Make It Monday Birthday Card

Hello and welcome back to another Make It Monday blog post!  Polly Robin here with another beginner card hybrid project.  My goal is to show you that you can easily make your own cards for a fraction of the cost of store-bought ones, plus you can personalize them as well using kits from your digital stash!

This week I made a quick birthday card for my nephew.  He loves blue but gets overwhelmed with a lot of things to look at one time, so this card is a clean and simple one.

First, I planned the card in Photoshop and decided to use the latest MPM Genuine collection since it had the perfect blue pattern paper and even had a great alphabet to coordinate.

Next, I created my print sheet and printed it using my Epson 3850 ET printer.

I cut out the sentiment strip, the alphabet letters, and three strips from the blue pattern paper.  The first pattern paper strip measured 0.5” x 5.50”, the second 0.75” x 5.50”, and the third was 1.25” x 5.50”.  I glued them onto my 4.25” x 5.50” card base and then adhered the word “YAY” as well as the birthday sentiment strip using foam dots to add some dimension.  That’s it!  The card is done!

I hope you can see how easy it is to make a card.  I could have dressed this one up a good bit by adding some ribbon, elements, string, etc., but I don’t have too.  I love being able to customize my cards.

Well, I hope you like this card and come back for next month’s Make It Monday card.