Today's card is a fun wintery scene made using the fab Snowy Wonder bundle. It made my day a little brighter because here in my small part of the world it's grim, grots and grimy 🫣. The use of lots of whote on the card helps to give it a very crisp and clear feel. The Snowy Wonder bundle of stamps and coordinating dies make creating scenes so easy!
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Snowy Wonder Bundle
Tuesday 1 October 2024
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Monday 30 September 2024
New beginnings
Hello and welcome. Today I'm sharing some news as well as a card. Gill has decided to retire from 2 Big Girls Crafting. Gill's decision will of course bring changes. Change can be hard but they are often the start a wonderful new adventures. I'm looking forward to continuing my creative journey with you all here and on Facebook.
The name of the blog and page are changing to Cary@2BGCrafting. I shall still be sharing projects and inspiration with you all but it may take a few weeks for changes to take places and settle into place properly. So please bear with me during this time of change.
OK so let's get to the really important stuff .. the crafting!
Today's sample is a clean and simple card made using the oh so cute Snowy Wonder..and yes it is the same stamp set that I used for last week's inspiration 😀 It's just tooo good to stop using !
The card uses just 1 image stamp, 1 sentiment stamp , 1 card base and some scraps of white cardstock! This is a clean and simple card that is both contemporary in look but also very quick and easy to make in multiples! Perfect for Christmas cards! But the design would work for many different occasions just swap out the image and sentiment.
Well that's it for today from me. Please join me in wishing Gill well in her next adventure. I hope you will pop back and see what's happening tomorrow as my adventure continues.
Thank you
Cary xxx
Friday 27 September 2024
Fun fold Friday Snowy Wonder
Where does the time go? All of a sudden it's Friday 😜 Fun Fold Friday to be exact! So if you haven't already guessed today's Snowy Wonder inspiration is a fun fold 🤣. I'm calling today's fun fold a stepped pop out card, not sure it's the correct name but it's what I'm going with 😉
The card starts with a basic top fold card, 10.5cm x 29.7cm scored at 14.85cm. You're then going to create 4 tubes of cardstock. The first being 10.5cm x 17.5cm scored at 3.5cm, 7cm, 10.5cm and 14cm. Reinforce all the scorelines and fold all the lines as mountain folds. Next apply adhesive along one edge and fold into a tube.
The next tubes are made the same but with pieces of cardstock getting progressively smaller...
Second piece measuring 7.5cm x 15 cm scored at 3cm, 6cm, 9cm, and 12cm.
Third piece measuring 5.5cm x 12.5cm scored at 2.5cm, 5cm, 7.5cm and 10cm.
Fourth piece measuring 3cm x 10cm scored at 2cm, 4cm, 6cm and 8cm.
The next part is all about decorating the inside of the card base and 2 sides of the 4 tubes. I suggest adhering any pattern paper before adhering the the tubes as it might otherwise get a little tricky.
Once the tubes and inside of the cardbase is decorated take the largest tube and adhere it just above the center scoreline of the cardbase. Place adhesive on the 2 undecorated sides with one side on both top and bottom of the cardbase.
Next adhere the other tubes, stacking them one on top of the other with adhesive adhering them to the tube below and the card base. This is then your stepped pop out card base.
Don't forget to decorate the outside of your card. Mine is decorated quite plainly...
Thursday 26 September 2024
This or That Thursday Snowy Wonder
Once a month Gill and I host a card and a cuppa event at a local cafe. Last Monday was one such event. We both make a smaple and people come along and make one of the cards, have a drink and lots of chatting and laughs. It's a fun way to spend a Monday morning for sure! Well this week I created a sample that the attendees could make using the fun Snowy Wonder and just 1 colour plus white.
For my sample I used a lovely navy blue. This monochromatic palette is very attractive don't you agree?
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Watercolour Wednesday Snowy Wonder
Do you ever have happy accidents? Well today card is made from one such accident! Whilst trying to create a watercolour drop background on my glass mat I inadvertently created a fun background on the back of the panel 🤣. I wanted to create a snowy scene for the snow man from the Snowy Wonder stamp set. Do you ever have the vision in your head and work from that? I do until it all changes with a happy accident 🤣
So it all starts with dropping water onto cardstock and gently dabbing a bubble of ink from a reinker onto the water. This was done on a glass mat.
I was one happy bunny! The water and ink had gone through the cardstock and onto the glass mat and created a fab background 👌.
So with this background to play with I created today's card.
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Tips tricks and techniques Tuesday Snowy Wonder
Who remembers the wonder of seeing your first polaroid picture developing before your very eyes? The image emerging on the shiny paper was just amazing! For some reason my mind wandered off to these memories whilst creating today's card! So I give you my Snowy Wonder polaroid card!