Graduation Bear Card with Clear Element

June 5, 2023

Hello, crafty friends! I hope you're having a great day! It's graduation season, so today I am sharing with you a quick and easy graduation card.

Supplies:

Cardstock Warehouse Papers:

White Lessebo 100lb
Pitch Black Lessebo 100lb
Brown Box Kraft 100lb
Kraft Speckletone 100lb
Gold Mirror 100lb

Adhesive Tape
Acetate Sheet
Distress Oxide Salty Ocean
Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry
Blending Brush
Bear Die
Letter Die
Sugar Pea Star Die
Graduation Hat Die

First, using a trimmer, I cut an A2 sized (4.25x5.5 inch) top folding Lessebo White card base down to 3x5 inches.

trimming paper for card base

Using an A2 card base as a guide, I adhered a piece of 3.5 inch acetate on the edge of the inside of the card base, creating a completed A2 card base.

adding acetate to trimmed card base

Next, I adhered a piece of 3x5 cardstock on the inside of the card, covering the acetate edge.

added trimmed insert to card base

Using my blending brush, I applied Picked Raspberry and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide to the front of the card base.

ink blending on card front

Using Gold Mirror cardstock, I adhered die cut stars to the front of the card.

adding gold mirror stars to graduation card

I used Lessebo Pitch Black, Brown Box, and Kraft Speckletone cardstock to assemble the bear. I then used glue to adhere the bear to the card front.

adhering bear to front of graduation card

Using the letter dies and Pitch Black Lessebo cardstock, I die cut the GRAD letters and adhered them to the acetate with adhesive tape.

adding GRAD letters to the front of graduation card

To complete the card, I flipped the card over and adhered Lessebo White GRAD letters to the back of the acetate.