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 21 October 2021

Reindeer for a Guy

Cardz 4 Guyz wants a masculine card featuring any animal.  I'm trying to get lots of Christmas cards made so went with reindeer.


I kept to shades of brown as that suits a masculine theme.  I created the background by sprinkling three shades of Bister powders on mixed media cs and spritzing with water. When dry, I stamped a small holly stamp in Tea Dye ink across the top.

I then stamped the two reindeer with Walnut Stain ink and heat embossed them. I added a die cut sentiment, bordered with dark brown, and used a white card base.

It's great when I can adapt a challenge to a Christmas card as I really need to work on my stash for my sale at the end of November!







Supplies:
Stamps - Studio Light reindeer, Art Impressions holly
Ink - Distress Tea Dye and Walnut Stain
Paper - white, dark brown, and mixed media cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Brown, Natural, and Yellow Bister; clear embossing powder, Tattered Lace sentiment die

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11 comments:

  1. Brenda in IN22 October 2021 at 07:45

    A wonderful male card and a beautiful background for the deer. It even looks like a house behind the deer on the right to create a soft winter scene.

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  2. Nstiz22 October 2021 at 15:24

    A perfect masculine card. That background looks fantastic and thanks for the reminder to drag out my Bisters again. You chose a great stamp too!

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  3. Bonnie22 October 2021 at 17:17

    Love the subtle stamping in the background and the stately deer, Susan! A fabulous masculine card!

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  4. Christine Alexander22 October 2021 at 17:18

    awesome card Susan, I love your soft stamping in the background and the colours and Deer images are pertect for a masculine card.

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  5. Loll23 October 2021 at 00:42

    Wonderful masculine Christmas card Susan. LOVE the gorgeous background with the tea dye stamped leaves. Great work, my friend! xx

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  6. Papercraft Boutique25 October 2021 at 13:49

    Awesome masculine card, Susan! I LOVE the fabulous Bister background with the soft holly image! Wonderful color choice for the border and reindeer too.
    Hideko xx

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  7. Trina P.25 October 2021 at 14:55

    Beautiful masculine card. You’ve just proven that masculine cards can be beautiful! Great job achieving fabulous colours with the Bister.

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  8. Melanie Hungerford25 October 2021 at 21:18

    Fantastic card, I like the color you used for the background and the faint holly leaves showing through. Thank you for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Guys!

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  9. Mac Mable26 October 2021 at 04:52

    Wonderful background and a fabulous tonal masculine card Susan x.

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  10. dj27 October 2021 at 03:57

    What a great masculine Christmas card...perfect for our "Any Animal-Actual or Animated" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! Thanks for playing along with us!!

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  11. Jolanda Johnstone30 October 2021 at 19:45

    I really like how your elements came together. The background is wonderful executed. The Deer pair works well for our challenge and for your Holiday card! Thank you for joining my challenge choice at Cardz4Guyz this round. Cheers, Jolanda - DT

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