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".
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Sunday, 8 October 2017

Vintage Winter Sports

The new Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is "Winter Sports".  And the SCS Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration at the Victorian Trading Company website.  It's a great website. I went through their Christmas section and found this image of skaters and this one of kids sledding and thought about a great stamp I have of old-fashioned winter sports.


I stamped it on the smooth side of watercolour paper, watercoloured parts of it, bordered it with black cs, popped it up on fun foam, and added a bit of fun flock to the pom pom and brim of the girl's hat.






Supplies:
Stamps - Inkadinkado
Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, fun foam, fun flock



Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

7 comments:

  1. Bonnie8 October 2017 at 15:26

    I love this scene, Susan, and how you've colored highlighted parts! The black mat is perfect! Another fun vintage Christmas card!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Nstiz8 October 2017 at 16:35

    Susan, what I love about your cards is your variety of styles! I just love this vintage image and the tasteful way you colored it. I'm still in awe of you being able to create day after day and never without a new and fresh idea. Great card!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Fabiola10 October 2017 at 12:11

    Quelle magnifique scene Susan, jolie ambiance vintage romantique et poétique, merci de jouer avec nous chez CCT, biz

    ReplyDelete
  4. AlisonC10 October 2017 at 13:20

    A lovely vintage image, I'll have to go and have a look. It's very pretty with the highlights of colour.
    Thanks for playing along at Christmas Card Throwdown.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Loll10 October 2017 at 17:20

    This is so sweet Susan. Great watercolouring on this vintage stamp image. The black framing is perfect. xx

    ReplyDelete
  6. Christine Alexander10 October 2017 at 20:59

    great vintage scene and love the touches of watercolouring. Beautiful card :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Lily-by-Gilly20 October 2017 at 14:54

    A great choice of vintage style stamp which suited our winter sports challenge perfectly. I love your delicate water colouring too. Thank you for joining us at Christmas Card Throwdown. Gill DT

    ReplyDelete

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

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)