Graduation Cards

  I'm up on the Stamp Simply Blog today sharing two fairly quick-and-easy graduation cards. I'm not always sure what to do for teenagers, but I thought it would be a great opportunity to use the super fun "Ink Drops" paper pad that reminds me of the awesome alcohol ink backgrounds so many cardmakers create. 

For my first card I paired the Ink Drops paper with a floral design and added a sentiment from the Graduation stamp set.  

  Supplies and Tools from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:

• Ink Drops - Vivid Paper Pad (Craft Consortium)
• Bloom & Wild Paper Pad (Craft Consortium)
• Graduation Sentiments 
• Purple Nite Seam Binding
  
• Foam Mounting Tape    
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  

 For this second card I die cut some vines from white card stock and cut three of the sentiment, layering one on top of the other. I then embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder to coordinate with the gold in the background and make it stand out from the design a bit more. 

Supplies and Tools for card #2 - 

• Ink Drops - Vivid Paper Pad (Craft Consortium)
• Stick Family Sentiments 
  
• Romantic Vines (Spellbinders)
• Phrase Set 2 (Spellbinders)
• Versarmark Watermark Ink Pad
  
• Gold Embossing Powder
  
• Foam Mounting Tape    
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  

 

This post linked to: 

• Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• Dies R Us Challenge - Anything Goes (Spellbinders Dies)