I was looking for some ideas for a graduation card for my niece who is graduating from college today (it's now the 15th here) and it was a love at first sight when I saw this card at Splitcoast Stampers website. I actually contacted Rose Castillo who made the card. She is so nice and shared with me some details of her graduation cap. The top of her cap is a basic 2 fold card and the bottom part is a box where she inserted cash for her gift which has an opening at the bottom of the box. The box was made from the petal cone die by Big Shot. You'll find her graduation cap gift box on her blog (bottom of the page, post dated February 11, 2011):
I made my own version and I made the whole cap into a folded card. I whacked my brain figuring out how I can make the box to fold flatly like a regular card with the top (card part) attached securely to the base. At first I tried to use a cone design from my library similar to the Bog Shot petal cone die. I made various different cuts from it but it was either too pointed or too flat. I also tried using the Chinese take out box but it wasn't angled enough. I ended up creating a design of my own and I was very happy with the result. I happen to have a very similar tassel in gold color which I thought about the minute I saw Rose's cap. I originally wanted to use a black button to hold the cord of the tassel to replicate a real graduation cap but I had a tough time gluing it with the cord
underneath then to the top of the card. I found a metal gold button which worked perfectly. I also figured out where to insert the cash gift by putting a small envelope inside the card.. I used a design I bought from Silhouette. So perfect!
Having created my own design for the card, this means I can share the file with anyone interested in making the card. Yeheey, another free template for my followers :). All you have to do is request for the file on your comment below. PLEASE do not forget to leave your e-mail address on your comment.
I love this card. Can I get your template? Thanks, Mary
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May I please have the file? That card is amazing. I have several graduates to make cards for. This one is perfect.
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Beautiful, I was looking all over today for just a card like this and finally made a quick one myself plain and sent it out. Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteLori m
Oh please, I'd love the template, :)
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Awesome hat/card...would you mind sharing your file with me...roepartyof5@msn.com
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I would love this template also
ReplyDeleteWow - what a fantastic card! I would love the template.
ReplyDeleteMarian
msehome5@gmail.com
We have one graduate this year, she would love this card. You've done a great job and are so generous to offer to share. May I please have your template?
ReplyDeleteThank you
Sharon
jstheboss@cox.net
Great card! Would love to have the template.
ReplyDeleteJudy3118@aol.com
I Love this Gayle. Would love the template. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteMarg
william.jones(at)bellaliant.net
I would love to have a copy of your template. My daughter's best friend is graduating and we would love to make that card. You did a great job! Thanks, Margaret
ReplyDeletetwoguineapigs@hotmail.com
This is fantastic. May I have the file please
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Gayle,
ReplyDeleteWonderful Job and I would be more than happy to have a copy of your card instructions. My son graduates from Northern Kentucky University on May 8, 2011 and I would like to try to make this before then. You are absolutely fantastic with your talent. Thank You!
Dona
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Dona
My favorite so far! You are so talented. May I please have the file? barnes_elizabeth@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThank you again for sharing your beautiful creations with us all.
I love your card! My daughter is going to graduate from High School this year and I would love to make this card for her. Could I please have the template. My email is Fuzzstamp2@aol.com.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this!!
~ Debbie
TOTALLY incredible!! It would be AWESOME to have this card design as my newphew is graduating high school this year!! Thanks for sharing!!
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Wow Awesome card Just wonderful. I'd love the template please. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteYou have done an amazing job creating this card. I, too, have a graduation coming in June and would love to have the pattern to be able to create this.
ReplyDeletemarilee@telus.net
Another fantastic card. I would love the file.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pam
Great Card! I would love the template please. My grand daughter wiil be graduating and I would love to give her one of these. Micki
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I am new to the Sil SD but would love to try your file. It is so innovative! Love the way it looks! neldacnm at yahoo dot com.
ReplyDeleteI would love the file. I think it is a beautiful card!mariawallace@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAwesome card!
ReplyDeleteVery creative.
TFS
cute idea! I'd love to have the file since I have a daughter graduation from UCLA this June...
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FABULOUS Card! My son graduates from the University of Minnesota on May 5. I have been racking my brain for a card. Can I Please have the template?
ReplyDelete- Theresa
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I just sent the template to all of the above who made the request except for logicalminds70 who forgot to leave her address. I clicked on the link but there is no info.
ReplyDeleteIncredible card! I'd love to make it for my son, thanks for the file!!!
