Make It Simple Monday - #simplestamping - Jar Of Flowers

Hello and thank you for stopping by. This week I am going to be playing with the stamp set called Jar of Flowers. I have had this for a while now but done only a few cards with it so I thought that I would have some fun this week. Today as this is #simplestamping especially aimed for the beginner crafter, I made this White card. I started with a white mat and stamped the image in Black Memento Ink Pad then added a little dimension by adding the sentiment also in Memento but placed on with Dimensionals or foam shapes.  

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 - 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. 

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Make It Monday - Lovely You

 Hello. I'm sorry to have missed being here for a few weeks but paperwork was calling me desperately! Well here I am back and bursting with crafting frenzy, I've not made anything for what seems like ages...probably 2 weeks...but however. This week for the #simplestamping technique I am using a lovely stamp set called Lovely You. This is a brilliant stamp set with 12 messages or phrases and 7 images. Not a massive amount of images but let's see how I can make some inspiring cards for this week shall we? 

Another thing I sometimes do is only using Stampin' Write Marker pens. Yes, you can colour a stamp using the pens just as you can with an ink pad. I have made a simple patterned mat using the 3 colours shown then mounted it to the lovely strip of bright pink. The 3 colours are a gorgeous shade of lime green in Granny Apple Green, the beautiful bright pink of Magenta Madness and the rich, unctuous green of Shaded Spruce. In addition to the pens, the only other tool I used was a punch. This is the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch. This punch can punch up to 6 different widths of card in 2 amazing shapes. Love it!

Make It Monday - Butterfly Brilliance

 Hello and welcome back to 2 Big Girls Crafting blog. This last week has gone so very quickly for me. I have been so busy with family I lost the time to do anything! Well, here I am back and raring to go with the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set this week. These stamps by the way, have all 6 butterflies on one stamp! What else could I do but buy another set! I love this set so much that I bought another as I chopped the first one up! That sounds very irresponsible I know but at only £16 for the stamp it really is so well worth buying the 2. Crazy some might say but I like to stamp one at a time sometimes so I chopped the red rubber stamp up and have 6 gorgeous butterflies. 

My first card is a very simple one with a bonus. Using Smoky Slate ink pad which is a very light grey, I stamped the butterflies onto the mat. Then stamped one of the single ones on a separate piece. I coloured it in using ordinary colouring pencils. Once coloured in I fussy cut it out and added it to the card after curling the wings. No wjust because I fussy cut it out doesn't mean to say that you have to.  You could make the card so much simpler by just colouring 1 of the butterflies or even none. Whatever you do, it's ok to do it. The card will look beautiful in which ever way it is made.

I coordinated the stamps with the messages from the Butterfly Wishes stamp set. Each of the mats were 'stepped' onto the ink pad to add a little dimension to them. For more information on the stamp set, please click HERE The link will open up a new tab for you so you don't loose your place on here. 

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Make It Monday - Delicate Petals

Well, we are all now well and truly into the New Year and I hope that you all had a lovely break over the Christmas and New Year holidays? Cary has made some gorgeous fun projects once again to start the year off for us all. I hope that she has inspired you to do some lovely projects based on her cards.

Anyway back to this week, I will be aiming to show you some projects using one of the new stamp sets called Delicate Petals. It's not one of the sets that I would normally jump at but I am so please that I did! It really is quite delicate (just as it says). I have made a very simple card by stamping the main floral image once and adding a few of the little flower sprays and a few little dots here and there. I used one of my favourite colours Poppy Parade and Whisper White cardstock. I edged the mat that I stamped on with the Ink Pad to make the mat pop off the page. I hope it pops for you too? I'm really pleased with the simplicity of this card that I love it!

As Cary explained, January sees the start of another Seasonal Catalogue. The just released seasonal catalogue from Stampin' Up! is soon to be followed by the New Annual Catalogue in a few months too.  Until then and in conjunction with the seasonal catalogue we have our annual Saleabration season. This is usually for 3 whole months but this year we will be getting 2 lots of Saleabration. One in January and February and the other in July and August. Every Saleabration, we always have a special offer for you to join our team of demonstrators. This month it is a kit of your choice for only £99 which you get to choose to the value of £130. In addition to that, you get 5 packs of Designer Series Papers too! What an absolute Bargain! 

If you are interested in joining our amazing team of wonderful demonstrators please just drop us a line or message us here and we will get back to you. Being a demonstrator with all of the amazing products, demonstrator benefits and most importantly, working for the very best company ever! You just cannot go wrong. Start your new year off the right way, loving what we do and sharing what we love.

Gill xxx😍😍