Graduation Card

Here's one more graduation card for this year. I loved the sketch challenge for this week found on Splitcoaststampers. I decided to use it for a graduation card for a young man from our church who is graduating this next Sunday. The sketch worked perfectly for this card and also the colors in the "To The Nines" specialty papers from Stampin' Up.

The inks used were Sage Shadow and Close to Cocoa. The "G" in the middle of the medallion was cut out using a 1 1/4" punch and the outer ring used a 1 3/4" punch. Super easy, but a nice card.

Hope you like it.

He really made it!

Well, Robert is now a graduate of LaMoure High School!

Graduation was held on Sunday and it turned out to be a wonderful day.
Lots of family and friends came to help us celebrate.

Everyone loved the table decorations that we put together.
We got them all done before the big day.
The slideshow scrapbook done on the TV was a hit as well.
I think Robert was pleased with everything. The senior slide show that he helped put together was excellent, the ceremony was great, he got a great scholarship from the local Dollars for Scholars Chapter, the decorations and food for the reception, the company......

Speaking of food, anyone want some leftover potato salad? heehee!

Graduation "scrapbook"

Well, graduation is just a few days away and I've been working on a project that will make the "scrapbooks" more accessible to people that come for open house. This is what I've come up with (and my son really likes it!).

I've been scanning old photos and some scrapbook pages and putting together a digital scrapbook. This will be put onto the television in the church basement where we are doing our celebration so everyone can see it.

Then, with the pictures that have been found, I'm taking some of them and cropping them down and putting 2 pictures on each side of a skewer stick and putting them into containers to set out on the tables. I have 12 containers and figure about 5 sticks can go in each one. So, I figure that's a fairly good number of pictures for people to see.

The containers were found at Target in their $1 bin. The ribbon is a wired ribbon and was purchased back at Christmas time. It's attached with Glue Dots continuous line at the top edge of the basket. The wire in the ribbon helps it to naturally mold around the edges. I then covered the floral foam inside with the ribbon and attached it with pins. I made loops with the ribbon to "fill the basket" as well.

The pictures are attached to skewer sticks using Glue Dots attached to the sticks and dimensionals between the pictures for stability. I'll take these photos after graduation and put them into real scrapbooks so they won't get wasted. I promise!

Let me know what you think of them.

Gotta go. Lots to do before Sunday. Have a great week!

Karen

Graduation cards - 2009

Graduation is coming in under 2 weeks in our small town in North Dakota. I've had an idea for a week or so for graduation cards to give to my son's classmates. Here's how they came out!

I used Stampin' Up's GREAT GRAD and CONGRATS sets for the stamped images. The black panel is embossed using a Cuttlebug and the Script embossing folder. The silver paper is from Bazzill. The red layer is Stampin' Up Red Riding Hood. Inks used are Stampin' Up Basic Black and Basic Gray.

Dimensions:
Vertical layers: red layer 4 1/4 x 2 1/4, silver layer 4 1/4x2, black layer 4 1/4x1 3/4
Main image: grad image stamped and cut to 3 1/4x 1 1/2
black layer 3 1/2x 1 3/4, silver layer 3 3/4 x 2 1/4
"G" stamped in black and cut out with Stampin' Up Scallop Circle punch and and add'l silver scallop was punched and placed behind so that the scallops alternate.

Let me know what you think. It will take a while to assemble all of these cards. But, it's so much easier now that I know my design.

Graduation Question

Here's a quick survey question:

What's your favorite food that's served at graduation open houses?
Leave your answers in the comment section of this post. I'll be interested to see the responses!

This question comes because in a little over 2 weeks we will have company here for our oldest "child's" (he's not really a child anymore) graduation.

My menu is planned, so don't think I'm that far behind. My house is in the process of being cleaned. Items needed for the open house have been purchased and so has the graduation gift (I hope he likes it). We are looking forward to celebrating with friends and family.

Have a great weekend!