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How I made article 2

By Lizzsews

 This article is brought to you by Lizzsews.


In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a simple ‘happy birthday' card. Follow along with this project and share your result in Lizzsews Facebook group.


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What I used:

Black cardstock

White cardstock

Grey cardstock

1.0 aqua gel pen

Cricut black fine point pen

Scoring stylus

Glue

Lightgrip mat

Cricut


How I made it:


To start this project, I looked for a design to use, I chose a happy birthday card by Cricut. I didn’t want to create the envelope, and I needed to customize a few other colours and pens, so I added the project to my canvas.


I adjusted the cardstock colours, and the pen types and colours until I liked the look.


Recommended: Cricut - Happy Birthday Card modified


And as simple as that, I clicked make it and loaded my mats, my pens and scoring stylus as stated; and left my cutting blade in the clamp. 


Now that everything was cut, scored and drawn, it was time to assemble. I folded the black cardstock from the scoring line and glued the grey cardstock to the middle of the front of the card. Now to finish off the card, I glued the white cardstock, with the drawn design, to the middle of the grey cardstock. 



There you go. The card was complete and ready for customization!


** update - once I went to go customize this card, I realized that I didn’t have a white pen (to write on the inside of the card with). So, I went back to my canvas and detached the layers. I deleted every layer except for the one white cardstock cut. I cut out the white cardstock and glued it to the inside of the card on the bottom middle. **




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  1. Kata Kata Ucapan Ulang Tahun24 October 2026 at 18:38

    I love how simple this is — layering the grey cardstock between the black base and the white drawn panel is such an effective way to make the birthday design stand out. Your tip about detaching the layers to add a white panel inside after realizing you had no white pen is really helpful, too. It is a great reminder that a handmade card does not need to be complicated to feel personal. Thanks for sharing the exact pens and cardstock colors you used! https://ucapanulangtahun.id/

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