Graduation Celebrations

I made several graduation cards for relatives and friends this year. When creating these cards I try to use the commencement invitation and/or the open house announcement to personalize the card. This gives the graduate a condensed version of the information for their important day all in one place.
I normally give money to new grads so I created a template for a money card that holds a check. This way I don't have to recreate the shape and measurements each time I need this type of card. I think they turn out quite unique and they are fun to make.
For this particular card I used the commencement announcement, the graduates picture and name card and his class motto. The DP is 'Grad Affirmations' by NRN Designs and was double sided. The cap was from Jolees Boutique and the stamp was borrowed from a friend, 'Grad' from Stampendous.
This next card has a John Deere theme. The announcement for the open house was a post card type photo card which had these pictures. If you look closely the grad has a John Deere t-shirt and cap on in each of the pictures. How cleaver of them! So, I stayed with their theme and put together this card. Again it is the money card style and I used the following 'stuff': John Deere Creation Imaginations stickers and DP bought at my favorite Capture A Memory scrapbooking store, the grad cap was a Jolees Boutique, a Karen Foster rub on sentiment and the grad chick was from the Calendar Chicks Collection by Stampendous. The card itself was standard card stock using both yellow and green colors and the front panel was attached with green staples rather than glue.

Friends

This is a project made in a class I took at the 2008 Novi, Michigan Mega Meet. The class was put on by SEI and was called 'Ribbon Techniques - Friends Word Album'. The hour of instruction was fast paced and I had to put on some of the finishing embellishments at home but I love the finished product. The materials were all packaged for us and of course all SEI products. The embellishments included mini coasters, ally's wonderland die-cut tags and tabs and frames, rhinestone brads hippie chicks and assorted ribbons.