By Anna Escalada York

In today’s tutorial, I am sharing a graduation card. As a high school teacher, it is the time of year to
stock up on them!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1:
Press ink pads onto a piece of acetate packaging or other non-porous surface. Spray the ink
with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and then quickly press the acetate onto a panel of
watercolor paper multiple times to press the ink onto the watercolor panel. After the ink dries,
repeat with different colors of ink sprayed with more of the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray.
Both panels feature Turquoise VersaColor ink, with Jumbo Java VersaMagic chalk ink and
Golden Glitz Delicata ink layers, just in different intensities. (I only ended up using one panel,
but will be using the other card for a project in the future.)

Step 2:
Die cut the panel with a mid-sized panel die (there will be another panel that is slightly larger
than this layer from the same nesting die set).

Step 3:
Repeatedly stamp a graduation cap stamp onto the watercolor smooshed panel with more of
the Turquoise VersaColor ink to create your own patterned paper. Then directly press the edges
of the panel into the Turquoise VersaColor ink pad to create a border on the panel.
Optional step: Heat emboss the stamped image and the border with clear embossing powder.

Step 4:
Using a larger panel die, die cut a piece of kraft cardstock to create a matte layer.

Step 5:
Using an ink dauber, ink blend Jumbo Java VersaMagic chalk ink along the edges of the panel.
This ink blending can be very imperfect since most of it will be hidden.

Step 6:
Stamp the sentiment on another piece of watercolor paper with Jumbo Java
VersaMagic chalk ink. Trim the sentiment, with the left and right edge being trimmed on a
diagonal if desired. Then press the VersaMagic chalk Ink pad onto the edges of the sentiment
strip and ink blend the edges with more of the same Jumbo Java ink using an ink dauber.

Step 7:
Attach all of the layers of the card together. Glue the stamped layer onto the larger
(brown, matte) one. Then glue both layers onto an A2 sized kraft card base.
Finally attach the sentiment strip onto the card with foam tape.

Step 8:
Glue copper and blue sequins onto the card.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Golden Glitz
• Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle
• VersaColor Ink – Turquoise
• VersaMagic Chalk Ink – Jumbo Java
• Sponge Dauber

Other Products
• Altenew – Tape – Instant Dimension Foam Tape
• Catherine Pooler Designs – Santa Fe sequin mix (retired)
• Pink & Main – Notched Corners (nesting) die set
• Unity Stamps – Snarky Graduation stamp set
• Clear embossing powder
• Scissors
• Glue