DIY Blue Birthday Card

Before we begin our lead up to Christmas (yes, it’s only 2 months away!) we are going to do a couple of “holiday” posts. Today we are going to do a DIY birthday card post and next week some sweet homemade Halloween treats.

The theme of this birthday card is BLUE! We are going to make a very blue birthday card.

You can of course make this card with a different colour scheme so feel free to do that. We have chosen four shades of blue, so you’ll want to pick out four different shades of whatever colour you’re working with. As you can see below, we went with some light and dark shades.

First of all you are going to want to cut the paper you need...we’ve cut our card to the usual 6 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches that we make. 

Then we had a darker blue 3 x 6 ¾ inch layer for the bottom part of the card, a 2 ½ inch lighter blue square, a 2 ¼ inch pale blue square, roughly a 1 x ¼ inch pale blue strip for the present boarder, and a 6 x 4 inch layer of the pale blue paper for the inside. 

You will also need a square Happy Birthday stamp, dark blue ink, dark blue ribbon, glue tape, embossing powder, heat gun, and scissors. 

First of all, stamp Happy Birthday on the pale blue square, emboss, and heat. Once it’s heated, put under a heavy object to flatten out.

Next you can use your present boarder punch to punch out a top boarder on the pale blue strip.

Now you can glue the bottom dark blue layer onto the card and then you can glue the ribbon to separate the two layers.

Glue the present boarder near the bottom of the card and then glue the square layers together and then place in the center of the card.

Finally glue the inside layer in. If you want to you can glue in a simple heart, balloon, star etc. punch.

 

Here’s the final product...