Graduation Congratulations

So I was requested to make a card for a male nephew for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) when I went to the hospital last year.  The PCA was very impressed with the cards that I had made on the cards that  I on the laptop that I had at that time. 

 

The paper that I used was Studio G paper for the balloon and I hand drew the basket and used just plain brown cardstock.  I got a cloud die at the convention that I always go to with Julie bird and hadn't had the reason to use it in such a way that it would sort of make the card pop; and I think it did just that and I can't wait to use it again.  I used plain sky blue and orange to coordinate with the colors of the cardstock to coordinate with the paper that I used as the balloon as the hot air balloon.  I then used a brown and white striped ribbon to cover the break between the two colors of cardstock.  I found a color of ink and stamped  the Congratulations on a piece of cardstock (the super good kind) and placed it right under there of the clouds where and a bit over the basket that I drew and cut out using my craft knife.  The inside of the card says: "The world is yours to explore take your knowledge and fly.  Congratulations on your graduation, may you prosper in all that you do."

 

I used the same color paper for the sky as the background for the vellum that I printed the quote on.  I also used a piece of ribbon and tied it in a bow.  I then mounted it to the same orange paper that I used on the front.

                     

Reaching for the Sky Graduation Card

I made this graduation card for a nurse who's nephew was graduating from college.  The card never got to the nurse but I did use some pretty cool things on it.  As for the whole nurse thing, minds out of the gutter, I was in the hospital at the time and she noticed that I made cards as a hobby.  As luck would have it she needed a card and I was more than happy to supply her with one, sadly though it didn't happen but I still have the card just in case.

I used a cloud die that I had been itching to have and I freehand drew the balloon and basket and used floss as the ties that connect the basket to the balloon.  I used earth tones since it was for a male and I doubt they would want anything with pinks and purples in it if you can avoid it.  I of course found a great quote for the inside printed it on vellum and embossed it, then stuck it thru the sticker maker and mounted it to the teal-ish color paper and added a bow using the same ribbon that I used on the outside of the card.  I stamped Congratulations on a piece of white card stock that I got from one of the conventions I went to, great paper, and matched the ink on the outside to match that of the teal paper on the inside.

Congratulations Grad!

Someone graduated from their Master's program, and of course I couldn't let that slide by. So instead I made this card here, using the school colors to outfit the graduation cap. I tried a couple things with this one but I liked how it turned out.

First Paid Commission Card

This is my first commission card that I have made. In most cases I just make them for fun and for special occasions. I was more than okay with making a card for the person. Heck I'm getting paid. So it is a graduation card, I'm hopeful that the receiver will like it. I did a steampunk theme'd card. It's for a girl that is graduating from high school and she seemed to like that sort of thing.