- Men, like women, appreciate the extra effort that goes into creating a handmade birthday card.boy pointing at birthday candles image by sonya etchison from Fotolia.com
Handmade birthday cards often attract the attention of women; however, many men also like getting handmade cards. Handmade greeting cards showcase your efforts to express thoughts and emotions more than store-bought cards do. Men, like women, will appreciate the extra effort. If you plan to use folded cards, decorate the outside of the card, then add a personal message to the inside of the card. - Cut a sheet of white card stock so that it measures 5 inches by 8 inches. Cut out a piece of black card stock so that it measures 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches. Glue the white card stock to the black card stock, resulting in a 1/2 inch black border around the card. Use a die cut machine or hand cut the words "Happy Birthday" from any desired card stock color and glue it across the middle of the card. Cut out photographs or magazine clippings representing his favorite hobby. Glue the images onto the white card stock. Add a personal hand-written message to complete the card.
- Feature his favorite pet or animal on a handmade card.birthday dog image by Susan Rae Tannenbaum from Fotolia.com
Create a birthday card featuring his favorite pet. Cut out a sheet of of rippled card stock, using his favorite color, measuring 5 inches by 8 inches. Glue on a piece of smooth card stock that measures approximately 4 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches to create a rippled border. Either take a photo, craft from paper or cut out an image of his favorite pet or animal. Glue the image onto the smooth card stock. Add a personal message. For a different variation, glue the rippled card stock onto the smooth card stock. Add the animal image to the rippled paper resulting in a smooth border. - Paste on a photo or image of his favorite sports car.blue card image by Javier Fern??ndez Garrido from Fotolia.com
Create a card featuring his favorite sport or automobile. Cut out a sheet of card stock measuring 5 inches by 8 inches. Cut out two strips of card stock in desired colors and place them onto the card so that the upper half of the card shows one color and the bottom half of the card shows another color. Cut out magazine images of his favorite sport or automobile and paste them onto the center of the card. Use one larger image or several smaller images. If desired, use stickers instead of magazine images. Add a personal message to complete the card. - Add images of his favorite movie onto a filmstrip background.film strip image by jovica antoski from Fotolia.com
Cut out a sheet of white card stock to the desired size. Cut a strip of black card stock that measures approximately 2 inches in width. The length of the black strip should reach completely across the top of the card. Cut out 1-by-1-inch clippings of his favorite movie from magazines and place them onto 1 1/2-by-1 1/2-inch piece of white paper. Glue the images onto the black strip so that there is a tiny black border between each image that resembles a film strip. If desired images cannot be found in magazines, search the Internet for free images, re-size them and print them. Add a larger image resembling one filmstrip frame to the center of the card to complete the card.
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