When Things Don’t Go as Planned

Written by Solène

– We need to make a new design for a card.

– Yeah. Let’s do one that works for all occasions.

– Good idea! I’ll paint flowers. People love flowers, and flowers fit any event. I’ll even paint a big bouquet.

– And don’t draw the bow — I’ll make a real one to glue on.

– Let’s do it!

My sister Zélia went straight to work.

We went to our local printer and came back with a hundred fresh cards.

To make sure the bows stayed in place, we stacked the cards under the press. Hours later, we lifted the weight and… oh no!

We looked at each other in disbelief.

– We have to find a solution. I don’t want to throw all these cards in the trash. What a waste!

– Maybe we could hide the marks with paper cut-out butterflies—no one ever complains about too many butterflies!

– Mmm… no. There’s already a lot happening on the cover, and then when you open the card, there would be another butterfly? Too much.

– You’re right. Then we’ll cut off the back of the card and glue the cover onto another sheet of paper. Let’s try it.

So we looked for a paper color that matched, cut it to size, scored and folded it, trimmed our cards, rounded the corners (this corner rounder is awesome), and glued everything together.

And… tada! Here’s our final card:

And here’s the final touch…

🔗 Discover our All Occasion Cards

It’s definitely not the first time we’ve had to rescue a project. We used to get really frustrated when things went wrong, but we’ve learned to look for solutions — because most of the time, there is one! It may not be what we originally planned, but sometimes the rescued product turns out even better than the first idea.

In the end, what was almost a stack of half-price damaged cards turned into something even more special: each one with an extra sheet of thick, fiber-textured paper.

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