From the Herd to You!

Well, yesterday I got inventive! I've been waiting for a long time to get the From the Herd stamp set because I had this awesome idea for a cute technique to use with it. On Monday night, I finally got the stamp set and I couldn't wait to begin working on my idea!

Everytime I saw a card made with this stamp, I noticed that some of the animals' heads could be layered over their bodies due to a "chin line" if you can see what I mean.  I thought it would be fun to make those heads 3D and, in fact, kind of bobble heads! I just needed to figure out how to make the springs to accomplish this.

• First, I stamped the image twice. On one image, I coloured everything in using Stampin' Blendabilities.  On the second image, I only coloured in the heads of the pig, the ox and the goat. Then I carefully hand-snipped the heads using Paper Snips.
• The sentiment is also part of From the Herd, and after stamping it on Whisper White, I used two framelits from the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits to create the sentiment frame you see here.
• To make the springs, I cut out two strips of cardstock narrower than the head and glued the two ends together at right angle to each other. Then I folded the underneath one across the upper strip, then folded the upper strip across the previous one, and kept repeating that until my spring was long enough. I glued the top ends together and trimmed off the excess. Then I glued one end to the body of the animal and one to the head, matching it up with the image below it.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

From The Herd Clear Stamp Set [138834]	From The Herd Wood Stamp Set [138831]	From The Herd Photopolymer Stamp Set [137162]	Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set [133032]	Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133035]
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Crumb Cake Assortment [131004]	*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Smoky Slate Assortment [131005]	*Pink Pirouette Assortment Stampin' Blendabilities Markers [133625]	*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Skin Tone Assortment [129370]	*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Pumpkin Pie Assortment [130997]
*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Daffodil Delight Assortment [130998]	*Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Old Olive Assortment [130999]	Neutrals Candy Dots [130934]	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707]	Big Shot [113439]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]

*Not available to order at this time due to quality issues.