Birthday

Flower Cake Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This cake pop-up card is for a spring birthday for a flower garden enthusiast and is made using Karen Burniston dies.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: Using a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase, cut from at least three different pattern papers, three each of the three largest rectangle dies in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set for the inside of the card and card front. Using the fourth largest rectangle die, cut out the centers of all but the scalloped rectangles. Glue these smaller rectangles together and cut out the largest rectangle die for the card back panel. Glue panels together and onto the card as shown in the video above.

Card Back

Cake Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Cake Pop-Up. Cut the largest circle in Circles – Crosshatch set from a silver or gray paper. Cut in half and glue each half as shown in the video above. Color the fold area between the two circle halves with a silver marker.  Cut two each of the three cake dies from a white patterned paper. Assemble as how in the video above.

Sentiments: The front sentiment “Start each day with a grateful heart” and the inside “Birthday” are embellishment cards from Anna Griffin. The white label frame around the front sentiment is cut using the label frame die from Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch. “HAPPY” on the inside is die cut from gold mirror cardstock using the letters in Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons. The white personal message label is cut using the Greeting Labels.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) size envelope with patterned paper glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons – 1276
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Circles – Crosshatch – 1057
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cake Pop-Up – 1028

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – 12×12 inch Paper Collection with Embellishments – Paisley Papers
  • Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Reverse Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems

Which Came First The Chicken or The Egg Birthday Card

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I like discovering new craft companies by perusing the Spin Sponsor section of Craft Roulette. That’s how I found this amusing stamp set of snarky birds from The Rabbit Hole Designs. I pared it with a nested egg shaped die set from Simon Says Stamp!

Watch the video below to see how the card was made.

Cardbase: I used a 65lb sheet of white cardstock folded in half and die-cut the largest egg in the Simon Says Stamp Basic Shapes Nested Eggs die set. The die was placed with fold on the left side and the left edge of the die was slightly over the fold. I cut two eggs from decorative paper to cover the front and back of the card, gluing the back on first, trimming off the edge that extended over the fold before gluing the front egg onto the cardbase. (I stamped my inside sentiments before gluing the outside pieces onto the cardbase.)

Birds: Using black ink and The Rabbit Hole Designs Squawk Talk set, I stamped the images and front sentiment on to white cardstock. Next, using Nuvo Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils, I colored the images and used a water brush to smooth out the pigment. The images were then fussy cut out. I used 1mm thick foam tape, to pop-up the images and the sentiment on the card front.

Sentiments: From The Rabbit Hole Designs stamp set, “Happy Bird-day” and “I’m sorry did I roll my eyes out loud?” are stamped in black ink onto the inside of the cardbase. (I find it easier to do this stamping before finishing the outside of the card.)

Envelope: Using a A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope I stamped “you’re egg-cellent” on the back in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Simon Says Stamp! – Steel Dies – Basic Shapes Nested Eggs – 1579sd

Stamps

  • The Rabbit Hole Designs – Clear Stamps – Squawk Talk – TRH-259

Papers

  • Laserowe Love – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Vintage Trip by Renata Maslyk
  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Hero Arts– Alcohol-marker friendly ink – Intense Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm thick

Tools

  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Water Brush

Spring Training Baseball Birthday Card

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Made this special birthday card for a MLB baseball stringer using Karen Burniston’s Photo Gallery Pop-Up and Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons along with Carta Bella Home Run double-sided papers by Steven Duncan.

Cardbase: I folded a 6.5×12-inch rectangle yellow cardstock in half to create a 6.5×6-inch cardbase. Next, I covered the cardbase with full sheets from the Carta Bella 6.5×6-inch paper pad and then added some of the journaling cards.

Pop-Ups: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page of Photo Gallery Pop-Up. Add the sentiment and decorations before installing in the cardbase.

Sentiments: I used the word dies from the Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons and the square frames decorator dies from the Photo Gallery Pop-Up.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Easter – 1263
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Squares – Crosshatch – 1056

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 6×6-inch Double-Sided 65lb. Papers by Steven Duncan. – Home Run
  • Core’dinations – 12×12 inch Textured 80lb Cardstock – Candy Shop

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Score Board
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Star-Shaped Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #310 whose parameters were: a tri-fold card, vegetable garden colors, nursury element and star(s)/starry. I created this 5.5×5.5-inch star-shaped birthday card using dies.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I started with a 6×6-inch square of double-sided patterned yellow cardstock and die cut the largest five pointed star that I had in my stash. I folded two of the star points to the inside to make a rocket shape and decided to make a smiling face.

Sketched Pattern Pieces

Decorations: To use the nursery parameter, I used some tiny plants for a plant nursery. (These come from the Karen Burniston Fireplace Extras 2 die set.)

Sentiment: I hand wrote the sentiment of “Happy Birthday Baby!”

