Category Archives: Birthday

Gold/Cream/Black ‘DAD’ Card

Cards for men are often harder to design than any others so why not keep the design simple. This card has a very simple design but is very effective and luxurious looking. I have listed this card under the Father’s day category as well as Birthday as it would be very easy to change the design to a Father’s day card by simply substituting the peel off sentiment with a suitable Father’s day peel off.

Gold/Cream/Black Dad Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. Slimline (A5 tall) cream card blank
  2. A5 sparkle paper pack – formal colours
  3. Alchemy pearlised gold card
  4. Some spare card any colour (measuring at least 21cm x 2cm).
  5. Gold 5mm ribbon
  6. Gold mini round brads
  7. Curvy Happy Birthday peel off sheet – Gold
  8. 5mm sticky foam pads, sticky foam tape & 6mm double sided sticky tape
  9. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat
  10. Decoupage/precision scissors

How to make the card:

Take a sheet of the cream with gold glitter paper from the sparkle paper pack, measure and cut out a piece sized 7.5cm x 21cm. Apply a strip of double sided sticky tape close to each of the four edges of the paper and stick this to the front of the card blank making sure it is straight along all the edges, trimming away any overlapping paper if necessary.

Again from the sparkle paper pack take a sheet of the gold with gold glitter paper, measure and cut out a piece sized 3.25cm x 21cm and using double sided sticky tape in the same way as with the first section of paper, stick this gold paper so it is lined up with the left hand side of the card and overlaps the first layer of paper.

Next measure and cut a 2cm x 21cm piece from the spare card. Take a sheet of the black with silver glitter paper from the sparkle paper pack, measure and cut out a piece sized 3cm x 21cm. Apply strips of double sided sticky tape to the full length of all of the edges (front and back) of the strip of card you cut out earlier. Stick the strip of card to the centre of the strip of black sparkle paper and fold the edges of the paper over to the back of the card strip and stick them down.

On the back of the black sparkle paper covered strip of card using a pencil make a mark exact centre, then make marks at regular 2.5cm intervals from either side of the central mark until you end up with 9 marks in total with the outermost two marks being around 5mm from the top and bottom of the card strip. Using your craft knife make a small hole at each of these marks.

Cut a 25cm length of the 5mm gold ribbon, find the centre of the ribbon and push a mini round gold brad through it and then from front to back through the centre most hole in the card strip. Keeping the ribbon relatively tight but not stretching it, push brads through the ribbon and the remaining 8 holes. Turn the card strip over and bend back the prongs of all the brads. Wrap the loose ends of the ribbon over the top and bottom of the card strip and secure at the back with fairly wide strips of sticky foam tape. Apply two more similar strips of sticky foam tape at even intervals in between the first two strips. Peel the backing off the foam strips and then stick the whole thing to the card so the card strip is lined up with the very left hand side of the card blank.

On the back of the pearlised gold card mark out 2 separate boxes that measure 3.5cm tall x 3cm wide. Using the boxes as a size guide, hand draw a letter D and a letter A in a similar style to the letters shown on the card in the picture. Cut out the letters with scissors and carefully cut out the centres with a sharp craft knife and cutting mat. Take the finished letter D and draw round it on the reverse of more of the gold card, then cut it out making sure you cut on the inner edge of the pencil lines, this will ensure you end up with 2 Ds that match in style, shape and size which looks much better than mis-matched Ds.

Using several 5mm sticky foam pads on the back of each letter stick them to the upper right cream glitter paper section of the card blank with about a 1cm space between each letter.

Finally to finish the card off apply a gold curvy happy birthday peel off sticker at an angle to the bottom right of the card blank. Alternatively for a Father’s day card use a Father’s Day peel off sticker. Tip: After removing the peel off sticker from the backing sheet, allow it to relax on the end of your craft knife for a short period to regain shape before applying it to the card.

Card Idea by Janine

Funky Flowers Card for Mum

This gorgeous card requires a little bit of artistic flair to draw, cut-out and cover the ‘MUM’ lettering but once that is done the rest is simple to put together by building from the bottom layer up. This particular card was designed for a birthday occasion but it could just as easily be used for Mother’s day.

Items you will need to make this card:

  1. Square 5″ x 5″ card blank
  2. Some plain card & purple shiny / pearl paper
  3. Die-cut flower shapes
  4. Mini Flower & Daisy brads
  5. Sticky foam pads and 6mm double sided sticky tape
  6. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat
  7. Decoupage/precision scissors



Directions:

On the plain card draw the individual letters to make the word ‘MUM’, using the ruler to measure each letter out (and draw the straight lines if necessary). The two Ms should be 3cm tall x 3cm wide and the U should be 3cm tall x 2.5cm wide, all of the letters should have a line width of approximately 6mm.

Using the scissors carefully cut the letters out. Next cover each letter with double sided sticky tape cut to size and peel of the backing sheet. Press the sticky side of the letter onto the back of the purple paper. Carefully cut round each letter so each one is now neatly covered in the paper. Put the letters to one side for now.

Stick several larger and some smaller flowers over the surface of the card blank leaving a section on the left for the mum lettering. We have used pattern printed flowers but if these are not available any flat die-cut flowers will work well, alternatively use punched flower & daisy shapes. Overlapping the flowers over the edge of the card blank makes a lovely effect as shown on our example card but you will need to make sure that flowers at the bottom of the card overlap to the same extent at regular intervals so the card still stands up straight. You will also need to make sure the card will either still fit in the envelope that came with the card blank, alternatively simply overlap the flowers slightly less or use a larger envelope with the card instead.

Start applying the next layer by sticking a few more flowers over gaps using sticky foam pads to raise them up a level.

Take three of the smaller flowers and four of the medium flowers and using a craft knife make a small incision in the centre of each one. Push through a matching coloured mini flower brad or a larger daisy brad and fold the prongs over on the back of the flowers. Stick these bradded flowers randomly over gaps or over the top of larger flowers using sticky foam pads to raise them up.

Finally using sticky foam pads on the back of the ‘MUM’ lettering, stick the letters down the blank space you left on the left hand side of the card overlapping the letters over the edges of some of the flowers.

Card idea by Janine