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, 23 March 2026

A Baby Horse and an Easter Bunny

A twofer with animals today!

For Simply Clean and Simple, the theme is Baby Animals.  And AAA Cards is "Zoo or Animals".

I sponged Distress inks onto cs, and then stamped the horses (using my MISTI to get a good strong silhouette image).  I trimmed the panel with a hemstitch square die and layered over pink cs.  My sister's riding coach is having a baby girl so she asked me to make a horse-themed card for her to take to the baby shower.

Then for two Easter challenges - Double D and Festive Friday.  The Festive Friday elements I used are pastel colours, rabbit, Easter eggs, and Easter greeting.

I stamped the eggs from the old SU Nature Walk set in pastel shades of blue and then fussy cut them.  I arranged them on focal panel and then inked and spritzed some pastel green leaves around them, and sponged in some pastel blue in the spaces.  The rabbit is die cut from a leftover scrap of pale brown/beige smooshing.  I sat him on the biggest of the eggs and added a small sentiment.

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Lavinia horses, SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Mowed Lawn, Faded Jeans, Spun Sugar, and Wild Honey
Paper - white, pink, and cream cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Spellbinders hemstitch square die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Nature Walk and SU sentiment
Ink - various pastel greens, blues, beige Distress inks
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Charlie & Paulchen rabbit die

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6 comments:

  1. Diane24 March 2026 at 05:23

    Beautiful and creative cards Susan, you have inspired me to get my bunny die and use him, had him about a year and he has not seen paper yet, my bad!!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD Co-Owner
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Double D}

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  2. Melva Peters26 March 2026 at 10:06

    Love your cards! Thanks for joining us on Festive Friday Challenges

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  3. Darlene 27 March 2026 at 04:01

    Both cards are just fabulous Susan! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Simply Clean & Simple and Double D challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner
    Double D Co-Owner

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  4. Loll27 March 2026 at 21:32

    Adorable card for your sister's riding coach. I love the soft pastel colours and the beautiful image of the horse with it's foal. That bunny is so cute, especially perched on the egg. :) xx

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  5. Jaydee28 March 2026 at 10:42

    Susan, your little bunny sitting on his egg is absolutely adorable. I also love the soft, subtle color choices. So glad you shared this with us at Festive Friday this week
    Jaydee

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  6. Elaine aka Ellapu5 April 2026 at 00:01

    Wow this is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing over at Simply Clean and Simple this month, hope to see you in future challenges.
    Elaine DT

    KraftiKards (my blog)
    Peace on Earth Christmas DT
    Simply Clean and Simple DT

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