📻 7 Days of Cards – Day 5: HAM IT UP for Dad 🐷

Handmade book bind Z-fold birthday card featuring a custom digital stamp of a cartoon pig (ham) operating a ham (amateur) radio station. The pig is seated at a desk with a microphone and radio unit. The front of the card reads “Ham It Up (for your birthday)” in bold text. Inside is a handwritten birthday message. Card is colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers and uses patterned paper from craft stash.
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by Breanna
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Okay, oddballs, this one is super special!


Funny Handmade Card for Dad


For Day 5 of the Getting My Sh*t Together Card Challenge, I’m sharing a cute birthday card for my Dad, the original ham in my life, and the reason I got into amateur radio in the first place.

He’s been a ham radio operator for decades, and when I was 10, I decided I wanted to be just like him.

So I studied, got licensed, and now here we are: 22 years of shared static, soldering, and signal chasing later, and I finally made him a birthday card featuring Beacon the ham, hamming it up on a ham radio. Naturally.

Handmade book bind Z-fold birthday card featuring a custom digital stamp of a cartoon pig (ham) operating a ham (amateur) radio station. The pig is seated at a desk with a microphone and radio unit. The front of the card reads “Ham It Up (for your birthday)” in bold text. Inside is a handwritten birthday message. Card is colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers and uses patterned paper from craft stash.

🎨 Supplies Used:

  • Custom digital stamp (created by me!)
  • Colored with Ohuhu markers
  • Patterned papers (DSP) from my stash
  • Card base: Book bind Z-fold, Cricut cardstock
  • Cricut for the “Ham It Up” sentiment panel
  • Metallic gel pen for extra sparkle



🐽 The Card Details:

This funny handmade card for dad is a book bind Z-fold card, made with some elegant DSP from my stash and a pun that just had to happen:

“HAM IT UP (for your birthday)”

The digital stamp is completely custom—hand-drawn by me just for this occasion. Beacon the little pig (a ham, obviously) sitting at a desk, mic in hand, ready to make birthday QSO magic.

I colored him with Ohuhu markers, and wrote a personal note inside.

My dad told me it’s now hanging in his ham shack, which… I mean… 💖 Goal achieved.

Transmitting love,

Breanna

P.S. Don’t forget to check out yesterday’s card: Bowling for Mother’s Day

Funny handmade card for dad is a book bind Z-fold card featuring a custom digital stamp of a cartoon pig (ham) operating a ham (amateur) radio station. The pig is seated at a desk with a microphone and radio unit. The front of the card reads “Ham It Up (for your birthday)” in bold text. Inside is a handwritten birthday message. Card is colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers and uses patterned paper from craft stash.

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Breanna

Breanna is the Digital Stamp Witch behind TigerOddity Creations, where she conjures stamps, printables, and other playful, mystical digital art for weird, wonderful souls. She helps crafters and creators bring a dash of magic and heart into their projects—with a little sparkle, a little sass, and a whole lot of feeling. 💌 Join the Cosmic Collective for freebies, tutorials, and other cosmic updates from the TigerOddity universe.

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