Reason to Celebrate

So, have you needed a card for a specific milestone or occasion and realize that you don’t have a stamp set for that occasion? Yeah, I know, hard to believe, but that was the situation I recently faced. A very dear friends twins graduated high school and I needed graduation cards. I had a sentiment set, Reason to Celebrate, but I was drawing a blank on how to use just the words to make a card.

I was in my stamp room pondering my dilemma, when I spied the Father’s Day card I had made for my dad featured on my May 24th blog post.

The above card provided the inspiration for the graduation cards below-

All cards share the same layout, but in different positions – portrait vs. landscape. I focused on making the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper and the bold congratulations stamp from the Reason to Celebration stamp set the focal points of my cards. I stamped the greeting with VersaMark ink and heat set with black embossing powder. I used Metallic Gems on the stripe card and Frosted Iridescent Dots on the circle one. The Iridescent Dots were a Last Chance Item and is no longer available.

To step up the inside, I matted the greeting to a piece of coordinating Two Tone cardstock featured from the front of the card. I’m so happy with these cards! What do you think?

Here’s the Stampin’ Up! products used to make these cards-

Reason To Celebrate Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[166905]

$20.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$17.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Golden Glow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

[167695]

$10.00

Shaded Spruce 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

[166697]

$10.00

Blackberry Bliss 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

[166678]

$10.00

Splash Of Sparkles 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[167200]

$16.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems

[163780]

$9.50

Leigh