It's My Day!

Graduation day, that is! Well, technically, I'm not graduating today (I'm not sure when the ceremony is and I'm not planning on attending it), but I'm completely finished with my graduate school classes as of this evening. In tonight's class I am defending my portfolio, which basically summarizes all of the work I've done over the past three years. I think that's definitely a cause for celebration (be sure to read to the end of this post).

Here's a little celebratory card to mark the occasion. It's a shaker card using one of the images from the Birthday Darling set from Clear & Simple Stamps. I placed the balloon image inside a scalloped circle shaker and filled it with tiny star confetti. Cute!

For the scalloped border alongside the striped panel, I wanted to have the scallops be the same size as the ones around the shaker. So, I cut another scalloped circle out, punched out the center with a circle punch, then "straightened" out the curved piece to form a line of scallops. It's not completely straight, but it's pretty close. Just another way to use those Nestabilities dies I keep investing more and more money into . . .

And, remember, Clear & Simple Stamps is running a contest with a $25 gas card as a prize. You can check out the details here.

When you graduate, you have to have some kind of celebration, right? So, in honor of my graduation, thougth I'd have a blog candy giveaway for my readers. There's a bunch of fun stuff in this collection of candy, including a stack of glittered paper, a fun 6x6 mini album, some alterable stuff (clear paint can, pink mailbox, wood clipboard, round CD tin with coasters); a stack of funny mini clear stamp sets (like the Inkadinkadoo ones), a paper distresser, some American Crafts ribbon, a wood mounted bird stamp, some fun chipboard letters, and a box of sparkly rhinestone flowers. To enter, please leave a comment on this post. My sister Jill will randomly select the winner on Saturday.

I can't tell you how happy I am to have this program over. It's been a lot of time and a lot of work. I'm looking forward to getting back to my regular schedule now and getting ready for the upcoming SU! convention, too. I feel so bad that I haven't been able to spend time visiting and commenting at everyone else's blog since my summer classes started. I promise I'll get back to making my rounds again very soon!