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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Wednesday 14 February 2018

Happy Valentine's Day!

The AAA Cards Challenge right now is:


I was inspired by the image of the frog and thought it would be fun to do a Valentine with an animal on it so I made this card:


Love that cute pup receiving a Valentine from the butterfly.  My pup Tessa is quite similar so I coloured the pup in her colours:


She looks quite dignified in this photo, but believe me, she bounces around the garden in the summer chasing the butterflies!

I stamped and watercoloured, trimmed with my new wonky stitched rectangle die, and popped it up on fun foam on a red card base.

Happy Valentine's Day to all my blog followers!  Hopefully it involved some chocolate!






Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black dog, SU sentiment
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, MFT Wonky Stitched rectangle die, fun foam



9 comments:

  1. So adorable. Love that cute pup ... well, actually love both of them. :) Tessa does look regal sitting pretty on the ottoman. :)

    Great Valentine's card ... Happy Valentine's Day to you too!

    xx

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  2. Your card is so darn cute and colorful and your pup looks so much like Tessa:-) TFS Susan. Hugs..

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  3. Happy Valentine's to you to Susan. Fun take on the challenge image and such a cute card and isn't Tessa adorable? x

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  4. Adorable doggies and a very cute card. Thanks for playing along with the current AAA Cards Challenge.

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  5. This is such a sweet pup that remind me of Tessa! Love that sweet expression on her face! Great job of watercolor!

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  6. How fun that Tessa has a stamp designed just for her, Susan, especially now that we know she loves butterflies, too! Fantastic coloring!! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. Adorable card, Susan. Beautiful watercolouring as always. If Tesse could talk, she would be honoured to have inspire this card.

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  8. Cute and adorable... both the card and your puppy! Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards

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  9. Darling card. Beautifully colored too. Thank you for sharing with us at AAA Cards =) Tracie

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