Make It Monday - Peaceful Deer

 Hello and welcome back on this very damp Monday. As you may have gathered by Cary's posts last week, we are talking Christmas for the next little while. Saying that, we will be popping other celebrations in as well. This week I'm using the beautiful stamp set called Peaceful Deer. There's something about reindeer that I've always found interesting. From the tiny little fawn to the majestic, stately stag, just amazing. This being Monday, we like to do the Make It Monday or #simplestamping This card is exactly that. The cards that we make on a Monday are aimed at the beginner crafter. By adding a few more ink pads, different colouring mediums, a punch and gems to bling the card up, we can make this card again by adding the little extras. I haven't as yet done that but will aim to step it up and show you the different ways in which it can be changed for the more competent crafter.

My favourite colours for the Christmas season is Red. However, saying that, I have used the lovely shade of blue like the early night sky in Stampin' Up!s Misty Moonlight. It's not dark like Navy but more subtle. Combining the blue with simple white mats is the perfect monochrome effect that I love. I cut the 2 white mats then stamped the leaping deer into the upper centre, then surrounded it with lots of the stars. Having borrowed the grandchildren's colouring pencils, I coloured the deer in with a very soft brown.

A simple message on the front and the inside mat along with some more of the stars to complete this one.

Make It Monday - Seasons of Fun

Hello and thank you for stopping by today. I love the little Penguins that Cary made last week. weren't they cute? This week I will be working on 2 of the Host sets from the Stampin' Up! catalogue. The image stamp set is called Seasons of Fun and the sentiments are called In Your Words. These are both sets that are often forgotten as they are at the very back of the catalogues and many people tend not to look that far. Well now you know that you should! There really are loads of amazing host sets that often get overlooked. 

My first card is a #simplestamping one exactly as it's called. It was 1 large and 1 teeny tiny stamp used on this one plus a sentiment from the In Your Words stamp set. I stamped the little boy in the leaves and then added a few more leaves around him. Then using my granddaughter's colouring pencils, I coloured it in. As you can see, I used a mix of greens and oranges for the leaves and then a few blues for the little boy. I could have used the Stampin' Up! Watercolour Pencils but I wanted to show that you can replicate anything using just ordinary crayons. 

I had a piece of Shaded Spruce on the desk so decided to use that as a mat to make the picture pop.

 

Make It Monday - Pampered Pets

 Hello and welcome back to the 2 Big Girls Crafting Blog. I hope you have all been crafting crazy and you are all well? I'm in my element as I've been making cards galore this week and having a ball! I couldn't decide which stamp set to use this week so I asked my granddaughter Bella to choose a set. She chose the lovely Pampered Pets. As soon as I saw it I fell in love with it. We have 2 dogs, both Cocker Spaniels no cats but these cat images are gorgeous.

My first card is aimed at a beginner to make. The idea is that anyone just starting out would have a stamp set, ink pad, paper and/or card. So today's card is a way to help a beginner crafter get started. I stamped the images onto a basic white mat (a piece of card or paper) 0.5cm smaller than the card base, which in this case, when folded in half is 14.85cm by 10.5cm. 

If you would like more information on this stamp set or other products, please click HERE 

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Watercolour Wednesday - Butterfly Brilliance

 

Welcome back to a really very blustery night in the UK. The wind is howling outside and I'm toasty and warm inside! Perfection!! Today's card that I made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set is a very simple one colour wise. I love monochrome cards and  have used just white and Granny Apple Green, which is a lovely, fresh and bright green. My new favourite green! I started with a tent fold card base and added a lovely green mat to it. I then die cut 4 lots of butterflies using the matching set of dies that go with the stamp set called Brilliant Wings. The set of dies has 12 dies in and 6 of them are very dainty,  almost like filigree.You know that dainty effect you get with a beautiful die? Well that's what I love about them. I took 5 of the dies and cut them out of Basic White card stock then glued them to another white card mat. I die cut an oval in the gorgeous green and a smaller one in white. The latter of which I stamped the message onto.

If you saw yesterday's post, you will know that I used the baby wipe technique for the card. I re-used it again today but added Balmy Blue (a very soft blue) and Granny Apple Green ink refills.  I added a few drops of each to the yellows and pinks from yesterday. I know it's not exactly watercolouring but pretty close to it. I then stamped the butterflies onto the baby wipes and then onto white card. I could have die cut them out but chose to fussy cut them. They were added onto some of the filigree die cuts and a vellum die cut before being glued in the positions on the card mat.  I love that all of the butterflies are individual from where the stamp picked up the ink. The three layers of butterflies on each one add to the overall dimension of the card. For more information on the stamp set or dies, please click HERE It will open up a new page so that you don't lose your place here.