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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Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Mixed Media Reindeer and Stencilled Festive Leaves

Playing around to create a card for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown's "Mixed Media" challenge.  And since it has an animal on it, it's also going to Try It on Tuesday's "Animals - Real or Imaginary" challenge.


My mixed media are ink, embossing powder, Bister powder, and white acrylic paint.

The background is green Bister powder, sprinkled on the cs and then spritzed with water and allowed to dry naturally. Then I splattered with some white acrylic paint. The reindeer is stamped and heat embossed on the Bister background. Then a torn strip of white cs creates the snowy ground that he is walking through. I used a silver shimmer card base for a bit of contrast.

I was really happy with how this turned out but not so happy with the second card I'm posting today.  It's for Addicted to CAS "Leaves".


I stencilled with various Distress inks and small blending tools so that I could get the right colours in the right spots.  Then framed it with a white panel so that I could have more "white space".  Added a sentiment and bordered with green cs.  I'm not sure why I don't like it - maybe I'd have liked it better as a square card?  Or with a different frame?  Anyway, here it is for what it's worth!

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Studio Light reindeer, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white cs, silver shimmer cs, mixed media cs
Size - A2
Accessories - clear embossing powder, green Bister powder, white acrylic paint

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - A Muse sentiment
Ink - various Distress inks
Paper - green shimmer, white, and mixed media cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Spellbinders square inverted scallop die, TH stencil

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