Miss Mad Stamper: Graduation

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Monday, August 29, 2022

Let's Set Sail

Well, I have been missing again. This summer was way busier than I anticipated and something had to fall through the cracks. The blog was one of the many things that didn't get accomplished like I had hoped. School started this week and with a schedule I should be able to work on things in a timely manor again, at least I hope so!

I played with Let's Set Sail and create these three cards. The firs one was created with Pool Party as the base and water color. The boat is Real Red, Night of Navy and Bermuda Bay. I kind of wish I would have sponged a bit more Night of Navy in the sky. It feels like a couple of smudges instead of intentional.

Happy Grad and Pomp & Circumstance

As I shared yesterday, we were invited to a number of graduations, both high school and college. I made many graduation cards this year. I did the same layout for each card but changed the colors to match the school colors of the graduate. I love that about making my own cards! I can adjust the colors to my needs.

Graduation cards

One of the teachers at Shoreland Lutheran High School asked me make him some cards for graduation. He said he couldn't find any that didn't cost a bunch and he wanted to be able to give the graduates a card. So I pulled Basic White, Basic Black and Crushed Curry from my shelves and got busy. My plan was to keep these pretty simple. All my graduation stamps are retired but maybe you will have them or something close that you can recreate or find inspiration for your needs.

I started with Thick Basic White cardstock and layered it with Basic Black. On the slightly smaller layer of Crushed Curry, I stamped the graduation cap from Pomp & Circumstance. three times and the congratulations with Memento ink.

The card base is Crushed Curry and I stamped the graduation hat on it. I embossed a piece of Smoky Slate with Hammered embossing folder. The Happy Graduation stamp is a single, wood mount stamp from a few years ago.

Another simple card with layers of die cuts from Stitched So Sweetly and the Crushed Curry was embossed with Tasteful Textile.

My friend was thrilled to have some cards to share with his students and I was happy to help him! It's fun to create and to help others.

Happy Stampin'!

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Card 1:

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Pomp Circumstance [clear]

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

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Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Tailor Tag Punch

I have been playing with the tailor tag punch. The more I play with it the more I wonder why it took me so long to purchase this punch! It's so versatile! You can see the backgrounds I have made with it HERE.

I'm sharing some of the other items I have made with this fantastic punch!

To create the bow tie, I punched the tag and then cut it in half through the largest width of the punched image. I placed the two pieces together to create the start of the bow tie. I adhered them together by wrapping a 1/4" piece around the meeting point.

The flower pot was made with the tailor tag being cut in half at the widest part of the punched image. So simple and gives the flowers a grounding point.

This one is a little more difficult and I'm not sold on it it being the best way to create a graduation cap but it works on some level. The top of the hat was punched out and then lined up the top peak in the punch again to create this diamond shape. The bottom of the hat is half of a punch again. I did some free hand fussy cutting to give the curved edges like the real hat has.