This card was made for my God-Daughter's high school graduation later this month.
I used one of my oldest stamps to make the diploma background using Stazon Jet Black ink on Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock. I wrapped the card with a piece of sparkly 5/8" wide gold Washi tape, then overlaid that with a piece of sparkly black ribbon (her high school colors are black and gold).
The graduation cap was handmade. I used an oval die to cut the "cap" part of the hat, then used a heart punch to snip out the "widow's peak" front part of the cap. The "board" of the hat was cut as a parallelogram using my paper trimmer. I just kept cutting both sides of the parallelogram until it seemed like the right size for the cap part of the hat. The gold tassel was an "interesting" task... I unwound the curly metallic thread from the SU Metallic Baker's Twine, and then made a loop several times with the thread. I doubled the loop over and used a small piece to tied together the doubled-over loops. Then holding this tassle with a pair of spring-loaded craft pliers closed with a rubber band, wrapped another piece of the gold thread around the top of the tassel. I then cut all the loops at the bottom of the tassel to make them straight like a tassel. This was then attached using Mini Glue Dots under a black brad which I had cut the tails off using tough crafting cutters.
The sentiment was a Tim Holtz die from Sizzix that I cut twice (black and gold), then glued together so the black was behind the gold to give it a "shadow" effect.
I'm giving this card a difficulty level of "4" because of the handmade graduation cap. If you can find a ready-made cap embellishment, then the card would only be a "2" out of "5".
I hope she likes it!!!
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 GMT Views: 812
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Paper: SU Basic Black, Whisper WHite Recollections Gold Glitter,
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Accessories: Michaels Celebrate It Halloween Black Sparkly, Recollections Gold Washi Tape, SU Gold Metallic Bakers Twine, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Recollections Black Brad, Sizzix Tim Holtz Celebrate Dies, SU Oval Die, Fiskars Heart Punch & Paper Trmr