My First Box Card!!!

Hi, Friends....

Blogger is giving me fits tonight, but I'm here to share my very first box card....if all goes as planned!  Warning:  my formatting is waaaaaaaay off because of this Blogger weirdness.  Arrgh.  

I was inspired by the tutorial challenge over at Mark's Finest Papers and followed the fun instructions for making the pop-up box card here.  

I used DCWV patterned paper for the decorative background panels. There is another coordinating pattern covered up by the flaps hanging down.  You'll see it later....

I used an ancient Christmas stamp set I got at a thrift store some time ago. (First time it has seen ink at my house!) I stamped the images on scraps of white cardstock with Versafine ink in Olympia Green and then watercolored them with a very old set of kids' watercolors. (My kids are 26 and 29, if that gives you any idea of how old the set is!! lol..)

I love the vintage look of these festive images, so I decided to add a little bit of cotton fluff behind the panels. This reminded me so much of old decorations from when I was a child that used cotton for snow. It seemed to go with the images.

Since this is for a Mark's Finest Papers challenge, I used some of their images, too. I pulled out the PEACE from the Mark's Finest Papers - Crisp Winter stamp set. (This is a lovely set that I need to showcase sometime.  It is just stunning.)

I teamed the Peace with a fun little sentiment from my Mark's Finest Papers - Silly Shells stamp set: Glad TIDEings. :) The Silly Shells is a beach image set but I turned this around and, wonky spelling and all, used it on a Christmas card. :) I added a little snowflake from my Mark's Finest Papers - Calendar stamp set that maybe looks like a little starfish to go with the TIDEings. (Okay, maybe not.... lol...)

On the other side, I used a sweet little snowman motif also from my Mark's Finest Papers - Calendar stamp set. Since it is for a calendar, it is only Frosty's head. I added more cotton fluff for his body and some more snowflakes.

Collapsed.  Now you can see the other patterned paper.

The cool thing about these pop-up box cards is they collapse and fit flat into an envelope!!!  Yay!!  


I don't know why my camera isn't focusing well lately. I hope you can see my photos well enough. I will have to see what's going on with it. Ugh...




Hope you enjoyed the card.  It was a lot more fun to make than to post on here!!!!  :)

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this box card in the following challenges:
1.   MFP Tutorial Challenge - I followed the pop-up box card tutorial
 http://mfpstampshop.blogspot.com/2015/11/nov-blog-hop-final-day.html
2.   Double Click Connections - Use a Snowman
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/2015/12/wishing-you-happiest-holidays-brrrr-its.html
3.   Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2015/12/pixies-snippets-playground-week-206.html
4.   Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes Family Friendly
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2015/12/challenge-213-anything-goes.html
5.   DL.Art Thankful Thursday - Use Red/Green or Blue/White alt. Thank You
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-170.html
6.  The Paper Girls - Christmas
http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/12/challenge-93-christmas.html
7.  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Holly Jolly Days
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=3301
8.   Penny Black at All Sorts - Anything Goes must stamp
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-challenge-anything-goes-with.html
9.   Paper Issues - Christmas
http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-issue-owl-i-want-for-christmas.html
10. Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Christmas
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/challenge-115-new-dt-members-and-prize.html
11. Choux Choux - Christmas/Winter
http://www.chouxchouxpaperart.com/2015/12/christmaswinter-challenge-2.html
12. Amusing Challenge - Let it Snow
http://stampedblessings.com/2015/12/amusing-challenge-let-it-snow/
13. Craftin Desert Divas - Christmas Linky
http://www.craftindesertdivasblog.com/2015/11/craft-it-up-link-it-up-christmas-linky_29.html