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, 3 October 2015

A Rainbow of Santa Hats



This week's Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge is "Colours of the Rainbow".

I inked up my Penny Black stamp of happy little dogs all wearing Santa hats and coloured the hats with Copic markers.  I used the same colour for any of the dogs' collars or gifts.  I then coloured the dogs bodies with coloured pencils so that they weren't as strongly coloured at the hats, etc.  There's a faint shading of snowy ground under their feet.  I then fussy cut along the top edge.

I had a scrap of dp that matched the shading I did for the snowy ground so used that for the background.  I die cut the sentiment twice and glued them together.  The image of the dogs is taped flush to the bottom of the dp, but there is foam tape under the dogs' hats to pop them up a bit.

I'm also adding it to the SCS Free for All challenge "Puppy Love".



Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: white cs, unknown scrap of dp
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: coloured pencils, Copic markers, Tim Holtz merry & bright die cut, foam tape

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10 comments:

  1. Dawn4 October 2015 at 02:41

    super cute, love the all the dogs rainbow hats and presents. x

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  2. Bonnie4 October 2015 at 06:54

    Oh, Susan, this brings a smile to my face! I love these pups in their Christmas caps! I love how you've cut them out and that snowy background! So perfect for this challenge, my friend! Thanks for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!

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  3. Linda4 October 2015 at 07:28

    This is just too adorable with the pups and their rainbow hats. Thanks for playing at Merry Monday this week.

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  4. KarinsArtScrap4 October 2015 at 07:34

    sweet and beautiful Susan
    Gr Karin

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  5. conil4 October 2015 at 08:15

    Oh dear...you've captured my heart. Adorable and beautifully colored card.

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  6. Loll4 October 2015 at 09:11

    So adorable. Love this image and love the bright colours of their hats and packages. xx

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  7. Theresa's Studio4 October 2015 at 10:59

    This is so precious. Love how you used the rainbow colors in the caps!

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  8. Notes by Nina4 October 2015 at 15:01

    Adorable :), Thank you for playing along with Merry Monday.

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  9. Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot4 October 2015 at 23:40

    awww so cute, adorable little puppies for Xmas!

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  10. Karen Dunbrook13 October 2015 at 04:50

    love it~

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