New Birthday Card Designs for Family Birthdays

New Birthday Card Designs for Family Birthdays this Month

My Mom, my cousin, and my cousin’s little girl all have birthdays within a month.  This past weekend, we had a big birthday party for everyone, so I made 3 Birthday Cards.  The design process is my favorite part of creating greeting cards.  (Please note: this post contains affiliate links.  If you should click on one and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Please read my full disclosure here.)

Classic Birthday Card for Mom

I often like to start with an embellishment as the central focus, like this one from the Paper House I used for the card I made for my Mom.

The “Birthday Wishes” greeting helped define the colors and look of the rest of the card.  Once I have an embellishment chosen, I then sort through my collection of paper scraps and pick out stock that matches.

I also use Distress Ink from Tim Holtz to add an aged look to the paper.  This one features Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo.

Fun & Funky Card for a 25-Year-Old

The next card I created this past weekend was a much more fun and funky card for my cousin who is turning 25 soon.

For this card, I started with the bright lime green colored stock.  That is one of my cousin’s favorite colors, so I knew I wanted to incorporate it into her card.  She is also not a girly girl, so I wanted something more modern and fun than girly and sweet.  I chose the star background because it had the lime green I was looking for and made a great base to work from, providing lots of color options and tying the bright colors together.

Featured in this card are embellishments from the Paper Studio, along with Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn.

Sweet Little Princess Card for a 2-Year-Old

The final card I made was for my cousin’s little girl, who just turned 2.  Of course, she didn’t really care about her card, but it was still fun to put together a sweet princess card!

For this card, I found some really sweet 3D Disney Princess stickers that included this pink castle, and a glittery “Little Princess” sentiment embellishment from Phrase Cafe by Sticko.  I chose the faded turquoise background because it had a princess-y feel to me and blended well with the castle and sentiment stickers.  The Distress Inks I used for this card were Tattered Rose and Picked Raspberry.

These were fun cards to put together!  I find it’s especially fun and sometimes a little challenging when I know who the card is going to because then I can create something that will resonate with that person’s likes, interests, and personality.

Next, I’ll be making a few Valentine’s Day cards, but then I will be packing up my crafting supplies so we can move!  Yikes!  Do you have any tips for packing craft supplies?  Let me know if you do!

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