Wonderful Moose--#tgifc288

 It's another designer take-over at TGIF Challenges this week.  These are really fun! This week's challenge by Stampin' Up! Artisan Team and TGIF Challenges design team member Tammy Wilson was especially fun for me.  The challenge is "Going in Circles".   Fun because I rarely do cards with a multitude of circles.

The first thing I thought of when I saw the challenge was plaids and the Merry Moose stamp set (#150494).  That's what I did:

For the background, I did two layers of Mint Macaron watercolor wash over two separate pieces of Shimmery White card stock.  One piece I die cut in circles using the smallest circle die in the Stitched Shapes dies (#152323). I  adhered those circles randomly over the second piece and then embossed the whole using the Subtle 3D embossing folder (#151775).

The three patterned circles were die cut using the three smallest circles in the Stitched Shapes dies and patterns from the 'Tis The Season designer series paper pack (#153489).  The moose was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the same Real Red pattern as the second largest circle, then punched out using the Moose Punch (#150652). 

The greeting from Wrapped in Christmas stamp set (#153481) was stamped in Shaded Spruce onto Shimmery White card stock and die cut using the Stitched Rectangles dies (#151820). A few Wonderful Gems (#153536), a layer of Shaded Spruce card stock and a Whisper White Thick card base complete the card.  

You can tell the design team and challengers were really inspired by this challenge.  Check out all of the entries over at the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a wonderful day!

--Sara Nell

Creation Station August Hop--Where the Wild Things Are Party Animals

Welcome to the August Creation Station Blog Hop.  Our theme this month is "Where the Wild Things Are Party Animals".  We've got lots of fun inspiration for you this month, so be sure and click on the "Next' button at the end of each hop to make your way around to all of the design team members' blogs.

My wild party animal today is the moose from the Merry Moose Bundle (#153015).  It  includes the Merry Moose stamp set (#150494) and Moose Punch (#150652). I'm so happy the Moose is back in the new mini!  Wild moose live in the Northern forests, so I kept mine in their habitat while they party hearty:

This cool dude is styling in his Mango Melody scarf.  He was stamped with Early Espresso ink on Soft Suede card stock then punched out.   To make the letters, I stamped the large tree image randomly on a piece of Whisper White card stock using Just Jade and Mint Macaron inks.  I die cut them using the Playful Alphabet dies (#152706) and mounted them on letters die cut out of a Foam Adhesive sheet (#152815).

This party group is celebrating a birthday with Mango Melody balloons.  The background

is a combination of a Textured Essentials stamp set (#152612) image stamped in Mint Macaron and the large tree image stamped in Just Jade.  Five moose were punched out of Soft Suede and adhered to the background and then the entire piece was embossed using the Subtle 3D embossing folder (#151775).    

The balloons were punched out of Mango Melody card stock using the Balloon Bouquet Punch (#140609).  The greeting is from the Well Said stamp set (#148796).  It was die cut using a die from the Rectangle Stitched dies (#148551).

Now, head on over to the fantastic Sara Levin's blog to check out her Wild Things:

To Sara's Blog . . .