Miss Mad Stamper: Counting Sheep

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Counting Sheep Scrapbook Pages

These sheep and their coordinating dies were available during Sale-a-bration this past summer. I thought they were just too cute and had to make some scrapbook pages with them.

The sheep from Counting Sheep were stamped with Memento ink and then die cut. The fence is also part of the Sheep dies. These pieces and the title were adhered with dimensionals. The 12 x12 cardstock is Pool Party with Highland Heather as the photo mates. The title is covered with some Wink of Stella.

A couple more sheep and a fencing piece adorn this page. The designer series paper is from the hostess only pack of paper called Pattern Party. I also die cut the banner with the Stitched Triangle dies and covered them with Wink of Stella. The sheep have a bit of Smoky Slate on their faces and their legs. The black & white gingham ribbon is the perfect touch for these pages.

No matter the stamp set, you can make scrapbook pages with it. It is a fun challenge for me. I like to find a sketch and then add my own colors and accents, making the pages mine.

The supplies for these pages are listed below and you can purchase them by clicking on the pictures.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Counting Sheep

Two of the Sale-a-bration items you could have picked in August and September was the Counting Sheep and the coordinating dies. These guys really are too cute and I wanted to play with them more than I was able to but I did manage to get 3 cards made.

I started with Fresh Freesia and added a layer of Beautifully Penned designer series paper. This paper was only available as a sale-a-bration freebie. The sheep was stamped and die cut. I colored his face and legs with Smoky Slate blends.

This background was made with marbles! Yep! Marbles. I put a few drops of So Saffron in an old clam shell container. I then put a few marbles in the bottom and closed the lid. I rolled the marbles around the container so that they would pick up the ink. I then adhered a piece of Basic White cardstock to the top and closed it up again. This time I turned the container upside down and rolled the marbles across the cardstock. I repeated this with Balmy Blue. I did do a Facebook Live creating this card. You can watch it HERE.

This last card was a new fancy fold for me. It's called a Slide and Lock card. You really need to watch the video for this one but let me try to explain how to create it!

Start with a piece of cardstock cut to 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Score and fold one edge at 2-1/8". Fold other edge to meet the other side in the middle of the card. This creates a gate fold card. To decorate the front flaps, cut 2 pieces of cardstock to 5-1/4" x 1-7/8". Adhere to the two flaps. To make the sliding portion, cut 4 shaps all the same size. I used 2-1/2" squares. Take 2 of the shapes and fold them in half. Put glue on the one of the non folded pieces and adhere to the two folded pieces to this layer making sure the folds are in the center. Glue the last piece to the top of this creating a sandwich that kind of looks like a butterfly. Decorate this piece. Make sure the flaps of the sliding piece line up with the gate fold.

Watching the Facebook Live video will make this all make sense. You can see that HERE.

I realized in writing up this post that I used the jumping sheep on all three cards. I guess that was one that spoke to me the most.

While you can't get the sheep or the dies any longer, the other supplies are listed below. If you click on the pictures, you will be taken to my online store where you can purchase the supplies for these cards and so much more!

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