Our grandson, who lives in Germany, graduated this spring, but he informed us there would be no graduation ceremony, no robes or mortarboards, not even an after-graduation party like those so typical here in the U.S. This meant that the usual graduation symbolism wouldn't work on a card for him, so I had to come up with something else.
I decided to use my balloon coverplate die as the basis for my card design. I cut it out in black and then cut all the balloons out of gold metallic cardstock. It was so hard to photograph, because the balloons reflected everything around them!
I heat embossed the word "Celebrate!" onto the card front with gold EP and "time to" on a scrap of black CS. I popped up "time to" on some foam tape. The numbers for the year were die-cut and adhered to the balloons, as were the glittery stars.
On the inside, I added a gold, die-cut "congratulations" and a stamped sentiment.
This definitely was not the usual graduation card, but I think it worked for our German-American grandson.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl
5 comments:
Fun festive card for your grandson. It is kind of sad they don't celebrate this milestone in the student's life. But your grandson will feel like he has had a party with this one.
talk about thinking out of the box - great non-traditional graduation card - good job.
Well done!
Cool card Cheryl, bet he loved it. That's a shame he didn't get a graduation ceremony and all the fuss that goes with it. Mind you we have a load of students graduating from our local Uni but they don't even know what grade they got as the lecturers/markers are on strike! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65848504
Such a great idea to use the balloons with the numbers and stars - very special for him. Congrats to your grandson! I like that you used a die-cut on the inside, too.
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