For the Inspiration Challenge, Angie chose really cute place w/ a big heart. I chose THIS as my inspiration because I knew I had a similar greeting. I didn't have a similar cute reindeer that I could use so I used a pig w/ a big grin.
Normally, this pig image has a party hat along w/ a balloon but since I fussy cut him, I cut off the party hat. The small balloon was stamped again w/ lt blue ink, colored & fussy cut. All the other balloons were made by die cutting 2 sizes of balloons in a piece of copy paper & using the negative as a stencil. After I sponged the Distress inks thru the stencil I added some Wink of Stella to some of them. The greeting was stamped at the bottom & I used Copics to make the shadow underneath. A few grad caps & some drawn balloon strings & I was done.
Thanks so much for looking. Closeups, the inside & Copic colors are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, April 13, 2018 GMT Views: 1362
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Registered: March 9, 2005 Location: OH Posts: 28551
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 10:28 AM
Julie, Your card made me laugh out loud! It is fantastic! Into my favs.
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Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 3:53 PM
I love the translucency of your balloons! They really look like they could transport your piggy to the place of his dreams! Your take on your inspiration piece is perfect! What a great graduations card this is!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83270
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 4:06 PM
Julie, I love that you made Leonard a grad! Fab job on this festive and super fun card! Hugz
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Registered: March 8, 2005 Location: Halfway between Dallas and Houston Posts: 24019
Sat, Apr 14, 2018 @ 6:20 PM
This flying piggy is so cute! I love the flying graduation hats up there with him! Great take on the inspiration. I'm off to make a card for this challenge now.
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