CRAFT Challenge Blog #782

Hi Friends!

The newest challenge over at CRAFT Challenge Blog and the theme is "cute." I am working with a design by Polkadoodles.

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 specific supply list is at the bottom including the links to the design files used.

Basic supplies:design file (link listed below)
white cardstock for printing
colored cardstock for border
A2 card base
alcohol markers
printer
electronic cutter
rectangle die
white acrylic paint marker
sequins or gems
sentiment stamp and ink



Instruction Download and unzip file.
Draw a rectangle in the software for your cutting machine to be 5 x 3.75"
Drag the design file into the software and resize to fit inside the rectangle.
On send panel, turn off the cut lines for the design image. We only want to cut the rectangle.
One the design panel, select both the image and the rectangle and center them. Group them together.
Turn on the registration marks for the Print and Cut feature.
Print the page.
Cut with your cutting machine.(alternatively you can just print the page and use a paper trimmer.)
Color the design using alcohol markers.
Cut a colored piece of cardstock with a stitched die to be 5.25 x 4 inches.
Adhere the colored design to the colored cardstock and then adhere both to the card base.
Stamp a sentiment.
Adhere 3 sequins.
Add an interior sentiment or message.

~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! 

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

   If you’d like, please follow me:

   Please follow this blog, you can find the Follow button in the right column ===> 

   Facebook: Paula's Studio

   Instagram: PaulasStudioMI

    

   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!