How to Make a Quick and Colorful Summer Birthday Card

Grab your favorite coloring medium and add a splash of summer fun to this quick Birthday Card creation.

Today Shelly is brining us this dazzling clean and simple birthday card that is both bright and tropical with the most adorable fishies. While Summer brings a lot of fun, let’s not forget about all the summertime birthdays! This card is perfect to send out and feels like an under-the-sea treasure to “fish” someone a HBD! Follow along as Shelly shows us the steps to recreate this quick and colorful summer birthday card.

Start with white cardstock that is marker friendly.
Stamp on images using the 3415 Under the Sea #2 stamp set using black ink.

Color images using alcohol markers.
Add highlights using a white gel pen.
Used colored images with the 3415D Under the Sea #2 coordinating die.
Set aside.

Using white cardstock and the 5816-01D Netting cover die, die cut netting.
Tear the die cut netting (randomly) so you have three pieces.

Using a blending brush and Color Fuse Ink color Cinnamon, ink blend some of the netting pieces. *note: don’t ink blend the whole piece, just enough to give it color and have some areas be darker than other areas.
Set aside.
Using the 5821-03D Stitch Dot Nested Rectangle die and white cardstock, die cut a frame using the two larger dies. (2x)
Glue both frame pieces together.

Adhere the netting pieces to the underside of the frame. (two netting pieces at the bottom, and one at top)

Using an A2 white card base, adhere the frame to the card.
Adhere the colored and die cut fish to the card. *note: use foam tape on the back of the blue fish and octopus.
Adhere gems to card.
Set aside.

Using white cardstock and the 5821-03D Stitch Dot Nested Rectangle die, die cut rectangle using the smallest die.
Stamp on the sentiment to the die cut rectangle using the 3003 Fishing #1 stamp set in black ink.
Add burlap twine to the side of the rectangle.
Adhere to the card using foam tape.