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, 27 January 2021

Horses in the Woods

Since The Male Room challenge is asking for "Animals" this time, I'm indulging my love of horses for today's card.


I followed Loll Thompson's video "Stencilling with Brushos" and created my background with the birch tree stencil and black Brushos (love all the colours the black Brushos give you).

I stamped the horses on the background in black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I used a Versamarker pen to scribble in the "ground" and then heat embossed it with a mixture of different green embossing powders.

I trimmed the panel, bordered with black cs, popped it up on fun foam, and added Tim Holtz clippings stickers in place of a sentiment.

 

 









Supplies:
Stamps - Local King Rubber Stamp horses
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Versamarker pen
Paper - cream and black cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - black Brushos, clear embossing powder, a mix of green embossing powders, TCW stencil, fun foam, TH clippings stickers sentiment stickers

11 comments:

  1. really fabulous card..love the look.
    xx Karen

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  2. This is such a great masculine card, Susan. Love those horses and fabulous background on this. I have not tried that technique yet but thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. Excellent card today! Seeing the horses made me smile. Thanks.

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  4. Another fabulous background, Susan! I love the scene with the horses scampering about! The grass is fantastic!

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  5. Wow what a stunning effect from the black brusho's and one amazing, unique and fabulous card Susan x.

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  6. LOVE the mama horse and baby galloping through your forest Susan. Gorgeous card. Love the design ad colours! xx

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  7. What a fabulous horse card, Susan! I love it!! It looks like a wood-block print, and the black horses look awesome against the artsy Brusho stenciled background. I love the colors Black Brusho give you too.
    Hideko xx

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  8. A fabulous card with so many wonderful techniques, great work. Thank you so much for joining us in our Animal challenge at The Male Room Good Luck and I hope you will join us in our next challenge.
    Faith DT

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  9. Awesome masculine card. Love the multi colours you get with black Brushos. Well done on stencilling with it. It makes for a great backdrop for the horses.

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  10. The background is beautiful and the horse with her colt is so sweet. What a fun idea for the grass and it came out great.

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  11. You did a great interpretation of the Animal challenge with the horse in the woods! Thank you for sharing your creative talents with us at The Male Room.

    Maja, DT

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