Beth's Paper Cuts: graduation

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Monday, May 5, 2025

It's that time of year again!

This is a repeat post but I noticed that the video was getting some views on YouTube and so I thought I would post it again since Graduations are happening all around the US this month!

I made these cards when my oldest son was graduating from College last year and we had quite a few other family and friends graduating as well.

These are easy to customize with different color tassels or caps to go with the various school colors that the grads may have.

This one holds a gift card! Perfect for adding a check or cash too.

Video for this card can be found on my YouTube Channel.

Here's a link to the products used:

Product List

Cap & Gown Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162810]

$23.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$11.50

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$39.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147942]

$9.00

Stampin’ Blends Light Combo Pack

[159465]

$11.00

Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo

[159462]

$11.00

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$21.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$32.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins

[161627]

$7.50

Friday, May 31, 2024

Graduation Cap card

Hi stampy friends! I am last minute making Graduation Cards. I need 12 by Sunday and it's Friday!

This year I am using the Cap and Gown Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! I know it's late to be showing you graduation cards! I have been behind in making them because I have been distracted by the fun new Annual Catalog and the thousands of Cicadas in my yard (I actually like them and have been making projects around cicadas!) I do give some alternate suggestions for stamp sets that may be in your stash in case you are last minute like me!

This first card is fairly simple. I used Basic Black and Basic White cardstock. My graduates are stamped in Black Memento ink and colored in with shades of color with Stampin' Blends.

The patterened paper on the side is retired from the Rock and Roll Designer Series Paper Pack, but you can look for other Black and White patterns in your stash.

I made some with Red Caps and Sleeves, for a school color, but I had to get them in the mail and forgot to take a photo first. These would be easy to customize.

This Cap Card is super fun and you can easily add a spot for a gift card or money.

I made the tassel with some retired Baker's Twine.

I've made this card in the past, here is a link to an older version: https://bethrush-bethspapercuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/graduation-time.html

The 'Celebrate' die cuts are from the Wanted To Say dies.

I have a video for the cap card and the tassel here:

Product List

Cap & Gown Cling Stamp Set (English)

[162810]

$23.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$5.00

Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack

[150893]

$6.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$39.00

Stampin’ Blends Light Combo Pack

[159465]

$11.00

Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo

[159462]

$11.00

Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo

[159461]

$11.00

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154843]

$11.00

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins

[161627]

$7.50

Friday, November 15, 2019

A Few More with So Many Stars

Hi Everyone!! I am still showing off the So Many Stars Bundle. I truly love this bundle but I really think the star of this bundle are the dies! They are fantastic! If you haven't seen my past post on this bundle scroll down and check it out. I will be showing off a lot of projects with this bundle.

This card uses the dies along with the Itty Bitty Birthday stamps. The Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set is a collection of stamps with different fonts and styles for all the birthdays in your life, kid birthday, adult birthday, masculine, feminine, fancy and simple. The colors here are the 2018-2020 InColor Collection. Lovely Lipstick, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel, Grapefruit Grove and Pineapple Punch.

For this Graduation card I paired the Stitched Stars dies with the Well Said stamp set, another great must have stamp set for Card Makers.

Check out this video for more ways to use the So Many Stars Bundle and to see all the amazing dies in this collection in use!

Shop with me! I would love to be your demonstrator. I always send a hand stamped thank you card and sometimes more with a larger order, and I share my Stampin' Rewards with you through my Frequent Buyer Rewards! Earn FREE STAMPS! Click on the Frequent buyer tab to download the tracking sheet.

Product List

So Many Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set (En)

[150496]

$26.00

Stitched Stars Dies

[150653]

$38.00

So Many Stars Bundle (En)

[153016]

$57.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146970]

$8.75

Gold Glimmer Paper

[146958]

$5.00

Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146952]

$6.00

Call Me Clover 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146951]

$6.00

Blueberry Bushel 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146950]

$6.00

Pineapple Punch 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146953]

$6.00

Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146954]

$6.00

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

[152156]

$7.00

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Graduation Gift bag and the new Thoughtful Banners Bundle!

Hi everyone!! June is Graduation party time and so I thought I would share a gift bag that I made last week. Green is the color of the local high school here and luckily it is a brighter green because I really like using Cucumber Crush! And I have fun new Cucumber Crush ribbon that just needed to go on a project!

I started off with the Gift Bag Punch Board. I bought this product when it first came out but it sat for quite a while. I finally got it out in February and since them I have use it SO many times!! The gift bags end up so cute and the punch board makes it so easy. Love it!
I wanted to use the fun the Sprinkles punch for some confetti so I needed a shaker front.

I used a framelit to cut the circle out of the front. Next I used some of the words from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set to decorate the front of the bag. I lined up celebrate, congrats and graduation on a block, then stamped in a row across the center of the bag. then glued a window sheet to the inside panel over the hole.

I adhered a window sheet to the inside of the bag to cover the hole.
I learned a little tip at the last Stampin' Up! OnStage event that you should use your Embossing Buddy to remove static from the window sheet before adding your confetti. Brilliant!

Did you notice the new foam adhesive strips? They are awesome for shaker cards!!

Another little thing I like to do with shaker cards is that I like to take a few pieces of confetti and glue them in place towards the top of the card or bag. This way when the card or bag is standing up, the confetti is not all at the bottom leaving a blank circle.

The Sprinkles punch is great for adding just the right color confetti to your projects!

I made the tassel by wrapping Cucumber Crush Thick Baker's Twine around a stamping block about 7 times. I also added some Gold Metallic Thread. Then I slipped the twine off the block and tied a loop around one end. Next I unraveled the twin into its individual threads. I trimmed the bottom so that the ends would be nice and neat.

The bag is not too big, not too small. I am going to put a gift card in with a bit of chocolate.

I stamped the Banner stamp onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock. Next I added the word 'Graduation' to a block and placed it over the banner so I could see the curve of the banner. Photopolymer stamps are bendable, so you can make your word stamps follow curves, like in the banner here, or in other ways to make them more interesting.