Girly Graduation

Here's the card I made for my oldest's graduation...the layout was inspired by the 2nd photo...I just turned it around and changed the shape of the main image (eliminating the border)...the stamp is an ancient stamp (one of my first SU! stamp sets)...I just stamped it twice (once on white and a second time on pink) and cut out the cap and diploma and popped with dimensionals...and of course, added some glitter!

Blue and gold owl

Here's a card I made for my kindergardener who graduated to first grade!  Our school colors are blue and gold!

Graduation Owl

I needed a few graduation cards this year...this one was for a friend at work...I didn't know his school colors but I thought that red, black and white was pretty classic...the wings of the owl are a half scalloped oval...the cap is just a hand cut diamond...

Graduation....

My friend needed a few invites for her daughter's grad party...her shool colors are black and gold--luckily I had one sheet of Summer Sun left!

I made the card double sided instead of a fold out card, since I thought that would be easier to had out to friends....


Layout look familiar??

And on, and on, and on.....

Am I boring you with all this layout stuff?


The dotted circle is from Thanks So Much (retired) as is the graduate stamp...

Gift Card Holder

My niece is graduating this year so I needed a gift card holder (because what do you get a 14 year old but money?)  Since I was playing around with the owl punch, I decided to make this gift card holder for her...

It uses the Two Tag Die...


Wait till you see the adorable invitation I made with this gift card holder!

Pink Grad Owl

...using the Ice Cream Parlor SAB paper...not realy a fan of it but my fellow demo, Cheryl Robinson, loves it so I decided to give it a try...


Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron

Layout look familiar?

My (new) stamping philosophy is when you find something that works stick with it...a great layout can be transformed into hundreds of different cards...

I used this layout again (from the pine cone male Get Well/birthday card)...instead it is a very cute Owl Graduation card...the striped paper is not SU!, but you can use any paper for your color inspiration...


Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip (for owl) Whisper White