DRU Challenge #145 ~ Grad/Congrats!

Hello crafting friends and welcome to a new challenge at Dies R Us.

Challenge # 145 ~ Grad  / Congrats!

Unfortunately, most, if not all, graduates this year will not be able to graduate in the traditional manner, but they will still be able to receive a card from family and friends to let them know that we are thinking about them.

Here is one of the cards I made for high school graduate. The school colours are maroon, black and white, so I tried to stick to those colours as much as possible.

I used the Frame Card Stamp 4K die from Card Deco to cut my shaped card. Love these dies, so easy to use and produces a shaped card with just one pass on your die cutting machine.  Although this die is 12" long, it is only 6" wide, so it will fit in the majority of die cutting machines.  If you don't have a set of long die cutting plates, you can pass it through one time, then move your die with card stock in place and run it the other way for a second pass.

After adhering my papers down, I used the Congrats Grad die from Tutti Designs as my focal point.

I wanted a little bit of colour variation, so I die cut it out of white, maroon, silver and black card stocks.

I then fussy cut the bow and the cap out of the maroon card stock and adhered to the white. I did the same with the silver for the stars.  I used the black in it's original form and adhered that to the white a little to the top to give it a black shadow. This helped the die stand out more from the backing papers.  I also hand made a tiny tassel and attached it to the hat using a tiny brad.

On the inside, I left it pretty plain so I could add my personal message. I just added a strip of both DP's I used on the front of the card.  That was it.  It didn't take long at all to put together, but I think it came out pretty cute.

Here is a list of supplies used to make this card, each linked to the Dies R Us store for your convenience.

Card Deco - Frame Card Stamp 4K

Tutti Designs - Congrats Grad

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Till next time,

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