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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Thursday, 25 February 2021

Deer Eating the Garden

A friend of mine who is a keen gardener moved to an island from the city, and now has to battle the local wild deer who keep coming out of the woods and eating her beloved flowers and shrubs (they can jump over the high fence she built). So I made her a birthday card depicting this!

I stamped the Tim Holtz trees for the woods, then stenciled a tiny bit of a grid stencil to represent the fence and put a leaping die cut deer in front of it.

In the bottom left, I used some small Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps in various colours to create shrubbery and flowers, and put a grazing deer there, trampling the bushes and eating the flowers.

I filled in all the remaining space with quite a large sentiment stamp.

I'm hoping she'll laugh rather than cry when she gets the card!

Linking up with:

Seize the Birthday "Create a Scene"

 

AAA Birthday "A Large Sentiment"

 









Supplies:
Stamps - Rubber Stamp Tapestry flowers, Inkdadinkado sentiment, Tim Holtz trees
Ink - various Memento inks
Paper - white and brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Impression Obsession and Memory Box reindeer dies, TCW Sketch Grid stencil, brown coloured pencil, fun foam

13 comments:

  1. Deer are the only creatures missing on my veg patch, but that's ok, you can keep them, between the snails,slugs, watervoles, birds, hares I eat the least amount of veggies ;-) Great card and fab scene Thank you for playing at AAA Birthday Cards

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  2. Unfortunately the deer do like the flowers as much as we do. You've done a great job of recreating this! A very special birthday card!

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  3. I’m in awe of your composition to tailor this to your friend. I smiled when I read her story and then saw your card. Great job creating the plants too! Nothing more aggravating than an animal swiping things from the garden and flower bed but do think this will bring her a smile.

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  4. A fun card Susan, and yes they love all those fresh shoots :) your friend will love the card.

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  5. Fabulous job re-creating the scene! Stencilling the “fence” is very creative and worked perfectly.
    Your friend will love this.

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  6. What a fun idea for your flower loving friend. I am sure she will smile at this when she opens it Susan. It is so thoughtful and I love how you put the scene together.....Wonderful card Susan x.

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  7. You created a cute scene on your card! Very beautiful! Thanks for joining our AAA Birthday challenge!

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  8. This is so fun and cute, Susan! Clever to create shrubbery and flowers, using the Tapestry peg stamps. Your friend will love this personalized card!
    Hideko xx

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  9. Sweet card, love that leaping deer. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

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  10. What a sweet scene! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Birthday Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries.

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  11. Great work creating this fun scene with the deer getting up to no good! :) Your sister will love this! xx

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  12. Your scene is adorable Susan. I love the little deers in the forest. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creation at AAA Birthday and good luck! Valérie DT

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  13. I love this scene you created and your friend will too. Deer can be destructive but they are beautiful creatures. We have them across the street in the woods. This is just lovely.

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