Graduation Card with Polkadoodles Crafts

 Hi there friends! 

It's Digi ChooseDay where the challenge is Anything Goes. Today there is a 40% discount code over on the website for Polkadoodles, found here ===> Digi ChooseDay at Polkadoodles.

Today I am sharing this really cute graduation card:

Please note: I use Silhouette Studio with a Silhouette Cameo. My instruction is exactly how I made my card. You can change design elements as you please and this will work on other brands of electronic cutters. My supply list is at the bottom including the links to the design files used.

Supplies needed (specifics at end)

• A2 card base - i used blue 
• graduation design file
• background file
• sentiment file
• action wobbler or spring
• alcohol markers
• liquid adhesive
• foam adhesive
• embellishments such as sequins or gems 
• printer
• white cardstock for printing
• electronic cutting machine 

Instruction: 

1. Download and unzip the files (links below) for the designs from Polkadoodles.  
2. Draw a rectangle in the software that is 4 x 5.25"
3. From the paper pack, choose  the paper with the suns and clouds repeated on it. Drag it into the rectangle. Adjust the scale as desired. 
   
   
   
4.  From the sentiments, choose the word "Hooray!" and bring it into the software. Adjust the size as desired.
5. Bring in the graduation girl png file. Size it to fit inside the rectangle. 
6. Using the Print & Cut feature, turn on the registration marks. Layout the girl, the background and the sentiment. 
7. Print with your printer and cut with your machine.
8. Use alcohol markers to color the graduation girl.  

   Ohuhu markers used:

   
   
   

   NG06 Neutral Gray 6
   PB3 Cobalt Blue
   PB6 Royal Blue
   R2 Vermillion
   R19 Barely Beige
   R20 Powder Pink
   Y2 Sunflower
   Y3 Barium Yellow
   YR4 Salmon Pink 
   YR5 Terra Cotta

   9.  Adhere the graduate to the background with the suns 
   10. Adhere the Action Wobbler to the back of the graduation cap and then to the background as if she through it up in the air. 

   
   
   
   

   
   
   11 With adhesive foam, adhere the sentiment to the background.

   
   
   
   12. Adhere 3-5 sequins to the background
   12. Adhere the background the card base. 
   

   Check out the supply list below for all that I used to make this card. 

   ~Paula

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   Please Note: I am a big advocate of using supplies you already own but I understand that readers might be interested in specific products that they might not already own. This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I may even include eBay listings for products that are available there at the time this is posted. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio. Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

    
   
   
   
   

 

Graduation Card with Polkadoodles Crafts

 Hi there Friends! I want to start off sharing that I am now on the design team for Polkadoodles Crafts! I am so thrilled to be joining their team and I am here today to share my first project with them. 

You can learn more about the challenge blog, see other design team member's designs, get a coupon code, and enter your project with a chance to win a prize: 

Digi Chooseday cardmaking & craft challenge

My supply list is at the bottom but the links to the files I am using are: 

 Cute Boy Graduation school student digital stamp for Card Making, Scrapbooking and Junk Journaling

 Graduation school student Sentiments Quotes - Digital Stamp and Printable Clipart Pack for Card Making, Scrapbooking and Junk Journaling 

 Instruction:

1.  In your cutting machines design software, draw a rectangle the size of your card. I am using an a2 size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches. I fill my in with white. This is a sizing guide for all the elements of the card. I am using Silhouette Studio therefore my instructions are based on that but can be easily done in other brands of software.
2. Bring in the graduate design. Size it to fit the card. 
3. Unzip the sentiment file. You will see individual words and sheets of words. Bring in the individuals words that appeal to you and at least 2 of the sheets. I wanted 3 different colors so I brought in a black and 2 whites, one of which will be printed on gray paper.
4. Using the rectangle resize the individual words. I duplicate some and had various sizes. I knew I wouldn't use everything but it's nice to have them ready.
5. Resize the sheets of words. I made them slightly different sizes.
6. Using the Print & Cut feature, turn on the registration marks with a letter size workspace. Arrange the single words plus the graduate on the screen.
   
   
    
7. Print on white cardstock and have your machine cut them out. 
8. Print the sheets of text. You don't need the Print and Cut feature.I use 2 sheets of white and one sheet of gray. 
   
   
   
9. Create a card panel that is the size of the front of your card. Use your choice of color. I aim to have the graduation cards in the colors of the school for the graduate. Red is very common around my area so I am choosing red as the main color.
10. Color the graduate with alcohol markers. 
    
    
    I use Ohuhu markers and these are the colors I used: 
    CG2 Cool Grey II
    E58 Fawn Brown
    R2 Vermillion
    R8 Geranium
    R18 Pastel Peach
    R20 Powder Pink
    R22 Dark Blush
    WG3 Warm Grey 3
    Y2 Sunflower
    Y42 Warm Ivory
    YR312 Light Earth Brown

    

    
    
     
11.  Using a piece of paper that is the same as your colored card panel, adhere the graduate to it with space to the right. The right will be a flap to attach to the card panel. 

    
    
    
     Use a bone folder and scoring board to score a straight line top to bottom for the fold. Glue the graduation to the right side. Using scissors cut the overhang of colored paper on the left side of the graduate. Apply adhesive to the back side of the flap and adhere to card panel.
12. Cut words of your choice out of the sheets of text. Arrange and adhere as many as you would like to the card panel and the backside of the graduate flap. 
    
    
     
13. Adhere the panel to the top of a side-folding card base. 
14. Optional - add a pocket on the inside to insert cash or gift card and stamp a sentiment.

I really hope you enjoy my project today! I would love to see your version of it!

 

Check out the supply list below for all that I used to make this card. 

~Paula

If you’d like, please follow me:

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Please Note: I am a big advocate of using supplies you already own but I understand that readers might be interested in specific products that they might not already own. This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an affiliate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my links. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with all companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible. I may even include eBay listings for products that are available there at the time this is posted. I only share product information of products I am familiar with and use in my own studio. Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from. Use what you have!

 

Craft Challenge Blog #726 - Graduation

 Hi Friends!

This week on the CRAFT Challenge Blog the theme is Graduation or Anything Goes. 

The sponsor is Doctor Digi and the design I am using is called Alchemy. 

I started by printing and cutting with the print and cut feature within Silhouette Studio and cutting with my Silhouette Cameo. 

I then colored with pencils and Gamsol.

I prepared a background by stenciling graduation caps and pairing with a yellow gold panel. 

 

I added a congratulation sentiment.

 

 I used adhesive foam on the image to pop it up and add dimension. 

 

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.