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Snowy Scenes papers card

 Hi today's inspiration is a card made using the oh soo cute Snowy Scenes pattern papers. Sometimes you just want to make a card that doesn’t involve lots of stamping and pattern paper is the perfect answer.  Especially when the papers have sooo many cute images and scenes to choose from! And that's the hardest part choosing from these fab images....

 

Many of the images can be die cut out but if you enjoy fussy cutting this is a fantastic paper to sit down with and cut out the images!

Today's card has one of the snow globe images and a penguin image fussy cut out but there are dies that coordinate if you prefer 😉

Top tip when cutting images out from pattern paper is to not dismiss the partial images around the edges. Cut them out and use them to decorate the inside of your cards. Along side any of those narrow strips of paper left over.

Think that your card looks too plain 🤔 well then look no further than your embellishments stash! A few White loose snowflakes and a scrap of Pompom ribbon and the card came alive.

The sentiment is from the coordinating Snowy Wonder stamp set.

Snowy Wonder contemporary Christmas card

 Hi 👋 welcome to my blog if you're new here I'm  Cary and I just love to share what I love doing ... making cards with stamps, paper, ink and embellishments.  I'm  a Stampin' Up!  Demonstrators here in the country of West Sussex in the UK .  If you've been here before thank you for popping back it's great to have you.

On Saturday I held a World Card Making Day event and we used the amazing A Little Bit Festive speciality paper pack. This fun pack has both pattern paper and die cut sheets in lovely designs. The colour palette of the pack is predominantly traditional Christmas reds and green. Everyone loved using this great product it makes making card so easy!

After all that traditional Christmas I felt the need to create something a little different for today! So today I'm sharing a fun card using the Snowy Wonder bundle of stamps and coordinating dies in a less traditional colour palette. 

Shades of teal and soft pink is where my mind went to when thinks of what to make for today's inspiration.  So here it is...

The trees are stamped using a technique called masking.  Stamp your first image then cover it and stamp another image. The part that is covered with the mask doesn't get stamped on so you have images that appear too  be behind one and other.

My top tip for this style of masking is to create multiple masks at one time. I used simple sticky notes. Stamp the image onto the note pad as much as possible over the part that is sticky on the back. Then fussy cut the image out but here's the tip part cut throught 3 or 4 layers of sticky notes at the same time! Stamp once, cut once but get multiple masks 😀. 

Another technique I used was with the sentiment. Want a shiny sentiment but don't have the right colour of embossing powder?  Well take your stamp ink it up with versamark then ink it again in the colour of your choice. Next stamp your sentiment and cover it with clear embossing powder and heat. This will give you a glossy look in the colour of your choice!

Do you decorate the inside of your cards? Well it's definitely worth the effort! 

The use of the small tree die cut out of  silver foil also add a little touch of luxury don't you think?

The snow flake elements also add a little something with out being over the top. These ones are White Loose Snowflakes that are great for shakers but can be used by placing a small dab of liquid adhesive onto the card and then carefully placing the Snowflakes on top. Give the glue a minute to grab and they're good to go!

I do hope you like today's card . Please join me next time when I'll be sharing more samples to inspire you. 

Snowy wonder shaker card

 Happy Friday everyone 😀 today's inspiration using the Snowy Wonder bundle is a fun shaker card using the White loose snowflakes.  

The background behind the shaker is made using pearlized enamel effects.  It give a beautiful shimmer to behind the snowman. You can watch the video of how the background was made  here.. 

The pictures really don't do justice to the pearlized effect behind the snow man sadly but what about the gorgeous Pompom ribbon ? Isn't it just the cutest?

The pretty check paper is from the coordinating Snowy scenes pattern paper. Do you like the colour palette for today's card? With it's soft turquoise bluey green and red and pink colour ways? It certainly has a contemporary feel even though the design is quite traditional. 

Snowy Wonder Bundle

 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!

To make the card start by tearing a piece of copier paper to act as a mask. Place the mask onto a panel of white cardstock covering the bottom 3rd . Now using a blending brush apply colour lightly to the top area.

Next take a snow flake embossing folder such as the Snowflake Sky folder and emboss the panel. Whilst you have the folder and machine out also emboss another piece of white cardstock.  The size of this piece is up to you as you will be tearing to give you the deckled edges so it may be 2 scrap pieces or 1 larger piece it's up to you .

These 2 pieces will become the layers across the bottom 2 thirds of the card.

Next stamp and die cut out your images for the scene. 

Layout the pieces so that you are happy with the scene.  Then start at the back and working forward adhere the images and Snowy torn cardstock. The bottom layer can be adhered to the card using 3d foam as this creates more depth to the piece.

The Snowflake embellishments are called White loose snowflakes. There are great for shaker cards but can also be added as here with just a dab of adhesive behind them. Top tip apply the adhesive to the panel rather than to the Snowflakes themselves as they are quite small 😉.

 

For the sentiment chose a small diecut and stamp the sentiment on it. Adhere to the card from using 3d foam so that it is prominent on the card.

A fun card full of texture and great images 😀 

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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