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".
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, 30 October 2015

Christmas Lights in a Snow Storm

Merry Monday is one of my favourite Christmas card challenges.  This week their challenge is "Christmas Lights and Glitter".  I don't have any stamps or dies of Christmas lights but I did borrow a stamp from my friend, Loll, called Twinkling Tree that is perfect for a tree lit up with Christmas lights. 


I've already posted a couple of cards where I stamped Twinkling Tree on white cs, but when I borrowed it, I also stamped a few in white on navy shimmer cs.  I decided to use one of these for Merry Monday - I used a Quickie glue pen and gold glitter in each of the lights on the tree and sprinkled Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel around the tree - it created a lovely snowy effect with bits of gold in it.   For the snowy ground, I scribbled my Versamark pen along the bottom and added the Frantage to it as well.

It called out for a gold shimmer cs cardbase and a gold die cut sentiment.  In real life, it is all very glittery and shimmery - so much so, that I decided to make a much calmer, cooler version that is more "me" in style:

 

For this version, I painstakingly put little shimmer stickers onto each light on the tree and then sprinkled Frantage Chunky White Embossing Enamel.

Let me know which version you like best!

 





Posted by at
Labels: , ,

10 comments:

  1. Toni30 October 2015 at 22:04

    Really pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kylie31 October 2015 at 02:26

    Stunning cards, Susan! I love all that glitter! xx

    ReplyDelete
  3. Maarit at Violets Corner31 October 2015 at 11:04

    Stunning card, Susan, the colours are so beautiful. Hope you're having a lovely weekend.

    Love and hugs
    Maarit

    ReplyDelete
  4. Bonnie31 October 2015 at 15:52

    I love both versions of this, Susan! The first is very dramatic and the second is just as beautiful! Thanks for sharing these with us at Merry Monday!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Lesley 31 October 2015 at 17:10

    Glorious!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wendy31 October 2015 at 18:56

    Very pretty cards, Susan! Love how sparkly they are! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Loll31 October 2015 at 19:29

    Both are so pretty Susan. I really can't choose a favourite. What an amazing set of cards you have made with this stamp ... each one unique and beautiful! xx

    ReplyDelete
  8. Creating with Susan31 October 2015 at 23:50

    WOW! Gorgeous cards!! I love the second one.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Susan Joyce1 November 2015 at 00:03

    Awesome! Love your take on the Christmas lights, perfect for the challenge at Merry Monday, thanks for playing along this week.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Notes by Nina1 November 2015 at 07:26

    Beautiful. Thank you for playing along with Merry Monday.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for leaving me a message! I love hearing from you.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)