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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Wednesday, 13 November 2019

A Red and Green Card, and a Shimmer Card

The 12 Months of Christmas challenge wants red and green this month.


I stamped the inchies and punched them out. They are popped up on fun foam, as is the background dp.  

I'm also entering it at the Pixie's Snippets Playground as I used a scrap of dp and some scraps of ivory cs for the inchies.


Next up is the AAA Cards CAS challenge "One Image and Shimmer".

I stamped the stars in copper pigment ink and, with a Versamarker, drew a bar for them to hang from, then heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Taupe embossing powder to get a bit of an uneven rustic look.  Then sprinkled a bit of the same embossing powder around the image and heat embossed it from underneath, and painted the insides of the stars with gold watercolour paint.   I popped it up on fun foam and added a heat embossed sentiment.  The card base is gold shimmer cardstock.

Here's hoping everyone is getting their Christmas cards done in plenty of time!!







Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Darkroom Door Christmas Inchies
Ink - Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Paper - Gina K Pure Ivory cs, Graphic 45 dp
Size - A2
Accessories - 1" square punch, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Anita's stars, unknown sentiment
Ink - ColorBox Copper
Paper - white cs, gold shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Stampendous Aged Taupe embossing powder (stars), Ranger Pirate Gold embossing powder (sentiment),  Spellbinders label die, fun foam


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12 comments:

  1. Christine Alexander13 November 2019 at 20:12

    love your inchie card Susan the vintage looks is perfect and your hanging stars are perfectly CAS :)

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  2. Trina P.13 November 2019 at 20:53

    Wonderful cards. The traditional red and green works beautifully for the inchies. Your hanging stars in bright yellow is fun and creative.

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  3. Craftychris14 November 2019 at 03:06

    Two fabulous Christmas cards! xxx

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  4. Di14 November 2019 at 09:22

    Love oth cards Susan - especially the snippets one of course. I'm woefully behind with my Christmas cards this year and cane see me ending up buying a few, sigh.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  5. Di14 November 2019 at 09:22

    CAN not CANE! x

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  6. Bonnie14 November 2019 at 12:12

    This is a great inchie card, Susan! Love the images! Your hanging stars are elegant in their simplicity! Love the shimmer!

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  7. Loll14 November 2019 at 20:31

    Two beautiful cards Susan! The sweet inchie look great on the holly patterned paper. And your gold stars are so pretty!! xx

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  8. Karen Letchworth14 November 2019 at 21:07

    Hi Susan:
    I love your snippets card, and I thank you for playing along with us in the Snippets Playground. I hope you will stop by again soon. I have an additional prize up for grabs in this challenge you entered. I hope you'll stop by my blog:
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

    I also have another challenge blog, and I'd love to have you play along there as well. it's always Anything Goes/Family Friendly and we offer awesome prizes, too. Here's the link:
    www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

    Have a blessed week,
    Karen Letchworth
    Guest Designer, Snippets Playground

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  9. Mac Mable16 November 2019 at 08:31

    Wonderful vintage styled first card and love the artsy and contemporary second one and especially the frantage x

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  10. Jane16 November 2019 at 09:29

    Glorious golden card, love it! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.

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  11. Papercraft Boutique16 November 2019 at 17:13

    Two beautiful Christmas cards, Susan! Love the vintage style inchies against the holly dp.
    The uneven rustic look of the stars is unique and interesting, and the sprinkled heat-embossed powder made a gorgeous background for the stars!
    Hideko xx

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  12. Granmargaret25 November 2019 at 02:40

    Lovely work. Thank you for joining the challenge at the 12 Months of Christmas cards link up. Hope to see you again next time

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