So, when faced with a family member's birthday, I rampaged through my craft zone to look for something to create a card. My creative process, in general, runs something like this:
1. Find a card base - usually in kraft paper brown or ivory, sometimes in white. Often, it is which ever is on top within the 'card base' drawer.
2. Find a stamp that says what I need - a phrase stamp (in this case, "Happy Birthday").