ReplyDeletecollierkat@aol.com
Love this card. What a creation. Can I have the file please? nursnowhite@hotmail.com
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Janet
Love it! Please send to julesw@wi.rr.com
ReplyDeleteLove the cap card. Please send to vtsews@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteNephew graduating in a few weeks!
Oh WOW! This is AWESOME, and I would love the file. You are so nice to share this with us! Thank you so much.
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debbi
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BTW, I tried to respond to the e-mail with your last free file, but my e-mail (to thank you) would not go through. So, THANK YOU! :-)
I luv your graduation card. I have a graduate this May and would luv to have the gsd file for it.
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So fun I work at a college so every year i have graduates who have help me in my office throughout their college years -I would love to have you template.
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What a great card. Just what I needed last week. lol but I know I will use it in future. Thanks for sharing.
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This is another fabulous card!!! Could you please send the template for this one and the recessed card. Thank you so much for sharing.. especially for those of us that have not figured out how to design even a square. LOL nicki562003 at gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWow! Great Card! I would love the template of it as well, please. Thank you for sharing.
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You have just made my weekend task so much easier. This is a great card. Please send the template!
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Thanks!
Gayle,
ReplyDeleteThe card is so clever. I have been looking all over for inspiration to make my crafty friend a graduation card and this would be perfect!
I would love the template. Thank you so much!
sandykippes@yahoo.com
thank you for offering this! I would love the template!
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Love the card! I would love to have the template as well. Thanks for sharing!
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Love it! Please send the template for this and for the recessed card to djames24809@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
Another creative card! I would also like the template.
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Deb
izzyjo50@yahoo.com
Absolutely brilliant. I love it. Thanks for being so generous in sharing your work. anitaducharme@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'd love the template also
ReplyDeleteBarb
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Wow, Gayle, your cards are just gorgeous!!! I haven't made any cards with my Silhouette but after seeing yours it makes me want to try. I spoke to you on the phone about 2 or 3 weeks ago about the little gold piece that fell out of my aluminum blade holder, do you remember? I would love to get the templates for the graduation card and also the flower. In fact any templates that you want to share would be great. My email address is vickycarol424@yahoo.com. I just love your work. It is just awesome. Thanks for being so sharing and caring enough to help us. Vicky
ReplyDeleteI would love to have your cutting file for this. Thanks for your generosity! You do very good work.
ReplyDeleteMy email is AuntTina114@cs.com
I would love to be able to make this card for a very special high school graduate! I am a follower with google friend connect and my email is jennifer_vinson@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your generosity!!
I would absolutely love this card to make for my son's graduating kindergarten next month =D thank you sooo much for creating this file. I am now a new follower to your blog. My email is janetnagai@hotmail.com
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Your card is absolutely wonderful! My son is graduating this weekend from college and I would love the file! Thank you so much for sharing!
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your card is awesome.. I would love the template.
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thanks, My oldest graduates in a few weeks.. this will be perfect for invites
Great card! I would love to have the template.
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Love that cards. I Would like to have the template also!!!
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jblair@jacks.sdstate.edu
Love the Card! Would love the template.
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The card is wonderful!! I have been working on three graduation cards for weeks and they look awful. I would love the template.
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Oh my goodness, I LOVE this card. I would love the template please.
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momma24foxes@gmail.com
Your cards are beautiful! May I please have this template? Thank you
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I love this card! May I have the template, please? Thanks!
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Amazing Job! Love the text on the inside of the card.
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stclair47@yahoo.com
This card is amazing. I'd love to make it for my son who is graduating high school this year. BTW, miss you on the silhouette group (even though I'm mostly a lurker).
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Thanks,
Carolyn
Your card is amazing, well done! I actually want to make this card for my tutor from the class as a thankyou - we've just done a Bachelors Degree. I'd be really grateful for the file on how to make it as soon as possible if you can. My email address is sueherbert@blueyonder.co.uk. Happy Crafting, youre very talented. Thanks, Sue in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
ReplyDeleteAmazing card !!! I have a few special people graduating in the next few weeks. Would love the template -
ReplyDeleteleannerogers09@hotmail.co.uk
Keep up the good work <3
This card is absolutely beautiful. Love the style, it's unique. Keep up the great work
ReplyDeleteI'd love to make it for my son and my niece who just graduated. Would love to have the template please. Thanks
anniemae26@hotmail.com
This is just what i have been looking for absolutely awesome. Please could you send the template to sandracampbell12@uk2.net
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect for my husbands graduation I would love the template
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I knew I should have requested this template when you first posted it on the silhouette forum,I would really like a copy of this template Thank You Gayle. angela.burke5@btopenworld.com
ReplyDeleteGayle, Your card is fabulous!! I'd love to get the file from you, if you are still offering it. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with the rest of us!
