Another Congratulations Card

Don't you just love this bear! He is from the "Under the Stars" Stamp Set. I saw a version of this card on the "Rubber Room Ramblings" blog, and I just couldn't wait to make one. I did not put the graduation hat on the bear, as not all of my ladies have graduates to the give the card. It would make a nice card for any occasion in which you want to say congratulations!


I also made it patriotic by using the Real Red, Night of Navy and Metallic Gold card stock. To make it even more special we made the card into a pop-up card.
We took a 1 5/8" circle and cut in around and around to make a "spring" and added stars to the "pop-up spring". We attached the large stars to hide the beginning and end of the "spring". (I'm sorry
for the blurry picture. It was the best my scanner would take.)
This card was so fun and easy to make that I'm sure I'll be making many more. My neice Ashley really enjoyed hers! Congratulations Ashley! We are very proud of you! Enjoy college!

Graduation Time

Graduation is just around the corner. I had this idea in mind for a mortar board gift card. I found a very nice pattern by Alicia Coulombe, but it was too big to fit in a regular card envelope and I knew that I didn't have time to get larger envelopes before I need to have the cards made. So I took her idea and worked to resize the card. It took me awhile, but I did it. Here is the card I made. I also made it in black and orange for my neice, LeAnn who recently graduated from Anderson University, Anderson, IN. It has a pocket that a gift card or money will fit nicely in.

Here is the card open, so you can see the stamping. I'm sorry about the fuzzy picture - on the top (red part) it says "congratulations" over and over. The stamps come from the Great Grads stamp set. We made the tassel from red embroidery floss. The adhesive we used was Sticky Strip as the

card will need to be secure to hold the money or gift card. I am working a pdf of the pattern. I'll try to attach it here as soon as I get it figured out and how to attach it. Give this card a try, you'll enjoy making it and giving it!