Hope and a Future

 Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a graduation card using the new Craft Consortium Patina 6x6 Paper Pad along with stamps, dies and twine from Stamp Simply.

The Craft Consortium Patina 6x6 paper pad has such deep, rich colors, texture and patterns- wonderful for masculine and feminine cards!

Also, Jeremiah 29:11 is one of my favorite verses and I love the font in the Scripture for Graduation and Beyond stamp set, don’t you ? It pairs perfectly with the Graduation Sentiments and also comes as a bundle. 

I am linking this card to the Watercooler Wednesday #335 “Anything Goes “Celebrating the End” (FYI- this is their final challenge).

If you have not already had a chance to do so, I hope you visit the Stamp Simply blog to see all of the inspiration from the rest of the SS Design Team as well as the final Watercooler Wednesday Challenge- beautiful galleries from all!

To create this card:

Using ground espresso distress ink, repeatedly stamp the subway style background stamp from the Graduation Sentiments (part of the Graduation Bundle) onto a panel from the Craft Consortium Patina designer paper.

Distress the edges, mount onto a piece of rust cardstock and mount onto a white card base.

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the A Godly Man buck image and the verse sentiment with archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut the verse sentiment using the outer die from the medium pierced rectangle die, mount onto a piece of rust cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Add the knotted kraft baker’s twine  to three of the corners, add to the card front using dimensional foam or chipboard.

Die cut the buck image with the Buck Die, die cut two additional bucks from white cardstock to layer behind the stamped die cut buck.

Mount the buck image with dimensional foam (or chipboard) and add a few black rhinestones to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Scripture for Graduation and Beyond, Graduation Sentiments (both included in the Graduation Bundle), A Godly Man (part of A Godly Man Bundle)- all from Stamp Simply

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress

Cardstock/Paper: White, Rust; Craft Consortium Patina 6x6 Paper

 Accessories/Tools:  Gemini. Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- Buck Die single or part of A Godly Man Bundle, Spellbinders Celebrations - Pierced Rectangle Dies , May Arts Baker’s Twine- 110 Yard Spool- Kraft, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones- Black, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you will check out the February sale at Stamp Simply!