When to open graduation gifts
DIY Graduation Gift/Centerpiece for a Special Occasion (using Dollar Tree frames)
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welcome back to Kelly Barlow creations
crafting on a budget
today's video is somewhat of a video
request it's a project that I was
already doing for my daughter Kayla
because she's graduating next week from
high school and it was a project that I
was making for her as a gift when I
received this video request idea from
Stacy and Stacy asked me if I had any
ideas yet for graduation gifts using
their graduation announcements Stacy I
know you and I had said a couple of
comments back and forth to each other
about this and I had given you one
option of what I was originally gonna do
for Kayla because I was drawing a blank
with this I was originally making this
project for Kayla as a gift when in my
sleep I thought holy well why don't I
incorporate the graduation announcement
into this project that I'm making for
Kayla so I tried it out it worked
amazing I'm super happy with it I gotta
tell you I love it and I come up with my
best ideas ever in my sleep I don't know
why it is but it's just how it is and I
think you're going to love this so let's
get to it and let me show you what I
have in mind for the graduation
announcements today I'll be using some
of this premium vellum paper that you
can pick up from Joanne's it was 250 a
path for these 4 by 6 frames from the
Dollar Tree
I'll also be using
Waverly's chalk paint and one of dollar
trees LED candles starting this project
off I'm going to take the frame apart
because I'm making this project for
Kayla I've got some leftover Valspar
paint that we use to paint her room with
and the color I'll be using today is sea
kiss and so I'm going to use the paint
from her room to do the base coat on my
four frames
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next I'm going to take my waverly chalk
paint and the color I'm using is ivory
I've got a small container of water now
what I'm going to do is I am going to
put just a touch of the Waverly chalk
paint on my brush I'm going to dip it in
water and lightly brush over the sea
kiss
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I've got Kayla's graduation announcement
here so what I'm going to do is I am
going to take and unfold it Stacey if
you want to make this project 100% her
class announcement this is what I would
do I would take and cut up the
announcement the front of Kayla's school
class seal the alma mater and the
announcement itself of the date and time
of the graduation next we're going to
take each piece and we are going to
place it face down into the scanner part
of your printer and you're going to
photocopy this onto the vellum paper
that we're using for this project so for
Kayla's I'm going to cut off the bottom
half of this
because I'm also using her graduation
pictures i am only going to use the
graduation announcement itself and the
picture of the school so i'm going to
take and place this just like this face
down in my scanner and I'm going to
photocopy this onto the vellum paper and
this is what you'll be left with this
came out pretty amazing I love the way
it looks it's clear it's crisp then I'm
going to take and I am going to place my
glass from the frame onto the vellum
paper and I am going to trace it
next I've taken and printed out Kayla's
senior portrait pictures in the size of
4x6 I just love these
she is so stinking gorgeous she takes my
breath away for this next step I'm going
to be using scotch
double-sided tape I'm going to take and
put a bit of tape on each corner of the
vellum printout
and I'm going to take my glass and place
it right on top and you can see that you
cannot see the tape at all now I'm going
to take and a hot glue all four frames
together like this
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I'm loving how this turned out but I
think I'm going to add just a little
something to the frame to dress it up a
bit I picked up these recollection
floral embellishments from Michaels
these were in the $2 bin I typically
make my own flowers but I do buy these
from time to time so when I'm in a pinch
and I'm in a hurry and I don't have time
to make my flowers I can just throw some
flowers together and so I've made for
coordinating flowers for this project
and the Pearl you see in the middle
I used the dollar trees sheet of pearls
this is where we're going to place the
announcement because in the other three
I've put her graduation senior pictures
I am going to put a dot of glue in the
corner here then place our glass back in
the frame and there you have it Stacy my
idea for incorporating our graduates
graduation announcement into a gift now
like I said you can do all four frames
with the graduation announcement all the
way around or you can just take the
section like I did that announces their
graduation and incorporate it with all
of their senior portraits that they had
senior portraits taken isn't that
beautiful
I love this well everybody that's all I
have for you for today for this
graduation gift project of mine
incorporating the graduation
announcement and if I've inspired you to
make this project don't forget to snap a
quick picture of it and send it to me on
Facebook so I can feature it in an
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happy crafting on a budget
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