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Group birthday cards for coworkers

A birthday is the one occasion that arrives on a known date, which makes it the easiest card to get right and the easiest to leave until 9pm the night before. Pick a design, invite the people who actually work with them, and set the date and their timezone — the card stays sealed until that morning and opens where they are, not where you are.

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Free · up to 100 invited signers · no accounts for the people signing

Birthday card designs

Every design is free. Pick one to send it as a group card — it opens as a real card, an illustrated cover that folds open and turns one page per signer.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a design and write the first message

    No account needed to start — you compose first and only give an email when you save the card.

  2. 2

    Invite the team by email

    Everyone gets their own private invite link. Nothing to forward around Slack, and you can see who has signed.

  3. 3

    It delivers itself on the day

    Sealed until the delivery date, then it opens in the timezone you set for them — not yours.

What to write

  • Happy birthday! Hope you get the day you actually want, not the one your calendar has planned.
  • Another year of you making this team better. Glad you're here.
  • Happy birthday — may your inbox be quiet and your cake be enormous.
  • Working with you is genuinely the best part of my week. Have a brilliant one.
  • Happy birthday from all of us. Take the afternoon, you've earned it.

Start it about a week out

Long enough that people can write something they mean, short enough that nobody forgets they were asked. Anything beyond two weeks and the early signers stop being sure what they wrote.

Invite people who know them

A card with eight warm messages beats one with thirty variations of “Happy birthday!”. Invite the team they work with rather than the whole company, unless the whole company genuinely knows them.

Say one specific thing

The line people keep is the one only you could have written — a project you survived together, a habit you'd miss. Generic good wishes are pleasant and forgettable.

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Why teams use TeamRally Cards

  • Free to make, sign and send. Invite up to 100 people, with no per-signer fee, premium designs or charge to deliver. A copy to keep — a PDF to print, a vertical video to post — is an optional $12 extra afterwards.
  • Personal email invites. Every signer gets their own link, so there is no shared URL for the recipient to stumble across.
  • Sealed until the day. The recipient's link refuses to open before delivery, so a leaked link doesn't spoil the surprise.
  • No accounts for signers. They click their invite and write. No sign-up, no password, no app.

See how that compares with Kudoboard, GroupGreeting and Ellacard.

Questions

How do I make a group birthday card for a coworker?
Pick a birthday design, enter the person and their birthday, write the first message, then enter the email addresses of the people you want to sign. Each gets a personal invite link. On the birthday morning the card delivers itself, in the timezone you set for them. It takes about a minute to set up and it is free.
Is there a limit on how many people can sign?
Each free card supports up to 100 invited signers, with no per-signer fee.
Will the birthday person see the card before their birthday?
No. Their link refuses to open until the delivery date, so the surprise holds even if someone forwards it by accident.
What should I write in a coworker’s birthday card?
One specific thing you appreciate about working with them, then the good wishes. “Happy birthday” on its own is fine but forgettable; a single concrete detail is what people re-read.

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