Girly Graduation

I have 4 cards to post today and each contains items from the stash pile I am working on whittling down.  (You can check out some of my most recent posts to see some of the items that have been put to good use)  I have a bunch of die cut numbers in said stash pile and I was wondering how I was going to use them.  Lots of random zeros in there and almost all the numbers are white--couldn't tell you why.  Then I was reminded that a friend was graduating this weekend with her massage therapy degree and as she is one of the Sunday School teachers at our church, they were going to have a little celebration for her.  Ah, ha, a graduation card with the date on it!  Perfect for using up random zeros!  So, the 2 and the 0 were already cut out as was the sentiment panel (stamped already even!) = 3 items from the pile used up!  And I think it created a really soft beautiful graduation card.

Challenges:
Cards Galore--anything goes
Timeless Tuesdays #255--celebrate something new (a new degree/career and celebrating new paper for me!)
Our Daily Bread Designs Blog #187--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the white and pale colors in the left picture and the flowers in the right picture)

Word Art Wednesday #116--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafting by Design--get your girl on (this is definitely girly with purples, flourishes, flowers, pearls and rhinestones)
Sister Act Card Challenge #41--anything goes
Fussy & Fancy #106--vintage (I don't usually do vintage, but this has a nice vintage feel to me--I think it's the paper)
The Squirrel and The Fox #62--use at least three embellishments (I have lots of pearls and rhinestones)

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Celebrating You" sentiment; Clear Dollar Stamps graduation cap and "Elegant Flourishes" flourishes and flowers
Dies: Verve "Charming Ovals"; PTI number dies