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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Friday, 18 March 2016

Silver and Gold

I'm back to Christmas cards today.  First up is one for Merry Monday's "Black, White, and Grey/Silver" challenge.


I stamped and heat embossed my image in black, then went over the bells with a quickie glue pen and added silver glitter.  I stencilled stars around the dog and used a silver texture paste topped with the same silver glitter.  Bordered with black and added to a white card base.

To help me get all of my Christmas cards before autumn arrives, I take part in the SCS Christmas Card Challenge.  You set yourself a monthly quota and try to stick to it.  Mine is 10 per month so this will be one of my March cards.

I fell behind a bit in February so needed one more for my quota of 10.  Various members suggest optional themes for each month - February's was white and gold so today's card is for that:


A quick card that (with my MISTI) would be easy to mass produce (if I were so inclined). Angel and sentiment are heat embossed in gold, the panel is popped up on fun foam, and some gold sequins scattered about.

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Supplies for the first card:

Stamps: Creative Images
Paper: white and black cs
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: clear embossing powder, Memory Box star stencil, Heidi Swapp silver texture paste, silver glitter, quickie glue pen

Supplies for the second card:

Stamps: Inkadinkado angel, PTI sentiment
Paper: white cs
Paper Size: A2
Ink: ColorBox gold
Accessories: gold embossing powder, gold sequins, fun foam

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9 comments:

  1. Loll18 March 2016 at 17:27

    Love those silver glitter embossed stars on your first card. That pup looks like he's all decked out for the holidays ... really sweet image.

    And the gold angel is so pretty. I have the same stamp! :) Looks even better with a little added sparkle from the sequins. Two great cards Susan. xx

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  2. Karen L K18 March 2016 at 21:50

    Both nice cards! The gold has a nice layout and just nice with just gold and white. The dog card is really cute with the bells around the dog!

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  3. Susan Joyce18 March 2016 at 23:30

    Amazing CAS designs Susan, love the dog image. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week.

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  4. Susan Powell19 March 2016 at 01:31

    I love that image of the dog - he's adorable! Great card!

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  5. Bonnie19 March 2016 at 07:22

    What a fun pup with those jingle bells! And I love the gold angel! It's going on my list! Thanks, my friend, for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

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  6. Crafty Cakes and Cards19 March 2016 at 13:59

    As a dog lover... I love your card.... Different

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  7. conil20 March 2016 at 09:00

    Put a dog on a card and I'm going to love it. This one is not exception. Beautifully done and, oh so, playful.

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  8. Linda20 March 2016 at 09:30

    Such a sweet card for the Merry Monday challenge with the silver bells and stars. And the gold angel is so pretty. Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

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  9. Notes by Nina20 March 2016 at 17:39

    Lovely card for Merry Monday, Thank you for joining us this week..

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