Etsy.Com Artisans: Handcrafted Graduation Cards Customized to Reflect Your Grad's Personal Style

You won't find stuffy, traditional graduation invitations on Etsy.com. The Etsy card artisans (cardisans?) offer their own unique interpretations of modern graduation stationery. Many styles are customizable with your choice of background colors or photos. Your grad can't order anything this cool at school or in a traditional stationery store.

Buying customized Etsy artisan designed cards is like using a personal design service. You send in the information. The artist designs your cards and emails a copy for approval. When they send the final digital file, you print them yourself or have them printed. Some artists will do the printing for an additional fee. Shipping costs may apply if actual cards are shipped.

There are so many unique graduation cards on Etsy, it might be difficult to make a choice; but here are a few you may find irresistible.

Etsy Artisan Modern Customized Styles

J M Photo Art: Stylish Custom Graduation Invitation
Your grad's smiling face gets all the attention on this invitation. It has just enough details to confirm the where and when of the big day. The artist will create your card and send you a proof within 24 hours. You print as many invitations as you need from the final digital file. At $5.00, the Digital design is economical.

Plum Tree Paper Goods: Style 6
This simple yet elegantly customizable card places your grad's photo against your choice of background colors. That makes it a nice find. The artist will print 100 cards for 65 dollars.That makes it even better.

Paper Spice: Gold Ribbon Photo Graduation Announcement or Invitation Card
This card offers photo customization with a hint of tradition. The photo placement is simple and uncluttered. The writing is elegant. As with many of the customizable photo cards, the emphasis is on the grad. Digital file, $16.00

K M Thomas Designs: Simple and Bright
This photo-customized graduation card steps away from tradition with bright backgrounds and font choices. Your $15.00 purchase price buys the art work. The card artisan will send your digital file within 24 hours of purchase.

Gwen Marie Designs: Pink Double Sided Graduation Announcment/Party Invitation
This pink photo enhanced card leaves traditional monotones behind. All that pink is softened with blocks of brown and a swirly brownish wash of texture. If that sounds strange, just click here and take a look. You'll love it. You'll also appreciate the double sided design.

$20 purchases the card design. Printed cards begin at 2.45 each if you buy 25 to 50 cards.There's a discount on higher quantities. If Gwen Marie Designs prints your cards, they refund the $20 dollar design fee.

West Willow: Bold
The pale pinstripe background, the font, the color mix make this graduation announcement especially bold. Your grad's photo is the fabulous finishing touch. $15 for the artwork digital file.

Etsy Artisan Multiple Photos Styles

Why customize your grad's invitations with just one photo when you can use 2, 3 or even 4? You send the photos, and these Etsy card artisans will send you a digital file of your graduation invitations and announcements.

Pebbles & Poppys : Simple Black
Share memories of your grad's life with 3 photos on a black background. The text is white. $14 for your digital file.

Cardvark Designs: Multiple Photos
Choose 4 of your grad's best photos to remind them of how far they've come. $15 artwork digital file.

Etsy Artisan Unique and Whimsical Designs
If you like your invitations quirky or whimsical, check out these Etsy artisans.

AM Studio Art and Design: Graduation Fashion Girl Invitation
The whimsical graduate silhouette on this card makes it for girl's only. The card is customizable with printed details to make it a graduation announcement or invitation for the ceremony or party. $15.00 pays for the artwork in a digital file. The artisan will print cards starting at $35.00 for 20.

Writefully Sew Invites: Graduation Girl
Hot pink color, zebra stripes. This card is fun and just a bit quirky. You pay $14 for the art work digital file and have it printed yourself.

The Inspired Note: Head of the Class Graduation Announcement
This graduation announcement opens like a precious gift. Inside you will find the elegantly printed graduation details. The added hint of color in the text makes it perfect for the stylish grad.
$75.00 for 25 invitations.

Itsy Bitsy Paper: Damask Invitation or Announcement
This mix of colorful patterns and traditional printing give this card a homespun yet modern feel. You send the text. They create the card. The initial set up and design cost is 30.00. For that you get twenty fabulous cards with the option to order additional cards at 1.50 each.

Etsy Artisan Graduation Extras

A J's Craften: Money Holder
Don't just hand over the money. Put your grad's cash in a colorful handcrafted money holder. 2 dollars each

Peaden Scott DesignsGraduation Cap Pop-Up Card

Give your grad a moment of fun with this handcrafted card. Your grad will love the pop up graduation cap inside.

7.50 per card.

Source:
Etsy.com "Graduation Cards" Search
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