Hello All and Welcome!
I’m back today with a tutorial sharing the fabulous Tim Holtz Sizzix Merry Moose thinlet die that was released for this Holiday Season. To be a Merry Moose one must have attitude and this guy has it by the bucketfuls!
I LOVE him and he was a blast to create with…
This could easily be changed over to a decor piece that could be used through the Holidays and after into winter.. To my surprise I didn’t use a single stamp!!!!!!!! What?? As crazy as that is… he had so much attitude that no stamps were needed!
Now, that’s AT-TI-TUDE I tell ya!
I used a few pieces of Distress Watercolor Paper that I blended, dabbed, spritzed and dried with a variety of Distress Inks and water… plus a couple pieces of paper from the Etcetera Paper Stash.
So, Let’s Begin!
I started by creating the background scene…
I punched a circle from a piece of post-it note paper and stuck it down onto a piece of watercolor paper. Then I began blending a variety of Distress Inks to create a twilight scene. (Weathered Wood, Chipped Saphire, Black Soot)
Then, I removed the circle and covered the area with the hole-punched piece of post-it note and blended in the moon with a combo of Old Paper, Antique Linen Distress Inks and a tiny bit of Black Soot. I spritzed the paper with my Distress Sprayer, dabbed up the water with a towel and dried it with my heat tool.
I created the papers that the moose and trees would be cut from…
The birch looking paper was created by blending the paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink and Oxide. Then a little blend and dip into Hickory Smoke Distress and Oxide. I also spritzed it with water, dabbed and dried it with my heat tool. The birch paper was also used to cut the moose antlers. The moose paper was done the same way, but this time with a variety of brown Distress Inks and Oxides.
I then started cutting out my moose and adhering him together with Distress Collage Matte Medium.
His embellishments were all cut from scraps of paper from my scrap box… a red distress scrap and a silver metallic paper scrap.
The pine trees were cut from a piece of Woodgrain paper that had been sprayed with a variety of brown Distress Spray Stains. The greens for them were cut with paper that was blended with a variety of green distress inks.
The birch trees were cut from the new Branch Birch Sizzix Thinlet and cut down to be placed at the left side of my scene.
I layered a couple parts of the birch cuttings to add depth to the scene.
I cut a piece of watercolor paper to become my snow and base of the card.
Then, I stitched around the card base and snow with my sewing machine and white thread.
I blended some of the parts, including the snow, with Black Soot Distress Ink. Then adhered my scene together with pop-dots and adhesive. After that, I matted the scene to my background papers from the Etcetera Paper Stash.
With that, my card was complete!
Yessiree… nothing like a moose with attitude! 😉
Thank you so much for stopping by today…Happy Holidays!
Creatively Yours,
Stacy
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GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES-
Tim Holtz/Sizzix- Merry Moose, Branch Birch
Tim Holtz/Ranger- Woodgrain paper, Kraft-core Metallic Silver Paper
Distress Ink and Oxide- Black Soot, Weathered Wood, Chipped Saphire, Old Paper, Hickory Smoke, Antique Linen and a variety of others…
Distress Spray- Variety of Colors
Distress Tools/Mediums- Distress Sprayer, Media Mat, Heat it Heat tool, Blending Tools, Watercolor Paper
Tim Holtz/Ideaology- Etcetera Paper Stash
Other- Sewing Machine and Thread, Post-it note paper, Circle Punch
Oh I adore this Stacy xoxo
Oh Stacy, this is SO amazingly creative!! Love everything from the birch trees to Merry Moose. This one is worth framing xx
such an awesome card!!! I love the coloring you did so much – just brilliant!
Love, love, love this ! That Merry Moose is a must have 🙂
Your trees are amazing too !!
Such detail! Love this Merry Moose.
Cute! Love all of the colors and layers!
Such attitude created by you … love it!
This is so amazing! Gotta love that moose!
Well of course I’m pinning this guy!!! SO vintagey and grungy good! LOVE!!!
I absolutely adore everything abut this amazing card Stacey, it’s FABULOUS!!!
Oh wow this is just so cool, love the texture, colors, terrific coloring!
Amazing card! So much detail…
I bought this guy a bit ago but have not used him yet. This card is unbelievable! Absolutely LOVE it!!
This card is absolutely amazing… It a true work of art and deserves to be framed!
Bravo, Stacy! Another FABULOUS card! You’ve done an amazing job on your background coloring and all the bits and pieces. You make it look so simple, but so many details went into this card. Everything is just wonderful! (see, I’m speechless, again!) Merry Christmas!
I love this so much! I’m going to make a similar scene for a frame in my rustic family room.
Wow, just amazing! Thank you for sharing your creative process!
Wow, just amazing! Thank you for sharing your creative process!
LOVE him. I have these dies and your way of using them is so good. It will give them a whole new look to the way I used Moosey this year. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be visiting your blog again!
in LOVE with your art work!!!
STUNNING and SOOOOOOOOOOOo Gorgeous!!
Love, love, love that moose. I really need that die set!
What a great card.
This guy looks like he’s having so much FUN! Love him.
This is such a wonderful card! I’m going to order this set for next year, but first can I ask a question? When you say you blended, “the paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink and Oxide”, do you mean you used both the ink stamp pad and the oxide stamp pad, in the same Antique Linen color or you could just use either in the Antique Linen color? Thanks so much. Chris
Thank you so much, Chris! I actually used both the Distress ink and Oxide in the Antique Linen color…Oxide has a more chalky look once it’s sprayed with a tiny bit of water. I did use both on the same paper. I hope that helps 🙂 thank you so much for stopping by!! ♥️
This is a fabulous card. If I had created it, it would be on my mantle every Christmas. Thank you for sharing how you made it.
Oh my gosh!!! I just came across your wonderful Merry Moose, and wow!!! Every single aspect of this card is perfection. I love your coloring, your attention to detail, your techniques, EVERYTHING. Thank you so much for your detailed instructions and for this wonderful Christmas gift to all of us. I will definitely be CASEing this one, and I will try my best to do you justice. You have an amazing talent. Thank you.
This card is just incredible.
Oh my goodness this is a stunning card! I cannot wait to make it. I have the Moose die and need to order just a few more of the supplies to make it. Thank you so much for sharing! I love your work!
What size is your card?
Hi Cary…it is approximately a 4.5×6” card 🙂