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 owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label owls. Show all posts

Monday, 23 January 2023

Gold Owls and a Silver Moon

A card for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - I chose the left hand vertical line that says White Cardstock, CAS Design, Gold / Silver Embossing.  And the Inkspirational Challenge wants to see something new - the owl stamp is new.


I stamped the image on white cs with Versamark and carefully added silver embossing powder to the moon and gold to the owls and branch.  I coloured in the berries with a red marker and added a red sentiment and red border.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Inkspirational Challenge









Supplies:
Stamps - Crafty Individuals owls, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versamark, Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - red marker, gold and silver embossing powder

Monday, 24 December 2018

Merry Christmas to You All!


The last Christmas card I made before Christmas Day!  It's for a friend I had tea with this morning - she loves owls.

The image is stamped and watercoloured, fun flock is added to the Santa hats, and Glossy Accents added to the tiny holly berries.  I used a stitched rectangle die to trim my focal panel and popped it up on fun foam.

My dear friend, Bonnie Klass, just posted a card using the same stamp - see her lovely variation on it here.  We didn't plan it - just pure coincidence that with the millions of stamps out there, we both made cards with the same one at the same time!

It is my Christmas card to my blog followers.  The sweet owls sitting together make me think of all of us as a group - virtual friendships, support for each other, sharing our hobby together, sharing our skills.   Merry Christmas to you all!

Linking up to a few challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - "Y is for Your Favourite Thing".  I have two of my favourite things - birds as a theme on Christmas cards and watercolouring images.

12 Months of Christmas - "Anything Goes". 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - "Anything Goes".





Supplies:
Stamps - Wild Rose Studio owls, Make An Impression sentimen
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, fun flock, Glossy Accents, fun foam