Well, if you want your birthday greeting cards to be special and unique, you'll just have to make them yourself. Feel that you can't achieve that professional look?

It's okay! I thought so too once. But then I discovered rubber stamps and with a little bit of practice, every card I make can be as stunning, elegant and professional as any Hallmark cards.

Making my own birthday greeting cards can be so exciting. Every birthday greeting card is carefully planned with the birthday person in mind. Her favorite color, her style and her favorite things; for example, pastimes and pets are taken into consideration for creating that perfect birthday greeting card. Once the design is in your mind, then begin to execute it by bringing out your card making supplies. Rubber stamps, cliparts, ink pads, embossing powder and paper. Find co-ordinating colored paper that are of good quality. Then start to make the birthday greetings. That's when the excitement begins.

I can spend my whole day making greeting cards alone in the house. Sometime, I got so engrossed in my card making that I forgot to break for meals. And by the time I have finished making the card, I was famished.

Truly, it happened to me many times and I'm sure it will happen to you too once you got into card making. Try it! Instead of going out to look for that stunning birthday greeting card for a friend or family member, make it yourself.

Below are some birthday cards I have created. Have a look and see whether these will inspire you to make some. Have fun!

Various Birthday Cards I Created

Flower Birthday Greetings

What's more appropriate than to send birthday greetings with a big flower to a girl friend who loves flowers.

Actually, this flower birthday greeting card is suitable to be made for most women including young girls. I made this card using clear rubber stamp images and a flower die-cut which I produced using my QuicKutz die-cutting machine.

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Three Flowers Happy Birthday

Three flowers make up this happy birthday greeting card. I used bright colors to give it an uplifting happy feeling. This is a relatively quick and simple card to make .

See the cute bug sticker embellishments.

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Triangle Shaped Birthday Greetings

This is a very simple card. Instead of the standard rectangle card, I use a triangle shape.

Notice that only one color is used to make this card.

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Die-cut Paper Birthday Greetings

This is an interesting birthday greeting card.

I bought the die-cut paper from a local scrapbooking store and have been wondering how I can incorporate it into my cardmaking.

Well, this is one of the ways I use this rather expensive scrapbooking paper.

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Belated Birthday Greetings

Missed a birthday! Nevermind, make a belated birthday greeting card instead.

This candle birthday greeting card is suitable for anyone - male or female, young or old.

The candle in the card is cut out from a piece of white cardstock scrap. After cutting out the candle shape, just paint with watercolors to make it look like a candle.

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50th Birthday Greetings

Someone's celebrating his or her 50th birthday. Well, reaching the big five-0 is definitely a time for celebration.

So make the card ahead of time. Tell him or her how fabulous being fifty is. Definitely not someone who's over the hill.

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Other Birthday Cards

Birthday Greeting Cards Created by Valerie Smith

Valerie Smith is my online friend. She loves cardmaking and we got to know one another through this wonderful hobby.

Here are some birthday cards she had created. Valerie has graciously allowed me to upload them here to share with you.

Thanks, Val! Keep on creating. You are bringing joy to so many people.

click here to view more of Valerie's cards.

More Handmade Birthday Greeting Cards

A few more handmade birthday greetings that are quite easy to make.

Most of these use silk flowers, buttons, beads and ribbons.

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More Card Ideas

Need more card ideas for your happy birthday greeting cards? Here are just a few more ideas to try out.

Hope these cardmaking ideas will inspire you to make more greeting cards and send them out to cheer and encourage your friends and family members.

click here to find out where to get ideas.

Birthday Verses

Need a birthday verse to put inside your handmade greeting card? Here are some birthday verses that might be helpful to you.

Choose any one of them for your card. Print it out on a piece of writing paper to insert inside your birthday greeting card.

click here to read the birthday verses.

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