 Hi everybody, it's Sam at Mixed Up Craft. Thank you for watching my tutorial today. I'm going to be showing you how to make this really fun invisible impossible card or floating impossible card and it's using acetate. I got the idea from TrimCraft So thank you guys again. You've done another awesome card and I'll share their links in my video description below and also on my blog This is made from acetate and you know what personally? I think this is how they should all be made. This particular impossible card It should be done with plastic because of the way the fold is done If you're not familiar with it It's it's classed as an impossible card because it's all done from one piece of card and you twist it So once it's twisted you wouldn't believe it's all connected. That's where impossible comes from But because I've made the card once I love it and my tutorial is done extremely extremely well And the cards I made people love them the people I gave them to really enjoyed them But I know ten years down the line if you like me and you keep those special cards I'll pull that out the envelope and it just won't pop up anymore. It just won't it's card and The fibers would have broken down. It's just not going to have the longevity I should say whereas this being on plastic this is going to last and pop up forever and ever and ever And it is genius. I absolutely love it So I've done this using a six size And I've used the trim craft hails coupled itch beach life papers And I've used the decoupage a little scene here on the front and this one just says just for you And then on the back it's got happy birthday and you can write your little message I've made a matching envelope as well, which I'll talk you through But that will go flat in that envelope like so can be in there for weeks on end And then I as soon as they take it out It just pops up and it flaps around and it's just it just doesn't get damaged You still have to be careful with the weight you don't want to put too much on the front or too much on the back For example, but yeah, I think now whenever I'm going to make an impossible card It's going to be using acetate Plus it does give you that fun look of it floating or looking like it's you know It's an invisible piece when that's you know the photos taken that white piece doesn't look like it's attached And you kind of wonder how it's just sat there. So from a distance when that's on the mantle People will probably come up and look a bit closer to see how it's all done. So yeah, absolutely love this And let's crack on and make it. So I've got lots and lots of bits here I'm going to give you lots of tips and show you lots of stuff So I've got my envelope punch board to do the envelope later on I'm going to probably use the beach life Little puffy stickers here, which is the bunting and I've cut to sorry I haven't cut I've popped out two other little scenes here from the beach life decoupage sex I'm not sure which one I'm going to use yet. So I've just got to just got everything kind of ready to go That's all the bits to show you my acetate that I'm using is crafters companion. That's all it says on here So I will find more information. I'll pop that all in my blog for you But you want a strong you want a thicker acetate because some of the acetates you can get a very very thin Try and get something that's a bit thicker. It's just going to help overall That is the decoupage pack. It's brilliant. They are so lovely the critters. They're just the illustrations She is an amazing artist and I just I've really enjoyed using these so that's that one and then That's going to be my envelope for the next one So just pop it in there and this is the paper pack that I've used so beach life again You can see all of them. I've used this in quite a few tutorials now again really really really like it So first of all I have done my template Because we're using acetate it's going to be too hard for you to see what I'm doing on the acetate So I've done this template for you. So you need to cut a piece of card That is six and a quarter by four and a half. Okay, so that will give us our a six size card Then what you want to do Pencil and everything in here And I will link my other impossible card up here because that is a five by seven So it's a bit bigger but again the base just changed to acetate and then you've got the same card All right, all the mats and layers will be the same So you don't need to change anything. This is just the base the base of the card the main bit is using acetate So this is the six and a quarter inch length here You want a mark at halfway so at three and one eighth of an inch just put a pencil mark there then along the bottom You want to So that's six and a quarter so you this time I'm coming in at one and a half from each side So one and a half put a pencil mark and then come in at one and a half at the bottom there put a pencil mark Then along the side bit here You want to mark halfway, so it's four and a half so two and a quarter a pencil mark and Then do it at that end as well If you don't have one of these Tim Holtz rulers or a T square ruler Then just mark again a two and a quarter at that end Now what you're going to do is join those two pencil marks together So the two and a quarter you're going to do a line right the way through remember This is your template you're making okay and Then go back along here where the one and a half and the one and a half inch little markers are and just do a pencil mark from Those up to that middle two and a quarter inch score line and pencil mark Sorry, and then the middle one here that three and a quarter little pencil mark that you've