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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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Blue - my favourite colour!

Those of you who know me (or even look at the design of my blog!) will know that blue is my favourite colour.  So I was very happy to see the ATCAS challenge "Blue".  I have a cousin who loves blue as well, and her birthday is coming up so it seemed the perfect opportunity to get her card made well in advance.  


I  used a piece of a background I'd made by sponging with Distress Peacock Feathers and Broken China, and then flicking with water.  I stamped some text with the Broken China and the sentiment and flowery flourish with Archival Black.   I bordered it with black and added it to an embossed background that seemed to go well with the image.  A few aqua and blue gemstones finished it off.

Thanks for dropping in to have a look!







Supplies:
Stamps: Tim Holtz flower flourish, Gina K sentiment, unknown text
Paper: white and black cs
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Ranger Archival Black, Distress Peacock Feathers and Broken China
Accessories: blue and aqua gemstones, Crafts Too embossing folder, foam tape

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4 comments:

  1. Bonnie1 September 2015 at 16:32

    I love this flourish and it's so pretty with the blues in the background! The embossing and gemstones add texture and sparkle. A perfect combination!

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  2. Julia Aston2 September 2015 at 08:55

    So pretty! there's an Oriental look to it with the silhouette stamping on the blue!

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  3. Barb Ghig6 September 2015 at 19:43

    Very pretty design and I love the vertical sentiment! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Addicted to CAS!

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  4. Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin11 September 2015 at 15:09

    So delicate and well balanced card, Susan! Love the vertical sentiment alignment, I don't find such stamps often. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS! - Sweet Kobylkin

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