The Pattern Book Card - Kiss the Frog

Kiss the Frog — Vintage Woodcut Greeting Card

Some cards get tucked away. This one gets framed.

Kiss the Frog is drawn from an original woodcut illustration by A.J. Gaskin, created for A Book of Fairy Tales retold by S. Baring-Gould in 1895. It's the kind of image that stops you - richly detailed, quietly strange, and unmistakably from another era. The Pattern Book has carefully adapted it into a greeting card that feels like a small piece of art in your hands.

Printed and made in England

Every card in The Pattern Book's collection is printed in the West Country of England, and this one is no exception. The illustration is reproduced on a light cream, 300gsm Italian paper - a weight you notice the moment you pick it up. That paper is carbon-neutral and made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste, so the quality comes without compromise.

The details

• Size: 170mm × 120mm (approx. 5" × 7") — a generous, gallery-worthy format
• Blank inside, so you write what you actually mean
• Individually wrapped in a compostable plant-based wrapper
• Comes with a 100% recycled 110gsm kraft envelope

Who it's for

• Kiss the Frog works beautifully as a birthday card, a just-because card, or for anyone who appreciates illustration, folklore, or the pleasingly odd.
• It sits naturally alongside other gifts, or stands entirely on its own.
• If you're buying for someone who rolls their eyes at generic cards from the supermarket shelf, this is the one.

A note on the image

A.J. Gaskin was a Birmingham-born illustrator associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, known for his meticulous woodcut-style work. His illustrations for fairy tales were considered among the finest of their period. Finding one reproduced this faithfully on a greeting card is - to put it plainly - a bit of a find.