Good morning! Another Thursday is upon us, which means today is Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff day! This week, I opted for a shaped graduation card – one of the girls I used to babysit is graduating this month (man I”m getting OLD), so I thought something more personal than store bought was in order. I selected images from Lindsay’s All Around Phrases and School Rules digital stamp sets and imported them into Photoshop where I could layer and color them with ease.  I used Jodiann’s newest style set, Chalkies: Bold Summer (available tomorrow – May 14) to “color” the Inner and Outer Dots and the diploma.  Then I used a silver SuperBladePro preset from the Blading Basket  on the It’s Your Day layer. Then I printed the design + an extra diploma on Staples White CS.  I used my large circle and large scallop circle nestabilities to cut out the image which is mounted on blue glitter CS from my DCWV Holiday Mat stack – I’ve been stashing that one for awhile! I trimmed the extra diploma and attached it with pop-dots for dimension. I couldn’t stop there – I had planned to use small adhesive pearls on the inner circles, but the spacing was too tight, so I opted to create my own using White Opal liquid pearls (I need to practice more – my “pearls” are more like small  cones). I added a bit of shine to the outer dots with my clear Gelly Roll Glaze pen and some shimmer to the letters with my Silver Spica Pen.  For the card base, I once again headed to my stash for an SU precut card in Whisper White.  I embossed the front using my Cuttlebug Textiles folder and my Big Shot before using my largest Labels 8 nestability to cut the shape.  I wanted a bit more shimmer, so added a light layer of Iridescent medium and set everything aside to dry (in this case overnight since my little one wanted to play).  I attached the circle/scallop layer to the card base with glue dots and viola – a simple but I think rather pretty, graduation card for a special young lady.

If you haven’t been to Lindsay’s Blog yet, be sure to stop by. I know she has a FREEBIE and the previews for her new Black & White graduation papers as well as the links to the other DT blogs (also available on my sidebar).

Have a great day! Nadya and I are heading to gymnastics and then a lunch/ play date with a couple of her friends to celebrate her birthday with them since we were out of town last week.

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• Crafty Ann’s Challenge Blog – Anything Goes
• Dare You 2 Digistamp – Anything Goes
• Hand Full Of Stamps – Just a Little Dotty
• Ooh La La Creations – Minimalist/White Space
• YNS Challenges – Cut It Out and Pop It Up