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.5×5.75-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Papers

  • Fun Stamper’s Journey – 8.5×11-inch Heavy Cardstock – Pumpkin Bread
  • Impression Obsession – 6×6 80lb Double-Sided Paper Pack – Basics 1 – Yellow
  • Green Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Hot Dog Themed Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #309 whose parameters were: a mini slimline card, jolly colors, in the kitchen element and mask(s)/(ing). I created this 3.5×6-inch hot dog themed birthday card by hand-drawing and cutting the entire card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I started with a 7×6-inch rectangle of cream cardstock and scored and folded it into a 3.5×6-inch bottom fold card. After sketching out the hot dog in a bun, I cut out the sketch and traced the image on to the card with the fold at the bottom. Next, I trimmed out the image through both layers of cardstock. Then cut out the front bun from the sketch and traced it fold side down on just the front layer of the card, trimmed it out to make a fold down flap.Shade bun inside and out with a brown ink.

Sketched Pattern Pieces

Decorations: The hot dog was cut from red cardstock and shaded with a red/brown ink. A zig-zag of yellow cardstock was sketched and then cut from cardstock. Using scraps of a dotted green patterned paper, I cut tiny squares of various sizes for the pickle relish spread inside the bun.

Sentiment: I hand wrote the sentiment of “Frankly Speaking, You’re the Best! Happy Birthday.”

Envelope: The card fits into a 3.625×6.5-inch envelope.

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Materials Used:

Papers

  • Green & White Dotted Cardstock
  • Cream, Red, Yellow Cardstock
  • Scrap Computer Paper

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 08 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain

Adhesives

Tools

A Rosy Tag Book Birthday Card

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It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team March 2026 Challenge whose theme is For The Birds.I’ve chosen to make a Circle Tag Book Pop-Up card using rose patterned paper with bird embellishments from the Outdoor Scene die set and long stem roses from the Love Is In The Air Charms. There is also a tag bookmark feature to the card using the Topper Tags die set.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up. Cut four of the tag die from patterned paper. Cut one hinge piece and two of the pop-up mechanism piece from the same patterned paper. Cut four of the circles from white cardstock. Also from white cardstock, cut two each of the medium and small birds in the Outdoor Scene set. Cut from red and pink cardstock four each of the circle and flower hole protectors from the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up set. Follow the video above for the assembly of card and placement of small birds.

Bookmark: The bookmark and lacy pocket were made by cutting the smallest tag die in the Topper Tags set from patterned paper. The white trim was cut from the backside of a scrap of the patterned paper with the decorative edge die in the same set and trimmed with the smallest tag die. The pocket was made in a similar way, but using the next largest tag die to cut to size. The flying bird was cut from white cardstock using the largest bird die in the Outdoor Scene set.

Sentiments: Using a stamping platform with the white circles cut using the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up circle dies, sentiments were picked from the following Karen Burniston stamp sets: Bouquet Sayings, Stage Scenes and Strut Your Stuff. “Big Hugs” on the bookmark comes from the Cat Sayings set. The long stem roses come from the Love Is In The Air Charms set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Park Lane Paperie – 8.5×11 110lb. Cardstock – Roses
  • Red & Pink Cardboard Packaging
  • Red & Green Cardstock

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R – Precision Press Mini – Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Plastic Palette Knife

Miscellaneous

  • Ranger – Simon Hurley’s Astro Paste – Phoenix Feathers
  • Red Organza Ribbon 1/4-inch wide

Circus Themed Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #308 whose parameters were: a card with a bookmark, circus colors, hug(s) element and feather(s)/(ing). I used dies from Karen Burniston and My Favorite Things to make this tri-fold, 5×7-inch pop-up birthday card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Using two purchase 5×7-inch cardbases, glue them together to form a tri-fold card.

Hugging Arms: Follow the video above to see how 14 of the feathers cut using Karen Burniston’s Peacock Add-Ons die set were used with the two pink hands cut using My Favorite Thing’s Crafty Hands die set.

Photo Gallery Pop-Up: Cut two of the large pop-up gallery strips and their attachment triangle tabs from white cardstock using Karen Burniston’s Photo Gallery Pop-Up dies. Cover the strips with glitter paste as described in the video above and spray the tabs with mica sprays. Allow to dry before assembling. Cut the images to glued to the photo gallery using the largest rectangle die in Karen Burniston’s Greeting Labels die set.

