BSS IDEA - GRADUATION TIME

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

It's Graduation time, so I  made a card to celebrate this important

milestone for those of you who have an about to be Graduate in your

family or circle of friends.

Card Instructions 

Base card is 5 x 7  inch white card stock

Black mat cut at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inch

white mat cut at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 and embossed

Black card insert cut at 41/2 x 9 inches folded in hal

to form a 4 1/2 inch square card

White glitter paper mat cut at 4 1/4 x 41/4

Adhere the black and white mats to the front of the

5/7 inch base card, set aside.

On the black 4 1/2 inch square, adhere the white glitter

paper mat to what would normally be the front of the card, only with the opening

on the left.

Adhere the Graduates die (Inpression Obsession DIE296-T)

to the upper part of the card.

Adhere a sentiment under the die.  I used a

Spellbinders die (Diamond Effects S5-192) to embossed

a congratulations sentiment (Just Rite Large Fancy Sentiments

(CR03815) in gold.

For the placement of the diamond shape, which is a Spellbinders

Classic Square Large die (S4-126) , line the black 41/2x41/2 card

so it fits between the front of the white 5x7 inch card base, and center it.

Don't adhere it yet, use it only to get the placement for the cap and letters

on the embossed white card base.  Center of words and letters

on the graduation cap, I cut them from gold glitter paper, using

the Impression Obsession die (DIE284-M) I punched a small black

circle and adhered a small gold tassel to it with a small pop

up dot. Now, adhere the graduation cap,  making sure it will be

completely hidden when the black 41/2x41/2 card is closed over

Lastly, adhere the black card back to the inside of the white card base.

Easiest way to do this is to center the black card  against the edge

of the front of the white card and add adhesive to the back of the

black card and close the white card.

Decorate the inside black card with a sentiment (I used an old

Hero Arts stamp) on a Spellbinders Labels Twenty Five die (S5-077).

I added a 1.4 inch strip of gold glitter paper to the edges of the black

card.

You could do this in your Grads school colors too.

Simple card to make, you are just combining two cards

together.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. Until later.