Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats!

Freddo Treat Pouches

Posted on January 19, 2024January 11, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the table gifts made for my January classes to hold a little chocolate treat in the form of a Caramel Freddo. This treat pouch was inspired by a Youtube video by Sandra Ronald.

Colours used are:

To recreate the treat pouches you need:

Card stock 5” by 4 ¾” – I chose Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape
Scrap Basic White card
Ribbon

Using a Scoring Tool I scored the pieces of cardstock. On the long side at 1¾”, 2¼”, 4 and 4½” and on the short side at ½”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats

The small tab at the bottom of the ½” panel was removed using sharp scissors and a wedge removed from the bottom of the ½” panel. I cut up the sides of both of the small tabs then folded and burnished all of the scorelines.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats

The ½” panel was then folded over and the 1 ¼” Circle Punch was inserted about ¼” from the bottom scoreline and a circle punched out. I used the first circle as a template to punch the circle in the same place on each pouch.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats

Tear & Tape adhesive was applied to the ½” panel and the pouch was folded over and sealed. The 2 side tabs were then folded in and the bottom closed using Tear & Tape.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats

From scrap Basic White card I punched a 1¼” Circle then over the resulting hole I punched the 1½” circle. This produced a circlular frame which I glued around the hole using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Treat pouches made to hold a Freddo Caramel bar for my January 2024 Class treats

I inserted the chocolate Freddo and pinched the top on both side to nip the pouch together and punched a ¼” hole through the back and the front of the pouch.

I fed some ribbon through the hole to close the pouch.

Aren’t they sweet?

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The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

Stars At Night classes

Posted on December 15, 2023December 13, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today, I am sharing the hanging ornament and trio of tags I designed for my December classes. I used the Stars At Night stamp set and dies to make the projects.

Colours used in the projects are:

Hanging Ornament

Gold Hoop – mine was about 4”
2 Circles of card stock or dsp which fit inside the gold hoop – I used the Shining Brightly dsp
Scrap Basic White card
Gold Ribbon

The ribbon was wrapped from the top to the bottom of the hoop, wrapped around and brought up to the top where it was wrapped around again and then tied in a double knot. The ends of the ribbon were then knotted to form a loop to hang the hoop.-

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp by Stampin' Up!used to make a hanging ornament for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A hanging ornament made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp for December classes

We slipped one die cut circle – I used the Stylish Circle dies to cut these from the Shining Brightly stamp set – behind the hoop and under the ribbon. The second circle was glued on top, sandwiching the ribbon in the middle.

We used the Stamparatus – any stamp positioner would work – to stamp 3 large stars which I had die cut using the Stars at Night Dies.

The stamped stars were then folded in half from top to bottom. We used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the stars down the centre line to make the folding easier.

The 3 stars were then glued together, one in the middle and one half of the other 2 glued on either side of the middle star. The back of the multiple star piece was then glued to the middle of the dsp inside the hoop.

Star at Night Tags

3 Starry Sky tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
3 Basic White tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
Scrap Basic White and Gold Foil to die cut stars

Using a Blending Brush we added Starry Sky ink around the edges of 2 of the Starry Sky tags. The third tag was inked around the edges using another Blending Brush and Whisper White craft ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

When the first 2 tags were dry we added Whisper White ink to the centre of both tags.

When the tags were dry We stamped the rays of light image in the centre of 1 of the tags and a scattering of snowflakes around the edges of the other 2.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

From scrap Basic White and Gold Foil we die cut a selection of stars. The larger stars were glued to the inked tags and the smaller gold tags were added on top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

The white tags were then stamped with ‘To and From’ from the Sending Cheer stamp set and adhered to the back of the Starry Sky tags, slightly offset.

We used Simply Elegant Trim to make the ties for the tags.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

We had great fun making these. I hope you like them.

