Hey friends!
Today I have a super sweet Farm Animal friendship card to share with you featuring a bunch of cute supplies from Honey Bee Stamps.
Most of the card was created by paper piecing all the elements together and there was actually very little stamping involved. I started by cutting out the pieces for Pinky the Pig out of some very pale pink paper. I then use some grey scraps and die cut the little pieces out for the hooves. I then glued all the pieces down to a black piece of cardstock that I had trimmed to the shape of the pig. To add a bit more dimension to Pinky's face I added another layer for his nose and die cut his eyes out from black paper and glued them in place. I then added some rosy cheeks by using a detail blending tool and adding some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink. To finish him off I added some white to the center of his eyes and cheeks. I repeated a similar process for piecing together Lily the Lamb.
To build the scene, I began by die cutting my square panel using the largest double Stitched Square Die from Bristol paper. Next, I used Broken China Distress Oxide ink to blend out the background behind the animals. I then die cut 3 strips of grass using the grass border die stacked and glued them together and then ran them through the die cutter again with the square stitched die to clean up the edges. To create the swinging fence, I used the Farm Fences die which I cut and glued two layers thick using the bottom layer of the fence posts. I then die cut extra pieces of the bottom layer to connect and extend the length of the fences.
I wanted the fence to be able to open and close on the card front, so I made sure that one of the fence posts overlapped the other. To secure the fences to the sides of the card, I die cut 2 more bottom fence dies, folded and glued a couple of the posts behind the card panel, then bent the rest of the posts to the front of the card. Before doing that, I did cut very thin strips of paper to reinforce the tiny pieces of the fence along the bend. Once the fences were glued in place I added the top layer of the farm fence dies and distressed them a little with some ink. To create the closure, I just punched a hole through the fence post that overlaps the bottom fence and added a brad. By turning the head of the brad you can then open or close the fence as the leg catches on the other side of the fence to hold it in place.
Before gluing Pinky and Lily in place I stamped out the sentiment by masking half of the Small Gang Stamp on the top right of the card and then stamping the rest of the greeting on the inside of the card. I used Broken China Distress Oxide to stamp out the sentiment and heat set it with a clear embossing powder.
Hope this cute card inspired you today! I LOVE how this card turned out and had so much fun paper piecing these cuties together. For more inspiration using Honey Bee Stamps products check out the HB Blog.
Thank you all for stopping by 😊
Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋
SUPPLIES
To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.
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 Pinky Paper Piecing Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Lily Paper Piecing Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Farm Fence Dies Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Grass Border Dies Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Double Stitched Squares Dies Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Small Gang Shop at: SSS | HBS |
 Strathmore 20 Sheet Smooth Bristol Pad, 9 by 12" Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ |
 STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Shop at: SSS |
 Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS |
 Oxide Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Detail Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool 1" Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ |
 EMBOSSING POWDER-ICICLE Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Uni-Ball Impact Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, 2-Ounce Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
