New Year Card Template
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New Year Birthday Card Template

DIY new year card template for crafting with your Cricut or other cutting machine - plus a template for a new year birthday card, too...

2024 New Year card template

Get the Happy New Year 2024 card template from my store here

New Year birthday card template

Get the Happy New Year Birthday card template from my store here

DIY New Year Card SVG Templates

I've created two new card templates for you to celebrate the new year...

The first is a 'Happy New Year 2024' card template, a very happy and celebratory card to welcome in the new year to friends and family - and to hope that 2024 will be a great year!

The second is a 'Happy New Year Birthday' card template - and it's for sending to just those very special people who have their birthdays at the New Year - I have a family member who celebrates their birthday on 1st January each year.

Just like for my special Christmas birthday card templates, I think that a new year birthday deserves something a little special - not just a Happy New Year card and not just a Happy Birthday card - but both together!

I'll take a little look at both below - but first, a couple more things you need to know about both card templates...

'Cut and score' new year card cut file - SVG, PNG, EPS, DXF

Both the card templates are 'cut and score' projects - this means that as well as cutting out the template with your cutting machine, you will also need to score the fold lines for the card and envelope.

You can do this with your cutting machine (most do have the function) or you can do it manually if you prefer. If you are a Cricut user, I have full instructions for setting up the line to score in Cricut Design Space - find that here - I also discuss scoring manually on that page.

If you use another type of machine, you will likely also find the page useful for understanding the steps you will need to follow in your own machine programme to get the score line correctly.

Once you've got the card all cut and scored, I have a craft tutorial for you to help you fold and assemble the card - you can follow that here...

New Year Birthday Card - 'cut and score' card template

Let's now take a closer look at the 'Happy New Year 2024' card template (right below) - the 'Happy New Year Birthday' card will follow on after that...

Happy New Year Card Template 2024

Celebrating New Year 2024 with a cute card

Celebratory new year card template - yellow, red and orange

I made the 'Happy New Year' card template very bright and cheerful in a bold yellow with a red inner card and orange envelope (these are the colours that are included in your template) - I think that these are fun and happy colours that have a celebratory feel and hopefully will get the new year off to a happy and fresh start!

As an alternative, I created the card in a fresh green with a lemon inner card and bright yellow envelope - my thinking was a bit the same with choosing happy and fresh colours that give the idea of a fresh start...

New Year, Fresh Start! 'Fresh' green, lemon, and bold yellow are a lovely combination for the start of a new year!

There's lots of other colours that you could choose for your new year card template - anything bright and cheerful is perfect! Do try and get some contrast between the outer card (with the cut-out design) and the inner card, so that the design stands out well.

You could make the inner card white or black - or keep the outer card neutral and choose bright colours for the inner card instead - it's up to you!

I think a gold card would be very celebratory too - beautiful and sparkling - so this might be a really good choice for your DIY new year card project...

Showing detail of the new year card 2024 template

• I cut the cards with my Cricut Maker

• I used Sizzix 'Surfacez' textured cardstock for the outer card for both these card templates - I cut them using the 'Cardstock for intricate cuts' setting in Cricut Design Space

• I used a generic lightweight coloured crafting cardstock (160gsm) for the inner card and envelope for both cards - I cut them using the 'Light card' setting in Cricut Design Space

Green and lemon colour idea for the 2024 new year card

Happy New Year Birthday Card Template

'Happy New Year Birthday' card template

A card for those lucky people who have a New Year Birthday - they deserve a special celebration for sharing their birthday with such a special occasion!

Yellow, blue and red - Happy New Year Birthday card template

I made the New Year Birthday card template in a bold yellow, teamed up with a blue inner card and a red envelope - yellow is such a happy colour that I thought it was the perfect colour to start the year with - that's the new calendar year and the personal birthday year, too. The dark blue inner card stands out really well against it, which allows the design to stand out well and the message to show well. The red envelope is a bit of fun! This is the colour that comes in the template.

The other colour idea I created for this card is a more feminine look - I chose a pretty salmon pink and teamed it up with a dark blue inner card and a soft blue envelope for a contemporary, cheerful and feminine style.

Pretty pink and dark blue give a contemporary, feminine style for a new year birthday card

Because this is primarily a birthday card, choose any colours you think the birthday boy or girl would like - from delicate pastels, to simple neutrals, bold black, or colourful brights - as always, do try and bear in mind to get lots of contrast between the outer and inner card - this is just to allow the design to stand out well.

I do always like to add a fun third colour to the envelope - but if you want to keep it similar to the main card (or inner card), or go for a neutral like white, that works beautifully well too.

If you use a dark inner card like these, make sure you have a pen that will write well on these dark colours - a white or silver gel or paint pen is my choice.

I hope my colour ideas will help to get you started! You can also take a look at the colour ideas for the Happy New Year card, too, if you need more inspiration.

Detail view 'Happy New Year Birthday' card template

• I cut both of these cards with my Cricut Maker

• I used Sizzix 'Surfacez' textured cardstock for the outer card for both cards - I used the 'Intricate Cardstock' setting in Cricut Design Space

• I used a generic lightweight coloured craft card (160gsm) for both the inner card and envelopes - I used the 'Lightweight cardstock' setting in Cricut Design Space

Detail view of the new year birthday card - pretty pink and deepest blue

How to Buy Your New Year Card Template

If you like my new year card templates, you can get them from my store at the links right below...

Please remember that there are two card designs - they are slightly different (one is to celebrate a new year birthday), so please double-check that you have selected the correct one before you buy it - due to the nature of the digital downloads, if you've already downloaded the file before you realise you've made a mistake, I won't be able to refund you...

Happy New Year 2024 card template

Get the HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 card template from my store here

Happy New Year birthday card template

Get the HAPPY NEW YEAR BIRTHDAY card template from my store here

SVG, DXF, EPS and PNG file formats included

Envelope included in the template

Cuts on the standard Cricut mat (not the specialist card mat)

For personal craft use and small business commercial use (up to 200 products)

For physical craft products only - no digital products, use or sharing

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Christmas card templates for Cricut and similar cutting machines

I've got lots of Christmas card templates you might like - including one that's for a 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year' (see top left on the photo above) - you can see all of those on this page...

If you like my way of making cards, do take a look at my whole selection of card templates - including lots of birthday card designs, Easter, Mother and Father's day, Graduation, Retirement, Wedding, New Baby and lots more - browse through all the card templates on this page...

Lots of card templates for all kinds of occasions