If you can’t be with Mom on her special day or you’re looking for an opportunity to express your appreciation in another way, consider an e-card for same-day or scheduled delivery. Whether your mom prefers traditional, vintage, modern, spiritual, or outrageous cards, you can find one perfect for her.
Browse this list of the best websites for Mother’s Day e-cards (both free and paid) to help you find the right card to show Mom how special she is to you on Mother’s Day.
Jacquie Lawson
Create a wonderful flower bouquet or whisk mom away for a tropical treat, virtually. Jacquie Lawson offers fantastically detailed and animated Mother’s Day e-cards filled with English-countryside charm.
You can preview each card.
Cards come with optional greetings.
Quaint and scenic themes.
Requires a membership.
Limited variety of Mother’s Day cards.
Ojolie
Celebrate mom with a beautiful creation that shows how much she means to you. The lovely Mother’s Day cards from Ojolie combine watercolor paintings and contemporary illustrations that are customizable with an unlimited text area.
Modern and clean interface.
Contemporary and more traditional themes too.
A limited selection of free cards.
Membership is required to send premium cards.
Punchbowl
Punchbowl’s Mother’s Day e-cards are designed to look like physical cards. Customize your card with envelope liners, custom postage, and rubber stamps—all electronic—and send it to your mom’s inbox or via text message.
Free and highly customizable cards.
Text and email delivery possible.
Can add a gift card.
Simple designs.
American Greetings
American Greetings offers paid members a huge collection of high-quality animated and interactive greeting cards for moms. These cards are perfect for celebrating your mom or any special mother in your life.
Engaging animated cards.
Customizable designs.
Free 7-day trial to get started.
Full access requires a paid membership.
Paperless Post
While Paperless Post can help you send and manage event invitations, it’s also home to delicate and lovely e-cards for Mom. Choose from beautifully designed free e-cards and schedule the delivery in advance to make sure it arrives on time. Customizing certain details of a free card may require purchasing coins, which is the service’s virtual credit system.
Many beautiful, free designs.
No membership fee.
Designs are customizable.
Customization may require purchasing coins.
Hallmark
If you appreciate the Hallmark brand’s reputation in the greeting card field, sign up for a membership to send one of their personalized, animated e-cards. With a paid monthly subscription, you have unlimited access to cards for Mom on Mother’s Day or any occasion.
Short and sweet animated e-cards.
Handwriting effect available for custom messages.
Copyright info prominently featured on cards.
Requires a monthly subscription for full access.
Someecards.com
If you think your mom would like a Mother’s Day message with attitude, you’re in the right place at Someecards.com. Enjoy these tongue-in-cheek memes that combine love with honest humor.
Humorous messages for moms who like to laugh.
Free to share.
More for sharing than sending in card format.
Blue Mountain
Paying members can choose from one of the biggest and best collections of Mother’s Day e-cards. The poetry cards come with great illustrations. There are also many funny and lively cards featuring talking animals, fun music, and animations.
Great variety of animated e-cards.
Personalized talking e-cards available.
Requires a subscription.
Limited customization on most cards.
JibJab
If your mom enjoys irreverence, she’ll love receiving a JibJab Mother’s Day video card personalized by you, for her. Have fun finding the perfect clever card to send to your mom’s email or share via text or social media through the mobile app.
Great for moms who enjoy a bit of humor.
Mobile app access.
No free Mother’s Day e-cards.
DaySpring
DaySpring offers thoughtfully crafted Christian Mother’s Day e-cards. Most contain a scripture appropriate for the day that also conveys your appreciation—and are free to send.
Thoughtful designs for spiritual moms.
Many e-cards are free to send.
Can’t preview the cards.
Little customization is possible.
BirthdayAlarm
With an account on BirthdayAlarm.com and the companion iPhone app, you can make sure you never miss a loved one’s birthday while also remembering other important occasions such as Mother’s Day.
A mix of card styles and formats.
A lot of customization power on certain cards.
Not all cards are customizable.
Mobile app for iPhones only.
Designs run the gamut from traditional styles to photo cards and animated greetings. For an extra personal touch, choose a customizable card to add emojis, photos, filters, and personalized messages to show Mom how much you care.
E-Cards.com
Mother’s Day e-cards from E-Cards.com are simple but decidedly sweet and a lot of fun. If your mom is a nature fan, she’ll appreciate that the company donates a small portion of funds to environmental organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund.
Cute animated cards.
Proceeds support environmental causes.
Most cards require a subscription to send.
TIAS.com
At TIAS.com, Mother’s Day e-cards start by sorting through a wide assortment of vintage images. Once you decide on an image, you can add a personal message, choose the color theme, and select music to create a charming, old-world design for Mom.
Old-world charm.
Virtually fully customizable.
Free service.
Very manual process.
Doozy Cards
The Mother’s Day e-cards at Doozy Cards are a mixture of lovely photographs and scenic images. These cards impart tender messages and hilarious animations with musical accompaniment that offer some comic relief. You can start with a 10-day trial to find something uplifting or sentimental, and maybe a bit of both, that your mom will love.
Funny and heartfelt e-cards.
E-cards are free to send with a 10-day trial.
Requires a paid membership after the 10-day trial.
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