Sister's Graduation Banner

When my sister saw the banner I made for my brother's graduation, she asked that her graduation banner be "prettified."  I was happy to oblige.  I like my brother's banner, but there isn't enough glitter and shine.  He, being a boy, preferred his streamlined.

I started by cutting the banner and it's shadow at about 5" from Birthday Bash.  The blue star paper is from Joann's (from their 5 for $1 sale.)  I liked the paper as it was, but I thought I could prettify it.  I took a sparkle gel pen and outlined the stars.  After I did the stars, the black shadowed banner looked plane so I used fine black glitter to sparkle it up a bit.

Next I used Ribbons and Rosettes to make the star rosette.  I cut it out of plane white cardstock at 2".  I added Frosted Lace stickles to the stars just for fun.  :-)

The penguins are from Simply Charmed.  (My sister LOVES penguins.) I used the gypsy to blackout the faces and used Peachy Keen stamps instead.  I used Glossy Accents on the eyes.  The graduation cap and diploma are from Happy Graduation.  I sized them to fit the penguin.  The penguin's sash is from Paper Doll's Dress Up.  It is the witch's shrug.  I just sized it to fit and cut off the ragged end.

The letters are from Varsity Letter.  I used Glossy Accents on the letters.

Here is the final product: