The young man next door had a spectacular year. He had the highest overall SAT score as well as the highest composite ACT score at his high school. That is amazing and well deserved. With graduation around the corner and University to look forward to…this card is for him.
Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guys (#347) challenge, this round asks for Stripes and/or Stars.
I tied this theme into the following challenges: If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#192) You’re A Star; Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#7) Graduation Option; Christmas (or not) Bingo (#7) Letter N – Stripes, Monochrome, Tag and No Stamp; and selecting the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#646) Layout.
Here is the result:
Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock.
- Background Panel: (5½” x 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
- Corner Pieces: (4¼” x 2¼”) Pebbled Path Striped patterned piece of paper from the retired Let’s Go Fishing Designer Series Paper pack cut along one of the diagonal lines and trimmed to fit the corners.
- Star Tag: (3” x 3”) Map patterned piece of paper, also from the Let’s Go Fishing Designer Series paper pack.
- The Star die from the retired Stars Framelits Dies set was positioned on the Map to line up with the Vector section.
- A (⅛”) Hole was punched into the top of the Star with a Handheld Punch to create a Tag.
- A (5”) length of retired Pebbled Path Textured Ribbon was cut and then cut again to approximately (⅛”) and threaded through the Hole.
- Sentiment: Pebbled Path cardstock scrap.
- The word, congrats, from the retired Sunshine Wishes Thinits Dies set was die-cut for the greeting.
All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch which I flipped to the horizontal position to accommodate the greeting.
Keeping the card clean and simple for a special fellow.
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today and I hope you will consider joining us at C4G this round. I would love to see what you create. Cheers, Jolanda!
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Congrats to your studious neighbor!! I am sure he will appreciate you card for him!! A great take on our challenge!! Your card is sure to inspire those who decide to play along with our new “stars & stripes” challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!!
#C4G347 // Stars & Stripes
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WOW!!!!! Thats amazing!!! Im sure he will love the card ypi made honoring his hatd work. Very nice!
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How thoughtful to create a graduation card for the neighbor boy!!! He will be thrilled! And he’s achieved some impressive academic goals! This card bundles lots of terrific themes plus sketch and it’s impressive! Thanks for including HQCOLCB’s May 2024 option of graduation in your efforts! ==Becca
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Very effective CAS card! Thanks for sharing with us at TSOT 🙂
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Love that you used neutrals, great texture and interpretation of the sketch and combining with several other challenges… great job. Thanks for sharing your masculine card with us at TSOT.
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Fabulous card. I love your choice of patterned papers and the fun texture achieved with the embossing folder. The star is a great reminder of his achievements.
Thanks for joining us at Try A Sketch on Tuesday.
sue n.
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This is a great graduation card, Jolanda! And it looks like it’s going to someone that has done amazingly well! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!
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Such a special card, Jolanda! Great use of neutral colors along with the rendition of the sketch. Thank you for sharing with us at TSOT.
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I love this simple, yet beautifully masculine card and the way you have incorporated the items into it. Very pretty.
Thank you for sharing your project at the Christmas [or not] BINGO challenge.
Monica C. <a href=”https://christmasbingochallenges.blogspot.com/“>DT Christmas [or not] BINGO Challenge</a>
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Jolanda, I love how simple yet striking this card is! The Pebbled Path is a great color. You totally nailed it for our Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us!
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Awesome card!!! Thanks so much for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE… challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at <a href=http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.com/>A Little Bit O’ Paper</a>
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