JibJab: Funny Birthday Cards

The birthday section sorts templates by who you're sending to and the number being hit, from first birthdays to retirement. Each card carries its own joke, so you pick the tone rather than writing one. That saves the awkward part of card writing: finding something funny to say.

Photo personalization works by cropping the faces you upload into prepared holes in each scene. A close-up headshot on a plain background works best, and the preview shows right away whether a face sits well. Most cards handle one to five people, which covers a couple, a family or a small team.

Video templates animate your faces through a short scene with music and captions. These run 30 seconds to a minute in most cases, long enough for a joke and short enough to finish on a phone. Recipients open a link in the browser, so no account or app is needed on their end.

Starring You AI generates eight images from one photo of you or someone else. You choose a theme and the model places that face into eight different scenes, which arrive as a pack you can open image by image. It's a separate product from the ecards and the faster route when you want stills for a post rather than a greeting.

Group ecards let you build one card with several faces instead of sending separate messages. The template library includes scenes written for families, bands, sports teams and office crowds. Everyone gets the same link, which is the practical difference from a card that only works for one recipient.

A free account opens a limited slice of the library, marked as free on the site, plus a smaller allowance of Starring You videos and photos. A JibJab membership unlocks the full catalog of more than 1,500 ecards and videos and removes the per-card limits. Trying a few free cards first is the sensible way to judge whether the humor fits.