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, 22 December 2021

Red Cardinal, Green Holly

The Color Hues Challenge is asking for red and green - wonderful traditional Christmas colours that I love using.


I've been trying to use some of my older stamps to justify their continued existence in my rather large collection!

I stamped on watercolour paper and used my Inktense watercolour pencils and a wet paintbrush to colour it - I'm able to get a richer red from those than from watercolour paints.

Bordered with red cs, mounted on a cream card base, and added red pearl embellishments to the berries.

The Color Hues Challenge

Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

 

 Jingle Belles - It's a Wrap - any last minute Christmas cards

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - any 2021 challenge.  I chose:

 

We Love Stamping - anything stamped with the option of CAS

 




Supplies:
Stamps - SU Christmas Cardinal
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, red and cream cs
Size - 5.25" square
Accessories - Inktense watercolour pencils, red pearls

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13 comments:

  1. Christine Alexander22 December 2021 at 18:34

    great reminder to pull out all those old stamps just to find out if they are still your style and will you use them.
    Love this one, it's a keeper :)

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  2. brenda22 December 2021 at 22:54

    Love image and card, returning to old stamps is so nice as we often see them in a totally different light, thanks so much for sharing and joining in with our December theme at We Love Stamping challenge.

    B x

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  3. Mac Mable23 December 2021 at 02:20

    What a beautiful cardinal and thank you for the tip about the pencils and great to use older stash Susan x.

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  4. Brenda in IN23 December 2021 at 08:00

    Such a stunning, rich red on the cardinal, Susan. No stamp should feel neglected at Christmas, good for you. Merry Christmas, my sweet friend.

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  5. Papercraft Boutique23 December 2021 at 15:46

    Another awesome cardinal card, Susan! Love the different and beautiful shades of red! The dark red border is the perfect choice to pull everything together.
    Hideko xx

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  6. Bonnie23 December 2021 at 16:43

    What a beautiful cardinal, Susan! A perfect Christmas bird! I got your beautiful poinsettia card yesterday. Thank you so much.

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  7. Loll23 December 2021 at 23:08

    LOVE this cardinal, Susan. The red is just the right brightness with the watercolour pencils. Beautiful card! xx

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  8. Karen26 December 2021 at 19:01

    Your cardinal is beautiful! I agree, colored pencils give a much more brilliant red than watercolors. Thanks for joining us at Color Hues!

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  9. Mervi27 December 2021 at 06:50

    Fabulous colouring and beautiful card.
    Thanks so much for joining us at We Love Stamping December challenge!
    Happy New Year;-))m

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  10. Nancy28 December 2021 at 09:09

    Such a pretty card, Susan! Love the deep border as it makes the cardinal really pop! Thanks for taking the time to play along with us at Color Hues! Take care!

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  11. Cindy Beach28 December 2021 at 12:06

    Susan, this is beautiful! I love the rich red you achieved with your Derwent pencils. We love having you join us at Color Hues!

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  12. Dotty Jo29 December 2021 at 09:14

    I do wish we had Cardinals here in the UK. This is beautiful. Thanks for playing again at Christmas Kickstart, Jo x

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  13. My Paper Epiphany2 January 2022 at 16:23

    Beautiful colouring and I love the bird! Thanks for sharing at 52CCT:) Happy New Year to you Susan!

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