Winter Birthday Snowflake Hugs Card

Hi, this is Laura on the blog today. I made a special card for a good friend I would like to share with you. Do you have a January birthday or a friend with a January birthday? Then you know the experience of drab winters and canceled birthday parties is real. On this cheery snowflake birthday card, I love the bright colors on the card and hope that you do, too. It’s perfect when a friend can use a little pick-me-up with a birthday wish.

First, I began by selecting my card stock papers. These are the cutcardstock.com papers that I used:

Silk Glitter Opulent Opal 12×12 Card Stock; Basis Navy 80lb Cardstock; DCS Discount 8.5×11 Card Stock: Amaranth Pink; and Classic Crest DTC Solar White 165 lb Card Stock.

I matted a layer of the bright pink paper to navy card stock. Love how navy pops, especially in bright colors. I then matted the two onto the white glitter paper. This makes a nice frame — and matches the cut snowflakes.

Second, I gathered my snowflake metal die cuts and a snowflake dry embossing folder. For the die-cut snowflakes, I used white glitter card stock for the focus of my design. I put the largest cut on the top center and surrounded it with smaller snowflakes. 

Third, on the pink card stock, I used a white gel pen. I colored some of the falling snow from the embossing folder. I did this mostly on the bottom of the card to give the look of fallen snow.

Then, for the card sentiment, I used navy ink that picks up on the navy card stock layer. Another metal die cut, a banner shape, cut close to the sentiment, which I adhered to a strip of navy card stock paper to make the sentiment pop against the pink. I then added dimensional adhesive foam dots to raise the height of the sentiment. 

I hope that you enjoyed this how-to. Are you busy making seasonal birthday cards? I’d love it if you shared what you made!