Stamp Things: Adorable Punch Giraffe

I just had to share these cards that I made for a friend, special thanks to Karen for getting me to blog again.

The Punch Art Giraffe was absolutely adorable and after making over 80 of them, I have to share how they were made and the little tricks I learned.

The Tools needed.

1/8" Circle Punch
1/4" Circle Punch
1/2" Circle Punch
1-1/4" Circle Punch
Large Oval Punch (3/4" x 1-1/2")
Scissors

Supplies Needed:

Yellow, Orange, Pink and Brown Cardstock.
Glue

The pieces used to create the giraffe include:

The ~1/4" punch and ~1/8" punch came from the Owl Builder Punch (PN 118074).

Assembling the Giraffe

1. Ears: The ears are made from a 1-1/4" yellow punched circle and a 1-1/4" brown punched circle.

a. Outer ear: Using a Yellow 1-1/4" circle, punch 2 outer ear parts from the Yellow circle by sliding the punched circle about a quarter of the way into the 1-1/4" circle punch. The sequence of pictures below demonstrate this technique.

b. Inner ear: Repeat the step above with the Brown 1-1/4" circle. Making sure to slide the brown circle in to the punch slightly little less than you did with the yellow circle to create a smaller piece.

c. Glue the inner ear and outer ear pieces together, then set them aside.

2. Ossicones (Ossicones are the antler- like or horn-like protuberances on the head of giraffes.): To create an ossicone, Glue 1/4" circle to the end of a ~1/8" x 1/2" scrap to create one. Repeat to create the second. :)

3. Muzzle - To create the muzzle of the Giraffe, use a yellow Large Oval circle and a brown 1/2" circle.

a. Trim the 1/2" circle so that it looks like the one shown below.

b. Glue the trimmed circle to the upper center section of the large oval as shown below.

Nose02

4. Mouth - For the mouth a a yellow 1/2" circle and a pink 1/2" circleTo create the mouth trim the 1/2" pink circle and cut it into quarters as shown below.

Glue the pink piece to the yellow 1/2" circle as shown below.

Put the pieces asside for later.

5. Eyes - Glue the ~1/8" circles (Blue or Brown) to the 1/2" white circles as shown below.

6. Neck - Use 1/2" Orange Circles and ~3" x ~1/4" scrap pieces. Cut the Orange 1/2" circles in half.

Randomly glue the orange pieces on the yellow scrap piece.

Trim piece as needed to fit.

7. Assemble the remaining pieces.

The animated image below provides some guidance for assembling the giraffe.

If you want your giraffe to look more child-like, place the eyes slightly behind the large oval circle. The images below shows the different looks you can achieve simply by moving the eye placement.