Hey everyone!! So today's post is to accompany a video hop to celebrate Ardyth, Kathya and Jenny each passing 5000 subscribers on their YouTube channels!! They asked me (and a bunch of other awesome designers) to participate in a video hop to celebrate. You can click on their names above to be taken to their blog posts with more info, links, and there are giveaways too!
I get asked a lot about starting a YouTube channel/blog/etc and whether I think the market is "too saturated". Honestly? Go for it. I think there's room for everyone. Each person has their own unique style and way of doing things and I say the more the merrier. If you love making cards (or whatever it is you do or create) and want to start blogging it or doing videos then jump in. You learn as you go!
So - since this is a hop to celebrate everyone is making celebration-themed cards. I decided to go with a "congrats" theme as it seemed fitting:
I decided to use several graduation-themed products from Simon Says Stamp's Sunny Days Ahead release - and rather than make them into graduation cards I made these into just Congratulation cards (tho these would still work as grad cards too - as-is or you could add the grad caps over the balloons).
I started with the Graduation Celebration Layering Set of stencils. There are 3 stencils in the set - a balloon background, confetti, and grad caps. I used the balloon stencil and several Distress Oxide inks (specific colors are listed in the supplies below) to create rainbow balloon backgrounds.
Then over the balloons I used the confetti stencil from the set and applied Nuvo Glacier Paste in Golden Era. When that paste dries it looks almost foiled (and you get a better look at it in the video) - hence me calling it "faux foiling" - no machines etc needed!
I used the Extra Large Congrats wafer die from CZ Design on all of the cards. I die cut the outline from the backgrounds and popped it up with some of Simon's Big Momma Foam Tape. I then die cut the Congrats word from gold glitter paper. The companion sentiments are from the Reverse Grad Sentiment strips - check out the video for a easy trick to hide the white edges after cutting them.
I kept the inside of the cards simple and fun by just applying the same Distress Oxide inks over the confetti stencil. When it comes to dark card bases like this I like to use a gel pen to write to my recipients - I linked to some of my favourites with the rest of the supplies!
You can see how my cards came together in my video below:
You can also watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <---------click! In the video description box (you can only see that when watching my videos ON YouTube) I have a link to the next stop on the video hop - click HERE to check that out!
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