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Making a Birthday Card
with Wrapping Paper

Save that gorgeous wrapper and turn it into a birthday card with wrapping paper!


Wrapping Paper Birthday Card After you unwrapped the gifts, how do you usually deal with the wrappers? Into the trash bin? Before you dump them all away, take a few seconds and retain the beautiful wrappers.

These wrappers could easily be used as patterned papers for your cardmaking. It's true that not all parts of the wrapper can be used especially if they are torn or crumpled (unless you're aiming for the crumpled look), but you can carefully cut out the crease-free sections and use them.

Below is an example of how I used part of a beautiful wrapper as a background paper for my card.






Step-by-Step Instructions on
Making a Card with Wrapping Paper

Cardmaking Supplies

  • White card blank

  • Wrapping paper

  • Maroon patterned paper from Papercraft Essentials Issue 26

  • Brown ribbon and white organza ribbon

  • Red patterned tag and cream embossed paper from Let's Make Card Issue 11

  • 3 Paper flowers from Papercraft Essentials Issue 26

  • 2 pink brads and 1 red brad

  • Tan paper from a paint color catalog

  • Black pigment-ink pen

  • Adhesive




    Cardmaking Instructions

    Wrapping Paper Birthday Card 1 1) Cover the front of the white cardblank with wrapping paper.




    Wrapping Paper Birthday Card 2 2) Cut out a scalloped-edge border from the maroon patterned paper with scallop-scissors. For me, I drew the scallops freehand and then cut it out with scissors. Adhere the scallop-border to the right-hand side of the card as shown.




    Wrapping Paper Birthday Card 3 3) Attach a strip of brown ribbon across the card. Layer 3 flower petals on top of each other and put a red brad through them. Adhere completed flower to the card as shown with foam pads.




    Wrapping Paper Birthday Card 4 4) Cut out a small block of cream embossed paper and adhere it below the paper flower at a slight angle.

    Tie a knot through the hole of the red patterned tag with the white organza ribbon. Adhere it on top of the cream embossed paper and next to the paper flower.




    Wrapping Paper Birthday Card 5 5) Pierce two holes on the right-hand side of the brown ribbon with a needle. Insert two pink brads through the holes.

    Cut out a strip from the tan colored paper. Handwrite birthday greetings on the strip and doodled "stitches" around the edges with the black pen. Then attach it to the card as shown.




    Within minutes, you'll have in hand a beautiful card, recycle the gorgeous wrapper you don't want to waste, and also brighten up someone's day with your card.

    To look at birthday theme papers, stickers, rub-ons, stamps, and more, click here to look at the designs. For suggestions on cardmaking supplies, tools, templates and accessories, click here.

    For more birthday cardmaking ideas, be sure to check out my other cardmaking articles on this site!






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