Good Sunday Morning to All of You out there! What a week it was. We had wind, rain, snowflakes (very few though the radar showed snow!) and sunshine. One day it hit 68 degrees. Of course that was the day it was really windy, so no raking leaves for me.
As stated previously the next few posts will be Some cards for men and boys. Today is a birthday card for a special young man who will be 9. I hope he likes frogs! You know, frogs and snails and puppy dog tails, that’s what little boys are made of.
I used the So Hoppy together stamp set I got FREE from Sale-A-Bration. What a fun set it is. All elements are from this set except the word ‘Birthday’ which is from the Well Said stamp set. If you are interested in either of these, today is the last day to order from Sale-A-Bration, but the Well Said set is in the Occasions catalog and will be available until June 3.
On with the card. I began with a Granny Apple Green card base and added a mat of Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper.
I stamped the frog image and sentiments in Granny Apple Green ink on Whisper White. The little bees are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. It sort of looks like he is juggling them, don’t you think??
The stamp with ‘hoppy’ on it also has ‘for you’ under the ‘hoppy’. I taped this off, inked the stamp and removed the tape so I would only stamp Hoppy. Under that I stamped Birthday from Well Said.
On the inside I adhered a scrap strip of Tropical Escape DSP to one edge of Whisper White card stock, then stamped the frog and sentiment in Granny Apple Green and the bees again in Memento Tuxedo Black. You may notice there is a design around the sentiment.
There is a reason for this. You see, I goofed and really messed up the sentiment. But, the paper has 2 sides you say. Not any more, when I had already adhered the DSP. My ‘fix’ for this mistake was to stamp the sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White card stock and punch it out with the Story Label Punch. (this punch is available through today as part of the Sale-A-Bration Coordination) Using a Sponge Dauber and Granny Apple Green I smudged the edges so they would stand out from the background and used Liquid Glue to adhere this over my mistake. You might as well make it look like you planned it that way.
Liquid Glue was used to adhere this liner to the inside of the card.
For the envelope another piece of the Tropical Escape DSP covers the flap while a small froggie sits on the front.
This is such a cute set for kids of any age. I hope you like it as much as I do. I considered coloring in the unicycle and the frog, but kids don’t care and I was short on time. Thank you for stopping by. Please leave comments below.
CARD CUTS: Granny Apple Green: card base 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″; Whisper White: front art panel 3-3/4″ x 5″, inside liner 4″ x 5-1/4″, scrap for label inside 2″ x 3″; Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper: front mat 4″ x 5-1/4″, scrap from front for inside strip 7/8″ x 5-1/4″, envelope flap 2-1/2″ x 6″
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Love those frogs. Perfect designer paper too! 🙂
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Thanks Amy. I think they are adorable.
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Cute card and I like how you covered your boo boo. You are doing a great job of using up your DSP. Have a blessed week.
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Thanks Karen. Problem with using up the DSP is that then it is gone and gone forever. I suppose one could scan the pattern and print more, Maybe I will do that with some of my favs.
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Excellent excellent “fix”!! And wonderful card that he’s going to love! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Mary! I like that you like my ‘fix’! Sometimes you just goof and the choice is to start over or fix it. I decided fixing it wouldn’t take as much time, nor be wasteful.
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