June 11, 2007

Graduation Part Two

This card is for my nephew Ian, who -- along with his twin Ali -- is graduating from high school this week. Congratulations!! Supplies Used: Memory Box card (Vanilla Bean); Stampin Up Brushed Gold cardstock; star stamp is from a clear set on my table. I think it is from Memory Box's clear Modern Elements set (things are still a bit messy. . .); graduation word block from Art Gone Wild; graduation cap Santa Rosa; SU Chocolate Chip marker to color in cap and to stamp the stars; Sakura glitter gold pen for the tassle and the middle of the stars. The white cardstock is the other side of a scrap from the Vanilla Bean card (yes, my first attempt resulted in scrap paper!). The Vanilla Bean card is identical in color to SU's Chocolate Chip -- I'm annoyed that my camera casts a reddish tone to it, which I've been unable to remove from the picture; however, the texture of Memory Box is quite different. It is smoother than typical cardstock and the fact that the inside of the card is white is so slick!! This also has a matching envelope -- I'll use a mailing label for the address. Due to the new postal rates, I'm avoiding using bulky embellishments on cards that I am going to mail. What a major drag!! I think the crafting industry needs to lobby Congress on this one.

8 comments:

  1. This is a perfect graduation card for a guy...which I find very challenging. Great job!

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  2. A wonderful graduation card for any young man or older man too. :) Love it Joan.

    Mary

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  3. I love this card!!! It is so hard to make simple and well done cards for guys...this is an outstanding and expert example, TFS.

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  4. Beautiful card. Very adult looking.

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  5. This is nice for a boy's graduation, Joan. A good, simple design that won't overwhelm his masculine sensibilities. I've been trying to avoid the bulky embellishments, too. You can get away with some, but... Even extra layers of cardstock add a lot of weight.

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  6. Very nice masculine grad card -- I really like this one!

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  7. Very nicely done! I like it! Keri

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  8. I LIKE! Clean, well-designed, masculine--very nice, Joan! I've been playing with the MB printed papers--may need to try some solids too!

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