January Birthday Cards

We have a few birthdays in January and I made some pretty cute cards if I do say so myself.

I had so much fun making my Christmas cards in November using a non-standard opening that I decided to keep that going.

The first card opens at the top and I cut part of the card front off making a giant cupcake the focal point of my card.  I added a few fun embellishments like brads and ribbons and really liked how this turned out for my nephew.


I almost always make a card for my mother's birthday using shades of blue and flowers but wanted something different this year.  I settled on reds and bold colors and added just a bit of sparkle to her card with some fun glitzy brads in the same color scheme.


I designed a more standard card for Alec's birthday and I hope he likes it as much as I do!

I cut out a giant 14 using my Cricut and embellished the number with colored brads. I really love this and it would work for just about any age and color scheme too!


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  1. Handmade in IsraelJanuary 20, 2020 at 6:09 AM

    Great cards! I love the coloured brads. #MMBC

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    1. Joanne January 20, 2020 at 8:32 AM

      Thank you! I loved how that card turned out.

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  2. Carol @Comfort Spring StationJanuary 20, 2020 at 6:28 AM

    Very cute cards - you're so creative! #MMBC

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  3. Kim CarberryJanuary 20, 2020 at 6:35 AM

    These are very cute cards indeed! I really like the one 14th birthday card x

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    1. Joanne January 20, 2020 at 8:32 AM

      Aw, thank you. I liked that one too; I had never done anything like that before.

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  4. AnneJanuary 20, 2020 at 8:54 AM

    very cute cards. I have to admit, when I first saw the coloured brads I thought they were smarties! How cool would that be. It would be hard to stick them on and still make them edible though :)

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    1. Joanne January 20, 2020 at 2:58 PM

      That would be something neat to try though.. I'll have to think on how to keep it edible.

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  5. Bri RundeJanuary 20, 2020 at 5:31 PM

    You make some adorable cards. Do you do all cards you send as homemade ones? Makes them more special!!

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  6. Julie's Creative LifestyleJanuary 20, 2020 at 5:38 PM

    You made such pretty handmade cards that I know everyone will love! Thanks for the visit to my blog. Hope you have a nice week.

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  7. Megan RussellJanuary 20, 2020 at 6:33 PM

    I love the cards you make! The colored brads give it such a cute touch.

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  8. Hena TayebJanuary 20, 2020 at 9:16 PM

    Your cards look so lovely

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  9. Claire JustineJanuary 21, 2020 at 2:14 PM

    These are great cards and very creative. Love the top one :) Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays. Hope you can join us tomorrow.

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    1. Joanne January 21, 2020 at 2:17 PM

      Thank you. I just love anything having to do with cupcakes.

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  10. Southern SunflowersJanuary 21, 2020 at 7:06 PM

    Your cards turned out great! Handmade is always fun to give and special to receive. :)

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  11. the 4 M'sJanuary 22, 2020 at 7:06 AM

    I really like Alec's card! One of my boys' birthday is tomorrow: might take that idea to make him a card! I could use our dot paint markers instead of the colorful brads.
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    1. Joanne January 22, 2020 at 12:59 PM

      I bet dot paint markers would work just fine.

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  12. CherylJanuary 22, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    What lovely cards. Well done! #mmbc

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  13. Julie @ My Wee AbodeJanuary 23, 2020 at 12:36 PM

    Such fun birthday cards! I love making cards myself... My daughter and I get together and have card-making parties to create a stash for the year. Fun! Here by way of TFT! We'd love for you to link-up at Tuesday Turn About via myweeabode.com . Hope to see you there!

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    1. Joanne January 23, 2020 at 2:44 PM

      What a fun idea! I would love a card-making party. I used to host a few "stamp camps" when I was a Stampin Up! demonstrator and they were always so fun. I'm adding your link party to my list.

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  14. Amy JohnsonJanuary 25, 2020 at 9:56 AM

    Such cute cards!

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  15. Joanne January 29, 2020 at 3:54 PM

    Thanks.

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