To the Graduate!

Hi y'all!  Graduation season is almost here!  Our son will be graduating from FSU in just a few weeks.  I am so excited for him and so so proud. 

This Congrats graduation paper is so fun!  The colors practically glow and a little distress inking on the edges helps to accentuate that illusion.  Of course, black makes everything pop!  I cut two of the graduation cap and trimmed the board and tassel from one, popping it up on dimensional adhesive to make the cap look more 3-D.   The tassel was colored with gold Wink of Stella and there's a black rhinestone for the cap's button center.   

The inside of the card is a little "study vignette" using some wood grain designer paper for a desk with our new books stamp and matching die, the diploma, an even some stenciling for the background "wallpaper."  For the diploma I cut one from white card stock that I colored and shaded with Copic markers (it looks like some parchment calligraphy paper that I have!), and a second one from a scrap of black for the fussy-cut ribbon center.  Those little details take some time but they really add a lot and I think they're fun to do.

Supplies, all from Stamp Simply:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Graduation Bundle TRIO
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - A Man of Knowledge Bundle
• Spellbinders Stars Five
• Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Gothic
• Reminisce Graduation Paper 6x6
• Echo Park America 6x6 (wood grain "desk")
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Gold Glitter Marker
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - Black
• tea dye distress ink
• Copic markers