HOW TO MAKE A BIRTHDAY CARD

How to Make a Birthday Card in Easy Steps

Birthdays are special events. The day a person is brought into this world is a wondrous day to celebrate. As such, this day requires special efforts. Homemade birthday cards are an excellent way to show someone you care. It will be an obvious sign that you have put some love and effort into creating their special moment. .

Each time some one has received a homemade birthday card from the the others, the expression on her/his face could just light up the room. Even though we are in a different state now, just the act of making the birthday cards gives us the memory of her/his smile. Whether you need to know how to make a birthday card for a lover, a family member, a co-worker, or a friend, you can find something here.

Following the instructions below, you will learn how to make 4 different types of cut and paste birthday cards.

How To Make a Birthday Card:

Basic Birthday Card
This basic birthday card can be used alone or can be used as a base birthday card for the cards below.

Materials:
1 sheet of 8½ x 11 card stock paper In Desired
Color Sharpie Marker In Accenting Color
Scissors
Glue
Extra card stock in various colors

Instructions:
To make the birthday card, you will need to take your piece of card stock paper and fold it in half lengthwise. Be sure your crease is nice and tight. Once this is done, all you will need to do is add your custom message on the cover and on the inside. To make it more decorative, you can simply use different colors of card stock and cut out shapes and paste them to the front. You could also draw on the front if you are an artist. Yet another option is to jazz up the card by turning it into one of the birthday cards below.

How To Make a Birthday Card:

Photo Birthday Card

To make the photo birthday birthday card, first you will need to make the basic card above, leaving out decorating the front. That will come with adding the photograph.

Extra Materials:
Photograph

Instructions:
Now that you have made the basic birthday card, take another piece of card stock. Fold it in half lengthwise, just as with the basic card. Cut down the fold all the way until you have cut the paper in half. Check the size of your photograph. Trace that size on one of your pieces of halved paper. Cut that shape out.

Now take your scissors and cut out a square or circle inside the paper shape you just cut out. Make sure the opening you create is the correct size to showcase the photo. Now take your photo and glue it to the front of the card.

Glue your shape over the photo in the appropriate position. Let the card dry according to the instructions on your glue. This can be anywhere from a few hours to a full 24 hours. To avoid the card from sticking together, lay it open to dry. If you haven't added your message, do so once the card is dry.

Your card is now ready to give to that special someone.