And here is the card I created:
I was inspired by the purple and pinks on the right hand end of the color palette. The daughter of a good friend is graduating from high school this month, so this is for her. I started out with a smooshed background on water color paper using purple and pink distress oxides and a bit of water. Then I sprayed a sparkly, white shimmer spray over the entire background piece. You can see the shimmer better in the photo below.
After the spray, I added some stars with the same purple distress oxide ink. I die cut the 2020 from the background and also some dark purple card stock. I layered them together and placed them back in the negative space using the eclipse technique. I stamped the "Class of" sentiment on a strip of white card stock and finished everything off with a stamped, fussy cut graduation cap. You can't really see it, but I added some gold sparkle to the tassel with a Spectrum Noir glitter pen.
Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo. And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Class of", "Grad's Cap and Diploma" and "Star Cluster"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; PaperTrey Ink numbers border die
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; PaperTrey Ink numbers border die
Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #54--use dies
Crafts Galore #75--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes
Dies R Us #145--graduation/congrats
Creatalicious #186--anything goes with the optional twist: pink & purple
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #207--for the ladies
Penny's Challenge #471--anything goes
CAS(E) #372--sketch
Aud Sentiments #251--anything goes
Creative Fingers #186--anything goes
Cut It Up Challenge #200--shoot for the stars
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #132--anything goes
Unicorn Challenge #54--use dies
Crafts Galore #75--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes
Dies R Us #145--graduation/congrats
Creatalicious #186--anything goes with the optional twist: pink & purple
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #207--for the ladies
Penny's Challenge #471--anything goes
CAS(E) #372--sketch
Aud Sentiments #251--anything goes
Creative Fingers #186--anything goes
Cut It Up Challenge #200--shoot for the stars
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #132--anything goes
18 comments:
What a stunning graduation card, like every beautiful detail!
Heather, this is so pretty! I love the smooshing on your background, and the colors are beautiful. The young lady will love her card! Great job!
Very nice - love the technique of smooshing - and the the inlay of the 2020. Perfect card for a graduate.
Wow! What a perfect graduation card! I love the smooshed background and the awesome way you did the "2020."
Wonderful graduation card!
Awesome graduation card! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I hope join us again real soon!
Hugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
Wowzers! This is amazing! What a beautiful color combination and background! Love this CAS card. Thanks for joining the Cut It Up, "Shoot for the Stars" Challenge.
That's a really cool technique with the die cut. This card is gorgeous!
Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up for our Shoot for the Stars challenge, Heather!
Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com
What a gorgeous smooshed background and I really like how you have blended it in with your stars! The layered numbers are also really clever and fit the rest of the design! Very nice work! Thanks so much for joining us at the Cut It Up! Challenge!
Rachelle : )
Great card and nice ink smooshing, like the colors too.
Thank you for joining us at Cut it Up for our Shoot for the Stars challenge.
-Treva
www.scrappint.blogspot.com
What a fabulous card!!!!! I LOVE the background and soft muted tones. Your colours are perfect for our theme of purple and pink. The whole layout is fantastic!!! Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenge, we hope to see you again next time. Hugs, Brigitte
Love this creative grad card - cool colors. Thanks so very much for joining us this at the Creative Fingers Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)
Oh Heather this is AWESOME! I LOVE your design ... just perfect! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Dies R Us challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DIES R US
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
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WONDERFUL grad card!
LOVE your colours and design, a beautiful way to celebrate!
Thank you for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck with your entry :)
I am loving that background!! Such pretty colors! Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper-Crafty
This is such a beautiful graduation card! Thank you so much for playing along at Penny's Challenges.
Hugs xx
That a lovely pretty card.
Thanks for joining us at craft galore encore
Tracey dt
A lovely card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional pink & purple” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
(DT Simply Create Too)
(DT Kreativtanten)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…
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