One of my most favorite types of cards to make is a criss-cross card. You can do so much with these cards - they can be very simple or quite elaborate. The final outcome looks a lot more complicated than it really is. :) There is a great tutorial by Beate Johns on the SplitCoast Stampers site - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/criss_cross_card/.
Let me give you an extra hint about making this card. The instructions call for "One 4" x 5" piece of patterned paper". This paper is cut in half diagonally and used to decorate the front of the card. In the tutorial, Beate uses double-sided patterned paper. You MUST use double-sided patterned paper to make this work correctly. If you do not use double-sided patterned paper, you will need to have TWO pieces of 4"x5" patterned paper. Cut in each in half diagonally and use half of each to decorate the front of the card. With this in mind, it makes sense to make two of these cards at once; the extra one will come in handy!
For graduation cards, I always like to use the school colors, so these cards were made with black cardstock and a patterned (single-sided) paper pack from Hobby Lobby. On the belly-band, I used a Stampin' Up! graduation set (Go, Graduate) - I just love this image of the different graduating 'feet'. I stamped the image with Versamark and then embossed it with Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. For the embellishment on the belly band, I used some retired Stampin' Up! chipboard letters, pushed them into my Versamark pad so they got really well-coated with the ink, then embossed with the Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. While the first layer of embossing powder was still wet, I poured more powder over them for a second coating. I then took a red marker and outlined the edges so they wouldn't be the bare chipboard.
Hope you're enjoying the Memorial Day Week-end; thanks to all that have served our country!
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