April 2026

Hello everyone! Just what you wanted…to be greeted by a mouse! At least it’s a cute one wanting to have a party!

Pretty straight forward…die cut and glue. Spattered some white for the background through an oval I die cut in a piece of printer paper.

I put the extra Daisy inside with the sentiment! Birthday Wishes is from an older 2021 Memory Box Joyful Moments stamp set. I cut off the ‘sending’ word at the top because most of the birthday cards I use I don’t send!

It stamped up nicely in the MISTI and with versafine Oynx ink this time.

Sorry….I’m not finding it at my usual stores.

I made this mouse up four different ways trying to see which way I liked it best. The first time making it brown, die cut in white and inked with Distress ink, second time die cut in white and inked with Distress Hickory Smoke ink to make it gray, third time was the reverse grays of cardstock of this one I’m posting. It was cute with pink inked in the ears! All that to say it can look really different depending on what you use.

The daisy Umbrellas are super cute!

The sentiment banner is from the poppystamps Spring Banners stamp set. Some of these sets come with dies. I’ll look this one up and I’ll be sure to link the dies also. I did shorten this for this card though.

IT”S ON SALE! $4.99 for the stamps and the dies at Starlitstudio.net!

I love the variety of fun sentiments in this set!

oh, I die cut the raincoat in a green checker paper too and it was super cute. lol The detail showed up more. The first two that I die cut in white I inked in Distress Mustard Seed ink. That was cute too! Now it just needs boots! haha

This little mouse would be cute nestled in a bunch of flowers for ‘garden whimsy’! That’s one of the sentiments in the stamp.

Linking to some card challenges…

A Cut Above April 2026 – anything goes with a die cut

The Four Seasons April 2026 – anything goes Spring

Die Cut Divas – Birthday or Anniversary Card

Triple B April 2026 – I’m using blooms!

ok – I’ll stop yakking and go work outside for a bit. Happy cardmaking to you! Thank you for stopping by!

P.S. I just realized I forgot to add white dots to it’s eyes. I’m not going to retake pictures though! oops!

Here’s shopping links to what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94897 Rainy Day Mouse… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94895 Daisy Umbrellas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB515 Spring Banners… [ STR ]
Waffle Flower Additional Oval Dies… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles… [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION 2.0… [ SSS \| SBC \| SBC \| SBC ]
Spellbinders – Card Shoppe Essentials… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Zig Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR ]
Sizzix Circular Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR ]	Woodware EasyPick Tool by Creative… [ STR ]	Sizzix – New and Improved – Big Shot… [ SBC ]

Hi everyone! This year is flying by and here it is time for grad cards! I love the sets Spellbinders is offering this year. I used the new Classic Mouse Graduation die set and the new Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments BetterPress glimmer set.

We need a girl grad card so I used the school colors for here. Spellbinders has an assembly page on their website to follow…makes it so easy to put together!

I had the idea to add a flower to her extended hand…so cute! The white daisy is from the Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set.

I wish I could show you in person because they’re so much cuter in real life!

Close up photos…

I used a circle punch to make a stencil to ink on the blush on her cheek. She just needed a little color! lol

Now, here’s Mickey!

I love that they have different shoes…I added more detail to the tassel this time. I couldn’t think of anything else to put in his hand. lol

I just cut strips of cardstock to frame the ‘class of’ words.

Here he is close up. I didn’t add the blush/cheek circle.

I love the little hat charm in the sentiment set. I clipped off the circle top though. I want to make some more cards with these sets. I love the letterpress look. You can foil with these too so I want to do that on some.

Both cards are A7 size but will still mail for one forever stamp.

Linking to some card challenges…

A Cut Above April – anything goes with a die cut

NBUS #85 – never before used stuff

Word Art Wednesday #748-749 – anything goes

Holler if you have any questions! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used to make these cards…SPL = Spellbinders, SBC = scrapbook. com, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, STR = Starlitstudio.net

WAREHOUSE SALE going on at Spellbinders… HERE!

Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation I Want It… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Mini Blooms and Sprigs Etched Dies -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	CrafTreat – Teflon Bone Folder – Lifter [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scor-Pal 12×12 INCH MEASURING AND… [ SSS ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Circular Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]