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Greeting Cards

The card does the joke. You bring the pen.
Letterpress-printed · Foil-stamped · Blank inside · Matching envelope · 8.9 × 12.1 cm (3.5 × 4.75 in) · Designed since 2004 · Ships across Canada from our Toronto studio · Priced in CAD
Letterpress-printed · Foil-stamped · Blank inside · Matching envelope · 8.9 × 12.1 cm (3.5 × 4.75 in) · Designed since 2004 · Ships across Canada from our Toronto studio · Priced in CAD

Chive's greeting cards are letterpress-printed, foil-stamped, and blank inside — funny, sincere, or somewhere in between, covering birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and the occasions with no official name. Every card ships with a matching envelope. Designed since 2004. Priced in CAD. Ships across Canada from our Toronto studio.

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Chive's greeting cards skip the pastel script and the rented sentiment — every card in this shop is letterpress-printed, foil-stamped, and built around one joke or one honest line, then left blank inside so the actual message comes from you. The collection covers funny cards for any occasion, birthday humour sorted by audience, anniversary and Valentine's Day cards for couples who prefer accuracy over verse, and milestone cards for graduations, new babies, retirements, and weddings.

Every design starts with the specific person the sender has in mind, not a demographic. That's why the humour here reads as recognition instead of generic teasing — a birthday card for a friend sounds different from one for a dad, and an anniversary card for a husband earns its laugh differently than one for a wife. Cards are printed on heavyweight stock with foil-stamped covers and ship with a matching envelope. The front supplies the setup. The blank interior is where the card actually becomes personal. Priced in CAD. Ships across Canada from our Toronto studio.

Funny cards

Funny cards are this shop's specialty — one foil-stamped joke per front, aimed at a specific person rather than a general demographic. Every card is blank inside, so the punchline sets up the moment and the handwriting finishes it. Browse the full range below; the filters sort by occasion.

Unique greeting cards

Unique greeting cards, in this shop, means no two racks look alike — each design is built around one line, one joke, or one specific observation rather than a generic sentiment reused across a dozen occasions. Foil-stamped fronts, letterpress printing, and a blank interior on every card.

Chive Studio has designed and letterpress-printed greeting cards from the same studio since 2004, wholesaled to thousands of shops worldwide. Every card in this collection ships across Canada from our Toronto studio, priced in CAD, with a matching envelope in the sleeve. Reviewed by Todd Newgren, co-founder · Updated October 2026

Frequently asked questions about greeting cards

What are the best funny greeting cards?

Letterpress-printed cards with a foil-stamped illustration on the front and a blank interior — funny greeting cards that do the setup and leave the personal material to you. This collection covers birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, and the occasions that do not have a Hallmark-approved name. Every card is printed on heavyweight stock from a studio that has been designing since 2004. The front is the joke. The inside is the handwriting. Both are required.

What are good funny birthday card messages?

The best funny birthday card messages are the ones you write yourself on the blank inside — the card's front does the comedy, and the interior gives you room for the specific, personal, unrepeatable thing no printed message could say. This collection provides the setup: foil-stamped, letterpress-printed, and calibrated to make the recipient laugh before they open it. The front earns the laugh. The blank inside earns the keep.

What are funny things to write in a birthday card?

One specific memory from the past year, one honest observation the recipient will recognise instantly, and your name — that is the entire formula for funny things to write in a birthday card. The card's printed front handles the charm. The blank inside exists because the funniest line is always the one the card company could not have written. Brevity helps. Specificity is mandatory. Sentimentality is permitted if disguised as an insult.

Do you have funny birthday cards?

Yes — funny birthday cards are the largest shelf in this collection, and the filters above the grid sort them by who is being roasted: friend, sibling, parent, partner, the colleague whose age is a matter of public record. Each one is letterpress-printed and foil-stamped on heavyweight stock, with the inside left blank so the card supplies the setup and you supply the specific, unrepeatable detail no card company could know. Milestone birthdays get their own honesty: forty, fifty, and the non-milestone years that still deserve a card. Every card ships with a matching envelope, priced in CAD, across Canada from our Toronto studio.

Do you have Valentine's cards?

Yes — Valentine's cards in this collection are written for couples who prefer accuracy over verse: the compliment arrives like an accusation, the anniversary gets congratulated honestly, and the inside stays blank so the actual romance is handwritten. Letterpress-printed and foil-stamped on heavyweight stock, each ships with a matching envelope. Filter the grid by Anniversary/Valentine to see the set. Order early in February; the cards ship across Canada from our Toronto studio.

Are these blank note cards?

Yes — every card in this collection is a blank note card with a letterpress-printed, foil-stamped illustration on the front and nothing inside except what you choose to write there. The design does the opening. The interior is yours. This works because a pre-printed greeting cannot know what you actually want to say, and frankly neither can we. The blank inside is not an omission. It is an invitation with better manners than a prompt.

What are blank cards used for?

Anything — blank cards serve birthdays, thank-yous, apologies, congratulations, love letters, and the Tuesday impulse that has no official category. The printed front sets the tone; the empty interior accepts whatever you bring. This collection is letterpress-printed on heavyweight stock with a foil-stamped illustration. The versatility is structural, not accidental. A pre-written message guesses what you feel. A blank card assumes you already know and trusts you to arrive with a pen.

Do you have graduation cards?

Yes — graduation cards here congratulate the achievement and the chaos around it in the same sentence, then leave the inside blank for the part only you can write. They sit with the other milestone cards in this collection: new babies, promotions, retirements, and weddings, each letterpress-printed and foil-stamped on heavyweight stock with a matching envelope. Filter the grid by Congrats/Milestone to browse them. Priced in CAD; ships across Canada from our Toronto studio.

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About Chive Studio

Chive Studio has designed and letterpress-printed greeting cards in Toronto since 2004, alongside the ceramic wall flowers and plant pots the studio is known for. The cards here are the full rack — funny, sincere, and milestone — and they sit beside the rest of the gift shelf on chive.ca: christmas ornaments for the tree, white elephant gift ideas for the office exchange, and birth flowers for the birthday that wants something that lasts. Ships across Canada from our Toronto studio.

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