ReplyDelete~Krista J.
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Gayle Love the graduation card would I saw it awhile back on the silhouette forum and would so love the template if possible.
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Jo
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Your card is very unique. I'd love to get the file/template from you if possible.
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I love your graduation card. It's very creative and unique. Please, could I get your template for this card. (slupscha@gmail.com)
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Simko
Oh, love it and would love the template please! Barbie1990@yahoo.com
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Connie
May I please have a copy of your template? My e-mail address is cgordon@techie.com.
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would love to have a copy of the template
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thank you in advance kababayan :D
Hi this card would be perfect for a group of trainees that will be graduating from their course. Can I please have the template
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Ange
What a great idea. Cards are so expensive and unpersonal. Please send me the templete.
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Please send me the templete. I've never seen cards like this before! U're amazing!! Here in Chile there are no ideas like this! All cards are really ugly!! vale_boehm92@hotmail.com!
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A friend recommended your site when I asked for ideas for my daughter's graduation next week. It is perfect and I would love a copy of the file if you are still willing to share. Thank you.
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Please, please send me the template. These would be great to make for my daughter's graduation this coming Year.
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Thanks in advance!
This is perfect for a Graduation from a Friend. His is getting his Master degree and this would be perfect as he is a older person. My email is lilyjoha at live dot com
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great Idea for my daughter's graduation. I would love it if you could send me templete. My email is lanacutlip@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThank you
Great idea have an upcoming graduation and it looks amazing... I would really appreciate it if you could send me the template.... my email is claudette_2065@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAre you still sharing the fabulous template? If so, I would love to have it too! suannjl@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteOh how wonderful. Can you please send me the template? Becky
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This is amazing. Can you pleasee send me the file? Thanks. jayanddevi@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWow - can you please send me the file - maresedo@aol.com. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi Gayle, if you are still sharing this file I'd love a crack at it. Looking for something special to make for our group of 20 pre-schoolers who graduate in a month and head off to kindergarden! please send it to edwardsyorkies at bellsouth dot net. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Gayle please if you are still sharng can I have this file, my daughter has just graduated from university here in a wet UK
ReplyDeleteYour designs are fab
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efrewin582@btinternet.com
What a wonderful idea! I would love to try it if you're still sharing.
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thelondons@cox.net
SO cute. If you wouldn't mind please send to stylishstitches@hotmail.com. Thanks
ReplyDeletemay I have it too? fuzzyfoot1@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness, may I have this adorable graduation cap file too, please???? My friend's son is graduating and I'd love to make this for him.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to you, Gayle, in advance. I love this!
Karen
kbrig@ptd.net
WOW another amazing card. I would LOVE this card file as I have a graduate that I need to make a card for in a couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing. mghowell8@msn.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea would love to have the template .
ReplyDeletethank you so much for shreing.
Ann pals@vermontel.net
May I please ask for the grad file? Have a nephew graduating soon.
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Yesi :)
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Adoraria ter estes arquivos!
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Obrigada!
abaratieri@hotmail.com
What a great card would love the template
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Ann
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What a great idea!! i love it, my email is andizola1@yahoo.com, please share me your card.
ReplyDeleteLove it please can I get your template, its awesome my email is andizola1@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea! We would love to get your template if we could.
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clevenger5@q.com
How wonderful! I would very much appreciate the file, if possible. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteKristina
klsbloom@gmail.com
Hi there, this is a great card! I have 2 special cards to make for this months graduations -- wondering if I could have the templates as well? Would much appreciate it! Debbie
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I was very impressed with your card and would love to make one for my grandaughters graduation so could I have the template. Thanks Jeanette.
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I just tried sending you the file but it bounced back. Kindly give me your e-mail address again. You can e-mail me directly at ligayatg@yahoo.com
DeleteAnother stunner! Your projects are to die for! I would so love this template for a summer college graduate. Thanks so much.
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Hi I love your graduation cap and would love the template for my son's girlfriend's graduation. Many thanks Angela.
