Recessed Window Grad Card

School's out and graduation season is upon us again. It's been awhile since I've made a recessed window card style graduation card so I searched my archived cutting files to make this card. Just had to quickly edit the file with the current year and personalize with the graduate's name. 

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the recessed window card is similar to a shadowbox style card with a depth of one-fourth inch. I added a photo I found online of the graduate's high school campus inside the window, covered it with clear acetate, then added the cover plate panel with the graduate silhouette and class over it. I used Arial font to cut the graduate's name on the front panel and backed it with a layer of acetate and gold glitter cardstock.
 

On the inside of the card, I added a pocket decorated with the school emblem for a place to tuck a gift envelope. The mortarboard cap and tassel used on the envelope was cut using a very old Quickutz die.

I liked that this recessed window card came together quite quickly and am thinking I should start using this card style more often.