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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Monday, 20 May 2024

Christmas Twofer - Scandinavian and Humour

52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants to see something Scandinavian style.  I thought it was the perfect chance to use my Nordic Frames dies and also a stamp of a Scandinavian reindeer.

I stamped the reindeer with Versamark on navy cs (it looks black in the photo but it is really navy) and heat embossed in white.  Then trimmed the panel with one of the Nordic Frames dies, cut one of the other frames out of off-white cs, layered it all on another piece of navy cs, and then finally on an off-white card base.  I added a small sentiment stamped in navy on a little strip of off-white cs.

My second card is for the "Lots of Laughs" challenge at The Paper Players.

I embossed a piece of green cs with pine tree branches to represent the tree mentioned in the stamp.  I stamped the image of the cat on watercolour paper and lightly watercoloured it.  I die cut the three tiny ornaments and put them on the card as if they'd fallen off the branches.

 








Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Studio Light reindeer, Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Versamark, Distress Chipped Sapphire
Paper - navy and off white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Greetery Nordic Frames, white embossing powder

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Technique Junkies
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - green, gold, and white cs, watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - Sizzix embossing folder, mini ornament dies, grey watercolour paint

7 comments:

  1. The image on that second card is so funny Susan - and I'm sure so true for many cat owners during the festive season lol! Thanks for playing along over at The Paper Players this week!

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  2. I love the stag and perfect with the Nordic Frame Susan, and the 'criminal' cat is just the funniest image and looks great with the background pine branch embossing folder, and a brilliant design with the scattered gold baubles at the bottom. x

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  3. the Nordic card is pretty, but the cat card is absolutely hilarious :) I just love that stamp.

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  4. Susan, this is hilarious!!!!!! I just love that sentiment! Poor kitty is guilty! So happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week!

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  5. I have a cat too, and I love yours! This is just too funny Susan. Thanks for playing along with The Paper Players.

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  6. Love the navy and white Scandinavian reindeer and that cat is hilarious!

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  7. Another wonderful twofers, but I gotta give it to the honest cat! So funny.

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