Another stamp set that didn’t jump off the page at me at first until I saw some fun cards made with this stamp set! This Over the Moon Cow Card will just be a silly card to send to someone! There are some other fun cows in this stamp set and funny sayings to go with them. You’ve got to check out the Over The Moon Stamp Set.

I think the boots on the cow made me think of red boots which made me start with a Basic Black card base and a Real Red layer. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the cow and the saying.

I decided to use my Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pen to color the cow instead of my usual Stampin’ Blends markers. I have to say, when I first became a Demonstrator I absolutely loved our (older) watercolor pencils and using the Blender Pen to smooth out the color. Now that I am used to Stampin’ Blends, I don’t care for the Watercolor Pencils as much but then they are not as expensive as the Blends. So it’s nice we have lots of choices! I still think it is kind of magical to use the Blender Pen or Aqua Painter to smooth out the coloring with WC Pencils, so maybe I do still like them! They give a softer look I think.

The little tufts of grass are stamped in Granny Apple Green and then colored with the Granny Apple Green WC Pencil. So there you can actually see the difference between the ink and the pencil. I also scribbled in some Early Espresso to look like dirt and then used the Blender Pen over the whole area. You do have to be light-handed and careful doing this right on Whisper White as it won’t hold up to very much moisture. Shimmery White Cardstock or Watercolor Paper are good choices if you want to get serious with the WC Pencils and Blender Pen or Aqua Painter.

I wondered if the whole plain white background was okay or not, but opted to scribble in some blue to suggest sky and again, used the Blender Pen over this whole area, carefully. I’m not sure Memento Ink was the right thing to use with the WC Pencils but it worked out. If I had thought ahead I might have used Stazon instead.

If you like cows or animals or just want to make some fun cow cards, get the Over the Moon Stamp Set in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog!