Great News, WOYWW #103, WOTT #7 and Got Graduation?

First the news: I got a complimentary copy of the soon-to-be-released (June 1st) Take Ten magazine in the mail today.... which means that I'm being published in there! I submitted a few cards so it was fun combing through to find which ones made it in. I found three. They're on pages 19, 45 and 46 and one of them made it onto the Second Take section on page 125. Wow, this made my day! Since Stampington allows you to post the cards you submit on your own blog, you can find these cards in previous posts, here, here and here.

Now, welcome to What's on Your Workspace Wednesday (WOYWW) and What's on Tap Tuesday (WOTT) where we share our current projects and the desks we create them on. (Welcome also to the Simply Scrapping Crafts blog hoppers!)

Here's my desk. Hovering on both peripheries are pieces of the card I'll post on Thursday. I have a lot of aunts with birthdays this month, so there will be a number of birthday cards to showcase in the coming days. The central focus of the desk, today though, is a graduation card that I'd like to step you through, just in case you might need a card like this soon.

Here are the steps to make the card:

Step #1: Cut an 8"x 8" square from black cardstock. Score it at the 4" mark both horizontally and vertically so that you have a grid of 4 - 4" squares. Next, score one diagonal line down the middle of the square.

Step #2: Fold down the horizontal, open, fold down the vertical, then reopen, turn the square upside down and fold down the diagonal.

Step #3: Open the square and turn it over so that the diagonal fold forms a mountain facing you. If you now use a finger to push down on the center point where all the lines meet, the diagonal fold will pop into two mountains on either side of the center. Take a hold of the outer edges of the two mountains and pull them toward you. The result should be a card that has folded into a 4"x 4" square. You've just made your graduation cap. (I believe it's called a mortarboard?)

Step #4: Now for the tassel. You can customize your tassel by using a floss color that matches one of your graduate's school colors. My sample is blue. Tassels are made by wrapping floss around a small square board, slipping a thread through the loop, removing the board and wrapping another thread around and tying it in place. Snip through the opposite end of the loops and you have a tassel. Attach it to the center of the card by wrapping around a brad.

Step #5: Cut two 3"x 3" squares of white cardstock and place one on inside of card to cover the back of the brad and the other in the square opposite it. Your card base will be a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" panel of black cardstock with a 4"x 5-1/4" panel of white cardstock adhered on top.

Step #6: Attach the folded cap to the base (with the opening on the right), leaving a little white showing on top and a sentiment panel on the bottom. Add your sentiment. Using Lawn Fawn's Bannerific and Sophie's Sentiments stamp sets, I stamped a "Congrats" banner, trimmed it and popped it up foam dots.

If you've made it all the way down this post, I have a surprise for you. I'm going to give this card away to a random commenter that expresses an interest in it, so let me know if you want it and I'll announce a winner on Saturday.

Thanks for coming by. If you're so inclined, there's a Linky below to join in the WOTT tour. I'd love to come visit!

*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)