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I finally had time to make this little bit of Punch Art magic!  Our little Curly Fries (her nickname) graduates from Middle School in June and I’m getting ready to have a High Schooler in the house <<sigh>> it seems like only yesterday that she was a toddler and needed my help getting dressed <cue sappy music>  The pose is an inside joke…it seems like every picture we take of her lately has her flashing the "peace sign".  I’m sure Graduation Day will be no different.  Well…at any rate, with a little tweaking (a change of hair color/style, a change in the color of the robe) this little graduate would be perfect for a card or scrapbook page for your own special someone.  

The details?  There’s a few…Her head and hair are pretty basic…I did add a neck this time (the Word Window Punch) it looked better with her arms/shoulders made using the Small Oval Punch with the end trimmed off.  Her hands are the Word Window Punch, again…as are her feet.  Her fingers and thumb are petals of a flower from the 3-Flower Punch.  Her eyes were made the same way…petals  trimmed off a flower from the Boho Blossom Punch.  The scroll is part of the large 6 petal flower SU! used to carry.  This was trimmed straight across and a narrow strip of red and a little pen work completes the scroll.  The mortarboard cap is actually three pieces.  The base is a 1" black circle, re-punched with the 5-Petal Flower.  The top is the 3/4" square trimmed to make an oblong diamond (sorry, there’s no punch for this!)  Now, the tassel was an ‘oops!’  I had intended to make a tassel out of floss but I can’t find my sewing basket at the moment so in desperation I made a paper tassel!  I punched a circle twice to get the narrow, crescent shape.  The tassel is the 3/4" square, fringed and rolled.  I’m really surprised at how cute it came out

*Re-Edit 2/20: I forgot to mention her gown!  Very simple…I used the large SU!Tag Punch and I just made it a little longer (see tutorial HERE) and clipped the "V" out for the neckline.

I admit, I may have gone a little overboard with this one (What? Who, Me???)  But, really how often do these occasions come around?  Some memories are worth the effort…

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