Graduation is a wonderful time in one’s life. I thought I would make it more special by adding a little something to the basic graduation cap, and what’s more fun than charms. Inspired by the Charms video in the Building on the Basics section, I knew dangles or charms would be just the ticket. I remembered playing with shrinky dinks as a child so this craft also brought back fond memories.
First I found two files in the Craft Room Graduate Photo Booth Hat and Hashtag 2014. I then used the replace by segment tool to draw a line to finish the cap and eliminate the graduate part since I just wanted a simple cap. I then used the techniques I learned in the video to make the cap and the hashtag into charms. I resized them to about to 7″ for the cap and 9″ for the hashtag. I then cut them out of white shrink film material on my Inspiration using the acrylic setting. It cut very well. I shrunk them according to the directions in the oven. After they cooled I used a black permanent marker to color the cap, and a gold Marvy Paint Pen to color the hashtag. I attached my charms to the tassel with gold jump rings, and then attached the tassel to the top of the cap. (Ok really it was a paper cap, but I’m sure you get the point.) Any graduate would be proud to adorn their cap with these cute charms on their special day.
~Marjorie
Supplies:
Jump Rings
What a great idea. Will have to keep that in mind for the future.
How cool is that! What a fabulous idea!!!
Fantastic idea! I need to do this to my daughter’s cap! Thank you for the inspiration!
You girls are so clever! How would you think of doing this??!! Another great use for teh Mighty Pazzles!! (now to remember those settings)
Fabulous idea and fabulous project!!