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, 27 April 2026

An Image Only Inspired by Nature, a Nordic Christmas, and a Little Taste of Spring

A chilly day that kept me inside instead of working in my garden.  So I made this card for Stamping Sensations "Inspired by Nature" and ABC Christmas Challenge "I is for Image Only - No Sentiment".


Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, hand trimmed around the oval, and mounted on fun foam on a red card base.

A second card for today - for The Twelve Months of Christmas "Nordic Noel".  I'm also linking it up with the Rudolph Days challenge.

I cut the Tim Holtz Nordic Winter die four times (once out of each of white, red, green, and brown cs). I put the white outline (or negative) piece onto a sheet of double-sided tape. I stuck some of the red, green, and brown pieces into their openings. That left all the tiny circles and stars openings - I certainly didn't have the patience to stick little pieces into them but I had to cover up the stickiness of the tape so I sprinkled clear glitter over the panel and pressed it into all those tiny openings. I peeled off the back protective layer from the tape and added it to the card base, and then added a sentiment die cut with a narrow banner die.

One more today to slip into We Love Stamping "Spring is in the Air" before it closes.

Stamped and coloured with coloured pencils, then framed with a second layer of white cs with a rectangle die cut in the centre.  The frame is popped up with foam tape.

 

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Northwoods
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white, red, green, and brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - sentiment banner die, Tim Holtz Nordic winter die, clear glitter, Sook Wang sheet of double-sided tape

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - SU flowers, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white cs
Size - 6x3.25"
Accessories - coloured pencils, Spellbinders rectangle die, foam tape
 

 



1 comment:

  1. A lovely bird image and perfect for our Nature theme at Stamping Sensations challenge, many thanks for joining us.

    B x

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