Graduation

Good morning!

Today WILL BE a better day!!

Lunch is in the crock pot.... I'm boiling my tomatoes so I can put those up and I've 

received the newest issue of Paper Crafts Magazine
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/index.html in the mail!  Woo Hoo!!

Colorful Creations  http://colorfulcreations.ning.com/events/twisted-blueprints-14-1 had a

sketch challenge "with a twist" for the month of September.  The twist was 

to use letters and stars on your layout.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

Although I took literally hundreds of photos of our son's High School graduation, I chose

these two for my layout.

The photo on the left is of Andrew's best friend since Kindergarten and the other photo

is of Andrew with his grandmother.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, Colorbok

Silver Dots Strip: Webster's Pages

Puffy Metallique Letters: Forever in Time

String

Stars: Traced & Hand Cut

Banner:  Diamonds cut from patterned paper 

I noticed the patterned paper that I chose had "diamonds" throughout and 

then I got the idea to cut them out, fold them over the string and create my banner!

So easy and fun too! 

I didn't like the look of the single stars, so I doubled the two larger ones which

looked so much better. 

These puffy letters are so cute!  They're self-adhesive which means no messy glue.

I used a ruler to make sure I had the letters straight! 

I received this metallic strips of "dots" as part of the prize for winning a 

challenge!  I absolutely love these!  And it couldn't have arrived at a better time for

this layout!  I just used a small strip and it makes such a bold effect. 

Here's another angle of the dots strip. 

Cool letters!  You can see the circle and the stars also. 

Here's a portion of the banner.  Love how the glitter pops up on paper pieces I've used. 

Here's the bottom portion of my layout.... where all the "action" is located!  :)

Have a super-wonderful day!

Libby  :)