SSS, Grad Basics

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The new Grad Basics sentiment set came out just in time for me!  I normally have a few graduation cards to make each year, but this year my oldest graduates which means so do most of her friends, which means I need a lot more cards!

When I need cards in a hurry, stencils are my best friend.  I pulled out a few favorites to create fun, colorful backgrounds, and finished things off with a sentiment from the Grad Basics set.

For these first two cards, I tilted the Positivity stencil when putting it over my cardstock panel, and then inked with two colors: Pucker and Citrine for the card on the left, and Cabbage and Sky for the card on the right.  All my sentiments were stamped with Versafine Clair black.

For below left, I used the Dimensional Cube stencils with Bubblegum, Carnation, Violet, Orchid, and Sky.  The card on the right uses the Dimensional Rectangles stencils with Sky, Dusk, and Flannel (I used Sky twice inking one layer with a lighter hand than the other).

Next up. I used the Stepped Back Blocks stencil on the left, with Ocean, Mist and Raindrop, and 3D Box stencils with Sky, Dusk, Night, and Twilight, using several of those colors multiple times.

Finally, I pulled out the Giant Firework stencil, which is a good one to have in your stash just because it works for all celebrations.  For the card on the right, I inked Blush and Butter.

For the card on the left,  couldn't resist pulling out Stickles Solar Flare Glitter Gel.  In addition to the 'regular' sparkle, there are fun star shaped pieces in this gel which make is especially festive.  

That's all for me today.  We're off to graduation tomorow night!