Simply Sweet by Sharon

For today's challenge I decided to combine the 2 themes 

and make a card with Shiny Elements and Would You

 Ever Guess Wednesday.  (For WYEGW you have to use 

a Cricut cut that is not a main cut.) 

As you know from my last posting my daughter Michaela 

is leaving Middle School and is on to High School. In our 

School District we only have one High School and it is 

HUGE.  The graduating class this year is around 650. I 

am a little nervous for her but, I know her and she will fit 

is just fine. My daughter is no wall flower and fits right into 

any situation. Since she is not actually graduating I decided 

not to use the "Congratulations Graduate"words that can be 

found on some cartridges. 

For this card I used 3 Cricut cartridges. The card base was cut from 

the Art Philosophy Cricut cart by Close to My Heart. I used the fit 

to page button with a 12 X 12 piece of DCWV paper. This cut can

 be found on page 54. It ends up being 5 1/2 X 9 inches. The 2012

 also came from the Art Philosophy cartridge and was cut using the

Font and Font layer buttons.  I love the little holes that are cut in the

numbers because it makes a perfect place to add some stickles for a 

little extra bling. The 2012 were cut out 2 times with each button at 

1 1/2 inches. The background paper is cut at 7 3/4 X 4 1/2 inches.

  I used some of my scrap paper but, I know this was from an old 

Colorbok stack. 

The second cartridge I used was Wrap it Up for the cap. You can find

 the cap on page 67. I cut each layer out 3 times at 2 inches. (That 

may seem small but the size is not by length but hight) I then

 glued each layer together to give it thickness. 

The last cartridge used is 3 Birds on Parade.  I know funny hun.. a 

cartridge that is all about really cute birds. How can that be used on 

a graduation card?  Well since I didn't actually want "Congratulations 

Graduate" this cartridge has "Way to Go" and I thought "how perfect"

You can find the "Way to Go" cut on page 51 in the phrase section.

I cut it out at 2 inches 2 times for each layer. Once again for 

thickness. I love to have my elements on my cards be thick 

and popped up with a little bit of sparkle. 

As you can see in my second picture I pop dotted all of the cuts to 

give them the lift they need to stand out. After everything was stuck

down in just the right places I added little dots of Crystal colored 

Stickles.  Doesn't that give the card a little extra something. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my "Way to Go" card today. Now I 

invite you to go over to My Cricut Craft Room and see what other

wonderful projects my Design Team Sisters have created for todays

challenge.  I love to give away Blog Candy!!  So, for today I will be

choosing ONE special person to receive a surprise Blog Candy prize

from me.  Please let me a comment with your contact information 

and one way you think I could make my card better.  I will be

choosing the winner on June 13th (Which is Michaela's special day)

Have a fantastic Wednesday!!

Sweet Wishes ~Sharon~