Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.

The Riley & Company stamp set for STAMPtember has the classic Riley moose along with a wee Simon Says Stamp dog in a cart – I mean, how adorable is that! The great thing is that the image is already set up for you, you just need to stamp and go. And there are some great snarky sentiments in the set to send to those with a humorous side to them. I’m delighted to say that I have a video for this one. I’ve linked all supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.

CREATING A SCENE

Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.
Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.
For this image, I wanted to create the simplest of scenes and very little preparation was needed to do so. Keeping in mind the design rule of thirds where focal images have more impact if aligned on lines that dissect a panel into three, I drew a line creating a snowy hill one third of the way up the panel. This gives one third snowy hill and two thirds starry night with Riley and Simon. I did keep an eye on where I wanted the wheels of the cart and Riley’s hooves to go. I intended using the over the hill sentiment so I wanted there to be a downward slope to the hill.
Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.

I drew a pencil line for the slope and then watercoloured around the critters. A loose watercolour wash with more concentrated paint at the horizon. Once dry, I blended Distress Oxide inks around the edges to give a vignette effect of dark edges and spotlight area.

Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.

I added snow with the Fading Tiny Dots stencils and Grit Paste. And of course, lots and lots of white splatter

Creating a winter scene with the Riley & Co STAMPtember exclusive, limited edition set. Handmade card designs by Debby Hughes.

For the sentiment, I white heat embossed on Schoolhouse Red card then trimmed to a banner and stapled to the panel. 

STAMPTEMBER

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SUPPLIES

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* Riley and Company Stamptember Set
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* Riley and Company Stamptember
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*SSS Stencil FADING TINY DOTS
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Daniel Smith at SSS
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Fabriano Cold-Pressed at SSS
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White Gouache at SSS
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FABER CASTELL POLYCHROMOS at SSS
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* Tim Holtz Distress HOLIDAY TEXTURE SET
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* SSS Blending Brush SET LARGE
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad...
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad...
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Tsukineko VersaFine Clair NOCTURNE...
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD
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Darice 8MM CRYSTAL Sequins
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Little Things From Lucy's Cards...
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Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE Pen
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SSS MASKING PAPER
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SSS IVORY Card
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* SSS SCHOOLHOUSE RED Card
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SSS White Embossing Powder
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PAINTER'S TAP
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Tonic EASY CLEAN MAT
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Pigma Micron Pens
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misti at Simon Says STAMP!
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Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 9x12 Mat
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Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE
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METAL EDGE ACRYLIC RULER
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Crafter's Companion CRAFT KNIFE
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T SQUARE RULER
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Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board
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SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER
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* Tim Holtz MINI SNIPS Scissors
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Fiskars SPRING-ASSIST SCISSORS Micro-tip
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TWEEZERS
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3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE
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