A Birthday Card from the Herd

My best friend asked me to make a card for her father who turned 70 this past week. She got the card off pintrest from Jacquii’s blog. It took me some time to figure this one out. She does not give you any clue as to how she got those wonderful little creatures so darn cute on that card.

I learned that you have to actually stamp the herd animals on several different cardstock and do lots of fussy cutting to get them to come out so darn cute. Then you have to play match up to a stamped image on your card base. I also made the fence for this one. I did not want mine to look as perfect as hers because I wanted a rustic feel to it.

I also did an envelope for this card. Cut a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock down to 9 1/4 inches by 9 1/4 inches and then score at 4 inches using an envelope punch board. The envelope was made with soft suede ink and I used the hard wood stamp inside like I did for the fence. On the outside I used plastic wrap crunched it up and created tool for my ink. I just placed the plastic in the ink and sponges it all over the paper. Take a look.

Of course this is not the right size for the card I made but  remade one for the card and it has already gone to its new owner.

For this project you will need the following

Stamps

• The Herd
• Sheltering Tree
• Hardwood stamp

Cardstock

• Baked brown sugar
• Crumb Cake
• Pink pirouette
• Daffodil Delight
• Chocolate chip
• Soft Suede

Inks/Markers

• Momento ink pad
• Early espresso
• Soft suede
• Old Olive
• Basic Gray
• Real red Stampin write markers
• Tangerine Tango Stampin write marker
• Daffodil Delight Stampin write marker
• Melon Mambo Stampin write marker

 

Check out the Weekly Deals and the Clearance section of the store for some really good sales and as always if you are looking for something to complete this project click the link below to get to my store. I also want to let you know the “Blog Candy” is still on for every comment you make you will be entered into a drawing. I have had fun reading some of the comments. I do have to say that the “Blog Candy” contest is for US residents only as I am a Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! and that prevents me from sending out to anything but the US. I do apologize and hope you understand. Winner will be announced first week in July.