Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Congrats Colman 2015 Graduate







How convenient for me that I just made a graduation card yesterday and the CASology cue card today is graduation! 



ETA: What a nice surprise to receive an Honorable mention for my card at CASology!



This idea has been around for a while in various forms, bills rolled up as candles for a birthday age, etc.  I did see a graduation card recently with the bills rolled up to make the year 2015 but I don't remember who's it was or where I saw it sorry.  It is kind of unique because you can only do this for certain years.

I made this for my son's best friend, Colman, who graduates from grade 12 this year.  He is a fantastic kid and my son is lucky enough to be going along with him on his graduation trip to San Fransisco at the beginning of July.  I had a bit of U.S. money (we are in Canada) hanging around (unfortunately no $10 so the bills could be all level and I never thought to go to the bank) so he gets 2 twenties, a single and a five... which is about $300 Canadian with the current exchange rate!  Just kidding, it's bad but not that bad.

I just rolled the bills up and paper clipped them to stay, then I cut slits in the card to slide the paperclips into.  I probably just could have just used glue dots to keep them rolled together and attach them to the card - but I didn't. I did stamp 2015 underneath where the bills are so when he removes them, the year will still be on the card.
I boxed the graduate sentiment around the bills. 






Thanks so Much for Looking!
Karen





7 comments:

  1. great idea! fun congrats card!

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  2. What a fabulous idea, Karen ... so brilliantly executed and personalised ... that shiny die cut sentiment is fantastic! Anita :)

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  3. Karen, this is brilliant! So fun and I actually like that one bill sits higher than the others. I am totally going to be CASEing this! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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    1. Thanks for your nice comment and thanks for choosing my card for an Honorable Mention!

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  4. Well this is totally new to me, Karen! What a fantastic idea - and your execution is fabulous!
    =] Michele

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  5. Karen, this is absolutely brilliant! I can see why it would only work for certain years using US currency...lucky it worked this year! (Just wish I had tried this!) Love the kraft card base and the personalization...just brilliant! Thanks for joining us at CASology!

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  6. You're a genius. That's all...just a genius.

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