Category Archives: Birthday

Pink Vase of Roses Birthday

A gorgeous mix of co-ordinating pinks make up this luxurious birthday card. If you need an especially nice card for someone extra special then this is the perfect card.

This card design would also be perfect to use for Mother’s day by simply changing the Happy Birthday peel off sticker to a Happy Mothers’ Day peel off sticker.

Pink Vase Roses Birthday Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. 7″x5″ Card Blank White
  2. Woodware Super Lever Craft Punch – Vase
  3. Pearlised pink card
  4. A5 Glitter Pattern Paper Pack – Turquoise/Pink
  5. Miniature Rosebuds – Pale Pink
  6. Small Full Open Roses – Pink
  7. Organza 7mm Ribbon – Bright Pink
  8. Stickles Glitter Glue – Pink
  9. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Pink
  10. 6mm double sided sticky tape
  11. Hi-Tack Original All Purpose Very Sticky Glue
  12. 5mm Sticky Foam Pads
  13. Craft knife, pencil, ruler, cutting mat & sellotape

How to make this card:

Take the light pink with silver swirls sheet of paper from the A5 glitter pattern paper pack, measure and cut out a rectangle that measures 126mm x 90mm. Stick a length of 6mm double sided sticky tape on all four edges of the paper and stick it to the bottom half of the card blank.

Cut a 25cm length of the bright pink organza ribbon. Next cut a 126mm length of double sided sticky tape and stick it to the back of the ribbon approximately 8cm in from one end taking care to keep the ribbon as straight as possible. Fold both ribbon ends over and stick to the back of the double sided tape. You should end up with a double thickness of ribbon with neatly folded ends and a join at the back 4cm in from the right hand side. Use another 126mm strip of double sided sticky tape to stick the ribbon strip to the card blank directly above the pink glitter paper.

Cut a 22cm length of the same ribbon and tie it in a bow. Use craft glue to stick the bow to the ribbon strip approximately 4cm in from the right hand side so it covers the join. Trim the ends of the ribbon bow as required.

Use the super craft punch to punch a vase shape out of the pearlised pink card.

Arrange 3 of the full open pink roses and 5 of the pale pink miniature rosebuds into a little bunch, trim the stems and gently bend the stalks until the flowers are arranged how you want them and all the flower heads are facing forwards. Use some sellotape and/or craft glue to secure the stems to the back of the card vase shape.

Use sticky foam pads to attach this vase of flowers to the card blank just above the ribbon strip on the left hand side of the card blank.

Remove a Happy Birthday wording set from the diamond pink happy birthday peel off sheet and stick them to the card blank to the right of the vase of flowers. Use a ruler to ensure the words are straight.

Use the pink stickles glitter glue to draw some random swirly designs on the vase and leave the card blank flat for the glitter glue to dry.

Card Idea by Janine

Cute Bears Decoupage #3

This is the third and final design in the cute bears die-cut decoupage trio of card ideas. Click on the following links to view the other two designs Cute Bears Decoupage #1 and Cute Bears Decoupage #2.

This is an image of the completed card, further down you will find a photo of the card taken at an angle to show off the decoupage layers.

Cute Bears Decoupage Card #3

Items required to make this card:

  1. A6 white card blank
  2. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Cute Bears
  3. Plain white paper insert for A6 card
  4. Satin 5mm Ribbon – Light Blue
  5. Woodware Mini Round Brads – Pastel
  6. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Blue
  7. Sticky foam pads
  8. Double sided sticky tape
  9. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat

How to make this card:

On the inside of the front of the card blank using a ruler and pencil make a mark about 5mm in from the centre fold and exact centre from the top and bottom of the card blank. Then make marks at regular 2.25cm intervals from either side of this mark until you end up with 7 marks in total. Carefully make a small hole through all of the seven marks using your craft knife.

Now make marks and holes about 5mm up from the bottom edge of the front of the card blank in the same way finding the centre first and working out from there at 2.25cm intervals until you have 5 holes along the bottom including the very left hand hole which you made earlier as one of the seven vertical holes.

Cut two strips from the light blue satin ribbon 20cm and 14cm in length. Fold the end of the shorter length over and push a mini pastel round brad through both layers of the ribbon about 5mm in from the end, then push the same brad through the longer ribbon length about 2cm from the end and then finally push the same brad through the very bottom left hand hole on the card blank. Fold the end of the vertical ribbon length over the bottom of the card blank and secure it over the back of the brad.

Keeping the ribbon relatively tight but not stretching it, attach both the vertical and horizontal ribbon lengths to the card with more mini round pastel brads through the holes you made so you end up with the ribbon attached as shown in the finished picture. Fold the ends of the ribbon over the top and right hand side of the card and secure over the backs of the very top and right hand brads. If you haven’t already done so, bend back the prongs of all the brads.

Fold a plain white paper insert and use double sided sticky tape to attach it to the inside of the card blank. Securing all four edges on the left hand side will ensure the insert covers all of the unsightly backs of the brads and ribbon ends.

Push all of the image ‘C’ sections out of the decoupage sheet and using sticky foam pads layer them in the correct order onto the card blank leaving a gap at the bottom of the card for the peel off sentiment.

Remove one of the Happy Birthday wording sets of stickers from the diamond blue happy birthday peel off backing sheet and stick the words above the horizontal bradded ribbon strip using a ruler if necessary to ensure the words are straight.

Lastly remove a flower from the same peel off sheet and stick it to the top left hand area of the card.

Cute Bears Decoupage Card #3 Flat

Card Idea by Janine