This is one of the quickest cards I have made lately! I had the card idea in my head from one I saw online so all I had to do was choose paper and make it! I didn’t even stop to find another card like it to see how to make it. I just had to get it done and out came this Unbounded Beauty Split Birthday Card! I don’t even know what this card design would be called, but that’s what I am calling it.
The card base is Petunia Pop, one of the new In Colors. It coordinates with the pretty Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper. The patterns you see on this card are the two colors on one sheet of paper. I guess my geometry skills were lacking because I thought I would just cut this 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of designer in half diagonally and flip one piece over to show the other side. But that didn’t work! so I cut another piece from the same designer paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″, cut it on my Paper Trimmer diagonally, but this time I cut it from the opposite top corner of the paper than I did the first time. Here is a photo of how to lay your paper on the Paper Trimmer:
When I swapped out one of the halves from each piece of paper, then they lined up properly! You could even have another layer on the card base and adhere the designer paper to that, but I put mine right on the card. Also, you can have the space in between the two pieces or you can push them together. I liked having that diagonal line going through the middle.
For the greeting, I diecut two circles with the Deckled Circles Dies in the Online Exclusives. One is Basic White cardstock and the larger one is Summer Splash cardstock. At first, I was going to use Petunia Pop cardstock, but I liked using the Summer Splash better for a little more color. I stamped the greeting on the Basic White circle in Summer Splash ink. The stamp is in the Unbounded Love Stamp Set. The birthday greeting seemed like just the right size for the look of this card. After stamping, I adhered the white circle layered on the Summer Splash circle.
I had even forgotten I had the ribbon in the new In Colors, so when I saw I had those, I used the Summer Splash 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon. The texture and feel of this ribbon is really nice! I applied Stampin’ Seal adhesive on the back of the Summer Splash circle and applied the ribbon back and forth behind that piece. When I popped up that greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals, those Dimensionals helped hold the ribbon in place even more.
And why not apply a few embellishments to this card for a little more pizzazz? I used the 2024-2025 In Color Resin Dots for a little bling on the greeting in Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop and Summer Splash to represent all the colors on this designer paper.
I just realized this is the first day of August and I made a birthday card….and it’s my birthday month! I didn’t even have that in my head! I was probably thinking of a friend whose birthday is the day after mine so I could send her this card. And there probably are other August birthdays I will need cards for!
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