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, 12 September 2026

Background Blues and Window, Wreath, Wood

The second card is for AAA Colourful which has a colour board of shades of blue.  We can use any of the shades we like - I went with the paler ones and tried to get a similar swirly blend of colours as on the colour board.

The background is a blend of blue acrylic paints on mixed media cs.  I used rustic white cs for the die cut panel and the card base, and stamped the sentiment in dark blue.

My other card is for Tic Tac Toe.  I picked the diagonal line that reads woodgrain, free, and die cut.

I made a small wreath with various green dps and the Martha Stewart pine branch punch. I put some pearl embellishments on it. Then layered it on a die cut window and a piece of wood grain cs. I used a square green card base and added a small vertical sentiment.

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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - mixed media cs, rustic white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - unknown die, blue acrylic paint

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Distress Frayed Burlap
Paper - wood grain cs, white cs, various green dps
Size - 5" square
Accessories - Martha Stewart pine branch punch, window die, pearl embellishments

1 comment:

  1. The holly and snowflake aperture is lovely Susan and the background mix of blue acrylic paints behind it are very pretty, and your wreath is a beauty using different green dps to achieve a lovely effect and it looks great over the window and the woodgrain background. x

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