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, 15 April 2021

A Rainbow of Spaniels and Santa Hats

It's time to remind you about April's CAS Christmas challenge, "Rainbow".  I've done a rainbow of spaniels wearing Santa hats.


English Cocker spaniels come in a huge range of colours - 23 different colours or colour mixes in fact!!  I've had three different ones - a blue roan, a liver roan, and my present sweet Tessa who is orange roan.  So I coloured the dogs on my card in a variety of colours.

And for the rainbow challenge, I did their hats and little gifts in the traditional rainbow of colours.  And then added those colours below them to ground them.

A simple sentiment and a black border, a bit of fun foam to add dimension, and the card was done.

Please come and join us with your Christmas card using "rainbow" as the theme - you have until April 24th to link up.  There is more inspiration from the Design Team over at CAS Christmas.


I'm also linking up with:

Day of the Month Card Club's challenge "Find a Rainbow Day".

Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Cute".








Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white and black cs
Size - 6.25x3.25" mini slimline
Accessories - coloured pencils, fun foam

17 comments:

  1. What a joy it would be to see this little doggie Santa parade marching down the street Susan! So cute in their rainbow hats and following the rainbow path!

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  2. Oh my, such a sweet Christmas Rainbow spaniels card with all the rainbow colored hats, gifts and grounding, Susan:-) Loved how you colored the pups in different colors too. TFS my friend..Love and Hugs...Nancy

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  3. That image is just the cutest thing and I love the way you water colored them. The dogs look like they have spots on them- just adorable! It's perfect for the popular slim line cards.

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  4. Ooh this is soooooo cute! A fabulous image and I love the rainbow hats and path. Take care and stay safe xxx

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  5. I absolutely LOVE this card Susan...it reminds me of our sweet Brinkley who was a Cockapoo and had more Cocker in him than Poodle. Your coloring of them all and the rainbow colored hats is fabulous and the sentiment just couldn't be any more perfect for this card!! Hugs. :0)

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  6. A wonderful parade of sweet pups in their rainbow finery. I love the rainbow grounding, that is so clever and colorful.

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  7. What a perfect way to use rainbow colors, Susan! Your parade of spaniels is adorable! I especially love the one on the end racing to catch up! Awesome Christmas card, my friend!

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  8. This is such an adorable stamp on it's own, but add in the rainbow colours and it's is AWESOME! xx

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  9. Super cute rainbow Christmas card. Did not know there are 23 different colours of spaniels, so this is a brilliant way to fit in a rainbow! Fabulous for a slimline design, too.

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  10. This is such a cute card, Susan! Your spaniel pups are adorable and I love how you grounded them in the colors of the rainbow to match the elements! Clever and fun ~ xx

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  11. Aww, what an adorable and original rainbow you created with these cute doggies! Thank you so much for playing along with DotMCC! Rosi x

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  12. So cute Susan, love the rainbow cockers♥

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  13. What a fun and cute CAS Christmas card, Susan! I love those cute puppies wearing rainbow colored hats! And even the shadows on the ground are in rainbow colors! The neutral puppy colors are perfect to make the rainbow colors look pretty! I'm surprised to know that English Cocker spaniels come in so many colors or color mixes! :-O
    Hideko xx

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  14. Susan, this card is adorable and such fun. The spaniels sure know how to enjoy themselves and what a creative and jolly idea to pop them in their rainbow hats. Loving it Susan x.

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  15. Your card is adorable, Susan and I love how you incorporated all the colors of the rainbow on their hats and the things in their mouth! So clever and cute!

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  16. What darling doggies in their rainbow Santa hats, Susan - so fun to hear about your dogs too!!

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  17. So cute and sweet with all those doggies and their rainbow hats. Fantastic card.

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