TGIF – Quick Grad Card Inspiration

Hi all and happy Friday! I’m popping in today with some last-minute grad card inspiration. It’s definitely peak graduation season here, and I was in need of about a dozen cards for the weekend! I thought I’d pop in and share them with you today.

I started off by pulling out some great go-to supplies…our Bold Numbers, Bold Alphabet, and Let’s Have a Word Congrats dies, along with a couple of hot foils – Glow and Twinkling. I made my list of graduates and pulled out cardstock colors to match their school colors.

I set to work hot foiling all of the panels using the Glow and Twinkling hot foils and foil colors to match their school colors if I had them in my stash (note to self, up my colored foil game 🙂 ). I love how the foiling pops on the dark cardstock, and I felt like my cards were already off to a great start and really just needed a few diecuts to finish them off.

I stuck to the same basic layout for each, but changed up the sentiments a bit from card to card. For some I used the Bold Numbers die to create the 2023, for others I used the Bold Alphabet dies to spell out “grad”. Metallic cardstocks in gold and silver are a great choice for adding even more shine. I also added diecut stars – our Ribbon Maker: Pinked Stars die is a great way to cut lots of stars at once. When I was finished creating all of the card front panels, I added them to contrasting card bases, turning the panels at an angle (then trimming the excess) for a little more interest.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you have some last minute grad cards to create, I hope this post inspired you to get creating!