Happy Graduation!

Whether its Elementary, High School or College graduation – the season of recognizing academic achievement is upon us. These cards can be made in quantity quickly. And, because they are hand made they mean so much more. 



Supplies Used:

Oh My Crafts Vinyl: White, Metallic Silver. Cardstock: White, Black
Provo Craft: Cricut Expression, Cartridge: Simply Sweet, Wild Card and Happy Graduation
Doodlebug: Create-a-Card, Sugar Coating Glitter
Tombo: Mono Liquid Adhesive
Fiskars: Trimmer

 
Graduation Card

1. Follow the cutting chart for each object to be cut.

Cartridge	Feature Key	Object	Size	Speed	Pressure	Blade depth
Wild Card	Phrase	Class of Pg. 73	5 inches	Medium	Low	4
Simply Sweet		Circle (white cardstock) Black circle Pg. 69 2011(white vinyl)	2¼ inches 1¾ 1½ inches	High High Medium	High High Low	6 6 4
Happy Graduation		3 caps	1½ inch	Medium	Low	4

2. Cut white circle from smooth cardstock. On inside of card, place a small line of glue around circle. Adhere circle to glue.
3. Once dry, place another line of glue around the inside edge of cut out circle on the front side and smear with finger. Sprinkle glitter over glue and tap off excess.
4. Cut out black circle from smooth side of cardstock.
5. Cut 3 caps from white vinyl and weed and pick centers out. Use transfer tape to lift design from liner paper and then burnish on to black circle.
6. Apply foam squares to back of circle and center over white circle with glitter.
7. Cut Class of out of white vinyl. Weed around design and then pick out centers. Use transfer tape to lift design and position below scalloped circle to the left. Burnish in place and remove transfer tape.
8. Cut 2011 from white vinyl. Weed, pick centers transfer to the bottom center of card. 








Thank You Card

Cartridge	Feature Key	Object	Size	Speed	Pressure	Blade depth
Simply Sweet	None	Thank you Pg. 74	3½  & ¼ inches	Medium	Low	4
Happy Graduation	None	Cap 2nd row from bottom left	½ & ¾ inches	Medium	Low	4

1. Cut large Thank You from white vinyl. Weed, pick centers and transfer to center of card using transfer tape.
2. Cut small thank you from white vinyl. Enter 2 spaces after spelling out the word thank you. This will give the extra design space needed for phrase. Repeat 3 more times.
3. Weed, pick centers and use transfer tape to position phrase across the top of the card. Burnish
4. Cut 2 graduation caps – the smaller one for the front of the card which is placed near the “u” and “k”. The second cap is larger and is placed on the back flap of the envelope. Weed, pick centers, use transfer tape to move. Burnish 





 

 

Tip: It only takes a light pressure on the transfer tape to adhere vinyl to paper. Too much pressure might result in tearing of the paper when removing transfer tape.


Happy crafting!