These Birthday Borders Are the Perfect Present!

Whether you’re making a birthday layout for yourself or for someone else, including celebratory borders is a must! Find inspiration with the birthday borders below that were created with the Stacked Presents Chain BMC. They’re the perfect touch to making your scrapbooks extra special.

presents borders — Borders by **Melissa Ullmann** — CM Independent Advisor

To create these borders you will need:

Celebrating You Border

Step 1: Cut a piece of the orange watercolor paper to measure 12” x 2-1/2” using the Scallop Blade on the Trimmer.

Step 2: Cut a piece from Navy Solid Cardstock to measure 12” x 2-1/4”. Adhere to the orange watercolor piece.

Step 3: Cut a piece of White Solid Cardstock to measure 12” x 2”.

Step 4: Cut seven pieces from balloons paper to measure 1” x 2”.

Step 5: Cut six pieces to measure 7/8” x 2” from the bursts paper.

Step 6: Adhere the strips to the White Solid Cardstock piece, rotating every other one.

Step 7: Using the sparklers, dots and stripes paper, punch a border using the Stacked Presents Chain BMC. Save the punched out remains.

Step 8: Cut the borders into 2” increments. Adhere to the 7/8” x 2” strips of bursts paper using Repositionable Adhesive.

Step 9: Adhere the White Solid Cardstock piece to the top of the border.

Step 10: Adhere the stickers and embellishments to the border, using Foam Squares on some for added dimension.

It’s Your Special Day Border

Step 1: Using the Wavy Blade on the Trimmer, cut a piece of Navy Solid Cardstock to measure 2-1/2” x 12”.

Step 2: Cut a piece of Pumpkin Solid Cardstock to measure 2” x 12”. Adhere to the center of the border.

Step 3: Cut a piece of Baby Blue Solid Cardstock to measure 1” x 12”. Adhere to the center of the border.

Step 4: Using the Stacked Presents Chain BMC, punch a border from Navy Solid Cardstock. Adhere to the Baby Blue Solid Cardstock strip.

Step 5: Using the remains from the previous border, adhere to the openings of the presents using Precision Point Adhesive.

Step 6: Cut two strips from orange watercolor paper to measure ¼” x 12” using the Wavy Blade on one side. Adhere about 1/8” from the edges of the Light Blue Solid Cardstock strip.

Step 7: Adhere stickers/embellishments, using Foam Squares for added dimension.

You Don’t Look a Day Over FABULOUS Border

Step 1: Cut a piece of Navy Solid Cardstock to measure 2-3/4” x 12”.

Step 2: Cut a piece of Bright White Solid Cardstock to measure 2-1/2” x 12”. Adhere to the center of the border.

Step 3: Cut a piece of confetti paper to measure 1-3/4” x 12”. Adhere to the left edge of the Bright White Solid Cardstock piece.

Step 4: Cut a piece of the sparklers paper to measure ¾” x 12” using the Wavy Blade on the Trimmer. Adhere about ¼” from the left side of the sparklers paper.

Step 5: Cut a piece of Navy Solid Cardstock to measure ¼” x 12” using the Wavy Blade on the Trimmer. Adhere to the center of the sparklers paper.

Step 6: Using the Stacked Presents Chain BMC, punch two borders from Navy Solid Cardstock.

Step 7: Using the Stacked Presents Chain BMC, punch one border using the bursts paper.

Step 8: Adhere the bursts border to the top of one of the Navy Solid Cardstock borders, offset to the right about 1/8”.

Step 9: Adhere the bursts/cardstock border to the top of one of the Navy Solid Cardstock borders, offset to the left about 1/8”. Adhere this border to the top seam of the Bright White Solid Cardstock and confetti papers using Foam Squares.

Step 10: Adhere the bows from the Decorative Bows Embellishments.

Step 11: Adhere embellishments to the border, using Foam Squares.

Do you like to give out scrapbooks as gifts?

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