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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Saturday 2 May 2020

Silent Night Sky

My goodness, even in these strange times time is flying by and here we are at May already.  CAS Watercolour is asking for a Night Sky this month.


I decided to dig out my neglected Twinkling H2Os as they give a nice subtle shimmer.


I did a watercolour wash alternating Black China, Blue Flame, and Periwinkle Twinkling H2Os.  I spritzed the paints liberally and kept the watercolour paper quite wet so the colours would run together.  I put down a layer, dried it with my heat tool, then repeated layering and drying until the colours were rich enough and I was happy with it.

I took the Solar Gold Twinkling H2O and spritzed the paint with only a bit of water to keep the paint thick, and then splattered the gold onto the sky.  I die cut a square out of it.

I die cut a Sizzix village die out of white, added a dark blue sentiment, trimmed it to fit the bottom of my square of sky, and popped the square up on fun foam.

Please come and join us at CAS Watercolour.  I'm looking forward to seeing how you create watercoloured night skies.  There's more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and this month's Guest Designer, Tina (Treebug blog).

I'm also linking it up with the Christmas Kickstart "Winter Wonderland: Create a Scene" challenge.







Supplies:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - watercolour paper, white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os (Blue Flame, Periwinkle, China Black, Solar Gold), Sizzix village die, fun foam

15 comments:

  1. I'm amazed that so many people get rich colors from watercolor paints. I did read that you added many layers and it's SO worth it for the saturation. What a gorgeous sky and love the gold splatter. You chose the perfect die cut for this.

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  2. Love the gold flecks in your lovely winter sky Susan! The little village below looks very cozy in the winter silence! xx

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  3. WOW, that silent night sky is amazing with your TH2Os, Susan! I can just imagine how it shimmers in real life! It's perfect for the little Christmas village! Take good care and keep safe! (I have a feeling we are going to be talking about "the lost year of 2020" forever through history.) Hugs, Darnell

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  4. Wow Susan, love that dept of colour of your sky against the white of the houses. Beautiful card :)

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  5. I love how you've created your night sky from twinkline H2Os! I'll bet the shimmer is wonderful! Your gold splatters are perfect and the little village looks so cozy! Times are strange but the hours and days seem to go by very quickly!

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  6. Gorgeous night sky Susan, the twinkling H2Os worked beautifully.... looks like we all tried using different colour mediums and they're so nice... great card, hugs and stay safe Robyn

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  7. WOW! LOVE your beautiful and shimmery night sky Susan. The Twinkling H2Os are AMAZING! LOVE the gold splatters and the white die-cut with houses and hill. Fabulous Christmas card!! xx

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  8. What a striking shimmery winter night sky. You created such great movement. It’s a beautiful Christmas scene card... you should enter it at Christmas Kickstart Winter Wonderland Create a Scene challenge that ends in a day. 😉

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  9. What a beautiful Winter scene you've created Susan!! Your night sky with the Twinkling H2O's is STUNNING and I love the gold splatter too! And your simple white die cut village and sentiment are the perfect additions to keep the main focus on that lovely sky! Beautiful, beautiful card!! :0)

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  10. What a beautiful night sky you created with Twinkling H2Os, Susan! The contrast of the dark blue sky and the white village is wonderful. Love this pretty CAS Christmas card!
    Hideko xx

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  11. Love the depth in your night sky! Beautiful card and the white die cuts make the sky pop!

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  12. How lovely! The depth of colour and the gold star highlights are just beautiful, Susan. What a gorgeous scene. Thanks so much for joining Jane and myself at Christmas Kickstart, Jo x

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  13. Gorgeous blue and gold sky and I love the contrast with the white building silhouette.Thanks for playing at Christmas Kickstart, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Keep safe, stay home and craft instead!

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  14. Such a fabulous night sky and an absolutely beautiful effect on your CAS card x.

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  15. This is a beauty Susan, such a rich wonderful colour.

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