Tag: birthday

Birthday Balloons Bag

Happy Labor Day (for those in the United States).  Happy Monday to all.  I hope you have great things planned for today and week.  How about starting the week off with some crafty inspiration.  Lori recently added some new bags to her shop.  I am sharing the Birthday Balloons bag today (SVG, Silhouette).

These bags are quick to piece together, and there are several design options in the shop. It’s a perfect size for a small gift with a gift card or a treat. It would also work great as a party favor bag.

Ashley

Birthday Dog Pop-Up Card

Hello everyone! Marcia here today. I thought I would get a jump start on some of the birthday cards I will need in the coming months. My daughter is turning 30 at the end of the month! I can’t believe it!! Since she is a veterinarian and partial to dogs, so I thought I would make her this Rectangle Pop-Up Dog Birthday Card (SVG, Silhouette).

The card is shown in Lori’s store in bright boy colors, but I wanted my card to be girly. My daughter’s favorite color is pink, so I select a pretty pink pattern paper from the new Lori Whitlock Birthday Girl collection from Echo Park Paper to use for the card panels around the base. I also used die cut ephemera from the same collection for the sentiment on the card front. You can use the print and cut feature to use the Happy Birthday sentiment that comes with the cut file instead if you desire. The balloons were cut with paper from the coordinating Birthday Girl solid color paper pack. I inked the edges for dimension and added highlights with a white gel pen. With a black marker, I even added strings for my balloons.

The back side of this card is just as adorable as the front …

This card folds flat for mailing in a 5.5″ x 6.5″ or bigger envelope. Lori also has a tutorial for her rectangle pop up cards here.  There is a super cute cat version of this card as well. Be sure to check it out in Lori’s store.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week!
~Marcia

Double Slider Birthday Card Tutorial

Hello friends, Marcia here today. I have a fun interactive double slider card  tutorial for you today. These are super fun to make as well as receive. There are lots of double slider card designs in the store. I made the Birthday Dog card (SVG, Silhouette) which I thought would appeal to the one year old who received it.

When the “PULL” tab is pulled, the dog’s birthday hat lifts off his head revealing the Happy Birthday sentiment. So cute!

Let me show you how to make one yourself.

1.  Choose your cardstock or pattern papers and cut out all the pieces. I used the Silhouette print and cut feature to print “Happy Birthday” and “PULL” before cutting out these pieces. Assemble the dog, backing the eyes and nose with the black circle, then add the white head and body over the top of the base dog. Top with the dog ears and front paws. Finally add the collar and the heart tag.

2.  Cut 2 of the Pull tabs. Only one needs to have the printed PULL on it. These will be glued together to make the tab stronger. I also printed two white inserts to allow me to sign the inside of the card since the pattern paper is quite busy. Adhere one of the white inserts to the right inside portion of the card.

3.  You will need to cut a strip of plastic packaging and insert it into the two slits as shown on the inside front of the card.

4.  Use a piece of double sided tape to adhere the two ends together. The pull tab is attached to the other side of the double sided tape. Make sure the PULL text faces the front of the card. The plastic strip should be loose enough to slide easily. Test the mechanism.

The front of the card now has a sliding plastic strip between the two slits.

5.  To keep the pull tab from wobbling, add foam tape strips on both sides. Mount the white insert to hide the sliding mechanism using more foam tape.

6.  Attach the Happy Birthday sentiment to a strip of stiff clear plastic. With the pull tab pulled all the way out, use double sided tape to attach the hat with the sentiment to the top of the sliding strip. Mount the dog over the top using foam tape. Test the mechanism again to make sure it doesn’t catch on anything.

7.  Add the cut out stars to the front of the card.

If you get stuck along the way, there is also a YouTube tutorial here.

Check out all the other Double slider cards in the store. Thanks so much for stopping by.

~Marcia

Unicorn Impossible Birthday Card

Hello everybody, Marcia here today. I have a ton of family birthdays coming up. Since we are still not gathering until more of us can get vaccinated, I wanted to get some birthday cards made to get off in the mail. This Unicorn Impossible Birthday Card (SVG, Silhouette) caught my eye for my niece’s daughter. She is seriously into unicorns right now. I created this with a rainbow selection of glitter cardstock and used a pink cardstock base.

These are fun interactive cards. When you twist them the center pops up, yet they fold flat for mailing. You can use the birthday sentiment that comes with the card or create your own sentiment.  For an assembly tutorial, see Lori’s YouTube Channel here.

There are lots of impossible cards in Lori’s shop. Send one to someone you know who could use a little pick me up right now. Thanks so much for stopping by.

~Marcia

Hexagon Pop Up Card Birthday Cake

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with a cute and fun birthday card that I made for my sister-in-law whose birthday is January 1.  I used Lori’s Hexagon Pop Up Card Birthday Cake and you can find the file for that in Lori’s SVG store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  She also has an assembly tutorial on her YouTube Channel here.  I used items from three of Lori’s Echo Park Paper collections including All Girl, All Boy and Lumberjack Christmas.

This card fold flats for mailing and is sure to impress.  Lori has many other hexagon cards in her store and in the Silhouette Store , so be sure to check them out.

Hugs,

Anita