Merry Moose Christmas - Hand Stamped Sentiments #325

Winter came in with a Halloween Howl, with snow falling in many places.  The snowfall here was not much but the temperature sure did drop!  Halloween was ruined for so many children due to the inclement weather.  I hate the thought of winter coming.

However, I decided to make a winter scene featuring the Moose for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments #325

I started by creating the focal point of the card.

 On a piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the larger pine tree with Shaded Spruce ink.  Then using  an Oval die the image was die cut partially leaving half the tree on the outside of the oval.  This outer half was fussy cut to free it from the rest of the card stock around it.  A smaller tree was stamped on the opposite side of the now die cut oval (on the inside) and stamped off twice.

The sky was coloured by blending Balmy Blue and Pacific Point watercolor pencils with an aqua painter  The snow flakes were stamped using Whisper White ink.

The snow on the ground was made more realistic by the use of Puff paint and Stampin glitter.

The Moose was stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock and punched with the Moose punch.  It was added to the prepared die cut Oval using dimensionals.  Footprints were stamped on the ground beneath the Moose.

The Whisper White oval was matted with a slightly larger Shaded Spruce oval, which was added to a rectangular piece of Wrapped in Plaid DSP.  This was added to a piece of Whisper White embossed with the Woodlands embossing folder.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Merry Moose
Inks:  Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede, Black Memento, Balmy Blue and Pacific Point watercolour pencils, Whisper White
Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Shaded Spruce, Wrapped in Plaid DSP
Accessories:  Layering Oval Dies, Woodlands embossing folder, Puff Paint, Stampin' Up Glitter, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals

Snow Front Christmas Wishes - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #431

One of my favourite stamp sets of the Holiday catalogue is the Snow Front stamp set.  The versatility in creating winter scenes is absolutely amazing and used it exclusively to make swap cards for On Stage November 19, 2019
So, for the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday #431 (with the optional theme of stripes) I used this stamp set again

The focal image is a winter scene created on a 4 by 2" Whisper White tag made using the Angled tag punch.

I started by using a sponge brayer to apply Balmy Blue and Blueberry Bushel ink to create the sky.  The trees were then stamped with Shaded Spruce ink in first and second generation stamping.  After adding the two deer some puff paint and glitter was added to mimic snow.

A tooth pick and white acrylic paint was used to create the stars in the sky and whisper white polka dot ribbon inserted through the tag top.

The tag was matted with Blueberry Bushel card stock and a sentiment, from Itty Bitty Christmas punched with the Classic Label punch was added at the top right.

This tag was added to the right side of the Blueberry striped card front.  This background was made using the Diagonal Stripe Background stamp.  The striped layer was adhered to a Whisper White layer and then to a Blueberry Bushel card base.

On the inside, I stamped the image of the deer standing beside a tree.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Snow Front, Itty Bitty Christmas, Diagonal Stripe Background
Inks:  Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso, Dark Seaside Spray Stampin' Blend, Shaded Spruce
Papers:  Blueberry Bushel, Whisper White
Accessories: 5/8" White Polka Dot Tulle ribbon, Angle topper tag punch, Classic Label Punch, Dimensionals, Puff Paint, SU Glitter

A Wintery Scene

Oh fickle me!  I'm in love again.  This time its the Snow Front stamp set with its endless opportunities to be creative.

I loved using a lot of the new products to create this  winter scene.  I did not use a sentiment because this may not be used as a Christmas card.  It may be a birthday card for someone celebrating a birthday in December.

The card base is Blueberry Bliss card stock, layered with a frame of Sparkle shimmer paper, the center of which had been die cut with a stitched rectangle die.

The art piece was also die cut with the Stitched Rectangle die, and the scene on the card above was created on this die cut piece.

After tearing a piece of copy paper to protect the white area below, the brayer was used to colour in the sky.  Starting at the horizon, Seaside Spray was applied lightly, followed by Balmy Blue and then Blueberry Bliss.  White acrylic paint on the end of a paint brush created the stars in the sky.

The pine trees in the distance were stamped with second generation stamping using Shaded Spruce ink.  The larger tree in the foreground was stamped with Early Espresso ink, and three little red cardinals added on the branches.  Two deer are grazing near a pond.

To 'ground' the tree and the deer, a dark Smokey Slate Stampin' Blend was used to create shaded areas around the tree base and underneath the grazing deer.

Puff Paint, & Stampin  Glitter are new products that help create some realistic looking snow drifts and snowy patches, and the new Glitter Crystal Effects makes the pond surface look really icy.

The art piece was adhered slightly over the edges of the Shimmer glimmer frame, and this was adhered to the Blueberry card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Snow Front
Inks:Seaside Spray, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bliss, Shaded Spruce, Early Espresso, Real Red, Stampin Blends (Smokey Slate)
Papers: Blueberry Bliss, Whisper White, Sparkly Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Dies, Puff Paint, Stampin' Glimmer, Shimmer Crystal Effects.

