Do you struggle with masculine cards for birthdays? I sure do! Some of the Simon Says Stamp Celebrate You Release products spoke to me to create this fun and playful peeking frogs birthday card. I absolutely love the result and hope it inspires you to play around with products to create masculine guy cards!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of this birthday frogs card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The Peeking Frog and Peeking Talking Frog dies were die cut from a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of smooth white cardstock. The frogs were colored with the following Copic Marker colors:
- G00, G02, G09, Y0000, Y00
The eyes on the frogs die cut all the way if you want to do paper piecing. I purposely kept those and colored them in with pale yellows and added black gel pen to the eye centers.
Sentiments from the Big Birthday Greetings Stamp Set and Stop Drop Party Stamp Set were stamped on the panel with Simon Says Stamp Black Ink. The panel was trimmed down to 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Stars from the Stop Drop Party Stamp Set were stamped around the design with Simon Says Stamp Sunshine, Green Apple, and Island Blue inks.
Another panel was trimmed to 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" and inked with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink. The frog panel was adhered to the inked background with foam adhesive. Party hats were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Island Blue Cardstock and Gina K Wild Dandelion Cardstock, assembled and adhered to the frogs heads with foam adhesive squares.
Smooth white cardstock was adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It Adhesive and inked with Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks. The HBD Die was die cut from part of the inked design and adhered above the "happy birthday dude" phrase. Another sentiment from the Stop Drop Party Stamp Set was stamped on the inked background with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The coordinating Stop Drop Party Die was used to die cut the sentiment and was adhered to the card as shown.
The Diagonal Stripes Background was stamped on smooth white cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Black Ink, trimmed into two 1/2" x 5 1/2" strips and adhered along both long sides of the card. The frog panel was adhered on top and the frog's eyes were finished with a layer of Glossy Accents.
S U P P L I E S
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Such an adorable card! I love the design and such a great colour combo!
Posted by: Stacey Kowbel | June 29, 2019 at 08:42 AM
So DANG cute, my dear! Love all the hints and tips you added to this video - just full of great ideas and reminders. And those frogs - so adorable. Love the way you dotted them with Copics. This is a real labor of love, not just for the recipient, but for us!!! You are a gem. I will return to this video more than once. Have a great weekend and thanks so much.
Posted by: Maureen Morton | June 29, 2019 at 08:45 AM
This is the CUTEST card!!!! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: KimK | June 29, 2019 at 08:47 AM
Ooh this is so sweet! :)
Posted by: Karthikha Uday | June 29, 2019 at 09:01 AM
A great card Nichol. I find boys cards tricky sometimes and this is a fantastic idea. The frogs are adorable.
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | June 29, 2019 at 09:40 AM
A very happy card, I love those frogs peeking out of the circles. Thank your so much for showing Nichol and have a great weekend.
Posted by: Henriëtte | June 29, 2019 at 10:34 AM
What a cute card and so many different techniques. A child would love those frogs on a birthday card. Thanks for sharing all you do and teaching us so much.
Posted by: Patricia Wilson | June 29, 2019 at 10:42 AM
The frogs are a crack up! They are just so humorous!!
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | June 29, 2019 at 11:36 AM
How Fun is this card?!!!! Love it!!!!!
Posted by: Maureen R | June 29, 2019 at 03:42 PM
Just love this!! Love the repetition of the cake sentiments - too funny
Posted by: Gab | June 29, 2019 at 11:00 PM