done You just again want to do a pencil mark into the middle so that is now what you should have So it's your a six four and a half by six and a quarter Coming in here to the middle which is three and one eighth of an inch Then on the other long side you're coming in at one and a half inches from both end And then you're just joining those pencil marks into that middle two and a quarter inch one Okay, so that's what you should have and that will be on my blog Then what you want to do is grab your acetate So this is now what you will have is your your main base Which is the six and a quarter by four and a half. Okay, pop the acetate on top of the card and what I found works best is grab some washi tape and Just pop it On both ends making sure it's completely lined up over that card So just spend a bit of time getting it nice and Lined up because if this is off then it will It won't make your card won't work properly Then put some more washi tape. Don't put it over the way you're going to be cutting your pencil You're going to be cutting down these pencil marks. So I'm just going to I'm probably going overboard with the washi tape But I would rather it come out perfect And this will all get peeled off anyway. Okay, so just don't put washi tape over these Pencil lines here. It doesn't matter about the side ones because you're not cutting down there. So now we've got that all ready Grab some scissors and you're going to cut up this two This one and a half inch pencil line Okay, and again cut up that one Okay, and then flip it round and then cut down that three and one-eighth of an inch So okay Now next you want to do is score now I've seen so many people and loads of people have done the impossible card and Most people score right the way through and on the one that I done I didn't because it does weaken this side part plus it does an unnecessary score line that you do not need So all you need to do and as I showed in my other tutorial Where you've got these two pencil lines here So where you've come in at one and a half on each side, you're just going to score From each one so from this one to that one right through the middle there And that's just going to help us be able to fold that plastic neatly. You just want a nice fold Don't score right the way through people have said do it for ease and for quickness. Yeah, okay I get it but really this is just as quick and just as easy So and it just basically now we have a nice area here on our left and right hand side with no Score line through because we're going to be sticking our paper over that so it looks nice Okay, so now we can remove all of the washi tape Okay, and this is what you will now have so you will have a cut piece exactly like this I keep that because that's a great template and you can keep cutting I use that for the first one. So it just yeah, just handy to have add it with all my other ones So now what I'm going to do actually is I'll show you on this one. So what you're going to do So you've got your two In the for the instance for the sake of this video. I've got my two one and a half inch sides Facing away from me. So imagine this is the acetate that I'm holding what you want to do is just bring this one towards you Okay Keep the left hand side where it is don't move it but this one here this one and a half inch I now want to face towards me. Just twist it around like so Okay, so I'm going to grab my piece of acetate. These are my two little one and a half inch sides And I'm just going to bring that one round towards me Then what you want to do is where the score line was is just Fold that into place So you just want to kind of embed that score line that we made So you need to fold it one way and then you need to fold it back the other way like so So just show you what I've done. So this is the imagine. This is the acetate I've brought that round and then all I've done is folded this this way and burnished there and Then folded it back that way and burnished it there So then that pops up Okay, I'm going to pop that back so that's my template and now you should have this piece of acetate I put it there with this piece in the middle just popping up and that's the impossible The way because if you look now people looking at that be like how the hell have you done that? That's one piece of card and even my husband was amazed by it. So it is it's very very clever So that is our base. Okay, so you will have this piece flapping at the top Just like That's how yours your acetate should look right now. Okay, hopefully this is all Making sense now. We need to do all of our little mats and layers to go on top Now there are lots of different ways to do this some people just put a Big piece of paper card all on the bottom which you can do So once you've got this and you you know play around as there's loads of ways to decorate it What I've got here is again two templates for my For my mats for these pieces here So we're going to be doing these kind of owl shapes And we're going to have the base mat and then the the decoration the top layer there So best way to do this is you need to cut your pattern paper to two and seven eighths of an inch by four and a quarter okay now I'm Showing you this template just so then it makes it easy for me to Explain how I've done my pencil marks to work to show you where to cut so along Your long four and a quarter inch side here. You want to come up two inches and just mark a little pencil mark Then along this short side at the top here You want to come in by one and a quarter and mark a little pencil mark From that one there you then want to come into your card I Just get this right sorry now I've done