Simple fun fold for pattern paper

 On Monday last I held my monthly card and a cuppa session.  At these events I design 2 different cards . Those attending can choose which card they'd prefer to make to go along with their cuppa and all the chatter and good company that these mornings are full of. The first card design is a great one for using your pattern papers up. This card is made using the bright and zingy Fruit salad pattern papers and the gorgeous Citrus Blooms stamps .

The second card also uses pattern paper and is a super easy fun fold! Start with a standard C6 card base the cut a piece of cardstock in the same colour measuring 10.5cm x 14cm and score at 7cm. This is what I call the mini card. You'll need 2 white mats each measuring 10cm x 6.5cm on for the front and one for the inside. You'll also need a piece of pattern paper measuring 14.4cm x 15.2cm ( or the width of a piece of 6"x6" ). Score the paper at 10cm making sure the print is going in the right direction. I've used the fun Toadstool Gardens paper pack.

 

Adhere the 10cm piece of the pattern paper to the card front. The part after the scoreline will fold over. Next adhere the coloured mini card base to the center of the card front with the scoreline on the left-hand side. The pattern paper will then tuck inside the card.

Decorate the front of the minibar as desired I added the white mat then a mat of another piece of pattern paper and decorated with stamped and fussy cut out images using the delightful  Terrific Toadstools stamps.

For the inside of the mini card I stamped a sentiment and more images from the Terrific toadstools stamps. 

For the inside of the cardbase I cut a mat of white cardstock measuring 10cm x 14.4cm and used the small stip of pattern paper that I cut off to make the card front. I then stamped and fussy cut another cute toadstool and adhered it to the mat as well.

Here are the samples of this design from Monday's card and a cuppa.  The pattern paper on these is the beautiful Bloom Impressions.

Here is a fun photo of a wonderful young man who made his first card when he attended with his nanny.  Didn't he do well 😀 and nanny had fun too 😉

Everyday Arches Thank You card

 I really don't like to waste any part of my stash! I'm sure you feel the same way too... after all we love it so very much 🤣. So for today's inspiration inspiration I'm using the remaining pieces from the rainbow I created using  the Everyday Arches dies for my grandson's 7th birthday card.  He adores rainbows and his favourite colour is pink especially flirty flamingo from Stampin' Up! I'll pop a picture of his birthday card at the end as well as a link to the other card I made using the different parts of the die cuts.

The card starts by using the Everyday Arches dies in a rainbow of cardstock to create the rainbow.  This gives you 3 different parts. The negative space which I'm using today, the narrow frames and the center parts.

I stacked all the negative layers together and trimmed them to fit on a standard C6 card base. Now can you spot my booboo? Would you still use the card or reject it?

I used a stamp set that is fast becoming a real go to for me called With you in Mind . It's a really good around set with the perfect mix of the most used sentiments for birthdays , thinking of you and of course thank you. It also has a selection of smaller icon stamps such as the star used on both the front and inside of today's card.

All in all today's inspiration is a really simple card that packs quite a punch with it's bold colours . 

As promised here is my grandson's birthday card....

And here is the link to the other card created with the trio of rainbows created using the Everyday Arches dies...

https://2biggirlscrafting.blogspot.com/2025/02/darling-dinos-and-everyday-arches.html

I hope these bright and cheerful cards have brought a smile to you they certainly did to me as I created them 😀🌈🌈

Darling Dinos and Everyday Arches birthday card

 Well it's certainly getting busy around here! It was my grandson's 7th birthday,  it's half term so I have my 5 year old nice for 2 days while her mummy's at work and my annual weekend craft retreat is  just over a week away 😜🫣🤣.... Yup I'm a busy bunny for sure! The card I made for my grandson was themed rainbows 🌈 and his absolute favourite colour a shade of pink called flirty flamingo . The card was well recieved , which is always a bonus 😀 I used the amazing Everyday Arches dies to create a rainbow. It worked a treat and made enough elements to make 3 cards! So today's inspiration is using one of these pieces. As I still had the oh so cute Darling dinos still on the table I had to combine them.

The fun colours are bold and bright so I balanced that with a white card base and panel. The white clouds are die cuts from a set called Playing in the Rain.

The dino was stamped and coloured in green and orange the fussy cut out. This was really easy to cut up to the stamped edge so that's what I did for a change. Top tip if doing this type of fussy cutting take a marker in the same colour as you stamped the outline, in this case  black, and from the back run the side of the brush tip of the pen around the edges. This gives a great finish to your piece.

Before adhering the rainbow to the mat gentle draw a pencil line around the inside of the arch onto the panel. Remove the rainbow then stamp the balloons from the Darling Dinos set. I also stamped them onto the sticky edge of sticky notes. I then fussy cut the balloons from the sticky notes and used them as masks. First I stamped 3 balloons then masked them and stamped 2 more so that they appear to be behind the other balloons.  Then I masked all the balloons and used a blending tool to add a touch of light blue over the area. Next erase the pencil marks and masks. Colour your balloons and stamp the strings.

Now adhere the rainbow using 3d foam.  Then adhere the clouds and dino and a sentiment.  Once all are adhered adhere the panel to the card base and voila a fun bright birthday card sure to bring a smile 😃 

Darling dinos new baby card

 As spring approaches here in my small corner of the world the birds outside my windows start to get noisy! Now don't get me wrong I live spring but boy do these bird have an early start... like 4.30am 🫣. Along with bird song spring also brings to mind new babies on the farm, those cute lambs are just so cute as are the chick's, as well as adorable human babies. So for today's inspiration I'm sharing a new baby card. Made using the Darling Dinos bundle which are just sooo much fun.

