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 split image. Show all posts
Showing posts with label split image. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Split Florals

The Group of Cardmakers is trying split images this month.  This is where you use a large stamp and get two cards out of one stamping of it.   

I have the Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet stamp that measures 8"x6" - impossible to use the whole image on an A2 card so it seemed perfect for this technique, and it resulted in two birthday cards ready to go for upcoming birthdays!  



I stamped the image once on watercolour paper and painted it with my Gansai Tambi watercolour paints.  Then chose a logical place to cut the image in two, one to give me an A2 card, the other to give me a mini slimline card.

I added interest to the first one by also splitting the image by die cutting a thin frame out of it, and then die cutting the same thin frame out of my off white cs that I used for the card base.  Then inserting the off white think frame into the gap.

For the second card, I took a black marker and went lightly around the edges of the focal panel to give a tiny bit of definition to the panel.

Check out what the other members of our group have done with this technique over at Group of Cardmakers!








Supplies:
Stamps - Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet, SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs
Size - first card is A2, second card is 6.25x3.25"
Accessories - watercolour paints, SSS thin frame die, black marker