Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sheep Party Favors

sheep

I'm hosting a Stampin Up party soon and needed to create party favors. I saw these cute sheep made using punched shapes and decided to recreate them. I enhanced the design a bit by adding the ears and flocking. I think these are so cute, especially since they stand up!

These use 5 different punches: word window, 5 petal, scallop circle, 1 1/4" circle, and a retired punch that goes with the "Looks Like Spring" stamp set.

sheep punches

The sheep is made by punching out 3 white scallop circles. Use the 1 1/4" punch to cut off 3 scallops. This will be the fur on the head of the sheep.

Punch out 2 black 5 petal flowers. Use sissors and cut off 3 petals (as a group). This will be the face of the sheep. The remaining 2 petals become the feet. Do this to both punched flowers. You will have 1 extra face. The feet are glued to the inside of the scalloped circle like in the picture below with just the tips of the petals showing on the front side.

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Using just the small 5 petal flower punch out a pink flower. Cut off 2 of the petals individually. These will be the inside of the ears.

The tail is made by punching out a piece of black cardstock with the word window punch. Use sissors to cut it off so it is only 1/4" long. I decided to make the tail a bit larger and stamped the "Thank You" using the Lots of Thoughts stamp set in white pigment ink.

I flocked the piece that is the fur over the face before I glued it by running it through my Xyon and pressing white flock on the sticky side.

To make the eyes put 2 tiny drops of white liquid pearls on the face and let sit until totally dry. Then I took a sharpie marker and made 2 small black dots on the white eyes.

When you have your front and back done, use adhesive to stick them to a peppermint patty. See how they stand up on their own? Aren't they just toooooo cute? And so very easy to make. I finished 14 of them in 1 hour.

3 comments:

  1. Oh Pam, those are just tooooooo adorable.. I guess you want me to support Stampin up too LOL...I hope the punches aren't too old so I can't get them... :-( Thank you so much for the directions. When I ever finish the calendars, those will be next on my list... Can't wait to see the new calendars... and yes I am worried about the stamps you will be using LOL...

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  2. These are so cute!! I'm about to get married and my new last name will be Lamb... We're doing a themed bridal shower and these will make adorable invites and thank you cards. Maybe in a few years the stamps will still be good to make baby shower invites. ;) Thanks for sharing.

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