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I want to make about 5 or 6 teen birthday cards. Can someone or a bunch of people pm me with some ideas or even samples of some cool teen birthday cards? I would so greatly appreciate it!!
I have some templates that may be of use - there are some http://www.timeforcrafting.co.uk/numbers.html teen numbers there, and I will be adding more soon. Also I have mobile phone, funky boot and shoe templates - and a concertina teenager card. I find the younger teenagers enjoy the number shaped cards, with their name on it.
I like to use the SU! star punches for teens - this way if you don't know them well, or you're not sure what they're into, it's a pretty safe bet for boys and girls (just pick the appropriate color of course).
Here is a card I saw on SCS - this is not my design, nor did I make this one, but I saved it as a future "teenager" layout (though I plan to use brighter colors):
I like stars too. Here is one I did last spring... Sam's Birthday. The stars are from Cuttlebug. The Happy Birthday is SU Alphabet Soup. Hard to see, but the red stars are cut from glitter paper and the ribbon has lots of sparkle.
I have a "Party like a Rock Star" stamp from Mike's. Here's a teen card I did a few months ago using that stamp. If you can't find the stamp in your Mike's or don't want to buy it; I'd be glad to stamp some images and mail to you.
Here's the link to my Party Like A Rock Star card:
Here is a great one in the gallery: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
Change the colors for boys or girls!
Could use it for a guitar player or band member too!
Don't have any pics, but I do have a 16 year old DD and an 18 year DS. I tend to use BB colors almost exclusely on cards for their friends, although black and silver seem to have gotten popular lately with a lot of them. You can't go wrong with graphic shapes (have used Fun with shapes alot). Even images from the '60's and '70's work well. I try to stay away from pastels because a lot of my kids friends, when they were younger, associated that with being a baby.
Girls tend to like bright colors with lots of glitter and shiny silver paper, (I just asked my dd and she agreed) funky flowers, shopping images, that kind of thing.
For boys, you can't go wrong with car images. Darker shades of the same colors for girls, Black, silver, gray. They like shiny stuff also just more metallic and subtle, like chrome, dirtier looking.
Oh yeah and skulls are a HUGE deal right now. I just got Just Jawing from SU because my dd loves the skull with the heart eyes. Go figure? Hope this epistle helps. This is one topic I know too much about right now .
I agree that skulls and tattoo/edgier stamps are "trendy" with teens now. So are rock music type stamps. I know that there's a great clear set by Inkadinkado, but I don't know what it's called.
I wanted the just jawin set from stampin up and the rockabilly paper BUT I just said no:-( I have a cricut cartridge called Indie Arts that has the skull, guitars, flames anything to make a good teen card. My son also likes animals so I usually look for some kind of humorous animal image and stick it with something funny that might have happened.
They need to make a stamp that looks like money. That would be cool. Reckon that would be against the law?
I have some templates that may be of use - there are some http://www.timeforcrafting.co.uk/numbers.html teen numbers there, and I will be adding more soon. Also I have mobile phone, funky boot and shoe templates - and a concertina teenager card. I find the younger teenagers enjoy the number shaped cards, with their name on it.
Awesome templates, thanks for sharing your site! :mrgreen:
I agree with Curly Chick - it's more about the colors with teens. Anything bright and bold and a simple graphic image or word works for teens. Simple and "funky" is best. (I'm the mother to 2 dd's that are vocal about their preferences!
Yeah, I know. Boys are tougher but I have Alicia working on that! LOL!
:shock: OHHHH!! That would be WONDERFUL!! I have only boys and the skulls with the heart eyes just don't cut it here! (heaven forbid!! Someone might take those hearts the wrong way!!:rolleyes
:shock: OHHHH!! That would be WONDERFUL!! I have only boys and the skulls with the heart eyes just don't cut it here! (heaven forbid!! Someone might take those hearts the wrong way!!:rolleyes
Do they do sports? What about making a soccer, basketball, baseball, golf, etc. card for them?
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Need some ideas for teen birthday cards
