Impossible cards: unique birthday cards!

Have you ever made or received an “impossible card“? I received one for Christmas and was reminded that I had always wanted to make one! It’s called that because upon examination, there’s no explanation as to how the card base is a single piece of card stock and yet, it is!! It took a while for me to figure out and rather than sift through way too many Pinterest pins to find a tutorial, I figured it out!!

So here are a few cards that I’ve made since, all of them for birthdays: 

Here’s the first one that I made for a special friend’s birthday:

Here’s a closeup that shows the fireworks (from the Light The Sky stamp set) that have been heat embossed in rich gold and the numbers were die cut from the Birthday Celebration dies.

I left the back blank so that I could write a personalized message: 

And here’s proof that the card does fit into an A2 envelope:

Here’s the second impossible card I created. I used the the stamp from Hey Birthday Chick

And the third card:

And yet another epic birthday card: this one using the Symbols of Fortune DSP:

I have one more to share but…I’m suddenly having issues accessing my photos. So the last card (for now) to share using this design will have to wait. Until then….

 

Paper Pumpkin Inked Occasions April 2025 Kit Alternate Designs

I love Paper Pumpkin kits, though I’m  not quick to starting them. But there’s nothing wrong in admiring the kits and saving them for another day when the mood (or need?) strikes, right? And it was done the same year so, really, not so bad! Lol Yes it was a combination of “need” and being in the mood to use this cheerful kit💕 

As I often do, I cut apart the provided card bases and used them as mats on my own (plain) card bases. This act alone can significantly increase the number of cards I can make from a kit. 

I needed a bunch of Thank You cards and thought the bright and cheery colors would work well. 

The card at the top left, is a gold panel with a 4x5.25” panel of the card front. The label and words are cut from the Paper Pumpkin add-on and the “sending” is from an old Paper Pumpkin kit as well (WHICH ONE?)

The top right card base is a 8.5x11 cut in half on the diagonal and scored to form a 4.25x5.5” card! The focal panel is 4x5.25” and cut on the diagonal to coordinate.

The bottom card has a focal panel of 4x5.25”.

The leafy panels are using the bough punch.

The following card uses a gold panel near the fold line and the focal again measures 4x5.25”. This is on a Gorgeous Grape card base to emphasize the purple ink swirls in the center of the focal panel. Added to the sentiment is the gold leaf die cuts included in the kit.

And the last three in the photo below used a gold strip, Blackberry Bliss strip and a smaller panel from one of the card bases in the kit. The orange and pink floral die cuts are from the kit and I stamped “feel better soon” and Lthabks” in the corners as shown.

And last but not least, a few more thank you cards using die cuts from the kit:

There were additional quantities of each of these cards and in the end, I made about 20 cards with 3 more panels waiting to be used! Definitely a good kit! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Perennial Lavender meets Along These Lines Fun Fold

I had fun creating this card with the Perennial Lavender DSP. This particular print is perhaps my favorite print in the paper pack because of the touch of Proud Peacock in the foliage of the leaves. I knew I wanted to use the stamp set called Along These Lines as well as the Blooming Phrases stamp set. And because I love fun folds, I came up with this design which is a play of an often used partial Z-fold design:

This is the card opened and as you can see, I used another of the prints in the DSP pack on the inside as well. The split sentiment is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set and I decided to split it between the front and insides of the card. The front sentiment is stamped  and matted with the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies:

And the “aerial” photo below shows the partial Z-fold design of the card better:

Here’s a close up of the coloring of the stamped rose. I also added splatters of ink (Fresh Freesia and Just Jade) on the background. The plain oval panel looked too stark otherwise and it needed something to add interest. 

And of course the finishing touch of the Fresh Freesia bow! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed a closer look at this card.