it from the two inch sorry so come in from the two inch marker into your card and Put a little pencil mark at one and five eighths of an inch okay You then want to join the one and a quarter pencil mark here up to that one and five eighths and then join that two To the one and five eighths here So you will have this this is your back-to-front L shape here, okay So if you want to do it as a template then what I've done is popped it over my paper and Then just done a pencil mark and then again Just along that side and just do a pencil mark there and then I've just come in By that one and five eighths of an inch. Okay, so now I'm just going to do my pencil marks and join So just done the template just to explain to you just so you can see it visually But that's what you then want to do on your pattern paper. I've just got some sticky Okay, so then cut that one out. So just do the one first So this is the one with the back-to-front L. I've just showed you so I'm just going to cut that out and Like so okay So now what you need to do is just pop that over the top of your other piece Because you will have two pieces of this size and you're then just going to cut it out again So you're going to have two back-to-front L shaped pieces of pattern paper like so So one is going to face this way and then all you got to do is twist that one round and it will face that way and again If I use my template So that's the one that we brought forward. That's how it will look So just bringing the template so that's how it will look now actually what I've done is I've cut them Look you can see they're not going to go so all you need to do is pop it back into the way It was and bring this side in front of you instead Okay like so All right, so originally we brought this one towards us Pop it back bring that one instead So if any of you have done that in the past I know lots of red comments and people said they got their mats and layers the wrong way around All you've got to do is just flip the base. So there you go So now that one is going to sit and that one's going to sit in there And you can see you get that nice even border. So now we need to do the same with the Layers that are going on top. So I've got this really fun ice cream and lollipop paper from that same pack. So again I've done another back to front L. Okay, and this piece is on a Five and five eighths. I'm sorry two and five eighths of an inch by four and This time you want to come up The long side here one and three quarters of an inch and put a little pencil mark Come in from the top here at one inch and put a pencil mark and then from this one and three quarters You're going to come into the card at one and five eighths of an inch Okay So again, I'm just going to mark Cardstock so I didn't do this one Okay, so I've just done my little point there and I'm just going to join up There's pencil marks. This has got a glitter on it this paper So it's a bit harder to draw over this fine So again, just I'm going to remove the pencil mark slightly on this one So just don't have to worry about rubbing out over the top of this fancy paper Just adjust really neatly like so And again, just sit up directly on top of your other piece and Just cut around it. Okay, so again, I'm going to bring in this template Which imagine is the acetate just you can't see it in the video And then that one will go on top and we'll go like so Okay, so now you want to stick them down So I'm bringing in my piece of acetate which is still in that form with the it's still Facing that way Okay, you can see it there I just so hard with the acetate to show you well, that's how it is But remember what I said just put it back into the flat form and bring this side over instead Okay, so I just put mine back into its flat form and bring that one round and just you just rework the Scorelines that's all so it's it's not a an issue, but I know a lot of people have Said that it the matzah lez They've just completely like confuse themselves with but all you've got to do is just flip it around the other way That's all so I'm going to go ahead and get those all stuck down now on my acetate Okay, so it's all stuck down now and you can actually start to see the shape of it much much better there Okay, so now you need your pieces for the actual Flap I guess the main front part of your card So you want a piece of white or whatever card you're using But this white card in my case is three and a half by two and a half And then you'll need two pieces of pattern paper which are three and a quarter by two and a quarter So you just want to stick one of your pattern pieces down First on top and then we're going to stick that one on now it will overlap if I bring it up here Can you see the acetate is inside the white square which is great But you want to bring it up about a quarter of an inch from the bottom to create that look that it's floating So you can see there I've got a gap if I push it right down like so you're not really going to get that that look But if you bring it up like that you can see now So about a quarter of an inch and then you should have about your one eighth of an inch overhang of This white card from your acetate square So what I would say is stick your double-sided tape just on the back But you don't want to you want to give it a frame you want to leave a white frame Sorry because you're going to be sticking This other piece so if you can see where I've just stuck my double-sided tape I haven't gone right to the edge here I haven't gone right to the top and I haven't gone right to the edge there I've gone closer to the bottom because that's going to be sticking on the acetate But basically