"Check Meowt" Birthday Card D.I.Y

If you didn't know already, I am a cat lover. Anything that has cats on it is pure weakness for me. What? It's just too adorable!! To go along with my cat loving self, I've created this tutorial for a "Check Meowt" card. It's a birthday card, but you can customize it to be anything you like as I've mentioned numerous times before.

 I wrote "Check Meowt. I'm..." with the intention of you writing their age on the inside of the card. I thought it would be cute. :)

Alright, enough rambling. On to the tutorial! 

What You'll Need:

- White plain paper

- orange, red, green, pink, purple, yellow, blue, and black markers

- Black Sharpie Thin marker

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Step 1: Draw a cat's head and two lines going down it for the body. Draw triangles for the inside of the ears. Draw the eyes, nose, mouth, and tongue. Draw triangles all over the cat. Draw a top hat on the cat's head. Draw a collar around the cat's neck. Color the cat's body orange and color the triangles yellow. Draw three black whiskers on each side of the cats face. Color the cat's tongue pink.

Step 2: With your black Sharpie Thin marker, draw flowers on the hat. Color the flowers pink. With your purple marker, color the bottom of the hat. Make polka dots between the flowers with your purple marker. Draw some feathers. *Like I've said before, you don't have to use the same colors that I do. Feel free to make it as different as you'd like. :) *

Step 3: Color the cat's collar and ears. With your orange marker, write the words, "Check Meowt. I'm..." so that it will be easier for you to outline it with your black Sharpie Thin later. Color in the blank spots.

Step 4: Using different colored markers, make dots and squiggly lines in the background so that it looks like confetti. 

You're Done!

"Owl Always Love You" Card D.I.Y

Today's tutorial is for an "Owl Always Love You" card. It is super cute and fairly easy! You can of course customize it how you would like or do it exactly the way that I have here. It would be an adorable card to give to your boyfriend, husband, or friend. You wouldn't have to make it all lovey dovey. It all depends on your preference. Wanna find out how to make it? Keep reading for the tutorial!

- Plain white paper

- Brown, orange, light pink, red, dark pink, blue, and green markers

- Brown and black Sharpie Thin marker

- Brown crayon

Step 1: With your brown marker, draw a tree branch coming from the edge of your card.

Step 2: Draw the face and body of the owls.

Step 3: Draw 2 large circles for the outer part of the eyes, the wings, and the feet.

Step 4:  Draw 2 circles inside the large circle. Color the pupil with the black Sharpie Thin. Make sure to leave a tiny white circle in the pupil. Color the wings and outline around the owl's stomachs brown. Draw noses and feet on the owls.

Step 5: Color the boy owl's stomach with a light blue marker. With a red marker, draw a heart on his stomach. Color the girl owl's stomach with a light pink marker. With a dark pink marker, make humps on the stomach to create the look of feathers. Draw a bow at the corner of her ear and color it light pink as well.

Step 6: Color the owls heads with a brown marker. Color their noses and feet orange.

Step 7: With a black Sharpie Thin marker, add 3 eyelashes on the edge of the girl owl's eyes. Color the branch with a brown crayon.

Step 8: Write "Owl Always Love You!" with a pink marker.

Step 9: With your brown Sharpie Thin marker, (I used brown to match the owls) outline the words that you just wrote.

Step 10: Color the blank spaces with your pink marker again. Draw 5 (it doesn't matter how many hearts you draw) hearts between your owls with brown sharpie and use the same pink marker to color them in.

Now, go give this adorable handmade card to your significant other and take pride in the fact that you didn't have to spend a single dime to make something special! In my opinion, it is extremely touching when you know that someone has given you something that they worked hard on. The whole time that they were making that gift for you, they were thinking of you. :)

"I Miss You" Card D.I.Y

Let someone know how much you miss them with this adorable handmade card! Learn how to make it yourself! 

What You'll Need:

- Plain white paper

- Different shades of blue markers

- Gray marker

- Sharpie Thin

Step 1: Start with a plain white piece of paper and fold it in half.

Step 2: With a blue marker, draw clouds all over your card.

Step 3: Create "stitches" with your black Sharpie Thin marker over the outline of the clouds.

Step 4: Write a little message along the top of two clouds.

Step 5: Color in your clouds (except the edges) with different shades of blue markers.

Step 6: Draw raindrops between the clouds and color them with a blue marker.

Step 7: With a gray marker, draw a squiggly line between the raindrops. (optional)

You're done! You just created a cute but simple handmade "Miss You" card. 

You can write something on the inside, or just leave it blank so that you can write them a message. OR, you could do both!