Step by Step Tutorial: Create a Cute Friendship Card with the Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this fun friendship card step-by-step with you made with the new Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection from Spellbinders and Simple Stories.  With adorable die sets, sweet sentiments, and colorful papers and stickers, this collection is perfect for creating cute cards for a variety of occasions. Trim two pieces of patterned paper from the Say Cheese Classic Mouse 6x8 Paper Pad to 3.5” x 5” and adhere to the front of a 5” x 7” top-folding card base with tape runner.  (I chose two of the smaller patterns from the pad to keep the focus on my die-cuts later.) To cover the seam between the two patterns and add a nice finishing touch to the background, choose a border sticker from the Say Cheese Classic Mouse Sticker Book and press it down in the middle of the card. To trim off the overhanging bits of the border sticker, turn the card over and use long scissors butted up against the edge of the card. Die cut three sentiment frames and their circle backers from Celestial, Beeswax, Anchor, and Alabaster Cardstock using the Frames & Sentiments Die Set.  (I thought they were all so cute, I wanted to add several of them!) Adhere the circular frames to the backers with liquid glue.  For the gray circle, add hearts cut from Poppy and Raven Cardstock in the center.  Leave the other two circles empty and do not fully adhere the bottom of the frame to its backer as shown. Die cut Raven, Poppy, and white cardstock using the Steamboat Willie Duo Die Set. Assemble the boy and girl mouse with liquid glue.  (It’s easy to adhere tiny die-cuts using a jewel picker!)  Since I knew you wouldn’t see their legs in my final card design, I didn’t assemble anything below the waist. Snip off the legs from the die-cut characters beneath the shorts and the skirt with a pair of long scissors. Tuck the characters just a tiny bit under the bottom edge of the remaining circular frames and adhere them down with liquid glue. Apply liquid glue to seal up the bottom of the circular frames nicely. Add the gray-framed die-cut directly to the card front with liquid glue, but pop the frames containing the cute characters up with a few foam squares. Add one more heart from the Frames & Sentiments Die Set between the mouse friends for a little fun!

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Heavyweight white cardstock. I hope you enjoyed this sweet friendship card project and thanks so much for stopping by today.  You can find more inspiration over at my blog AnnieBWills.com or on Instagram.