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