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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Saturday, 30 May 2026

Cat in Knitwear, Pine in Circles, and Cocoa with Gingerbread Men

Three for Christmas today.  For the ABC Christmas Challenges "K is for Knitwear", I've got a cat all wrapped up in a knitted scarf.


Stamped and watercoloured, trimmed with a deckle edged rectangle and popped up on fun foam on a colour matched background layer.

And for Try It On Tuesday "Going Round in Circles" and Inkspirational "For the Guys", a masculine Christmas card:

I put the pine branch and pine cone in my MISTI and inked them up with Tombow markers and gave them a light spritz before stamping.  I trimmed it with a stitched circle die, cut a dark brown circle to border it with, and added it to a kraft card base.

And a third card for Time Out "A Favourite Beverage" and The Male Room "Food and / or Drink":

Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, trimmed with a deckle rectangle die, popped up on fun foam on a background of dp featuring gingerbread men.
 

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Tim Holtz Christmas Snarky Cat
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, off white and teal cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Spellbinders deckle rectangle die, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Ornamental Pine, unknown sentiment
Ink - gold ink
Paper - watercolour paper, dark brown and craft cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Tombow markers, Lil Inkers stitched circle die, Spellbinders circle die, sentiment banner die

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - unknown
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - gingerbread man dp, white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils, Spellbinders deckle rectangle die, fun foam


8 comments:

  1. Three wonderful cards Susan and the first has a really fun image and sentiment and with great shades of blue, then the second pine cone and branch looks terrific inking the stamp with the markers and some lovely pretty shades of green and brown and the kraft card surround suits it perfectly. Finally the last works well with the hot chocolate, gingerbread man and marshmallows, and the coordinating background paper coordinates beautifully. x

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  2. Three great Christmas cards, you do well to coordinate the challenges, and I love how you list the supplies, it’s so helpful! xxx

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  3. A lovely show of cards Susan. Love the pinecone circle, very effective.
    Thanks for sharing at Try it on Tuesday. Avril x

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  4. Wonderful cards! Thank you for joining us with your masculine creation at INkspirational~

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  5. great selection of cards, I think my favourite is the cat. You have made me want to pull out my set 🤣

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  6. This cat always make me laugh and I love the sentiment you put with him! The pine branch and cone a so pretty with the watery colors and your cup of hot chocolate looks delicious!

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  7. Your cup of cocoa is so inviting, Susan, and looks great with the gingerbread paper. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Time Out.

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  8. Such a fun card!
    Thanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
    Helen x

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