Short, practical guides to sending a card late, sending one abroad, choosing between digital and printed, and knowing what to write — from a service that charges $1.99 a card and has no subscription.
Remembered the birthday today? Make a personalised card with custom artwork and a handwritten-style message and email it in about a minute, from $1.99. No subscription, no app.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Most online card sites want a monthly membership. Send Card is pay-per-card: $1.99 for a digital card, $9.99 printed and posted. No plan, no renewal, no card on file.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
A practical comparison of emailed digital cards and real printed cards posted by mail: cost, arrival time, what the recipient does with it, and when each one is the right call.
23 September 2026 · 5 min read
International post takes one to three weeks. Here's how to get a personalised card to someone in another country the same day — or post a real one worldwide for $9.99.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Most 'personalised' cards are a stock design with a name typed on it. Here's how a card painted from your own description of the person works, and how to describe them well.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Practical openers and closers for birthdays, thank-yous, sympathy, congratulations and get-well cards — plus a simple three-part structure that works for all of them.
23 September 2026 · 5 min read
How to make a birthday card for your boyfriend that goes past 'have a great day': artwork painted from his thing, a message that sounds like you, sent in a minute or posted as a real card.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Make a birthday card for your girlfriend with a painted cover from her favourite things and a message that sounds like you. Sent in a minute for $1.99, or posted as a real card.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
How to make a birthday card for your mom that feels handmade: a painted cover of her garden, her kitchen or her favourite place, and a message in your words. Sent instantly or posted as a real card.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Make a birthday card for your dad from what he actually loves — the shed, the boat, the Sunday roast — with a painted cover and your words inside. Sent in a minute or posted as a real card.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
How to send your grandma a birthday card she can hold and keep: a painted cover of her garden or the family, printed on card stock and posted for you. Digital option if she's online.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Make a birthday card for your grandpa from the things he loves — the allotment, the workshop, the war stories — printed on card stock and posted to his letterbox, or sent instantly online.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
The best friend birthday card formula: an in-joke on the cover, three honest sentences inside, sent in a minute for $1.99 — or printed and posted for the milestone years.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read
Kids' birthday cards work when they show the exact thing the kid loves right now — the dinosaur phase, the unicorn phase, the digger phase. Make one in a minute, sent or posted.
23 September 2026 · 4 min read