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, 30 June 2025

Framed Cardinals and Framed Chocolate

Jingle Belles wants to see frames on our Christmas cards.  I framed some cardinals with a silver pierced rectangle frame.


The image is stamped and watercoloured. The sentiment is heat embossed. I went over the ornaments with Glossy Accents, and framed the image with a pierced dot die cut silver frame.

Festive Friday is celebrating World Chocolate Day.  It seemed a good opportunity to use a sentiment stamp I have that refers to chocolate.  I have these elements from the challenge list: a sweet sentiment, chocolates (in the sentiment), cream, and brown.


I sprinkled black and brown Brushos on cream cs and spritzed with water to let the colours run, then stamped the image in brown and heat embossed.   Since I had the pierced frame die out from the card above, I decided to create a frame for this card as well - this time in light brown - and then mounted it on a dark brown card base.
 
   











Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black image, Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, ColorBox silver
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs, silver shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, silver embossing powder, SU label punches, MFT pierced frame die, Glossy Accents

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Kay Foley
Ink - brown pigment ink
Paper - cream cs, light and dark brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - brown and black Brushos, MFT pierced frame die, clear embossing powder

8 comments:

  1. I love the way your elegant and shimmery silver frame really sets off that image... which you've colored so perfectly! So pleased you could join our Festive frame fun at Jingle Belles!

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  2. That's a. pretty stamp with the cardinals sitting in the birch trees and beautifully coloured and framed Susan, and I love the fun words on the second over the terrific brusho background, and the frame finishes it off perfectly. x

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  3. those cardinals are beautiful, the perfect Christmas birds and great background with the brushos, I should pull out my powdered inks :)

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  4. Those bright cardinals made a beautiful Christmas card. The brusho background is gorgeous. I love the soft colors you got with them and the verse is great!

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  5. The sentiment on the card is perfect - chocolate always makes everything better! Thanks for playing along with the Festive Friday Challenge

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  6. Susan, I love that you used a sentiment as your focal element and what a great sentiment it is. So glad you shared this with us at Festive Friday this week
    Jaydee

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  7. Love the cardinals paired with the silver, pierced frame. So beautiful together, Susan. And your words of wisdom are words to live by. :) Beautiful Brushos background to set them off. xx

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  8. These cardinals in the birch tree make such a pretty Christmas card and I LOVE that watercolor background on the 2nd card with the wonderful quote! So true!

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