HTML & CSS Birthday Card

To create the HTML & CSS Birthday card follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial:

Demo:

*to see the HTML & CSS Birthday card on the website click here.

Step1.

Add HTML

<div class="birthday-card">
  <div class="card">
    <div class="cake">
    <div class="cake-bottom"></div>
    <div class="cake-middle"></div>
    <div class="cake-top"></div>
      <div class="candle"></div>
      <div class="flame"></div>
      <div class="shadow"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="confetti">
      <div class="squareOne"></div>
      <div class="squareTwo"></div>
      <div class="squareThree"></div>
      <div class="squareFour"></div>
      <div class="squareFive"></div>
      <div class="squareSix"></div>
      <div class="squareSeven"></div>
      <div class="squareEight"></div>
      <div class="squareNine"></div>
      <div class="squareTen"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="text">Happy Birthday!</div>
  </div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and the position of the background and elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  height: 100vh;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.birthday-card {
  position: relative;
}

Create a card:

.card {
  background-color: #ffd166;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 380px;
  height: 380px;
  box-shadow: 7px 7px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: .2s;
}

.card:hover {
  transform: scale(1.1);
}

Style the cake:

.card:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  height: 5px;
  width: 250px;
  background-color: #fff;
  border-radius:10px;
  top:340px;
  left:65px;
}

.cake {
  position: relative;
  top:40px;
}

.card:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius: 0 10px 10px 0;
  width: 122px;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  top:340px;
  left:193px;
}

.cake-bottom {
  position: absolute;
  width:200px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: #06d6a0;
  top:240px;
  left:91px;
  border-radius: 7px 7px 0 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.cake-bottom:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 30px;
  height: 15px;
  left:-5px;
  border-radius: 0 0 50px 50px;
  background-color: white;
  box-shadow: 30px 0 white, 60px 0 white, 90px 0 white, 120px 0 white, 150px 0 white, 180px 0 white;
}

.cake-bottom:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ef476f;
  width: 30px;
  height: 60px;
  left:25px;
  box-shadow: 60px 0 #ef476f, 120px 0 #ef476f;
}

.cake-middle {
  position: absolute;
  width: 150px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: #118ab2;
  border-radius: 7px 7px 0 0;
  top:180px;
  left:117px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 -20px #073b4c;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.cake-middle:before {
  content:"";
  position:absolute;
  background-color: #ef476f;
  border-radius:50%;
  width:10px;
  height: 10px;
  top:20px;
  left: 10px;
  box-shadow: 15px 10px #ffd166, 30px 0 #06d6a0, 45px 10px #ef476f, 60px 0 #ffd166, 75px 10px #06d6a0, 90px 0 #ef476f, 105px 10px #ffd166, 120px 0 #06d6a0;
}

.cake-middle:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 30px;
  height: 15px;
  left:0;
  border-radius: 0 0 50px 50px;
  background-color: white;
  box-shadow: 30px 0 white, 60px 0 white, 90px 0 white, 120px 0 white;
}

.cake-top {
  position: absolute;
  width:100px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: #ef476f;
  border-radius: 7px 7px 0 0;
  top:120px;
  left:143px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: inset 0 20px #118ab2;
}

.cake-top:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #118ab2;
  width: 15px;
  height:35px;
  left:-5px;
  border-radius:20px;
  box-shadow: 15px 10px #ef476f, 30px 5px #118ab2, 45px 5px #ef476f,60px -10px #118ab2, 75px 10px #ef476f, 90px 0 #118ab2; 
}

.cake-top:after {
  position: absolute;
  content:"";
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  width:50px;
  border-radius: 0 7px 0 0;
  height: 60px;
  left:50px;
}

Add the candle and flame:

.candle {
  position: absolute;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, white, white 5px,
  #06d6a0 5px, #06d6a0 10px);
  width:10px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
  top:80px;
  left:188px;  
}

.candle:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #333;
  width:1px;
  height:10px;
  top:-10px;
  left:4px;
}

.flame {
  position: absolute;
  opacity:0.7;
}

.flame:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #fb5607;
  border-radius: 80% 0 55% 50% / 55% 0 80% 50%;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  width:20px;
  height:20px;
  top:55px;
  left:183px;
  animation: scale .5s linear infinite;
}

.flame:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #ffbe0b;
  width: 11px;
  height: 11px;
  top:61px;
  left:187.5px;
  animation: scale .5s linear infinite;
}

Animate the flame:

@keyframes scale {
  0% {transform: scaleY(1) rotate(-45deg);}
  25% {transform: scaleY(1.3) rotate(-45deg);}
  50% {transform: scaleY(1) rotate(-45deg);}
  75% {transform: scaleY(1.3) rotate(-45deg);}
  100% {transform: scaleY(1) rotate(-45deg);}
}

Add the shadow:

.shadow {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  height: 60px;
  width: 74px;
  border-radius:0 7px 0 0;
  top:180px;
  left:193px;
}

.shadow:before, .shadow:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.shadow:before {
  height: 60px;
  width:98.5px;
  border-radius:0 7px 0 0;
  top:60px;
}

.shadow:after {
  height: 40px;
  width:5px;
  border-radius: 0 5px 0 0;
  top:-100px;
}

Add and animate the confetti:

.confetti {
  position: absolute;
  width: 380px;
  height: 380px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.squareOne, .squareTwo, .squareThree, .squareFour, .squareFive, .squareSix, .squareSeven, .squareEight, .squareNine, .squareTen {
  position: absolute;
  width: 10px;
  height: 25px;
  top:-110px;
}

.squareOne {
  background-color: #ef476f;
  animation: down 2.5s linear infinite;
  left:50px;
}

.squareTwo {
  background-color: #06d6a0;
  animation: down 2.3s linear infinite .2s;
  left:150px;
}

.squareThree {
  background-color: #118ab2;
  animation: down 2.4s linear infinite .4s;
  left:250px;
}

.squareFour {
  background-color: #ffbe0b;
  animation: down 2.7s linear infinite .1s;
  left:300px;
}

.squareFive {
  background-color: #118ab2;
  animation: down 2.6s linear infinite .7s;
  left:5px;
}

@keyframes down {
  0% {top:-110px; transform: rotate(0deg) rotateY(-90deg);opacity:1;}
  100% {top:400px; transform: rotate(360deg) rotateY(180deg);opacity:0.5;}
}

@keyframes downTwo {
  0% {top:-130px; transform: rotate(0deg) rotateY(90deg);opacity:1;}
  100% {top:400px; transform: rotate(-360deg) rotateY(-180deg);opacity:0.5;}
}


.squareSix {
  background-color: #ffbe0b;
  animation: downTwo 2.4s linear infinite .2s;
  left:70px;
}

.squareSeven {
  background-color: #ef476f;
  animation: downTwo 2.1s linear infinite .7s;
  left:170px;
}

.squareEight {
  background-color: #ef476f;
  animation: downTwo 2.4s linear infinite .9s;
  left:280px;
}

.squareNine {
  background-color: #06d6a0;
  animation: downTwo 2.9s linear infinite .9s;
  left:50px;
}

.squareTen {
  background-color: #118ab2;
  animation: downTwo 2.2s linear infinite 1.1s;
  left:350px;
}

Style the text:

.text {
  position: absolute;
  font-family: tahoma;
  font-size: 35px;
  z-index:1;
  font-weight: bold;
  width: 380px;
  text-align: center;
  top:30px;
  color: #073b4c;
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!

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