Farmhouse Mercies

Hello friends!  I hope you are doing well!  We are gradually returning to normal after having each had the flu for a couple of weeks.  It has been rampant in our area so I suppose it was really only a matter of time.  So thankful to be feeling better.  

For us, the flu has been such a small thing on the comparative scale of things that some of our friends are currently dealing with.  One of those friends is in the hospital after having had a neurological event. Thankfully her condition is gradually improving.  She is a farmer/shepherdess so I thought a card using our Farmhouse Series might cheer her up.  I had a lot of fun choosing papers, stamping and die-cutting farm animals and finding the perfect sentiments to go with it all.  

Since she is a shepherdess (I have purchased a gorgeous fleece from her!) I thought I should include a paper sheep on her card!  I used a combination of punches and dies to come up with this little cutie!  

Here's a closer look.  The body is a scalloped circle, the face and ears are small and larger ovals cut in half.  The "topknot" is several clouds and a tiny flower topped by a silk ribbon.  The legs and hooves are fishtail banner dies.  All super easy to die cut and layer together.  For eyes, I used a stylus to dot a couple of white acrylic paint dots.  I opted not to add ink dot pupils but it would not be hard to do.

You might prefer not to have a sheep inside your version, and it looks perfectly fine without it!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Farmhouse Signage Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Farmhouse Sentiments QUAD Bundle
• Craft Consortium Retro Summer 6x6
• Craft Consortium Test of Time 6x6
• Seam Binding Sampler - Rich Pastels - 40 yards
• May Arts 1/4" Variegated Silk - 54 yard spools - Blue/White

For the sheep:

• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners (legs and hooves)
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Country Church (clouds for sheep's topknot)
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Welcome Baby Basics (flowers also for topknot)
• scalloped circle die (body)
• ovals dies (cut in half for face, ears)
• white acrylic paint for eyes

Y'all know that I love to mix and match paper pads!  Now is a good time to stock up!

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