Winter Moose Trio

 Now that most of the birthday cards I need are done I can focus on the next big thing...Christmas cards!!!! I also need to make a ton of them so with some cooler weather where I live this weekend, I was inspired to officially start the Christmas season..... in my craft room as least! I am starting off the season with a trio of cards featuring Winter Moose from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. 

How cute is he!!?? 

                                                                                 

I stamped the moose three times on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut two and cut one with a rectangle die. Next I got out some of my Echo Park paper pads and my stash and cut each piece to fit my card bases. 2 are A2 size and the square card is 5" x 5". I laid out each design and glued everything down. I added clear sparkle pen to the snowflakes and on the blue and card with the circle on it, popped the stamp up with 3D foam dots. Ribbon, enamel and sparkly dots and Star Dust Stickles on the hats and scarves finish off my cards. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Winter Moose (SDG002) High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Merry Wishes (FLL009), Merry Christmoose (G142), Scripty Merry Christmas (FLL007)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Winter Magic, Jingle All The Way - Echo Park, stash

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, rectangle dies, snowflake dies - Whimsy Stamps, Memory Box, ribbon, fishtail banner dies, Star Dust Stickles, Clear Spectrum Sparkle Pen, 3D foam dots 

Copic List

Moose  - E31 E43 E33 E35 E37 E29 R20 R22

Antlers - E41 E42 E57 E50 E51 E53 E57

Hooves - C1 C2 C4 C7 E23 E25 E27 E29

Snow - B000

Hats/Scarves - B91 B93 B95 B99 R24 R27 R37 R59 R24 R27 R39 R59

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Hello Winter

 I have to admit, winter is not my favourite time of year, but it has some absolutely gorgeous days! You know the ones.....when there has been a fresh, wet snow fall that sticks to the trees and the sun is shining and the sky is clear and blue. The sun is glistening off the snow and it looks like little diamonds everywhere, it is literally a winter wonderland. 

These are the winter days I enjoy and I have tried to capture that in my card using "Forest (TSG006)" from the new Woodland Winter release and the adorable "Winter Moose (SDG002". My dog doesn't like the salt on the sidewalks so he often doesn't want to go for a long walk even on the most beautiful days so I often try to sneak a bit of one in on my lunch on a walking trail that goes beside my office. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it is truly beautiful! 

                                                             

After using my Misti to do the stamping, I coloured both of them with Copic markers. I hand fussy cut the moose, and used a white gel pen to add some gently falling snow to the forest. I wanted to keep my card design simple for this one and used some patterned paper from the Sugar Plums pad by Doodlebug. 

I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a fish tail banner die and added some enamel dots to finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Forest, Winter Moose - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Hello Winter (FDG007) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Sugar Plums - Doodlebug

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, fish tail banner die - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots 

 Copic Markers:

Trees  - G46 YG67 G29

Trunks -E23 E25 E27

Grass - G24 G46 G99

Sky - B24 B26 B39

Snow -B00

Moose Body - E33 E35 E57 E29 E30 E31 E43

Hat/Scarf - YG01 YG03 YG17

Antlers - E50 E51 E53 E55

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Merry Christmoose!

I love making Christmas cards that are personalized for the person receiving them. 
I have a few guys on my card giving list who love the outdoors - hiking, wildlife and even camping in the winter. So masculine Christmas it is ....gulp! 
I decided "Winter Moose" would be perfect for an outdoorsy themed, masculine card for one of the outdoorsy guys in my life. 

After stamping my moose on some coloured pencil friendly paper, I coloured him using Prismacolor pencils. I am new to colouring with pencils so this was a challenge for me. I hand fussy cut him and ran a black marker around the edge to "finish" him off. Next, I created my scene with cardstock, patterned paper and dies. Love my Misti for perfect stamping position for my sentiment! 
Some simple gumdrops finish off this CAS masculine Christmas card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Winter Moose- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Merry Christmoose - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Frosted - Kaisercraft 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, gumdrops - YNS, Classic Circle die - Spellbinders, My Creative Time die, Fresh Pine Trees die - Memory Box 

Prismacolor Premier Pencils: Dark Umber Dark Brown Light Umber Bronze Chocolate Beige Sienna Peach Beige Deco Peach Blush Pink Pink Jasmine Cream Olive Green Apple Green Spring Green Periwinkle Powder Blue 10% French Grey 30% French Grey White

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