Sentiments: On the card front is “Hugs” which is die cut twice from pink using Karen Burniston’s Word Set 9 – Love, glued together and the edges inked in brown to match the other signs cut from the Stamperia paper collection – Master of Magic. The “Happy Birthday Wishes” on the two train tickets were stamped using Honey Bee Stamps Ticket To Ride set.(See more about the making of these bookmarks by clicking here.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Honey Bee Stamps– Clear Stamps & Dies – Ticket To Ride

Papers

  • Blue Patterned Coated Cardboard Packaging
  • Pink Cardstock
  • Two A7 (5×7-inch) Cardbases – White
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11-inch 100lb Cardstock – White
  • Scrap Paper used in the bottom of a Spray Box
  • Stamperia – 8×8-inch Double-sided Papers by Antonis Tzanidakis – Master of Magic
  • Stamperia – 8×8-inch Double-sided Papers by Cristina Aadovan – Savana

Ink & Glitter Pastes

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Paris Dusk, Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Mica Mist – Antique Gold, Fresh Pear, Nebula Blue
  • OLO Marker – Cotton Candy
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Simon Hurley’s Astro Paste – Phoenix Feathers
  • Stampin’Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Copper Clay
  • Tsukinfko – Antiquing Solution – Walnut Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Plastic Palette Knife
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Microfiber Cloth

Miscellaneous

  • Metallic Pink Trim
  • Blue Embroidery Floss

Embossed Hearts Birthday Card

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A sweet, heart-felt birthday card made with The Greetery’s Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Hearts 3D embossing folder and Poppystamps Modest Banner Greetings foil and cut die set.

Cardbase: I folded an 4.25×11 sheet of pink 100lb. cardstock in half to create a top-fold 4.25×5.5-inch card. The green mat is a marbled cardstock cut 4×4.875-inches. The embossed piece was trimmed down to 3.75x 4.25-inches and colored with markers and a gel pen. A pink ribbon is under the white hearts that were leftover from another card. (I don’t know what the die was, but it cut hearts in two sizes.)

Sentiments: The “Happy Birthday to You” is a foiled sentiment That I had batch-produced some time back using the Poppystamps Modest Banner Greetings foil and cut die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope decorated with some of the colored hearts.

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Materials Used:

Dies & Foiling Plates

  • Poppystamps – Metal Die & Foiling Plate – Modest Banner Greetings – PSF806

Embossing Folders

  • The Greetery – 3D Embossing Folder –Shortbread Shapes: Rectangle Hearts – GEMB-010

Papers

  • Bazzill – 12×12-inch Cardstock – Easter Grass Marble
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 100lb Cardstock – Pink Sand
  • White Cardstock
  • White A2 Envelope

Ink

  • Gel Pen – Yellow
  • OLO – Markers – Bubble Gum, Cotton Candy
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Ranger – Letter Fineliner 03 – Orange

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Scoring Board
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • 3/8-inch wide Pink Satin Ribbon

Pop-Up Chalkboard Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #306 whose parameters were: A7 card, summer dessert colors, chalkboard element and bottom border. I used a variety of dies and stamps from Concord & 9th, Fun Stampers Journey, Hero Arts and Karen Burniston to make this pop-up birthday card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut from 100 lb. cardstock one 5×7-inch rectangle and one 5×7.5-inch rectangle scored at 7-inches. Using Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set, cut four of the largest crosshatch panel from decorative paper. Cut the pop-up tabs from Karen Burniston’s Christmas Trees Pop Stand die set into the inside papers as directed in the video, before gluing them into the card.

Pop-Up Chalkboard: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two sign board easels from brown heavy weight cardstock and two black panels using the dies in the January 2019 My Hero Arts kit. Stamp with clear ink and heat emboss the sentiment and cake image with white detail embossing powder before assembling the easel.

Floral Decorations: (Watch the video above.) My colored cardstock was made by swiping ink pads across white and cream scraps of cardstock. Using Karen Burniston’s Fun Flowers die set, cut out and assemble four sets of flowers in different colors. Cut nine stems of leaves.Cut and decorate two butterflies.

Sentiments: On the card front the newspaper Celebration Times is from the Concord & 9th Happy Headlines stamp set.I printed a generic head shot as a placeholder for the photo of the individual that the card will go to. Inside, the “Happy Birthday is from the Karen Burniston Birthday/Belated stamp set and the “Eat Cake First” is from Fun Stampers Journey’s Birthday Bash set. The white label for a personal message was cut using Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope decorated with a stamped sentiment on the back flap from Concord & 9th Happy Headlines stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Crafter’s Companion – 5×7-inch 300 GSM Cardstock- Matt Black
  • Doodlebug Design – 12×12 Double-Sided Petite Print Cardstock – At The Zoo
  • Fun Stamper’s Journey – 8.5×11-inch Heavy Cardstock – Pumpkin Bread
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11-inch Smooth 100 lb Cardstock – White
  • Cream, Pale Gray, and White Cardstock
  • A7 (5×7-inch) Envelope – White

Embossing Powder & Ink

  • Hero Arts – Embossing Powder – White Detail
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Simon Says Stamp – Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Bubblegum, Citrine, Fairway,Lemonade, Sweets
  • Simon Says Stamp – Premium Pigment Ink – White
  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Heat Tool
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Stamping Blocks as Paperweights
  • Stamping Platform
  • We R Memories – QuickStick