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 18 January 2024

A Pop of Red and Frosted Windowpanes

The Paper Players have a colour challenge - "Black, White, and a Pop of Colour".  I chose red for my pop of colour.


A very CAS card - stamped the image, coloured the heart with a red marker, trimmed with a wonky stitched die, bordered with red cs, and popped up on fun foam.
 
Then for The Sisterhood of Crafters "Icy Cold", I created a windowpane like the ones from my childhood in eastern Canada - we only had single glazed windows and they'd get covered in frosty ice during the frigid cold winter days.
 

I sprinkled very pale blue Magicals on coated cs and spritzed with water and let the colour run.  When dry, I went over some of the "veins" in the colour with Wink of Stella to increase the icy look.  I set it behind a window die, cut twice and glued together for more dimension, added that to a background of cs (embossed with vertical lines), added the sentiment (stamped and then die cut with an oval), and finished with a few small snowflakes die cut out of the leftover "frosty" panel.

It was hard to photograph so here's another view with different lighting that brought out more of the pale blue Magicals:


Remembering those cold eastern winters makes me appreciative of living in the more moderate climate of Vancouver, though we've just had a cold snap of days below freezing followed by quite a big dump of snow!

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black image, PTI sentimen
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - red marker, MFT Wonky stitched rectangle die, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Impression Obsession sentiment
Ink - Distress Speckled Egg
Paper - white cs, coated cs, pre-embossed white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - small snowflake dies, pale blue Magicals, Wink of Stella, Memory Box window die, Spellbinders oval die

10 comments:

  1. Wow, your card demonstrates the power of "pop of color." I love it! Smiles, Kathy

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  2. Susan your pop of red is just perfect to highlight the heart and frame on your beautiful CAS card. Fabulous! Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!

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  3. Wonderful twofers. First card is adorable and the pop of red is perfect. The second card is gorgeous and frosty!… feeling the icy cold, especially these past days.

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  4. That is such a cute dog and with the stamped outline, and just that one pop of bright red on the heart it looks great. The frosted window is really clever and definitely has that frosty icy look Susan, and the little snowflakes finish it perfectly. x

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  5. Both of your cards are beautiful Susan but that little pup-pup just makes me smile! Such a sweet image and the whimsical border is a fabulous touch. Thanks so much for joining us this week over at The Paper Players!

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  6. Creativity and beauty all in one show.. Great design ♥

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  7. Such an adorable LOVE card Susan. Love the classic black and white with a pop of red! Your icy windows are fabulous. I LOVE how they shimmer and shine. So hard to photograph but your first photos shows how shiny they are and the second shows the lovely soft blue from the magicals. xx

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  8. Any card with a dog has my heart and this is so cute! Your frosty window pane is awesome. What a great way to make it and it looks so authentic.

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  9. your cute little valentine puppy is adorable, and love the frosted window on your second card xx

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  10. Love the pup in black and white sniffing at that sweet heart! And you captured icy perfectly!

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