Handmade Birthday Card

A handmade birthday card will put smiles on faces. Lots of designs can be unveiled when you add pretty stickers and trim in making greeting cards.

A birthday card is pretty self-explanatory if the print says "happy birthday" on it. Sometimes finding the right card making idea is a challenge for me when pattern paper has verbiage on it. The print is often too busy so I have to find the right design to feature the pattern.

Use pretty butterfly stickers to help embellish your card. There are lots of designs available and you can also stamp a butterfly design if you'd prefer stamping.

For this card idea, I used the "happy birthday" paper as half of the background and chose a solid color for the other half. Luckily, I had butterfly stickers to match the colors on the print so I didn't have to go searching at the stores for anything.

I also had ribbon to match. I often buy supplies of ribbon on sale just so I have them handy when I make cards.

I used Martha Stewart's "Punch Around the Page, Cherish" punch to create the fancy box or shape that features the sentiment but you can buy pre-cut shapes as well.

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If you like using your craft punch for other birthday cards, try this idea below. I used a scallop border punch on white paper and then strategically placed die-cut flowers and leaves on top of the white strip.

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I also used a quarter corner punch to make the tag that holds the sentiment. First I printed the sentiment on vellum paper and then punched out the corners. I then cut out a piece of solid paper about 1/8 inch bigger than the vellum and also punched out the corner using the same punch. All you have to do is tape the vellum over the solid paper.

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Here's another handmade birthday card I made using the same Cherish punch as the first card above. The shape is smaller and I also used a 1/2 inch corner punch on the tan and pink square pieces.

Again, the sentiment was printed on vellum paper and I used adhesive gems to hold the vellum down. I used a tan sheer bow to help embellish this this birthday card design.

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