July 7, 2011

Friend's Graduation

This card is for one of my good friend's college graduation. I used my newest House-Mouse stamp. These mice are just too cute! :)

I made the flower myself with Crinkle ribbon. And like always, the image was colored with Prismacolor pencils. I thought the background paper was very pretty and perfect for this card.. It actually looks shimmery in real life, and you can see it on the close-up that follows. 

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There's a great deal of Diamond Glaze on the bottle to make it look more like glass/that it has liquid in there. And some Fun Flock on the towel to make it feel more.. like a towel. :D Here are the close-ups:

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Here's the inside of the card. Lots of graduation hats made from clear Judikins shrink plastic! It's so awesome... I just love watching how the flat piece of plastic shrinks and thickens under my heat gun. :D Earlier, I've had a problem with the stamped image transferring a little onto the other side of the card after the card has been closed for a while. To prevent this from happening again, I put a thin layer of Diamond Glaze over each shrink plastic hat. :) I really hope it'll work.

The red background paper is also shimmery, and the stamped borders and the book are embossed. The book was colored with Prismacolors. :) Oh and the book and cap are actually both on one rubber stamp... I just separated them for this design. :)

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And I just can't leave out a close-up of a graduation hat... I think they are so cute here! :)

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That's all. Thanks for stopping by! :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:


Products I used:
  • Stamps: House Mouse - Friendly breeze; Inkadinkado - All about borders; Northwoods rubber stamps - Open book with cap
  • Inks: Memories - black; Distress - vintage photo; Colorit - black
  • Stampendous! - Fun flock
  • Denami clear embossing powder
  • Crinkle ribbons 
  • Judikins shrink plastic
  • PrismaColor pencils, Gelly Roll pens 
  • Beacon's 3-in-1 glue, Scotch dot roller, foam tape, Diamond glaze
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