Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming special guest Kara Pogreba with an adorable Lawn Fawn card design! Read on to learn more about how she made it, and enjoy!

This little frog perched himself up on his favorite tree stump to croak out a happy birthday!  He and his fly friends, along with his speech bubble and sentiment are from Say What? Spring Critters stamp set.  

The banner saying is from the Offset Sayings: Birthday stamp set.  The solid words were stamped in Cilantro ink, and then the outline words were stamped in Jet Black ink.

To create the scene, two borders were cut using the Cattail Border die, one in Cilantro and one in Noble Fir cardstock.  The cattail tops were cut from Kraft cardstock and given a fuzzy texture by tapping them with a blending brush and Ground Espresso Distress ink.  The additional grassy border at the bottom of the card was created by partially die cutting using the Meadow Backdrop landscape die.  A few scattered tufts of grass from the Meadow Backdrop portrait die set complete the scene.  All of the grassy elements were lightly ink blended with Noble Fir ink.  The background panel and banner were ink blended with Moonstone and Forget-me-not ink.  

To add the element of surprise, the tree stump and three grassy openings were cut using the Lift-the-flap Meadow die set.  They each reveal images from A Bug Deal stamp set.  All of the images were stamped in Jet Black ink and colored with Copic markers.

SUPPLIES:

Lawn Fawn SET SAY WHAT SPRING… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn OFFSET SAYINGS BIRTHDAY… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn A BUG DEAL Clear Stamps lf2221 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn A BUG DEAL Die Cuts lf2222 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn CATTAILS BORDER Die Cuts… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn LIFT THE FLAP MEADOW Die… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn LANDSCAPE MEADOW BACKDROP… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn PORTRAIT MEADOW BACKDROP… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn SET FLIPPIN’ AWESOME Die… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn CILANTRO Cardstock LF1372 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn NOBLE FIR Cardstock LF1120 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn KRAFT Cardstock LF1747 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn PAPER BAG Cardstock LF1574 [ SSS ] Canson XL BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn JET BLACK Premium Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn CILANTRO Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn NOBLE FIR Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn MOONSTONE Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn FORGET ME NOT Premium Dye… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn GLUE TUBE Adhesive LF1664 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn 3 x 6 INCH ACRYLIC Grip… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn STARRY STAMP SHAMMY CASE… [ SSS ] 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ] Marvy Uchida JEWEL PICKER Tool 91GRC [ SSS ] MISTI MEMORY MISTI PRECISION STAMPER… [ SSS ] EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 [ SSS ] Tombow MONO Adhesive PERMANENT Tape… [ SSS ] Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ] Picket Fence Studios LIFE CHANGING… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker E44 CLAY Dark Gray [ SSS ] Copic Sketch MARKER e47 DARK BROWN [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker E57 LIGHT WALNUT… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker Y21 BUTTERCUP… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker Y23 YELLOWISH… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker Y26 MUSTARD Dark… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker V20 WISTERIA… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker V22 ASH LAVENDER [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker V28 EGGPLANT Purple [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV91 GRAYISH… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV95 BABY… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YG01 GREEN BICE… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YG05 SALAD Green… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YG63 PEA GREEN… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Kara for being our guest!