happy birthday cards | tutorial

Turn your printers on, grab a stack of cardstock, some baker's twine, your favorite roll of washi tape and some adhesive. Today, I'm going to share some tutorials and we're going to create a handful of Happy Birthday cards to get you through the next couple of months. That's right, no more scrambling for a card at the last minute, we're doing this assembly line style!

Before we get started, you can find the card template as a download in my Etsy shop here. Buy once, print as many times as you'd like on any paper you desire! To show you how great the colors appear on a variety of papers, I've used both a bright white 110 lb. cardstock and a kraft speckle tone cardstock with great success.

AND ONE TO GROW ON

Glassine Bags in 4 different sizes

• Print, Trim, Score and Fold Card
• Place Candle on Front of Card
• Pierce Card on Each Side of Candle
• Thread Baker's Twine through Holes + Tie Bow
• Write Your Birthday Wishes

ROUND AND ROUND

Patterned Papers from Echo Park | Kraft Paper Bags 

• Print, Trim, Score and Fold Card
• Punch 2" Circle and three 1.50" Circles from Your Favorite Cardstock
• Score and Fold in Half the Three 1.50" Circles
• Adhere Circles Together then Adhere to Card Front
• Round Bottom Corners of Card
• Write Your Birthday Wishes and insert inside Kraft Bag

DIE CUTS AND YOU

Envelope

• Print, Trim, Score and Fold Card
• Search your Stash for A Few Cute Die Cut Stickers
• Adhere to Card Front
• Round Bottom Corners of Card
• Write Your Birthday Wishes and insert inside Gray Vellum Envelope

ALL WRAPPED UP

 Labels + Tags

• Print, Trim, Score and Fold Card
• Wrap Card Front with Seam Binding
• Write Message on Tag and Tie to Seam Binding
• Round Top Corners of Card Front
• Write Your Happy Birthday Wishes

MAKING A NEGATIVE A POSITIVE

Glassine Bag

• Print, Trim, Score and Fold Card
• Choose the Negative {or Positive} from your Letter Chipboard Stash
• Adhere Chipboard Letter to Card Front
• Write Your Birthday Wishes and tuck inside your Glassine Bag

AND A FEW NOTES

This clean and simple design works on so many levels...for your favorite Teacher, co-worker, gal pal, guy friend and for all those birthday parties the kids get invited to. Take it even one step further, and make a set to give as gifts...who couldn't use a secret stash of birthday cards, right?

Find more card making inspiration here:

Simple Birthday Cards

World's Best Mom Card Download

Everyday Card Download

Embellished Tags

Using Your Scrapbooking Embellishments

Die Cuts and Punches