A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Saturday 27 January 2018

Needlepoint-Inspired Snow

This week, Merry Monday's challenge is Let It Snow:


I was inspired by something I saw when on needlepoint.com:


I love that Nordic look and in fact I have a red winter sweater with white snowflakes in that style.  Here's my card:


I used my Tim Holtz stencil with white embossing paste on red cs. I layered a sentiment tag over a section of embossing that smudged badly.   I used "let it snow" as the sentiment in keeping with the Merry Monday challenge and embellished with a wooden snowflake.

I'm also posting it on SCS for the Inspiration Challenge.





Supplies:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - ColorBox Chianti
Paper - red and white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Tim Holtz stencil, Dreamweaver white embossing paste, clear embossing powder, SU wooden snowflake, Nesties sentiment label, seam binding, fun foam



9 comments:

  1. Great inspiration from the needlepoint. Love how you've only used part of the stencil on your fabulous card x

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  2. This looks like a warm, cozy Christmas sweater! Love the white embossing on the red and the tag is perfect! The smudge turned out to be a good thing.

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  3. You have really touched my 1/2 Norwegian blood my friend:-) I LOVE your stenciled Nordic pattern for your beautiful snow Christmas card, Susan. TFS Hugs..I also have a sweater with snow in a blue and white pattern:-)

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  4. Love the stencil, perfect for the inspiration challenge. Red and white look awesome for Christmas and this certainly feels Christmassy :)

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  5. I love the Nordic look too Susan and the white embossing paste looks FABULOUS against the red layer!! And a perfect sentiment too for this challenge!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday!! :0)

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  6. Great item to find inspiration from. Your card is very pretty! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday!

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  7. So creative Susan, I love your design. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  8. Love the paste over coloured card stock! Such a beautiful design. Great card Susan! xx

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  9. This couldn't be more perfect from your inspiration, Susan! Love the stencil and the idea of using colored cardstock, something I never think to do. Great job with the paste too. I may just have to have that stencil.

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