Graduation Titles and Cards

With the school season winding down, it is time to start thinking of our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends that will be graduating this year. When I was growing up, there were only two major graduation ceremonies and those were from high school andcollege. However, now, many schools hold graduation ceremonies as a child graduates from preschool, elementary school, middle school, and of course high school and college. Let's look at some titles and cards that you can create for the graduate in your life.

Titles
Here are 20 titles that can be used on cards or layouts for your graduate. There are many other titles available but this will give you a few quick ones to choose from.

• A Tassle Is Worth the Hassle
• Achieve
• Celebrate!
• Class of ‘08
• Con GRAD ulations!
• Congrats ‘08
• Way to Go
• Congratulations Graduate!
• Dare to Dream
• Diploma in Hand
• Glad to Be a Grad
• Graduation's Here
• I'm Outta Here
• Kudos, Applause, Congrats, Hats Off!
• Next Step: Elementary School (or high school, college, etc.)
• So Poud of You, Graduate
• The Graduate
• You Did It!
• You Made It!
• You've Only Just Begun

Cards
Here are three quick and easy cards to make for your graduate. I used scrap papers and embellishments for all three of these cards, and they can be made very quickly.

Supplies Needed:

• adhesive, Kokuyo
• Bazzill scrap cardstock or pre-cut cards
• button
• Coluzzle Cutting Knife
• corner rounder, Paper Shapers
• date stamp, Heidi Swapp
• DymoLabeler
• foam, black
• Glue Dots
• Imagination Project Coasters
• KI Gloo
• QuicKutz Cookie Cutter Basic Phrases
• ribbon, misc.
• scallop scissors
• stamp, Michael's
• star (die cut or chipboard)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast Drying Pigment Ink, Graphite Black

Congrats, The Best of Times
Finished Size: 6 ¼" x 3 ¾"
Instructions:

1. Cut a 7 ½" x 6 ¼" piece of red Bazzill cardstock, and score the cardstock in half.
2. Draw a decorative edge with a pencil and cut along the edge on the front of the card.
3. Trim patterned paper to 1 ½" x 6 ¼", and use Kokuyo adhesive to attach to the inside section of the card.
4. Tie miscellaneous ribbon, and attach it on the left-hand side of the card using Glue Dots.
5. Using a Dymo labeler, print the word ‘congrats' and attach to the bottom right-hand corner of the card.
6. To finish the card, attach an Imagination Project Coasters just above the Dymo label using Glue Dots.

Enjoy a Little Something
Finished Size: 4 ¾" x 4 ¾"
Instructions:

1. Cut a 9 ½" x 4 ¾" piece of teal Bazzill cardstock, and score the cardstock in half.
2. Draw a 1 ¾" circle in the center of your card and trim with the Coluzzle cutting knife.
3. Using Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast Drying Pigment Ink in Graphite Black, stamp your image on the inside of the card so it is seen through the circle on the front.
4. Use the same ink to ink the edges of your card and the circle in the center.
5. Trim patterned paper to ¾" x 3 ¾", and use Kokuyo adhesive to attach to the front section of the card ½" from the bottom.
6. Cut a 5" piece of miscellaneous ribbon or ricrac and use KI Gloo to attach it on the patterned paper. Let the edges of the ricrac hang over the card.
7. Cover a chipboard star in patterned paper.
8. Ink the edges with Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast Drying Pigment Ink in Graphite Black and attach a button with Glue Dots.
9. Use the Heidi Swapp date stamp to stamp the graduation year in the bottom-right hand corner of the card.

Congrats 2008
Finished Size: 5 ¼" x 3 ¼"
Instructions:

1. Cut a 10 ½" x 3 ¼" piece of white Bazzill cardstock, and score the cardstock in half.
2. Using scallop-edged scissors, cut a 1" piece off the end of the front part of the card.
3. Draw a 1 ½" square in the center of your card and trim with a Coluzzle cutting knife.
4. Using Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast Drying Pigment Ink in Graphite Black, ink the edges of your card and the square in the center.
5. Cut the ‘Congrats' sentiment with your QuicKutz using black foam. Adhere the word over the square opening.
6. Trim patterned paper to 1 ½" x 4 ¾", and use Kokuyo adhesive to attach to inside section of card. Round corners with corner rounder.
7. Use the Heidi Swapp date stamp to stamp the graduation year just below the open square.
8. Cut a 4" piece of miscellaneous ribbon and use Glue Dots to attach it to the front of the card on the right-hand side.

I hope you this gives you some ideas. Be sure to post your card before giving it to that special someone. We would love to see them, and congratulations to the graduate in your life!

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