Even MORE Graduation Cards for 2026!

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Pam Sparks14 Comments

It was so fun to personalize some cards for my daughters to use! You can guess this one was for a drummer!

Linking to the Crafty Catz Challenge – anything goes!

and linking to DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge – anything goes/optional graduation

and linking to Time Out Challenges – playing music!

I’ll link up what I used below. The drum set is from My Favorite Things. No longer open but maybe it can be found searching. I don’t see the congratulations anymore either so I’ll link up a different one, it’s not as long though.

This one was for a vocalist and pianist! So fun!

Linking my piano keyboard card to the Simply Clean & Simple May Challenge – Clean and Simple.

and linking to Cards 4 Guyz – Clean and Simple.

and linking to Try it Tuesday – Keep it simple!

congradulations is another stamp from My Favorite Things…

Keyboard and Microphone are from Spellbinders, linked below.

This one was for a cello player that plays basketball and volleyball too!

The filmstrip is a really old Sizzix or Accucut die!

Linking my old filmstrip die card to the Neglected Stuff Challenge – use at least one old neglected product.

and linking to the Alphabet Challenge – B is for ball

Cap, basketball, words and numbers from Spellbinders. (it looks like the sports set is discontinued)

Stars from Memory Box.

Below, more cards that would work for anyone….

I like the cap on numbers and letters! lol This is the TE Little Bits cap, Quickutz extra Large Blossom numbers, TE layered Star stencil and TE congrats grad sentiment.

Linking my congrats grad card to the Stencil Fun Challenge – stencils are the game!

and linking to the Just Add Ink Challenge – add stencils or dies or both!

and this one…

TE star background stamp and cap die. Quickutz Diesel Numbers. Sub sentiments are from My Favorite Things. I found some other small sentiments and linked them up below…

Last but not least…although it looks like the words didn’t all take the foiling, they did! No idea why it looks black. I made two of these.

TE foiling cards and TE graduation cap.

Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle dies.

That’s all I think! eek! I had fun making…I hope you’ve been having fun too!

Now back to the regularly scheduled program! haha I have a sympathy card, some birthday cards and baby cards to share!

ttul!

Some shopping links for products that are still current…

Simon Says Stamp CONGRATULATIONS… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamp EZ Strips… [ SSS ]	Hero Arts Everyday Sentiment Strips 2… [ SSS ]
Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Musical Instruments Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]

cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Graduation · Memory Box · Penny Black · Poppystamps · Quickutz · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Taylored Expressions

Graduation Cards Galore!

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Linking my Globe Card to the Word Art Wednesday Challenge – anything goes!

I finally got the TE Little Bits Grad Cap to make this card. I copied it from their website (edited to add the card designer is Kavya). One difference is I used the Penny Black wood floor. (linked below)

Linking my congradulations card to the Paper Funday May Challenge – anything goes!

This card I used Spellbinders Bold numbers sets, TE grad cap and MFT sentiment.

Linking this colorful card to the A Cut Above May Challenge – anything goes with a die cut.

This one is a TE die and the mini sentiments are from MFT. Oh, the star stamp is from TE also.

I used Black Glossy cardstock to die cut it. Linked below.

I had fun with this! I used the NEW poppystamps Joyride Car, an old Quickutz die for the grad caps, Memory Box Puffy Clouds and the FLY HIGH sentiment is a dollar stamp, probably over 20 years old from JoAnns! I’d never used it before!

I’m linking my FLY High card to the NBUS challenge #86 – never before used stuff!

and to the Four Seasons Spring Challenge – because Spring is graduations!

and to the Neglected Stuff Challenge – because this Fly High sentiment has to be over 20 years old!

I just inked the background with Distress inks.

This one it’s hard to see but the black behind the cut out letters is embossed with Spellbinders Music folder, I’ll link it below and you can definitely see it better in the last photo.

The grad cap and scroll I used here are from the Classic Mouse Graduation die set…linked below.

I used Altenew’s Bold alphabet to die cut the word GRAD, I’ll link it below.

I did different color hats…

I’m linking my GRAD card to the Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge – anything goes with an embossing folder.

and to the Die Cut Divas Challenge blog – all about celebrations!

and to the Word POWER Challenge – focus on the sentiment!

So fun! I have one more post coming with grad cards…hopefully you’ll be inspired like I was by all the cards out in the interwebs!

I got out all my graduation supplies and now I have a real mess. haha It’s kind of tempting to keep them all together instead of putting them back away by company.

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

Here’s shopping links to what’s available that I used…

Penny Black – Creative Dies – Wood… [ SBC ]	Poppystamps – 2697 Joyride Car craft die [ STR ]	Favorite Song 3D Embossing Folder -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Altenew – Dies – Caps Bold Alphabet [ SBC \| SSS \| ALTN ]	Bold Numbers Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Bold Color Mix Numbers… [ SSS ]
Sweeping Celebration Sentiments Press… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders – Card Shoppe Essentials… [ SBC ]
Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS ]	Splatter White Opaque Watercolor \|… [ SPL ]	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect… [ SSS ]
Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple… [ SBC ]

cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Foiling · Graduation · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Graduation Card…

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! I’ve been making so many cards! Time to get them posted! I love how this turned out!

This is the Spellbinders Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments set. FULL of fabulous images! I’ll be showing some of the other sentiments on cards still to post!

I love being able to personalize cards to the graduate!

This card is going to go in an A7 envelope.

Linking to some card challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – use dies

Die Cut Divas – it’s all about celebrations! Mine is graduation

A Cut Above – anything goes with a die cut

Can You Handle the Pressure – anything goes with an embossing folder

NBUS #86 – never before used stuff

Links to what I used to make this card below…

SPL = Spellbinders, SBC = scrapbook. com, SSS = simon says stamp, STR = Starlitstudio. net

Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Favorite Song 3D Embossing Folder -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Silver -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock 12″ x… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Raven ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]
Simon Says Stamp Metallic Silver Cord… [ SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive… [ STR ]

BetterPress · cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Family · Graduation · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Graduation Cards!

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 Pam Sparks9 Comments

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 ]

Birthday · cards · CAS · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Graduation · Masculine · Slimline · Spellbinders dies · Summer

Two Grad Cards with Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club…

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Some fun cards that came together fast. I was so glad the club kit has birthday and graduation sentiment banners!

A2 size cardbase with a panel on top… die cut all the parts…you even get the cloud dies in the set! It’s such a good deal for $15! You can purchase later but the price is $27!

One of our grandsons when he was a toddler loved lining up his airplanes like a lot of boys line up cars! So cute! Now he loves fishing, playing the piano and drums….and swimming and and and! lol Airplanes always make me remember this about him.

The dies in this kit make lines to follow where the pieces go! THAT is so great! Helpful! Speeds it up!

The words in the banners are such a neat look!

I used my favorite double sided mounting tape to adhere the die cuts to the card. The clouds are glued flat.

I had a lot of pictures for this first card… second card I only have two. So keep scrolling! lol

Basically the same thing only Slimline size…matte gold and matte silver scrap pieces for the airplane.

I love the clean and simple approach with the dark medium blue sky! So fun!

My daughters needed 7 grad cards so these 2 will go with 5 others I made for them. So fun! I love it when I get to use my supplies!

Thank you so much for stopping by and before you go I better tell you about the SALE Spellbinders has going on! Some wonderful products to choose from! So glad we can order online since Hobby Lobby quit carrying them.

Have a good rest of the week!

Shopping links to the products I used to make these cards… click/tap on the letters under the idea to go to the shop. Thank you!

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Earl Grey -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Blueberry -… [ TE ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver Matte… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold Matte… [ STR ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SSS ]