I like to keep baby cards clean and fresh looking so when with a hit background on a white card base.  To add interest I dry embossed a mat using a 3d embossing folder called Forever Plaid.  I then embossed another piece of white cardstock using another 3d embossing folder called Soft waves.  I then cut out a section of the embossed cardstock following the curvy lines . This gives a flow to the panel for added interest. 

I stamped the dino and sentiment in basic grey as I wanted a softer feel to the card, after all baby's are soft and snuggly aren't they 😉. I kept the colour palette simple and gentle with a soft shade of lilac called fresh freesia and a fresh citrusy shade of green called lemon lime twist. The lilac and citrus add pops of colour to bring the card to life.

The fresh freesia little bow and sequins  both add interest and a little pop of happiness to the finished card.

Friends for Life 5-3-1 part 4

 Today I'm sharing part four of my 5-3-1 formula card mini series. For the final card I've chosen to share a fun die cutting technique which I called an inlay technique. The dies are from a stamp and die bundle called Friends for Life.  I love the mix of fonts and elements that those bundle has. It is such a fun bundle.

If you've seen the previous projects in this mini series you'll know that I've been on a bold and bright colour fix . Today's day card is no different except it's a monochromatic colour palette!  The beautiful turquoise colour I've used is called summer splash . It's vibrant colour brings to mind the beautiful seas of the Caribbean ..well in my imagination it does having never had the joy of going myself 😉

To create the inlay effect I cut a mat of white cardstock and a a mat of summer splash the same size 10cm x 14.4cm. I then took the leaf die from the Friends for Life dies and die cut 5 stems starting in one corner and working outwards.  I have gone over the edges to creat a more relaxed flow to the panel. 

Now keep the die cut pieces to one side. Adhere the summer splash panel to the white panel lining everything up at the edges. 

Now the tricky part take the die cut leaves and adhere them back into the spaces on the cardstock panel. There are lots of ways to apply adhesive to finer cuts one such way is to put a small amount of wet glue onto a silicon mat and either dab the die cut onto the glue. Or take a sponge and gently dab in the glue and then onto the die cut.

This is the 5 element on the card but of course I had to die cut another leaf to decorate the inside 😉.

The 3 element on the card are these gorgeous iridescent gems 💎 add the perfect sparkle ✨️. 

The sentiment is stamped onto white using the summer splash ink and the just die cut out using another die from the Friends for Life dies. 

Do you like the simplicity of a monochromatic colour palette ? Do you like this vibrant shade of turquoise?  I really like how versatile the 5-3-1 formula can be.. Well that all for this mini series I do hope you've enjoyed the inspiration. 

Friendly Seagulls 5-3-1 card mini series bonus card

 I just had to share the oh so cute card that came together in my Live at 5 Facebook live yesterday . I go live on Facebook every Monday afternoon at 5pm GMT on my Cary@2BGCrafting Facebook page. I shared another bonus 5-3-1 formula card along with a fun way to use the Soft waves 3d embossing folder and the fun Friendly Seagulls stamps.

This embossing folder is sooo beautiful and stylish. 

The 3 bright bold colours just warm your heart especially if like me the weather is grim, grots, and grimy where you are.

The 5 cheeky chappy Seagulls just  outright make me laugh with their fun characters. 

And of course you just have to add one to the inside of the card don't you agree? 

The 1 sentiment on the front is from a sale-a-bration exclusive stamp set called Day to Celebrate . Isn't it the perfect one?

Well I hope you like this bonus project for the 5-3-1 formula mini series.  Here is the video from the Live at 5 to show you how it came together and some great top tips. Enjoy

Terrific Toadstools 5-3-1 card 3

 For part 3 of the 5-3-1 formula mini series I've gone toadstool crazy 🍄! Not only does today's inspiration uses the whimsical Toadstool Gardens but also the fun Terrific Toadstools stamps. The papers perfectly coordinate with the stamps and there is a Bundle of the stamps and a builder Punch if you want to go one step further!

The terrific toadstools stamps are photopolymer making placement so easy. You cannot build your own color combinations and creat wild and waky toadstools or go for more realistic looking ones. For today's card I've stuck to the colour palette from the pattern papers. 

So for card 3 of the 5-3-1 mini series I've used a piece of the pattern paper and cut it into 3 strips. This means that the piece of paper I had miss cut could be stretches to fit 😜. Another great way to use up bits that are too big to be thrown but not quite big enough for their original purpose! Using up your scraps is such a rewarding feeling! As I'm often want to say " waste not want not" !

For the 5 elements I stamped and fussy cut out four toadstools and stamped one sentiment panel. Adding colour by stamping the grassy mound over the sentiment it's self brings a touch of colour to any otherwise white area.

Talking of white areas I did of course decorate the inside of the card. This time stamping the grassy mound and creating another toadstool. The ability to mix and match the stamps to make different variations is definitely one of my favourite things with this cute stamp set 😍. 

For the final element on the card I have used a swoosh of white ribbon.  This counts as my 1 in the 5-3-1 formula. 

I hope you're enjoying this 5-3-1 mini series. You can find the others here and here. 

Coming soon will be the final  part of my 5-3-1 formula mini series.