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The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin' Up! used to make treat boxes for my Septmber classes and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Merriest Trees Treat Boxes

Posted on November 9, 2023October 27, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing gift packaging ideas. I saw a Youtube video a while ago, posted by fellow demonstrator Angie Juda using the Merriest Trees Bundle to make a sweet box and I have adapted it to make treat boxes for the customers coming to my October classes.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the merriest trees box, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card – 5¾” by 4¼”
Pretty Peacock card – 8⅛” by 2
Scrap Basic White card

Using the Merriest Trees Dies I die cut 2 large trees from the 5¾” by 4¼” panel of Pretty Peacock card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

On one of the die cut pieces I stamped the snowy boughs image in Versamark ink, covered it with White Embossing Powder and Heat set it with my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool I scored the 8⅛” by 2” strips of Pretty Peacock card – on the short side at ½” and 1½” and on the long side at ½”, 1¼”, 4” & 5¼”. I wedged out the tabs and created the top as shown in the picture below.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere the right side to the bottom and, having closed the top, the left side to the bottom to create the treat holder piece.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The treat holder piece was glued to the back of the undecorated die cut tree, taking care that it wasn’t visible. The decorated tree was then glued to the front of the box, again making sure to line it up so that it would stand.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink onto scrap Basic White card and cut it out with scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The parcels were stamped in Balmy Blue and Real Red and trimmed them out with Scissors. They were added to the bottom of the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The ladies in my classes loved them.

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A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the 'Anything but a card' Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

No Glue Treat Holder for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Posted on April 13, 2023April 4, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing ‘Anything But a Card’. I like to give the ladies who come to my monthly class a little treat and these little, no glue treat holders – made to hold 2 Merci chocolates – were made for my April class attendees. I was inspired by a YouTube video made by The Paper Pixie.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the no glue, treat holder, you will need:

DSP – 4⅝” by 3¾”
Scrap Basic White & Gorgeous Grape

Using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I scored the dsp using the thicker end of the stylus. I find if I use the thinner end on dsp I often tear the paper.

I scored on the short side at – ¾”, 1½”, 2¼” and 3” and on the long side at ¾” and 3⅞”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

As per the template above, I scored on the diagonal the 4 inner squares on either end, using the stylus from the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Using a Bone Folder and folded and burnished all the straight score lines, then using my fingers folded down the diagonal score lines.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Two Merci chocolates were placed on the centre panel and the sides folded up and the ends closed.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set, was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Hydrangea Dies. The small labels were then added to the box with a little Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

A small flower, die cut from scrap Gorgeous Grape card, was added with a Mini Glue Dot to complete the boxes.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty little no glue treat box to hold 2 Merci chocolates for the ‘Anything but a card’ Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

So sweet. I hope you like them.

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Wreath of Blooms

Posted on March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Some lovely ladies gathered at my house yesterday to make the pretty Wreath of Blooms Kit. I love our kits, they are so easy to put together and so easy to customise as well.

The colours in this project are:

I had made my wreath up beforehand so that I had some idea how it went together. I had also decided to frame mine.

A customised and framed Wreath of Blooms kit made in an Easter themed workshop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

The ladies popped out all the pieces of that made up the flowers and leaves. Using bone folders they shaped the flower petals and stacked them together before adding the centre pieces and the brads to hold them together.

Each leaf was folded down the middle and again shaped with a bone folder and/or fingers.

The yellow flower was created by loosening the fibres with a bone folder before folding in half down the length. It was held together with a strip of Tear ‘n Tape. The flowers were then rolled up using Mini Glue Dots, inserted periodically to hold the flower together.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

The flowers and leaves were then added to the triangular back piece using either hot glue, Tear ‘n Tape or Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

All of the ladies decided to cover the cardboard wreath using either Jute Twine (from my stash) or lace trim which one lady brought with her. The flowers are leaves were then added to the wreath with Hot Glue to complete the wreath.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

One of the ladies decided to frame her wreath and chose a piece of Bloom Where You’re Planted dsp, cut to 9⅛” by 9⅛” to cover the back panel. She adhered the two together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The Wreath was added to the back panel of the shadow box with Hot Glue and the flowers were then added with the frame in place. The decorated piece was inserted into the frame and the back closed.

They all looked really lovely. I hope you like them.

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A special floral planter Mother's Day card shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop and made using the Dainty Delight dies by Stampin' Up!