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Loove it. Might have sent this already. Not computer. He reply after I wrote so. I'll try again. hifromluke@myacc.net. I'd love the template. Than. Luke
DeleteJoined the site only recently and im loving all the new inspiration from an obviously talented crafter, would love this temlate. Thank you. beckalison46@yahoo.co.uk
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ReplyDeleteHave been looking for something like this forever it seems. Could I please have a copy of your template used in this picture? Thanking you in advance for your generousity and sharing. My email is cbushko@telus.net. Thank you again.
ReplyDeletePlease send me the instructions for your graduation cap box template. I have been looking for something like this forever it seems. This template goes beyond what I had hoped to find! Thank you for your generousity sharing your pattern and your talent with everyone. My email is cbushko@telus.net Thank you again.
Your card is extraordinary. Could you please send me the files and graphics?
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I am new to using the silhouette.
Awesomest idea i have ever seen.... can i please please have this card file... i so much want to make this for my friend who just graduated...
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This is another great creation! I have 24 students of mine graduating in just over a month and I have been looking for something to make them - this is perfect! Could you please send me the file. Thank you!! cassie.bibby@me.com
ReplyDeleteAwesome creation. This is so inspiring. I would love the template. Thanks so much. brittanydukesjames@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMay I have your file, please? I would love to make these for our seniors at church. Thank you!
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This is really creative!! I am looking at making my own graduation invitations and this is a great idea. May I please have your file. Thank you!
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can i have it? lovely idea.. but asap pls mitsyrules@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteAmazing!!! Please send me the file sobeezmail@yahoo.com
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This is a great all on one card/gift box! Just what I was looking for my graduate. Can you please send me the file. Rnunoben@cox.net
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. I would love the template. please share ! jjasnica33@sbcglobal.net.
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This is awesome and I would love the template and directions.
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Hello. I know you sent me the file but I still can't open it. If you have any suggestions how I can do this I would appreciate it so much.
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This is exactly what I've been looking for! Could I get the template from you please? GEORGIARAENBOUTIQUE@GMAIL.COM
ReplyDeleteThis is just amazing !! That's exactly what i need!
ReplyDeleteI would love to get the file/template. Can you send it to me, please?
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Very nice! I would love to get the template.
ReplyDeleteCan you send it to me, please?
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Gayle, if your offer of this file is still current, I would love to make one for my grandson who graduates this month! Thanks so much! jdow@lightspeed.net
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Gosh! your card is amazing. You're so talented. I'd love a copy of the template, could you please send it to simple_as_abc@hotmail.com?
ReplyDeleteKeep up the wonderful creations!
Wow! This is amazing~!
ReplyDeleteCan you please email me the card template?
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yuiwee9339@gmail.com
I love your cards! Could you please send me the graduation card - my daughter graduates in May and this would be perfect for her.
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Patty M
patricia.mckernan@att.net
I love it !!! Can you please send me the template im just so in love with this cap .. my mail address is louka5852@gmail.com thank you sooo much
ReplyDeleteI Love it. Please I want the template! Thanks
ReplyDeleteClaudia Alvarado
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Great idea. I have an upcoming graduation and I think that card looks amazing... I would really appreciate it if you could send me the template.... my email is ghettobarbie@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteI would also love this template...such a great idea! My email is kedharris@myfairpoint.net. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI have been searching the internet for a free template to make a cap and at last I found one and it looks perfect. Curious in seeing how the cap opens at the bottom. Please send me your template and your awesome for sharing it. stantond09@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness, can I please get this template for the grad cap. I would so appreciate it!! MorphMania @ gmail . com It is awesome! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteHave just sat my last exam & would love to give this card to some of my fellow graduates.
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sam.rey@bigpond.com
I just saw this card! Awesome! I have several graduations this year and would love to make this! Please send me the file!
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Thank you!
wonderful just what I need please could I have copy of the file
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If you are still sharing this file, I would absolutely LOVE to have it. My email address is bradberrysherri@hotmail.com.
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This is awesome i would love to learn how you made this please jmv021495@yahoo.com Great Job !!
ReplyDeleteWow this is amazing! I saw a lot of graduation cards but this one is the best. Could I please have the file? My email address is lannyanderson@yahoo.com Thank you Gayle...
ReplyDeleteDear Gayle, I love this card. I don't know if you still share this file, but if you do; my email is m3.agila@gmail.com
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