Graduation cards featuring red embossed stars, a barnboard background and a stamped greeting

Another graduation card to add to the mix.  I started with a black card and added a trimmed piece of barn board decorative paper.  It is a digital (Morgue File) which I colour printed.  Next I die cut four red stars (SX) and embossed them with D'vine Swirl embossing folder (CB).  The greeting was stamped on white cardstock.  I trimmed it to the proper width and then inserted the ends into the Decorative Label punch (SU) to give them a decorative edge.  I added lines of paper piercing with my pattern tracing tool to the top and bottom.  I positioned my greeting and secured it with tiny brads.  They were originally white and I coloured them with Sharpie markers.  I arranged my embossed stars around the greeting and adhered them to my card front.  

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