Mother’s Day Floral Planter – Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Posted on March 23, 2023March 4, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a photo/colour challenge. A soon as I saw the colours, I thought they would make a fantastic floral Mother’s Day card, so that is what I made. This floral planter was inspired by a project made by Bronwyn Eastley of Addinktive Designs.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Mother’s Day card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 11¾” by 3” scored on the long-side at 2¾”, 5½”, 8¼” & 11½”
Thick Basic White card – 3½” by 1“x 2 scored at ¼” on each end.
Scrap Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Polished Pink, Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green

Using one of the dies from the Something Fancy Dies set, I cut a piece from all 4 sides along the bottom, this created the ‘legs’ for my planter. The whole piece was then embossed using the Painted Texture Embossing Folder. I embossed it one end at a time. I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to glue the tab to the side f the box, forming a square ‘planter’ with legs.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Dainty Delight dies used to make a beautiful floral planter for a special Mother’s Day card and shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I folded and burnished the smaller strips of Basic White card, added glue to each small tab and each piece was inserted carefully inside the ‘box’ to form the struts across.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Dainty Delight dies used to make a beautiful floral planter for a special Mother’s Day card and shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I die-cut lots of greenery from scrap Granny Apple Green card and glued it to the inside of the box using both struts and the front and back panels.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Dainty Delight dies used to make a beautiful floral planter for a special Mother’s Day card and shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The parts for the purple flowers were die cut using Granny Apple Green card for the bases and Gorgeous Grape for the flowers. I glued them together with the same liquid glue. They were added to the back panel of the box.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Dainty Delight dies used to make a beautiful floral planter for a special Mother’s Day card and shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The daisies were die-cut using Daffodil Delight card and the flower centres from Basic White card. I glued them together with liquid adhesive and added them to the foliage. I die cut the plumes of flowers from Poppy Parade card and the smaller flowers from Polished Pink card. They were added to the card with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Dainty Delight dies used to make a beautiful floral planter for a special Mother’s Day card and shared in the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped onto Basic White card and die-cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies. It was added to the front of the box.

Classic Matte Dots were then added to the centre of each small flower to complete the card. This will fit into a standard C6 envelope but I will be hand delivering it to my Mum.

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A 3D box made for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog hop. The box contains an ink pad and is decorated using the Flowers of Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Ink Pad Boxes for the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop

Posted on June 25, 2022July 3, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop where we are sharing 3 D projects. I am sharing the box I created to hold a Stampin’ Up! Ink pad. For every sixth class my customers attend they get to choose an ink pad of their choice and I decorate this box to match their colour choice.

Colours used in this project are:

Basic White

Pumpkin Pie

Soft Suede

To recreate the ink pad holder, you will need:

Basic White card – 11¼” by 5¼” – scored on the long-side at ¾”, 5 ¼”, 6” and 10½” and on the short-side at ¾” by 4½”
Designer Series Paper – 4¼” by 3½”
Soft Suede card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 2½” by 2½”
Scrap Basic White

I used my Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the Basic White card as detailed above.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Using sharp scissors, I cut free the 3 tabs on either side, notching in the sides. I also cut a wedge from each side of the box top as shown in the picture. A ½” Circle Punch was used to provide a notch at the front of the box to make it easier to open.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

This customer chose a Pumpkin Pie ink pad so I cut a piece of Regals Designer Series Paper at 4¼” by 3½”. I like to match the colour dsp to the ink pad chosen and often use retired dsp to decorate.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment from the from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set in Pumpkin Pie ink and die cut it out using one of the Layering Circle Dies. A scalloped circle was then die cut using the same set of dies and added it to the back of the sentiment.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The letters from the Alphabest stamp set were stamped in Soft Suede ink and punched out using the co-ordinating Best Label Punch. They were added to the back of the stamped circle using Seal +. The circle was then added to the box top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I stamped the 2 larger flowers from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set in Pumpkin Pie ink onto scrap Basic White card. They were punched out using the Flowers & Leaves Punch. I shaped them using a Bone Folder, coloured them in with Pumpkin Pie Blends and added them to the front of the box.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Basic Rhinestones were added to the flower centres to complete the box.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty box designed to contain a Stampin’ Up! ink pad and decorated using the Flowers of Friendship and Alphabest stamp sets for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Here are 3 other versions created for customers last month and using the retired Labeller Alphabet stamp set.

I hope you like them.

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Pattern Party dsp and Oceanfront stamp set used to make a pretty pinched top bag for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

Pinch Topped Bag for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Posted on March 11, 2022March 10, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and Welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where we are sharing packaging ideas. I have a pretty pinch top bag which I have made to hold a Lotus biscuit, my treat for the ladies coming to class this week.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the pinch top bag, you will need:

Basic White card – 2½” by 1½”
Pattern Party dsp – 4⅝” by 4”
Basic White – 3½” by 1¼”

Using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I scored the 2½” by 1½” piece of Basic White at ½” on all four sides.