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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Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

Vibrant Red

Time for the new CAS Watercolour challenge!


It's perfect for me this month as I have a few birthdays coming up.  First up is my adult niece - her favourite colour is red so here's a card for her:


I put the stamp in my MISTI and inked it up with different Tombow and SU markers, spritzing lightly and stamping after each colour.  When happy with the colours, I let it dry and then lightly splattered some of the same colours.

I added a heat embossed sentiment, trimmed the panel down to fit behind a double-layered pierced frame die cut, and then popped it up on fun foam for more dimension.

Please come and join us at CAS Watercolour.  The challenge is open until January 24th, and entries must be clean and simple, must include watercolouring of some sort, and must be a birthday card.  There is lots of inspiration on CAS Watercolour from the rest of the Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designer, Birgit (aka biggan of the Rapport Fran ett Skrivbord blog).

I'll be back soon with a birthday card for a friend whose favourite colour is purple!





Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black flower, Hero Arts sentiment
Ink - Versafine Crimson Red
Paper - PTI Vintage Cream cs, mixed media
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - various Tombow and SU markers, MFT Pierced Square Frame die, clear embossing powder, fun foam



Thursday, 9 July 2015

Happy Birthday, Loll!

Finally - I have a new computer, it's all set up thanks to a techie friend, and I'm excited to be back using my new blog.

Since Loll was the person who inspired me to enter blogland and helped me set up my blog, it seems appropriate that I start off on my new computer with the birthday card I made for her.

The background was done by embossing my cs with a flowery embossing folder, then dabbing Distress stains on my craft sheet and painting the raised areas of the embossed panel - the Distress stains give a lighter, more translucent look than inks.  I let it be the star of the card and just added a simple die cut navy blue sentiment (layered a couple of times for more substance) and a matching navy border.