What do you do when 2 out of 3 of your son's roommates graduate? Two different cards? Two the same? Subtlety or KAPOW! Well, I tried to think of 2 different but equal designs and I couldn't so this is what I did.
I decided to go with the School colors of Orange and Brown and the School mascot, a tiger, as the focus. And of course, the tiger HAD to be graduating! Then I thought, what if it were a shaker card? Everyone loves a skaker card right? So I looked through my bead stash and even my sequin stash and nothing. All my sequins seem to be Christmas themed and my beads are tiny.
So I decided to experiment with Shrinky Dinks. Yes! All those little mortar boards and diplomas are Shrinky Dinks. Did I mention how awesome his roommates are? In fact, the Shrinky Dinks mortar board is the same one on the tiger's head. Boom! I love it when a plan starts to come together.
I made the main background using a non-patented hinged stamp positioner so I could restamp as needed and keep it aligned. The one I have isn't easy on this size card but I made it work. I masked the tiger and stamped over him with the large tiger stripe background stamp.
Then it was time to decorate the envelope to match. I went with the same background stamp and an ombre effect of the school colors but starting with black moving through brown to orange. Who needs a specialist inkpad?!
Ingredients:
Card Size - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in;
Cardstock - Recollections 65lb: white, kraft, orange, black; scrap packaging transparency;
Stamps - High Hopes Stamps: Tiger, Grad Cap, Diploma; Stampendous: Simply Safari, School Years; Hero Arts: Graduation; See D's: Plain Jane Alphabet; Cornish Heritage Farms: Tiger Stripe;
Ink - Memento: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Tangelo;
Ink - Memento: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Tangelo;
Color - Copics;
Accessories - black cord.
