inside the 0 and the 6 - or you just have empty centers).
Then I stamped a series of hats from
Guy Greetings using
Smoky Slate ink:
The sentiment was stamped on
Whisper White, using
Memento Black ink, and the end was trimmed into a banner shape. A "vintage" Elegant Eggplant Candy Dot was added to anchor the sentiment on the foil sheet.
And the inside: a money holder:
I stamped the
Marquee Messages words using Memento Black ink, Elegant Eggplant and Smoky Slate. The strip of DSP on the top was punched with a circle punch to make it easy to grab the check that will be included.
Since this card measures 4" x 8" I needed to make my own envelope. Thank goodness for the
Envelope Punch Board!
A piece of
Neutrals Envelope Paper does the trick. (I added a small piece of matching DSP to the flap, and punched circles for a closure--this card will be delivered in person).
I've got one more graduation card to make--and I have the left over silver numbers to use...c'mon back later this week to see what I've done!
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