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, 20 June 2026

Birds and Berries


I could make nothing but bird-themed Christmas cards as I love them so much.  So I was very happy to see the new Peace on Earth mood board.  I was inspired by the top left image of the birds with the berries.


The image is stamped and watercoloured.  I used gold watercolour paint for the oval border that is part of the stamp to reflect the lovely golden light in the mood board image.  Then I fussy cut around the border, popped it up on fun foam on the card base, and added a sentiment die cut with a banner die.

Here's the Peace on Earth mood board:


Please go to Peace on Earth and check out the beautiful bird-themed cards by the rest of the Design Team.

I'm also adding the card to the CAS Christmas Challenge "Bird".









Supplies:
Stamps - Northwoods birds, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful card Susan! I love seeing these birds in the winter time ... their colors sure jump out against the snow. Great coloring!

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  2. A fabulous card ever so beautiful xx

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  3. That's such a pretty bird image and so beautifully coloured xx

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  4. sorry Susan, I always forget to change the Anonymous setting it has with my computer

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  5. This is such a pretty image and coloured beautifully Susan and I love the gold edge you gave it, and backing on the form makes it so wonderfully dimensional, and a lovely gold on white banner sentiment to finish. A really fantastic card. x

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  6. Your watercoloring is just terrific, this is such a pretty card!

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  7. Beautiful colouring of this lovely image, Susan! Would love it if you added to the CAS Christmas challenge. xx

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  8. Susan, beautiful water coloring. Love the oval frame around your sweet birds. So happy to be on the CAS Christmas team again with you.

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  9. What a wonderful bird card, Susan! You have colored each bird beautifully!

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