Hide your news under a layer of silver foil. Your friend scratches with a finger or mouse, and your photo or card appears underneath. Write the surprise yourself, then send the finished link in your usual chat.
The foil is the opening effect. Your words and optional photo are the surprise; both stay editable before you create the link.
Free to create, send and open · no signup · no app · no watermark · the link keeps working · photos and voice messages kept 30 days · Updated
Try the demo: drag across the silver foil to uncover the card.
Hide your own message →Start with the scratch-card effect already selected.
Write what you want to reveal, add an optional photo, and preview the result.
Create the link and share it. Your recipient scratches the foil to open the card.
A scratch card works well when the message contains a small discovery: the dinner you have planned, a photo from a shared memory, or a thank-you they were not expecting. Put the actual details in your message before creating the link.
Preview it once as your friend would see it. The demo above is only an example; making your own card lets you replace the words and add a photo.
Tap a line to start with it — it lands in the card, ready to edit.
Yes. Write your message in the maker and optionally upload a photo. With a photo, scratching reveals the image before the card; without one, the card itself is underneath.
No. You choose the content that appears. There are no randomly assigned prizes, payments or redeemable balances. It is a way to reveal a personal message.
No. Once enough foil has been scratched away, the rest clears automatically. If their device is set to reduce motion, a single tap opens the card instead of the scratch gesture.
Create the gift, then share or copy its link into WhatsApp, a text message or another chat. You send the link yourself; the maker does not automatically message your recipient.
The gift and its link stay until the sender deletes it; photos and voice messages are deleted 30 days after creation, and the gift then opens without them. Opening or replaying it never uses it up. If the gift has a photo, the recipient can save the photo from the opened card.
Same photo and words, a different thing for them to open.
Free, no signup. Add a photo and your words, and send the link.
Make a scratch cardOpen a Gift is a free website for sending a virtual gift by link: a message, an optional photo and voice message inside an interactive reveal (15 reveals, 14 card designs) that the recipient opens in their browser. It is free to create, send and open. There is no signup and no app for either side, and no watermark on the gift. Gifts are private: only people with the link can open one. The link keeps working until the sender deletes the gift; photos and voice messages are stored for 30 days, then deleted. It opens in any phone or desktop browser, straight from WhatsApp, iMessage, email or any chat.