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

Moose in the Moonight

This single layer card features the Moose  against the background of a full moon.

Some non tacky tape was placed across the card stock to separate the two side.  On the left, after masking a moon with a post it note, the night sky was sponged with Seaside Spray, Pool Party, Pacific Point and Night of Navy.

Stars were stamped in the sky with Versa Mark and Stampin' Glitter added so that all you see are the twinkling stars.

The Moose is double stamped using Crumb Cake ink.  A Crumb Cake Stamp' Blend colours in some contrast.  After it is punched with the Moose Punch, it is placed against the moon.  Footsteps are stamped in the ground with Seaside Spray ink and Glitter Textture paste is added below.

On the right side, the Christmas sentiment from "Merry Christmas to All" is stamped in Night of Navy.  Three stars are randomly stamped in the same colour of ink.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Merry Moose, Merry Christmas to Sll
Inks:  Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede stampin blend, Seaside Spray, Pool Party, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Vers Mark
Papers:  Night of Navy, Whisper white
Accessories:  1 1/2" circle punch, Moose punch, Glitter Texture paste, Stampin' Glitter

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