{"id":1788,"date":"2024-05-12T16:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T23:34:06","slug":"graduation-otopper-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/graduation-otopper-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fun Graduation Topper Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>This is a great Topper Card that can be made to hold a gift card or just a fun graduation card. Any graduate would love to receive this fun card.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_8398-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"114\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Here is what I used:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>A piece of cardstock that measures 3-3\/4\u201d x 3-3\/4\u201d. You can use any color. I used Real Red because that is the school color that the graduate is graduating from<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/productsCardstock that measures 8\u201d x 4\u201dm\/products\/cardstock-8-1-2-x-11-real-red?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/products\/cardstock-8-1-2-x-11-real-red?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A piece of Basic White cardstock that measures 6\u201dx4&#8243; <strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-8-1-2-x-11-cardstock?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-8-1-2-x-11-cardstock?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A 3-1\/2\u201d x 3-1\/2\u201d piece of Basic White Cardstock<strong> . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-8-1-2-x-11-cardstock?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-8-1-2-x-11-cardstock?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A 2-3\/4\u201d x 2-3\/4\u201d piece of Real Red cardstock<\/li>\n<li><strong>Happy Little Things <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/happy-little-things-photopolymer-stamp-set-english?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/happy-little-things-photopolymer-stamp-set-english?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Simply Said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/simply-said-mix-match-photopolymer-stamp-set-english?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/simply-said-mix-match-photopolymer-stamp-set-english?demoid=2242482<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A red button<\/li>\n<li>Bone folder<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/bone-folder?demoi\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/bone-folder?demoi<\/a>d=2242482<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>White Twine<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/baker-s-twine-essentials-pack?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/baker-s-twine-essentials-pack?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Memento ink<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/memento-ink-pad-tuxedo-black?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/memento-ink-pad-tuxedo-black?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dimensionals<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/stampin-dimensionals?demoid=2242482\"> https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/stampin-dimensionals?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scissors<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/scissors-paper-snips?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/scissors-paper-snips?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Medium envelope<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-medium-envelopes?demoid=22424\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/basic-white-medium-envelopes?demoid=22424<\/a>82<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liquid Glue <strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/glue-liquid-multipurpose?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\\\\demoid=2242482<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Paper trimme<strong><strong>r <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/paper-trimmer?demoid=2242482\">https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/products\/paper-trimmer?demoid=2242482<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<h5><strong>\u00a0To make<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Place the 8\u201d x 4\u201d piece of Basic White cardstock on your scoreboard or trimmer so that the 8\u201d side is facing upward and score at 4\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Fold at the score mark to create a 4\u201d x 4\u201d card base.<\/li>\n<li>Use your bone folder to crisp the fold.<\/li>\n<li>Adhere the 3-3\/4\u201d x 3-3\/4\u201d piece of Rel Red cardstock to the front of the card leaving a equal margin of basic white.<\/li>\n<li>Adhere the \u00a03-1\/4\u201d x 3-1\/4\u201d piece of Real Red cardstock to the 3-1\/2\u201d x 3-1\/2\u201d piece of Basic White Cardstock .<\/li>\n<li>Turn this square so that it resembles a diamond.<\/li>\n<li>Then with the card base laying down place the diamond shape at the top of the card base. You are going to adhere the diamond to the top of the card but you need to make sure the length of the diamond and the card base measure 5-1\/2\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Once you have made sure the length is 5-1\/2\u201d using dimensional adhere the bottom part of the diamond that lays on the card base to the card base.<\/li>\n<li>With the white twine make a tassel. With liquid glue, adhere the tassel to the middle of the diamond\/ The diamond should be starting to resemble the top part of a graduation cap.<\/li>\n<li>Glue the red button over the top of the tassel loop.<\/li>\n<li>Then you can decorate the front of the card. I used the stamp \u201cYay\u201d from the simply Said stamp set\/<\/li>\n<li>I used some number stickers to indicate the year the student graduates. You can use the number dies from Alphabet a la Mode if you like.<\/li>\n<li>I stamped \u201cCelebrate\u201d on the inside. I used Happy Little things stamp set.<\/li>\n<li>Of course decorate as you wish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>You can click to dee hpw I made the card<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Congrats to a Graduate\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drLFuRB4BRs?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a great Topper Card that can be made to hold a gift card or just a fun graduation card. Any graduate would love to receive this fun card. Here is what I used: A piece of cardstock that measures 3-3\/4\u201d x 3-3\/4\u201d. You can use any color. I used Real Red because that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepapermotif.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}