what's then going to happen? So it's going to be like That roughly This is then going to go over the top and obviously you don't want to see any of that double-sided tape Okay, so that's going to cover the other side So I'm going to get this stuck down first and then hopefully you'll be able to see it a bit better Okay, so I've just stuck it down on the back there So I've come up about a quarter of an inch from the bottom and then you can see where that double-sided tape is It's not overhanging. You don't want it to come over the acetate because now this piece is going to stick over like so Okay, and it will be it will perfectly sit over that acetate and you won't see the acetate poking out the sides So with this piece you can just pop your double-sided tape over the whole back piece. It doesn't matter Because you want the whole thing to stick down Okay, so I'm just carefully I've taken my backing off my tape and just lining it up with the acetate On the left and the right here. I'm just making sure you've got that nice One-eighth of an inch border all the way around. So that's my back. That's my front and look you can see it just it It just doesn't go anywhere. It's brilliant. It's just yeah, I absolutely love it Then I've got this piece here. So this is three by two. I've already stamped happy birthday I've already put some of my double-sided tape on the back and this is going to stick onto the back panel So again, make sure it is the right way. Yeah Yeah, the lollipops there although that looks good like that. I don't guess this doesn't really matter But I really like that piece there. So I think I'm going to change it. So I'm going to have this now This is going to be my back. So I'm just going to pop that like so So that's now my front and then I can decide so I've got this little piece here just to join across There which I really like and this is from that decoupage set. So I'm going to pop that one So just to say and then on the back it says happy birthday See this these work great for thank you cards as well. I'm just going to pop that along there You could have one long strip again. Check out my other one Because that's a different design altogether, but this is two and five eighths of an inch by about half an inch Okay, so that's just going there and now I can decide whether I want to have those Guys there or him I don't know. I think it's got to be him He looks so good there and he's got the ice cream and he's got his drink and he's just chilling out So I'm going to stick him down Okay, so that's stuck and then I did want to just pop a little bit of this Bunting, I don't know if I'm going to be able to squeeze it in No, they're not going to work So I'm going to add some nuvo drops and probably some sequins or something just to finish that off So Now that's so that's the card. That's it done. So there's the back That will fold and go into a card. So now to make the card. So the envelope. Sorry. So I've got again Paper pack I'm going to use that nice green and this one is So when it folds down It will come over So this is your Did I say that was that's four and a half? It actually comes over by another four by another half an inch almost So it makes that five and a half. So it becomes a five and a half by six and a half So you want to be using the sorry five by six and a half. So you're using the six bar So on your envelope punch board here It's telling you you need a piece of paper that's nine and a quarter by nine and a quarter So I'm just going to cut this piece down. So the six bars are five by six and a half So your first score line is at four inches. So I'm just going to grab this piece here Line up my card at the four inch marker And just score don't worry if it doesn't or just does it on this one Then I like to rotate my whole piece round. So flip it round and again do that same At four inches and then all you got to do is use your score guide and just line up Your score line that you've made with this piece here Punch and then score and it will perfectly meet up there and then rotate that whole piece round Since doing it this way I find I always get perfect envelopes So there we go Get rid of all of that And then just burnish all of your score lines Inwards Okay, I like to corner punch all of my Points there That that is optional and there is one on the envelope punch board, but I find it's two It's quite a small one. I like it more deeper No, just decides doesn't really matter with this one. Fold in your sides. Oh gosh Just pulled my whole board there. Um, and then just run Some tape along the two Inside the smaller pieces. Okay, and then just bring that one over Like so There's your envelope. How lovely does that look so just to show you fold it all down flat And pop him in Like so and you can see now when it's folded over it just meets the top of your envelope And that is all perfect now and again So you can be in there for a couple of weeks or however long you bring it out and it just naturally pops up because it's plastic it is just Again, I love it. Absolutely love it. So for me, this is how I'm going to be making my impossible cards now Um, I love love love love with card and I think they are still brilliant But if you want it to last a lot longer Um, then definitely I would say use the acetate. So this is my version of the floating or invisible impossible card Hope you've enjoyed it bringing the other one there as well. These are really fun I think it helps with this paper as well. I just think they look brilliant So if you've enjoyed today's tutorial, please give me a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel to see more. Thanks for watching. Bye