Graduation Card with Flowers

Before making this Graduation Card with Flowers I did a quick image search to see other handmade graduation cards. I was surprised how few had flowers. The recipient is the daughter of one of my cousins, so I wanted the card to be youthful and pretty. Of course there had to be some element of graduation, so I used the cute graduation owl by Gerda Steiner Designs. The owl was colored with Copic markers, fussy cut and then adhered to the white stitched circle die cut. A little punched branch and stamped flower add some detail along with the congratulations die cut by Impression Obsession and three sequins for sparkle. The floral paper is retired by Stampin' Up! and the yellow is by Recollections. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Graduation Card with Flowers is entered into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge: F for Feathered Friends
• Brown Sugar: Use Sequins
• Try it on Tuesday: Feathered Friends
• Crafting by Designs: Anything Goes

Owl Graduation Card

Hello! Today is the start of a new challenge at Simply Create Too and this month we want you to use a Digi Stamp. That's a pretty easy challenge, so I hope you will play along and link-up your new creation. Click HERE for all the challenge details and design team inspiration.

While deciding which digi stamp to use on my card I received a graduation announcement for one of my younger cousins. He is graduating high school, so I decided to use this Graduation Owl image by Gerda Steiner Designs. The image was colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut to allow his foot to sit on top of the punched branch. The Congratulations paper and diploma paper are by The Paper Studio. I added a strip of woodgrain paper by Stampin' Up! and then matted the patterned paper to a piece of brick red cardstock by Bazzill. Then the focal circle was adhered flat to the paper. I'll be mailing this card so I didn't want to add any lumps or bumps. That's it!

This Owl Graduation Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Little Red Wagon: Time to Celebrate!
• Shopping Our Stash: Back to Basics (fussy cut something)
• Unicorn Challenge: Special Occasions

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Graduation Day Card

Hello again! It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. This week the theme is Make Your Mark and I've made this Graduation Day Card to share with you (click here for challenge guidelines). Next week many local schools will hold their High School Graduations and I know one very special individual that will cross the stage. Hooray!

Most of the supplies on this card have been in my stash for ages with the exception of the stamps. The stamp set is called Diploma Day and it's new by Close to My Heart. I did have enough Congratulations paper left to see it's by DCWV and the red net ribbon was purchased by the yard. I didn't use many embellishments on this card, just kept it simple.

We would love for you to join us this week. The design team created some wonderful masculine inspiration, click here to view. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

This Graduation Day Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Craftin Desert Diva's: Graduation
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes w/ optional Let's Celebrate

Quick & Easy Graduation Card

If your looking for ideas for a handmade graduation card this design might help.  This quick & easy graduation card design is very simple and if you omit the embossing on this card and just stamp the graduation cap image you wouldn't need any special tools.

Quick & Easy Graduation Card Supplies:  White cardstock, congratulations patterned paper by The Paper Studio (item #779249), silver cardstock, VersaMark watermark stamp pad, graduation cap rubber stamp by Stampabilities (item #D1176), Zing! black embossing powder, embossing heat tool by The Paper Studio, ColorBox chalk ink pad in charcoal, black and clear rhinestones, and foam tape.

All supplies for this card were purchased from Hobby Lobby.

Handmade Graduation Card

It's getting close to graduation time and I realized I needed to make a couple of cards.  The handmade graduation card featured was super simple to make.  The patterned paper was a little busy so I kept the lines simple and made the embossed sentiment the focal point.

Supplies used: Black cardstock, patterned paper by The Paper Studio (Black & Cream Diamonds, #864899 & Graduation Icons, #169961), gemstone cardstock by Core'dinations (Jasper, GX-GEM570) cream cardstock, clear stamp by Autumn Leaves (Congrats Graduate by Tia Bennett), gold metallic pigment ink by K & Company (137295), Pearlustre pearl white embossing powder by Stampendous!, heat tool by The Paper Studio, dimensionals by Stampin' Up!, and Recollections rhinestone.

Finished size: 5" x 7"