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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Friday 23 December 2022

White on White / Waiting for Santa

A couple of Christmas cards for challenges.

For Colorful Options "Winter White", the Double Trouble challenge that Colorful Options is partnering with this month, and the Snippets challenge :


I die cut the Merry Christmas frame twice from leftover bits of white cs and glued them together and added them to the card base. I die cut the mistletoe once from a scrap of white shimmer cs and once from a scrap of white glitter cs, and glued them inside the frame. Finished off with clear gemstones on the mistletoe berries.

And for Christmas Cards All Year Round "Waiting for Santa":


I sponged a background with a few blue Distress inks, then stamped the TH trees on it.  I made sure that was all dry as I was heat embossing the sleigh and sentiment and didn't want stray embossing powder sticking to the background.  Finished off with a few die cut gold stars.

Challenges:

Colorful Options "Winter White"

 

Double Trouble Challenge - I have Thing 1 "Some Thing, Anything" and Thing 3 "an all white card" 

 

Snippets Challenge 

Player's Badge 

Christmas Cards All Year Round "Waiting for Santa"









Supplies for card 1:
Paper - white shimmer, white glitter, and white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - SSS Holiday Frame, unknown mistletoe die, clear gemstones

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Santa and sleigh, TH trees, Technique Junkies (?) sentiment
Ink - Distress Chipped Sapphire and Stormy Sky, Archival Library Green, Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white cs, scrap of gold cs
Size - A2
Accessories - clear embossing powder, tiny star die

12 comments:

  1. your white on white card is beautiful Susan, especially with the addition of the shimmer card for the mistletoe. The Santa and sleigh is a fun card, I love the sentiment :)

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  2. CAS, dimensional and beautiful. Love the framing and the glittering mistletoe. Don't forget to share with us at Double Trouble, partnering this challenge with Colorful Options and earn some chances at our random draw. Hope to see you there at https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/challenge-127-kaleidoscope-of-colors.html

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    1. Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble. Hope to see you again with another color choice too and future fun challenges.

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  3. Love your white-on-white with the iridescent glitter ... so beautiful and elegant. Your sentiment for your second card is just perfect. Wonder cards Susan! xx

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  4. So pretty, love how you created the sentiment with both the positive and negative letters. Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous!! Merry Christmas to you!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Colorful Options!
    Diane CO DT
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Colorful Options}

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  6. That is such a beautiful card using both shimmer and glitter paper. Great scene and I love the sentiment on the Santa card. I'll be searching the skies just in case.

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  7. Gorgeous cards Susan! I LOVE the white on white with the shimmer and some sparkly gems. TH card is also great - what a super sentiment. Merry Christmas!

    Hugs

    Di xxx

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  8. FAB snippets card. Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. There's a nice mug of hot chocolate awaiting you up in the Treehouse. Merry Christmas xxx

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  9. Love the white on white with a pretty shimmer of mistletoe, Susan! The Holiday Frame is one of my favorite dies. You chose a great sentiment for the beautiful scene you created for the second card. Have a wonderful Christmas!
    Hideko xx

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  10. This is so elegant with the white on white - beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)

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  11. Your white on white mistletoe is so elegant, Susan! Santa and his reindeer make a fantastic Christmas scene! I love that sentiment!

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