Hello and thank you for popping by to see today’s project. I hope you like it – please leave a comment to let me know what you think – I love hearing from you.
When I saw the HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK STAMP SET in the January to June Mini Catalogue, it reminded me of the HEY CHICK STAMP SET from a Sale-a-bration brochure a few years ago.
Then, I was so pleased to see that the HEY CHICK STAMP SET has been brought back AND that there are bundles for both stamp sets that have coordinating dies.
For a recent Facebook Live I made a card with a simple pop up mechanism.
I wanted to have my chicks (chooks in Australia) fly the coop.
Because I wanted my first escaping chick to be the feature, on the front of the card, I chose to create a simple background for her. I cut a piece of Granny Apple Green card stock and carefully teared the hilly slope. I used some IN GOOD TATSE DSP, to cut the chicken coop, so that I had a rustic, wooden structure.
For each of the three birds I coloured, I used the same colours but in different sequences. They are kaleidascopes of colour.
I stamped the greeting onto a scrap of card stock and cut it using my CLASSIC LABEL PUNCH. To ensure that I could pop it up on dimensionals and have ‘her’ hold it in her wings, I stamped her onto a sticky note so that I could cut out a mask. Then I needed to use my Stamparatus to stamp the image onto a piece of Stamparatus Grid Paper. I was then able to place the greeting and position/adjust the mask. Once I was happy with the positioning, inked up the stamp and add her wingtips to the greeting. Then I added the matching colours using my Stampin’ Blends.
Open the card and see the surprise inside.
Making the pop up mechanism was quick and easy. This is the ‘sample’ card I made and learned lots about how to make it easier the next time around, including placing all the background elements – wire fencing and corn – before positioning the pop ups.
I felt so connected with the people who watch my Live. During this Live, my friend from the US (Fran Ward) shared her knowledge of corn. My placement of the corn cobs, in this first card, was not ‘accurate’. So I was able to put the cobs on the stalks more accurately on my Live card.
As you can see, these next two birds, are equally as colourful, as they fly away. They are flying above the picket fence, past the bags of cornmeal.
I forgot to include the envelope in my photo – it has a Granny Apple Green balloon on it.
I was so happy with my Facebook Live version of the card. I did want to move onto a second project but this Live had already gone for over an hour. Tomorrow’s post will be the project that I hoped to do during the Live.
Happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
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