Gift design
A pop-up birthday card, with your people standing up inside
It opens on their screen and everything inside springs up — your photo cut out like paper.
A 3D card that opens and pops up — your photo cut out like paper, balloons, a banner — with your message written inside.
A birthday card lying on the table, their name on the front in a yellow banner beside a cake. They tap it — or drag the cover up with a finger — and it opens the way a paper pop-up does: everything inside springs up off the page, one piece after another, with a little bounce.
Balloons first, then the people from your photo, cut out round the edges like a sticker, then a Happy Birthday banner and two presents. Confetti falls, and your message is written across the inside in the handwriting you picked.
What happens when they open it
- 1
Pick a photo
Any photo with the people clearly in front. They're cut out on your phone or laptop, and you see how they'll look before anything is uploaded. If a photo doesn't cut out well, stand the whole photo up instead.
- 2
Write the front
Their name goes on the front — Happy Birthday, Rahul! — with a short line under it if you like: from all of us, love Mum & Dad.
- 3
They open it
A tap, or a drag upward: dragging opens it slowly, as far as their finger goes. They can close it and open it again as often as they like.
- 4
Your message inside
Written under the pop-ups in your handwriting font and signed with your name. A Read the card button shows the words larger.
Who it suits
- A friend's birthday from the whole group — one photo of all of you
- Family far away, where a card in the post would arrive late
- Anyone who still keeps the paper cards
Worth knowing
- The cut-out is made on your device by a small model that loads once (about 16 MB). Your original photo is never uploaded — only the cut-out.
- It works best with people facing the camera against a plain background. A busy background, or people very small or at the edge of the picture, can come out patchy — use the whole photo for those.
- No photo? A big birthday cake pops up instead.
Occasions it's offered for
- Best Virtual Birthday Gifts: 7 Ideas That Beat a Birthday Text
- How to Send a Happy Birthday Surprise Link (Free, in 5 Minutes)
Send this one
Write your message, get a link, send it however you'd send any link. It's free, it takes about five minutes, and neither of you needs an account.
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