Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

Hidden Panel Father’s Day Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video

Hello, crafters! In this video, I’m showing how to make Hidden Panel cards for Father’s Day using stamps & coordinating dies! No specialty dies are used for this!

I chose to use an adorable Animal Signs stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh from April 2019 release. I’m also using a couple of other new products from Pretty Pink Posh today (all listed below).

Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

Watch my video tutorial below or on Youtube to learn how I made the cards I’m sharing today.

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HIDDEN PANEL FATHER’S DAY CARD DETAILS

I started by partially die cutting giraffe from a panel of light blue cardstock. Watch my video tutorial to see how partial die cutting is done if you’ve never done it before. Next, I used my scoring board and bone folder to create a score line in place of the last cut line, to create a hinge. This allowed me to make a “door” in my front panel and later hide a sentiment behind it.

Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

Next, I worked on dressing up the front panel. For this, I used Bow Ties stencil, clear embossing ink, and clear embossing powder for a tone on tone look. I ink blended clear ink onto the paper through the stencil, next added clear embossing powder and heat set it. My front panel is ready! I stamped Happy Father’s Day sentiment in brown ink on white cardstock panel and foam mounted the blue panel over it with the “door” open making sure I aligned everything correctly.

So this basically is what the technique is. You use a stamp and coordinating die, with the help of the die you make a partial cut to create a door on a hinge so to speak, you hide a message behind the door and use the stamp and die to decorate the front of the card. And this, of course, can be used all year round, not just for Father’s day cards, but also for Birthday, encouragement and many other kinds of projects.

Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

To dress up the front of the card I stamped my main character – the giraffe! I used Copic marker friendly ink and colored him using several colors of Copics: E37, E33, E31, E51, B05, B02, C1, C3 and E79 as the darkest brown marker.

I also stamped some star-shaped balloons, these come from Elephant Friends stamp set and colored them using BG32, BG11, B000, Y17, Y35, and Y11 markers.

Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

I foam mounted the giraffe die cut onto the partial die cut flap and dressed him up in a yellow tie. Next, I attached the star-shaped balloons using glue and foam adhesive. I cut the string where it overlapped the flap so that the flap would open and close freely.

Finally, I wanted to make a closure element for the flap as it was popping open all the time and I also needed a place for another sentiment. I first stamped the “You’re Amazing” in black ink on yellow cardstock. Next, I cut a small square from light blue cardstock, the same color of cardstock I used for the background. I made the square just a bit smaller than the yellow panel. Using my tool ’n one piercer I poked a hole in both yellow banner and blue square and inserted a small brad through both paper pieces. Who knew I’d still be using brads these days? I feel like these are such an old embellishment!

Next, I placed a large foam square over the blue square and used it to adhere the closure element to the card. Because I added foam adhesive to another piece of cardstock, to that blue square and not yellow, this allowed the yellow piece to move freely.

Hidden Panel Father's Day Greeting Card | Pretty Pink Posh | Video tutorial by Yana Smakula

Lastly, to dress to my giraffe up I used a white pen and added striped to his tie and adhered tiny googly eyes to make him a bit more charismatic!

The card is done! Whether you are making a card for your dad, your hubby or your son I hope you’ll give this idea a try! I look forward to making a few hidden panel cards for my girlfriends and including some secret messages on the inside.

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Pretty Pink Posh Bow Ties Stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Bow Ties Stencil
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Pretty Pink Posh Animal Signs Stamp Set
Pretty Pink Posh Animal Signs Stamp Set
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Pretty Pink Posh Animal Signs Coordinating Dies
Pretty Pink Posh Animal Signs Coordinating Dies
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Pretty Pink Posh Father
Pretty Pink Posh Father’s Day Stamp Set
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Pretty Pink Posh Father
Pretty Pink Posh Father’s Day Coordinating Dies
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Pretty Pink Posh Elephant Friends Stamp Set
Pretty Pink Posh Elephant Friends Stamp Set
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Pretty Pink Posh Elephant Friends Coordinating Dies
Pretty Pink Posh Elephant Friends Coordinating Dies
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Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
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Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
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Simon Says Stamp Small Teflon Bone Folder Tool
Simon Says Stamp Small Teflon Bone Folder Tool
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Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun
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Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder
Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Tsukineko VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink
Tsukineko VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink
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Scor-Pal Mini Scor-Buddy Scoring Board
Scor-Pal Mini Scor-Buddy Scoring Board
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EK Success Powder Tool Applicator
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator
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Mini Misti Stamping Tool
Mini Misti Stamping Tool
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Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker Y35 Maize
Copic Sketch Marker Y35 Maize
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Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain
Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain
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Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue
Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue
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Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin
Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin’s Egg
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Copic Sketch Marker B05 Process Blue
Copic Sketch Marker B05 Process Blue
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Copic Sketch Marker BG11 Moon White
Copic Sketch Marker BG11 Moon White
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Copic Sketch Marker BG32 Aqua Mint
Copic Sketch Marker BG32 Aqua Mint
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Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray
Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray
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Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey
Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey
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Copic Sketch Marker E31 Brick Beige
Copic Sketch Marker E31 Brick Beige
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Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand
Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand
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Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia
Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia
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Copic Sketch Marker E51 Milky White Cream
Copic Sketch Marker E51 Milky White Cream
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Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew
Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew
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Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
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Darice Paste on Eyes Googly Wiggly Me4
Darice Paste on Eyes Googly Wiggly Me4
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Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3
Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3
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White Foam Squares
White Foam Squares
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FSJ Grid Paper
FSJ Grid Paper
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FSJ Summer Days 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
FSJ Summer Days 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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FSJ Pool Play 8.5x11 Cardstock
FSJ Pool Play 8.5×11 Cardstock
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FSJ Grand Pro Shears
FSJ Grand Pro Shears
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FSJ Journey Brads Mini in Silver & Gold
FSJ Journey Brads Mini in Silver & Gold
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58 Comments

    1. Yana, this is such a sweet idea for a secret message to someone special. I loved it very much…great work..thank you so much for that great video also….

    1. Absolutely adorable Fathers Day card. I always have problems with men cards. Thanks for inspiring.

    1. What a fun card. It’s cute while still working for an adult, which is a hard balancing act. And thanks for all the great tips on how to make a non-standard window card; they are so helpful.

    1. This is adorable and so fun!! I don’t think I’ve seen this technique before and it is really fun!!

    1. Your card is so cute. Thanks for showing how to do the hidden panel–and the brad closure too!

    1. LOVING the NEW Release and the AMAZING Inspiration!! Such an AWESOME Card Designs!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

    1. So clever idea for opening mechanicsem. And whole card is so adorable! Thanks for sharing the idea!

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