Congrats, you did it

I needed to make a masculine grad card so I went digging through my paper stash and found the greyish paper that isn’t quite camo but has the greys and a bit of the burgundy so I grabbed burgundy cardstock for the card base and came up with this.

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I cut out the card base and mechanism piece from burgundy cardstock using the Tagbook Pop Up dieset. I used the same large tag to cut out 4 tags from the patterned paper. Assemble the card base adding the patterned paper to the front back and inside (Karen has a video tutorial on the product page at the link ⬆️)

When creating the mechanism I like to add the arm covers (in the patterned paper) before folding, I find it easier this way and I’m less likely to fold the arms wrong.

I cut the frames and panels from the patterned paper and cream cardstock, and assembled as shown.

Using the same large tag and the stitch die from the Topper Tags set I made this border, I sponged the edges with Versa Mark ink and added to the front of the card. I also sponged Versa Mark ink to the edges of the mechanism. I added the mechanism piece into the card base piece as shown.

Using Word set 8 – Congrats I diecut “congrats” from burgundy and cream and layered as shown. And “way to go” and “you did it” from burgundy, I added shading with a Versa Mark Marker, and highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen.

I assembled a couple of diplomas and caps from the Tiny Accessories 2 set and added to the card.

Using a smaller tag from the Topper Tags set I created this pocket for the back, its cream with a burgundy trim. I added burgundy ribbon with gold thread to the tag holes. I also added some clear half-bubbles randomly around.