Hats Off

Here's my card for the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  I used an image from Avery Elle's Hats Off stamp set that I colored earlier in the week for the current Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge to create a graduation themed design.

I colored a multicultural array of hands using Copic markers, then added color to the clothes using a red, blue, and gray color scheme.  I stamped a trio of mortarboards on a separate piece of cardstock and colored them, then cut them out by hand before using foam tape to adhere them above the outstretched arms.  The image panel was matted on red cardstock, then adhered to a navy blue card base.  For the sentiment I stamped the word "congratulations" from AE's Oh Happy Day stamp set on a strip of red cardstock and adhered it beneath the line of images to complete the card.

Materials Used:
Hats Off and Oh Happy Day stamp sets (Avery Elle); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Night of Navy cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Red Punch cardstock (Recollections); foam tape