A Birthday Card IdeaMake a Birthday Card TutorialHere's a cute birthday card idea you can use for your next cardmaking project. Recycle the backings of notepads or thick empty food boxes and turn them into chipboard embellishments! This is part of the "Make a Birthday Card Tutorials". 
Chipboards have been a popular trend in scrapbooking for a while now and you can also use chipboards to doll up your cards. But... the costs of premade chipboard embellishments can add up fast. So if you're looking for a cheaper alternative and to do a bit of recycling, save a few of those backings of notepads or thicker empty food boxes and get creative. With a bit of drawing, colouring in and cutting, you'll be on your way to making cute chipboards to embellish your birthday cards. Step-by-Step Instructions on |
1) Fold the pink cardstock into a tent-fold card. Cut out a block of green patterned paper with scalloped-borders using freehand or decorative scissors. Attach it to the center of the card. 
2) Handwrite greetings on white cardstock and cut it out. Round the corners of the block using freehand or a corner rounder. Draw borders around the greetings using the black pen. 
3) Attach the completed greetings to lower half of the card.
4) Draw five circles on the chipboard using a pencil. Color in the circles with soft pastels. 
5) Draw smaller circles and "button holes" on these colored circles using the black pen. 
6) Cut out the five "buttons". 
8) Attach the red strip/ribbon to the top of the card. Arrange the five buttons and mount them to the card as shown.