Merry Moosemus

This snowy scene featuring two Moose taking a walk in the woods was created using the Moose stamp set and coordinating punch. It looks so cold I shiver looking at it

I started by stampimg the two Moose using the Stamparatus as a stamping tool .  The animal is stamped using a two stamp process.  It does not matter which is stamped first- the outline or the body, so I thought I would experiment. The male moose had the outline stamped first using Black Memento, followed by the body in Soft Suede ink; the female had the body stamped first, followed by the outline.  Surprisingly stamping the outline last gave the image a cleaner crisper look.

Both Moose were punched using the Moose punch and to make one of the Moose a female I cut off the antlers.

Mossy Meadow ink was used to stamp the trees. with second generation stamping used to create the lighter tree images. Using an aquapainter, I applied Smoky Slate ink lightly to the foreground followed by Seaside Spray.  Seaside Spray was also used on the sky after which snow was stamped and the two blended with the Aqua Painter.

The footprints of both animals were stamped in Seaside Spray after which Shimmer Texture Paste was added to mimic snow being careful not to cover up the foot prints.

After the two animals were placed, additional footprints, errrr moose prints, were added.  And, puff paint was used to create a snow storm.

This snowy scene was matted with Mossy Meadow card stock, and then added to a Mossy Meadow card base matted with Whisper White and a panel of Taken With Plaid DSP

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Merry Moose
Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Seaside Spray, Mossy Meadow
Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Whisper White,  Taken With Plaid DSP
Accessories:  Moose Punch, Shimmer Texture Paste, Puff Paint, Aqua painter, Stamparatus

Peaceful Boughs - catalogue sneak peak

Happy Labour Day!!

It's hard to believe that the summer is winding down and there are two weeks left before the winds of fall blow. The children are returning to school tomorrow and the days are getting shorter.  My thoughts  are increasingly turning to preparation for the fall and winter (Brrr I hate to use that word).

The Holiday catalogue goes live on Sept 4.  Today's  card uses one of the stamp sets from this catalogue.

On a Cherry Cobbler base is added a Whisper White layer embossed with the new Hammered Metal embossing folder.  At the bottom a 3" strip of card stock stamped with the Buffalo Check    background stamp in Cherry Cobbler with green lines drawn in with a Shaded Spruce Stampin' blend marker. This is left over from an earlier project.

The focal point is a 3 by 4" piece of Whisper White card stock matted with Cherry Cobbler.  The sentiment was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink at the bottom first so that I could more accurately assess placement of the branches. The larger of the branch images from the "Peaceful Boughs" stamp set was stamped using Shaded Spruce ink at the top and the tip of a smaller one coming in from the right side just above the sentiment.. Using the "dot" stamp and Crumb Cake ink, that comes with the set, some texture was added to the background.

Three pine cones were then added to the larger branch.  These were stamped with Soft Suede ink and die cut using the Beautiful Boughs Die.  The more intricate overlay of the acorn were die cut in Soft Suede as well. After the two pine cone pieces were adhered together, they were added to the branches using dimensionals.

To finish, three Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel dots were added, and puff paint was applied to the top of each of the acorns.









Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Peaceful Boughs, Buffalo Check
Inks:  Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Shaded Spruce ink and Stampin' Blend
Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Soft Suede
Accessories:  Beautiful Boughs Dies, Dimensionals, Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel dots, Puff Paint

Snowman Christmas - another Holiday catalogue sneak peak

This card is made using the Snowman Christmas stamp set with its  coordinating DSP "Let it Snow".  Both of these are not available for order yet, but will be available on Sept. 4

 

On a  Coastal Cabana card stock card base a 2" strip of "Let it Snow" DSP is added.  Don't you just love those little snowmen?

The snowman is stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White  card stock, and coloured with Stampin' blends (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Soft Suede, and Light Smoky Slate) .  A Coastal Cabana water colour pencil was used to colour the background around the snowman. A new product, Puff Paint, was applied to the snowflakes and on the snow on the ground.  When heated with a heat tool, the paint "puffs" up.  I added some dazzling diamonds to the paint before applying heat and that makes the resultant snow really glisten.

The image was die cut with the Layering Oval die and adhered to a piece of Whisper White card stock embossed with the Dot to Dot embossing folder using dimensionals.

The sentiment is from "Itty Bitty Christmas"

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Snowman Christmas, Itty Bitty Christmas
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends, Watercolour pencils
Papers:  Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Let it Snow DSP
Accessories:  Dot to Dot embossing folder, Layering oval dies, Puff Paint, Blender pen, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds,