Singing Moose and Beaver!!

I'll admit it - I'm a bit of a planner, so I make Christmas cards year round in the hopes that I will have a stack to send out come December.  Of course it never fails though - I get a bunch made and someone buys them all in November so once again I have none - sigh! 

This card features one of my all time favorite images from High Hopes Rubber Stamps because who doesn't love a moose and a beaver!  This is Mudzie and Chopper's Caroling (S205) available here.  I stamped the image on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink, then colored it with Inktense pencils and a water brush.  All of the edges of the papers were distressed with the Prima Comfort Distress Tool and then inked with a Antique Linen ink pad.  The treble clef die is from my stash, and the sentiment was printed right on the ribbon - bonus!!

The Mystery!!!

Hi Fellow Crafters;

As Wednesday is here again, this means it hump day also.  The weekend will soon be here, school will also be out for the summer.  Where oh where does the time go.

For today's OCS post I have done a CAS card using The Reader and matching sentiment from Stamping Bella.  I coloured the image with copics and used Antique Linen distress ink to add some colour to the background.

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  The Reader (Stamping Bella)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink - Antique Linen
• Paper:  X-Press It Blending Cardstock
• Copic Markers:  Skin: E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink; Hair:  B60 - Pale Blue Gray, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1; Dress: YR14 -Caramel, YR12 - Loquait; Parrot: B60 - Pale Blue Gray; C1 - Cool Gray No. 1; Leaves:  YG17 - Grass Green, Y13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette; Pot:  YR14 - Caramel, YR12 - Loquait; Sofa:  BG72 - Ice Ocean; BG75 - Abyss Green; E25 - Caribe Cocoa, E22 - Hazelnut; Curtains: R85 - rose Red, R83 - Rose Mist, R81 - Rose Pink; Other Copics:  E43 - Dull Ivory, E81 - Ivory, E40 - Brick White; R27 - Cadmium Red, B41 - Powder Blue
• Atyou Spica Glitter Pen:  00 - Clear
• Spellbinders:  A2 Matting Basics A; A2 Distressed Edges
• YNS Gumdrops - Gold 

There are still a few more days to enter this month's "Anything Goes" challenge for a chance to win a prize.  As next Wednesday is the 1st, OCS will have a new challenge for you.  While you are taking a coffee/tea break check out Lora's OCS online and brick/mortar stores for some amazing products and prices.

Until next time, "Carry on Crafting"