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, 15 September 2021

Plaid Reminder

It's mid month so time to remind you that you only have until September 24th to enter CAS Christmas's "Plaid" challenge.

I made two cards using some plaid dp scraps from a small pad of Christmas dp.  The pad also had a blue snowflake dp that looked good with the plaid.



The first one has a snowflake embossed background, die cut squares of the dp with two corners rounded (using a corner rounder punch), a Tim Holtz die cut sentiment mounted on a scrap of purple cs, and a scattering of die cut snowflakes.

The second one has three banners cut from the dp, with the sentiment stamped and heat embossed in white on the middle banner, and a stamped and die cut mug and its accompanying steam.

Please come and join us at CAS Christmas with your clean and simple card featuring some plaid.  There's more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Since I used up lots of snippets (scraps of dp and of purple and white cs), I'm also linking up with the Pixie's Snippets Playground challenge.







Supplies:
Stamps - SU mug and steam, PB sentiment
Ink - ColorBox white and blue
Paper - white cs, scraps of dp, scrap of purple cs
Size - 4.75" square and A2
Accessories - snowflake embossing folder, Spellbinders small square die, corner rounder punch, TH snow circle sentiment die, various small snowflake dies, SU mug and steam dies, white embossing powder,

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17 comments:

  1. Nstiz15 September 2021 at 14:35

    Your geometric designs in plaid are so eye catching in purple and blue. Also love the contrast with your white sentiment and backgrounds. Great layouts Susan and they look so fun to do too.

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  2. Colleen15 September 2021 at 18:49

    I Love those colors in the first card, so vibrant and striking! And then using them again on the second card was perfect. Your mug is stunning!

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  3. Christine Alexander15 September 2021 at 20:06

    fun cards Susan, love your geometric design and all the snippets of paper :)

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  4. Loll15 September 2021 at 21:50

    Sweet cards made from scraps, Susan. Love the plaid mixed with the blue and purples. xx

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  5. Sarn16 September 2021 at 01:29

    Two lovely festive/winter cards with great layouts and snippets usage!

    I'm helping Miss Di out with commenting on Snippets Playground entries, but she's making a rapid recovery, so come and join in the mischief up at the Treehouse before she can start climbing the rope ladder again!

    Thanks for playing in the Snippets Playground.
    Hugs from the Snippets Prefect. x

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  6. Jo16 September 2021 at 06:57

    Wow, love the winter plaid blues in the first snowflake card. The plaid squares compliment each other over the dry embossed panel. The warm cup of beverage is perfect winter comfort. Two beauties! Jo xx

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  7. Brenda in IN16 September 2021 at 07:11

    A wonderful way to use scraps and make a stunning card too. I love how you used unconventional colors and the blues really caught my eye. That's a great sentiment with the coming colder nights.

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  8. Mac Mable16 September 2021 at 07:50

    Great use of the snippets and love the vibrancy of the plaid Susan. Both cards are fabulous and extra loving the texture and dimension on the first one x.

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  9. Jeanne H16 September 2021 at 10:36

    Boy, I sure like your cards, Susan. Great ideas to us older things and scraps. tfs

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  10. Julia Aston16 September 2021 at 15:24

    Love the blue with the cream card Susan - a great mix of the pretty plaid and plain blue shapes with the repeat of snow flakes through out on the first - and the cozy toasty mug on the 2nd! xx

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  11. Trina P.16 September 2021 at 20:44

    Both cards are beautiful. Love this blue colour of course! 💙💙💙 Cute designs.

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  12. Barb Ghig16 September 2021 at 21:09

    Really clever designs, Susan! Your plaid DSP is so pretty and I love how you paired it with the snowflake paper! As the holidays get closer, it's such a great idea to create 2 cards...I love them both ~ xx

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  13. Marcia Hill17 September 2021 at 10:42

    Two FABULOUS cards just using scraps Susan...love them both!! Hugs. :0)

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  14. Bonnie17 September 2021 at 15:57

    Love the colors in this plaid dp, Susan! Such a nice pairing with the snowflake paper! The steaming cup is perfect on the banners and your rounded squares are a perfect background for the snowflakes!

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  15. Papercraft Boutique18 September 2021 at 13:58

    Love the designs and colors of both cards, Susan! I especially love the geometric design of the first card, with the center sentiment circle connecting the rounded squares. The snowflake embossed background ties in to the snowflakes on the front. The SU mug stamp is one of my favorite holiday stamps, and I'm so happy to see it in this new design.
    Hideko xx

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  16. Di19 September 2021 at 08:51

    Great cards Susan - and perfect ideas for using snippets as well!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  17. Linda W. (ScrappinBari)21 September 2021 at 09:40

    Two great ways to use your plaid scraps, Susan - love both cards!!

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