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 dragonflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragonflies. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 April 2023

Colours with Dragonflies / Cardinals with Cups

For the Color Throwdown of green, yellow, and aqua:


I made a smooshed background with Distress Oxide inks on mixed media cs and added a bit of text stencilling for more interest.  I die cut the dragonflies corner twice and glued them together, then glued them on the corner. I bordered with a grey cs and popped the panel up on fun foam.

And, because I really need to get going on Christmas cards for my sale, I did a Christmas card for Stamping Sensations "Anything Stamped with a CAS Option".  Also for We Love Stamping "Birds or Animals", Double D "Things that Fly", and Country View Crafts Challenge "Things with Wings".


It's a stamp I've had for a while but never inked up - don't know why as I really like it!  So it's going to NBUS as well.  It's watercoloured, trimmed with  a pierced rectangle die, border with green, and popped up on a red shimmer card base.

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Supplies for card 1:
Ink - Distress Oxide blues, yellow, and grey
Paper - white, grey, and mixed media cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Memory Box dragonfly corner die, TCW text stencil, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Power Poppy
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, green cs, red shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Spellbinders pierced rectangle die, fun foam