Cupcake: Handmade Quilled Birthday Greeting Card
"They never make a fuss about their own birthday."
Every coil placed by hand
Ships flat in a rigid box
Replaced if damaged
Cupcake is a handmade quilled birthday greeting card, showing a single cupcake with a tall piped frosting swirl, a cherry on top, and a striped wrapper. The design is hand-quilled. "Happy Birthday" is printed above in calligraphic script, and the inside is left blank for your own note. It comes in five frosting colors: purple, blue, green, yellow, and pink.
Timing note: birthdays run year-round with no seasonal dip, which makes this the steadiest reorder card in the range.
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Ships from Sri Lanka in three options, available at checkout:
- Sri Lanka Post (standard): 3 to 4 weeks. Free Shipping.
- EMS Speed Post: 10 to 14 working days. Limited tracking.
- DHL Express: 5 to 7 working days. Fully tracked from dispatch to delivery.
Every card ships flat in a rigid-backed kraft gift box, fully protected for international transit. Every card is inspected before it leaves our studio. If yours arrives damaged, we replace it without question.
To keep: away from direct sunlight and moisture to preserve the paper art over time.
To display: fits standard 5x5 inch frames. This card is designed to live on a wall, not in a drawer.
To store: keep flat. Do not fold or roll.
Cupcake: Handmade Quilled Birthday Greeting Card
Specs
The card, in detail.
The design and the day
Built one way. Made for specific moments.
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Built like a piped swirl.
A birthday cupcake card is the everyday workhorse of the occasion, the card people reach for first when the relationship is warm but not formal. The cupcake form was chosen because it reads as celebration instantly, with no candle-counting or age reference that dates the card to one specific year. The frosting swirl is built in stacked bands, each one a separate coiled strip set at a rising angle, so the topping spirals the way real piped frosting does. Inside those bands sit loops of lighter scrollwork that give the surface depth instead of a single flat color.
The wrapper is built from tight vertical coils and lines, packed with gap so the fluted paper case holds its shape under the weight of the frosting above it.
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For the birthday they downplay.
For the friend who says not to make a fuss, the coworker whose birthday you almost missed, the kid who wants something bright, or the parent who never asks for anything. A handmade birthday card carries more weight than a store rack card precisely because someone clearly chose it. The five colors let you match the person, soft purple or pink, bright blue or green, yellow, so the card fits the recipient rather than a generic shelf. It suits children's birthdays, adult birthdays, milestone years, and office birthdays alike.
Many recipients frame this card. It was designed for that, sized 5x5 inches to fit standard frames sold at most US home stores.
The studio, The hands
Inside the Jaffna studio.
Coil by coil
Paper strips · The hands · Finished card
Primary specialist on this card
Every Vonderly card is built by 2 to 3 specialists working in sequence. The artisan below led the work on this one.
Birds, butterflies, jasmine, most of the floral and nature elements. I have done these many times, so I can usually identify which technique a piece needs just by looking at it.
Nishanthy T.
Nature and form specialist
Frequantly asked
Questions, answered.
The cupcake comes in five colors. Which should I pick?
What is paper quilling?
Paper quilling, also called paper filigree, is the art of rolling, shaping, and placing thin paper strips into three-dimensional designs. It is one of the oldest paper art forms in the world, and requires precision and patience to build up layer by layer.
At Vonderly, each card is built entirely by hand using this technique by a team of specialized artisans in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. What you see on the card is paper, shaped by hand, one strip at a time.
Is the inside of the card blank?
Yes. Every Vonderly card has a blank interior. There is no pre-printed message. The card is made for your words, not ours. Write directly on the card or include a separate note inside the kraft envelope.
Can I frame this card after gifting?
Yes, and many recipients do. Every Vonderly card is 5x5 inches square, a size that fits standard frames available at most US home stores. The three-dimensional quilling gives the card real depth behind glass. To preserve it, keep it away from direct sunlight and moisture.
How long does shipping take to the United States?
Standard shipping via Sri Lanka Post takes 3 to 4 weeks. EMS Speed Post takes 10 to 14 working days. DHL expedited takes 5 to 7 working days and is fully tracked from dispatch to delivery. All three options are available at checkout.
What if my card arrives damaged?
Every card is inspected before it leaves our studio and ships flat in a rigid-backed kraft gift box to prevent damage in transit. If yours arrives damaged, send a photograph and we will replace it without question. No return required.
