For our 2013 Grad!

Hey everyone! Today is a special day because my little cousin is graduating from High School! And she's graduating from the high school that I graduated from some who can even count anymore years ago! I went with the school colors of Red and White for her card.

I used the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies (127553) to cut out the numbers for her graduating year. Golly, 2013, my how time flies!!

For the different graduation sentiments and stamped image, I used the new Pure Gumption stamp set (Clear 126317, Wood 132067).

I like this stamp set for the variety of sentiments that you can use not only on the outside of the card, but for the inside of the card, too!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

NOTE: I am not a Stampin' Up! Representative and this was created for personal purposes.

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Have a good day and Happy Memorial Day. Let's take some time today to remember and honor the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Graduation Gift Card Holder

Happy Saturday!

Later today, we are off to a graduation party. My husband's little cousin is having a party to celebrate his 8th grade graduation. Golly, I remember when he was barely starting elementary school and now he's going to be a Freshman in High School! My oh my how time flies! 

Now, what kind of present to get him and of course... what kind of card to make him!?!?!? The graduate did mention that he would appreciate any donations to his non-existing funds at the moment. hehe. He's so funny. So, we decided on a gift card. And that helped me come up with the card.... a gift card holder :)

Here's what I came up with:

And since I've been having fun making graduation caps, I of course had to add one on the card. And wouldn't you know it, there goes that "HAPPY GRADUATION" sentiment from my ever so useful Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set again :)

And look what's inside... a slot to hold a gift card!

And behind the slot for the gift card, I stamped the  'congratulations' sentiment.

I've seen this fun gift card holder done in so many different ways and this was my go at it :)

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Graduation

Good morning everyone!

 Congratulations on 

Your Graduation Day!!!!

Today is a great day because we get to celebrate a wonderful accomplishment. Today, my brother-in-law is graduating from college :) He is walking at his college commencement later this morning and we can't wait to clap, yell, whoop and cheer as he walks along with his fellow 2012 graduates.

This is the card that I made for him. I created the graduation cap with Basic Black card stock. I wanted to personalize the graduation tassel and I know that the colors of the college are red and gold, but I couldn't find any red or gold twine. And I wasn't sure what the color of his school is. Instead, I decided to use some Whisper White Baker's Twine to make the tassel.

To have representation of at least one of the college colors, I used Real Red card stock and the soon to be retired Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits Dies for his graduating year. I love, love, love, love this set of dies and they are a MUST HAVE for letters and numbers. So grab them up in the Retiring Ink, Paper & Accessories section of our online store before they're gone! Click here to add it to your shopping cart now. And don't forget to choose me as your Demonstrator :)

For the "Happy Graduation" sentiment, I turned to one of my go-to sentiment stamp sets. The Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set is another must have for card making. I love how there are so many sentiments in one stamp set.

 

Congratulations again to my brother-in-law on his graduation. And congratulations to all the other graduates of Class of 2012! May the future be filled with all the promise that your dreams possess :)

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Thursday!