This is a lovely birthday card for any golf enthusiast, it is made with what I think is a fantastic 3D golf embellishment which really gives the card a luxury look. You can make this card for a variety of different people, simply change the ‘Brother’ peel off for any another relation or the even the word ‘Friend’ works very well too.

What you will need to make this card:

1. A6 light blue card blank
2. Handmade Mulberry Paper – Dark Green
3. A4 Card – Alchemy Pearlised Regal Blue
4. Plain red paper
5. Golf Bag, 3 Golf Clubs & 3 Balls – metal & paper embellishment
6. Family Mix 1 Peel Off Sheet – Silver
7. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Multicoloured
8. Golf Peel Off Sheet – Silver
9. Double sided sticky tape & 5mm sticky foam pads
10. Hi-Tack Original All Purpose Very Sticky Glue
11. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat
12. Scissors

How to make:

Measure and cut out 5 rectangles from the regal blue card. Size the first 5cm x 2cm and apply a multicoloured ‘Happy Birthday’ peel off sticker to it. The next two should be sized 3cm x 1.5 cm and then apply silver ‘To a’ peel off stickers to one and a silver ‘Dear’ peel off sticker to the other. Size the next one 4.5cm x 2cm and apply the silver capital letters GOLF wording from the golf peel off sheet. Finally the last one is sized 4.5cm x 1.5cm and a silver ‘Brother’ peel off sticker should be applied to it (or an alternative relation if you wish re-sizing the rectangle to fit if necessary).

From the dark green handmade mulberry paper measure and cut a rectangle that measures 9cm x 4.5cm. Using scissors cut a sweeping hill design into the top edge. Using double sided sticky tape stick the green shape to the card with the bottom edge about 2.5cm from the bottom edge of the card blank.

Next take a golf flag image from the golf peel off sheet and stick just the triangle flag part to the red paper. Cut round the flag so the red paper only shows in the centre of the flag. Apply a small dab of glue to the back of the red flag and then stick the peel off flag to the left hand side of the green.

Carefully insert the metal golf club shapes into the paper golf bag arranging them as you wish, they should fit fairly snugly and so do not require glue to hold them in place but you can apply glue inside the bag if you wish. Arrange the golf bag handle. Apply some glue to the back of the golf bag and then stick it to the right hand side of the green.

Apply a blob of glue to each of the three golf balls (beads) and stick them to the green between the flag and the golf bag. It does need to be a strong craft glue used for the golf bag and golf balls to ensure they stick properly and do not come away. At this point leave the card flat to dry properly before finishing it off.

Once the glue has dried, use sticky foam pads to arrange and attach all of the wording rectangles as shown in the picture.

Card Idea by Janine

This Football birthday card includes the receiving child’s name and is therefore so much more personal. Children love things that are especially just for them so I’ve always found personalised cards to be a big hit both with the parents and children.

Items you will need to make this card:

1. A6 scarlet red card blank
2. Red and white plain card
3. Woodware regular lever craft punch – square
4. Free download of the football crazy backing paper
5. England football strip paper embellishment
6. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Red
7. Alphabet – Upper Case Peel Off Sheet – Black
8. Double sided sticky tape & 5mm sticky foam pads
9. Craft knife, cutting mat, pencil & ruler

How to make:

Download the Football Crazy background paper by clicking on this link Football crazy background paper and then print it out.

You will need Adobe Reader to open background paper file, if you do not have Adobe Reader you can download it free from this link to the official Adobe website: Adobe Reader Free Download.

The image should print out to just the right size for the wording to frame the football kit embellishment when it is mounted on the front of the image but the size may vary with different printers. If necessary adjust the print size and re-print.

Using the craft knife, mat and ruler cut out the wording frame so you are left with a small white border around the words, the resulting rectangle should measure around 7.5cm x 10cm. Using double sided sticky tape stick the wording frame centrally onto the card blank. Using sticky foam pads mount the England football kit paper embellishment to the centre of the wording frame.

Place the red Happy Birthday peel off sticker sheet on to your craft mat and with your craft knife carefully cut the joins between one of the the ‘Happy’ and ‘Birthday’ wordings to allow you to use the two words separately. Measure and cut out a rectangle from the white card that measures 7.5cm x 1.25cm and then stick the red Happy Birthday words to it. Using sticky foam pads stick the newly created Happy Birthday banner to the top left of the card.

Punch out a number of squares from the red and from the white card using the regular square craft punch. It will depend on what name you wish to put on the card as to how many squares you need. Using letters from the black upper case alphabet peel off sheet apply the first letter of the name to the centre of a white square. Next stick the second letter to the centre of a red square and continue alternating the colours until you have the full name.

To finish the card use sticky foam pads to stick the letter squares along the bottom of the card spelling out the name. It will depend on how long the name is as to how you space the squares. Here the last letter was placed on the far right hand side and then each letter from there to the beginning of the name. It works well as it balances well with the name being more over to the right as it is opposite to the Happy Birthday being placed on the top left of the card.

You will be able to fit a name of up to 7 characters long and possibly even one of 8 characters if you leave little or no gap between each letter square.

Card Idea by Janine