And this is the card that I ended up making for the boy. Again, I used my Cricut to cut out the GRAD letters and I stamped and cut out the graduation cap using SU's Little Layers Plus stamp set.

I did not want to use ribbon on this card, so I ended up making the little diploma. I rolled up a small piece of white cardstock and tied it using SU silver cording. I made the background using my Cuttlebug and Distressed Striped Embossing folder.

The congratulations sentiment is from SU's All Year Cheer stamp set and the year 2009 is stamped using SU's All Around Alphabet Number stamp set.