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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Sunday 9 December 2018

Christmas Challenges

I've been busy since my last post - getting Christmas baking done in advance, making more Christmas cards to write and mail, doing some extra volunteer shifts at the therapeutic riding as our university student volunteers are all busy with exams.

But got inspired by a couple of challenges to get a post done.

First up, the Double D "Run Rudolph Run" Challenge wants to see a deer on our projects:


I took a piece of mixed media cs and spritzed it with water and then rubbed three different Distress stains over it, and spritzed a bit more to get the colours to blend.

I trimmed it with a deckle edge die and added a gold embossed sentiment. I die cut the reindeer out of a gold moire textured cs and again out of white cs - glued them together for more substance. Also die cut a few little gold stars. Glued the pieces on the background and popped up on fun foam.


And for the 4 Craft Chicks "Ribbon and Bows" challenge:


I stamped and heat embossed the image and sentiment in green on a cream cs, trimmed it and cut a slightly longer panel of green cs, mounted the image, and then wrapped the bottom of the green cs with a gingham ribbon and added a bow.

Since the image is from a song, I mounted it on a music-embossed background and used fun foam to popped it up on the card base.

More Christmas cards to come in the next few days!





Supplies:
Card 1:
Stamps - Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - ColorBox gold
Paper - white, moire textured gold, mixed media
Size - A2
Accessories - Penny Black Leap of Joy die, star die, Spellbinders deckle edge rectangle die, Distress Stains (Chipped Sapphire, Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord), detail gold embossing powder, fun foam


Card 2:
Stamps - Old Island Partridge in a Pear Tree, Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - ColorBox Evergreen
Paper - PTI Vintage Cream cs, scrap of green cs
Size - A2
Accessories - gingham ribbon, Ranger Evergreen embossing powder, musical score embossing folder, fun foam



12 comments:

  1. These are both magnificent, Susan! Your golden reindeer looks sensational against that beautifully colored sky! And your beribboned partridge is so rich and elegant! I love that you added a music-embossed layer!! 🎄Happy Holiday Hugs, Darnell

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  2. Both cards are just beautiful, Susan. Love that deer cut from that unusual gold. The texture in that is fantastic. Love the embossed partridge too. I could almost use some colored powders to achieve these wonderful effects.

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  3. Both beautiful cards. That deer is majestic and full of texture / dimensions. And I thought I recognized the second one... it looked amazing in copper and now in gorgeous in green too! Fabulous image. Love the embossed music background. xx

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  4. I love the pattern the moire gold gives the deer and the depth of color on the background in the first card! The dark green with the gingham ribbon is so classy and I love the embossed background!

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  5. I never tire of your beautiful Christmas Cards, Susan. You sound very, very busy. It is always a joy when all our Chrismas projects are done and we can sit back and enjoy as the beautiful cards fill our mailboxes filled with loving messages from new and old friends and family. Love and Hugs..Nancy

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  6. two gorgeous cards Susan, that deer looks amazing with all the shimmer and love your traditional partridge in a pear tree. It seems as though you are motoring through all your Christmas activities :)

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  7. Two wonderful cards Susan. LOVE the beautiful background made with your distress stains. The gold reindeer is so elegant ... love this die! And your partridge in a pear tree is so pretty done in dark green on cream card stock. Perfect with the dry embossed musical background. You are normally very busy, so I can't imagine how busy you are now with all the extra shifts at the riding society and making more Christmas cards since you donated all you had at the end of Nov. for the sale. xx

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  8. Both cards are fabulous, Susan! The soft and dreamy background and the textured gold gold deer and stars are so beautiful and interesting.
    I love the classic look and the color combo of the second card. The little gingham ribbon is such a cute accent!
    Hideko xx

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  9. Beautifully created and elegant card!! thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}

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  10. Great background on your first card and I was intrigued to how you achieved the fabulous 'look' on the deer x....The gold moire looks great x Your second card is so elegant and classy, love the green and the texture from the embossing x

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  11. Love how you created your background, the colors are wonderful and that deckle edged die looks great, such a perfect spot to showcase your gold reindeer. This is lovely! Thanks so much for playing along with us again at The Double D, 'Run Run Rudolph' Challenge, Donna, DT Member.

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  12. These are gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Run Run Rudolph’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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