Diagonal Happy BIrthday

 

A simple birthday card that is made beautiful by the use of pretty paper

We all have such busy lives, so I really like a simple greeting card. Although this card is really quite simple, it still looks really effective with the use of beautiful paper and having a bold Happy birthday banner on a slant.

This card can easily be changed for other occasions - why not make a child's card using a colouring book image for the top patterned paper piece.  Or an invite by using a calendar image and then circling the date in question

Follow the below link to find out how the card was made
You will need

• A6 white base card
• Patterned paper/card (mine is a piece of wrapping paper)
• 2 coordinating coloured plain papers/card
• White and silver card
• Happy Birthday greeting stamp (I used a stamp from the 'Sweet Ice Cream' stamp set by Stampin Up)
• Versamark ink pad
• White embossing powder
• Scalloped edging die
• Guillotine with cutting blade
• Heat gun
• Die cutting machine
• Glue or double sided tape

1. Cut a piece of silver card to 16 . 5 cm by 11 . 5 cm and glue centrally to the front of the base card
   
   
   


2. Cut a piece of backing card to 16 cm by 11 cm. Mine is a pinky purple that goes well with my patterned paper


3. Cut the patterned paper to 16 cm high by 11 cm wide and cut a piece off the bottom diagonally (roughly 2 cm left edge to 6 cm on right edge)
   
   
   
   
   
   


4. Glue the patterned paper to the backing card cut out in step 2 so it aligns with the top edge
   
   
   


5. Cut a 4 cm wide strip from the other coordinating coloured plain card (mine is a bluey purple)


6. Stamp your greeting onto this strip using the Versamark ink pad. Cover the stamped greeting with embossing powder, knock off the excess and then heat with a heat gun until the powder melts.  You can use peel off's if you prefer.
   
   
   


7. Using the scalloped edge die, cut a strip from white card and then glue it to the bottom of the strip with your greeting on.  (If you don't have a scalloped edge die, you can always cut the side off a scalloped base card and use that for the edging)
   
   
   


8. Glue the greeting to the backing card so it covers the lower edge of the patterned card and is on a slant
   
   
   


9. Use a craft knife and metal ruler or some scissors to remove the strip that overhangs the backing card
   
   
   
   
   
   


10. Glue the backing card centrally to the front of the base card