Build a Pinpoint Burst Plate Birdhouse by Jean Okimoto

The Pinpoint Burst Plate creates a dramatic background for any occasion. Take it a step further and add texture to the Poppystamps Bird House Pop Easel Set. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a shaped card featuring great designs from Memory Box and Poppystamps. My stash includes the Poppystamps dies and stamps I buy for my class kits - and I love sharing ideas for using them.

First - a sideview of the Poppystamps Bird House Pop Up Easel Set card - using the basic construction pieces and some extras. A portion of the packaging shows the pieces included in the set. It includes a cardinal, but we're using the Memory Box Singing Birds here.

Cut the smoother side of Patina cardstock with the first die shown on the package. It embosses wood panel lines too, but we don't need the lines - so turn the diecut over to the backside where the embossed lines are less visible. Cut it with the Pinpoint Burst Plate.

Cut the textured side of Navajo cardstock with the largest die and crease it backwards on the scored line. Cut kraft cardstock with the second house layer. Cut the snowy roofline and the entry ring from a white glittered cardstock sheet in the Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad. Cut two sets of the pine brances from minty-green cardstock.

Attach the kraft house to the folded tab on the easel. Add the other diecuts.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to red felt and cut two of the Singing Birds. The paper backing stabilizes the felt. Attach the birds with foam tape - use two layers of tape for the bird on the right. Add ¼" punched dots of the red glittered cardstock from the Holiday Glitter Pad.

Stamp the greeting - from the Spirit of Christmas Clear Stamp and Die Set - with Tulip Red VersaFine Clair. Cut it with the matching die.

Cut the narrow "snowline" from the same white glittered cardstock and trim it to form a "stopper" to support the birdhouse.

Here's the finished easel card, perfect for an A-2 envelope. Hope you like it!

Special thanks to Ann at Impress Cards + Crafts and Roxanne at Stamps + Memories for buying my COOL WINTER WISHES Class Kits for your stores. Thanks also to everyone ordering their kits for holiday crafting.

Keep warm...thanks for visiting, see you again this weekend!