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, 27 January 2017

Tea and Cookies for Santa

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge posted this as an inspiration photo:


There is a tiny Santa and sleigh in the back of the picture so it gave me the idea of the tea and cookies being for Santa.  Here's what I came up with:


To represent the texture on the mug in the inspiration photo, I took a piece of corrugated cardboard and painted it white with gesso. 

I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut the mug;  die cut a spellbinders oval for the plate; and die cut two tiny Christmas trees and went around the edges of them with a glue pen and added glitter to them (it shows up better in real life).

I made the sentiment on my computer.  The cs for the card base and the plate has a tiny bit of shimmer in it.





Supplies:
Stamps - SU mug
Ink - ColorBox Chianti
Paper - red and white cs, corrugated cardboard
Size - A2
Accessories - SU mug die, clear embossing powder, gesso, tiny evergreen die, glue pen, glitter



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11 comments:

  1. Susan Joyce27 January 2017 at 21:46

    Love the texture on the mat with the white gesso, beautiful Christmas card. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week.

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  2. Mac Mable28 January 2017 at 03:23

    Clever spot on the inspiration photo. Love the idea of colouring corrugated card...will be trying that. Gorgeous card, thanks for sharing x

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  3. Julia Aston28 January 2017 at 08:34

    What a fun cup and cookies for Santa Susan! So vibrant in the white/red - love the sparkle on the trees and the texture of the cardboard background!

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  4. Loll28 January 2017 at 09:11

    This is adorable Susan! Love the bright red background and texture from the corrugated cardboard to really show off your treat for Santa. :) xx

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  5. clelie28 January 2017 at 12:22

    Such a cute design!...Love the 'tree cookies'...Very Clever! :D

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  6. Bonnie28 January 2017 at 15:59

    This is a great interpretation of the photo, Susan! Love those tiny cookies and always love seeing red and white!

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  7. Christine Alexander28 January 2017 at 17:34

    love the corrugated gesso'd card as the backdrop of the adorable little mug, great interpretation of the challenge.

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  8. Karen L K28 January 2017 at 19:15

    Nice job on your Merry Monday card! The color choices are nice & the design!

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  9. nancy littrell28 January 2017 at 19:49

    I love all your creative touches Susan. Your oval punch made the perfect plate, your tree sugar cookies (that is what they look like with the glitter), stamped and die cut mug, computer generated sentiment and finally your very clever corrugated background made such a fun and clever Christmas Card my friend. Hugs....

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  10. Colleen29 January 2017 at 11:53

    Fantastic card, I love your inspirating and that red mug is great with the corrugated background. Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday.

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  11. 3treescreations@gmail.com29 January 2017 at 13:05

    This is so fun Susan! Love the background and your sweet sentiment! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Merry Monday.

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