This fun, clean and simple (CAS) card is another graduation congratulations card that I made for my nephew, who is graduating college with a job! woot woot!<\/p>\n

I used the hippopotamus and the word “hippo” from\u00a0a little\u00a0Lawn Fawn stamp set. \u00a0The whole sentiment actually reads “Hippo Birdie to You” and is meant to be used for birthday cards, but I just masked off the rest of the sentiment with scotch tape when inking up the image and word then took the tape off before stamping. The coloring was simple with just Copic C3, C5 and R20. I hand wrote the “hooray!” in my best efforts at a similar font style, and I think it came out pretty close. LOL<\/p>\n

<\/a>I rounded the corners of the white card stock card base as well as the stamped top piece with my We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper. Then used my old school McGill hand held hole punches in 3 sizes to make little holes all over\u00a0the top piece. \u00a0I think it created a kind of flying confetti look (yipee!). \u00a0I could have left the base card white for a more sophisticated look, but I decided to use my Recollections spray ink in yellow, blue and green shimmer to add\u00a0some color onto my card base. The color and sparkle peaking through the holes of the top piece are light and bright.<\/p>\n

I did add a little dimension to this card by just adhering the top piece with foam adhesive (I couldn’t help myself! I wanted that little shadow and interest!) to the card base. \u00a0It didn’t add any weight to the card, but it added a lot of interest IMHO. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0In any event, this card (with a congratulatory check) can be mailed with 1 stamp. YAY!<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of the card:<\/p>\n