Ladies crafting at a Stamp-a-Stack

Spring Stamp-a-Stack

Some of my lovely ladies and I spent yesterday crafting away at my Spring Stamp-a-Stack event whilst the sun beat down outside. This time their pack included the fabulous Tutti-Fruitti 6”x6” dsp stack and a pack of Glitter Enamel Dots. This dsp pack is so bright and cheerful……..perfect for those Spring/Summer days. I paired the paper up with some fun and playful stamp sets.

Ladies crafting at a Stamp-a-Stack

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Ladies crafting at a Stamp-a-Stack

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Ladies crafting at a Stamp-a-Stack

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Projects

Apron of Love meets Tutti-Fruitti Dsp

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Bird Banter meets Tutti-Fruitti Dsp

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Hanging Basket used for a Stamp-a-Stack

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Perennial Birthday used for a Stamp-a-Stack

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Picnic With You used for a Stamp-a-Stack

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Table Gifts

Table gifts made with Apron of Love and Apron Builder Dies and used for a Stamp-a-Stack

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Apron of Love, Party Pandas (retired), Bird Banter, Hanging Garden, Perennial Birthday, Picnic With You & Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Dies
Apron Builder, Layering Squares Dies & Picnic Basket Builder
Punches
Balloon Builder Punch, WRMK Corner Rounder, Project Life Corner Rounder (retired) & Classic Label
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy, Basic Black, Berry Burst, Rich Razzelberry, Garden Green, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White & Silver Foil
DSP
Tutti-Fruitti 6”x6”
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Night of Navy, Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Real Red, Crumb Cake & Rich Razzelberry
Stampin’ Write Marker Pens
Night of Navy, Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist
Stampin’ Blends
Light & Dark Pool Party, Light & Dark Real Red, Light Old Olive, Light Pumpkin Pie
Tools
Big Shots, Stamparatus, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors (Paper Snips),
Blocks
A, B, C, D, E, G & H – multiples of each
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Glitter Enamel Dots, Black Rhinestones (retired), Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelopes

Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

Tutti-Frutti Pandas for Team Training Swaps

Today I’m sharing the swaps Tutti-Frutti Panda cards I have made for tomorrows Team Training Event organised by my lovely Upline Mikaela Titheridge.

wanted to use the absolutely lovely Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes which are one of the free choices with a £45 order in the 2018 Sale-a-Bration brochure. These are so easy to overlook in amongst the more glamourous stamp sets, dsp and dies but they really are lovely, beautiful colours and so versatile. I wanted the pretty card fronts to be seen so looked for a fairly small image for my cards.

Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

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I settled on the quirky Party Pandas stamp set which is also a free choice from the 2018 Sale-a-Bration brochure. I stamped the sweet panda with the balloon in the lower left corner of a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 2½”. I used Archival Basic Black ink and found I had better results using a stamp positioner such as a Stamparatus with a really well inked pad. I didn’t bother to ink up the balloon as I planned to cover it with dsp balloons. I added the sentiment from the same set in a co-ordinating Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral or Lemon Lime Twist ink.

Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

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I rounded the upper right corner of the Whisper White cardstock panel using the retired Project life Corner Rounder and added a piece of 3¼” by 1¾” cardstock in either Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral or Lemon Lime Twist behind the lower right corner and added the whole piece to one of the Tutti-Frutti card bases.

Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

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I punched a selection of large and small balloons from the Bubble & Fizz dsp pack, another free 2018 Sale-a-Bration choice with a £45 order, using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. The smaller balloons were added to the card front with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The larger balloon was added on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Such a cute card and I love that all the items used with the exception of the ink pads were free!!!!

Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

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Tutti-Frutti-Party-Pandas

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Party Pandas
Punches
Balloon Bouquet
Cardstock
Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Lemon Lime Twist & Daffodil Delight
Designer Series Paper (dsp)
Bubble & Fizz
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist & Calypso Coral
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Stamparatus, Project Life Corner Rounder, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals

Bike Ride for a special birthday

Earlier this week a lovely friend celebrated a very special birthday. She loves the outdoors, cycling and walking in particular and although she now has a shiny new bus pass she assures me her bike will still be getting a regular work out. In honour of her bike I chose the Bike Ride stamp set and co-ordinating Build A Bike framelit dies to make her birthday card.

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I stamped the frame of the bike using the lovely, rich Fresh Fig ink onto Whisper White card stock and then stamped both the wheels in Archival Basic Gray ink onto Whisper White cardstock before running them through the Big Shot with the co-ordinating Build A Bike dies. Using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I glued the wheels onto the frame to make the bike.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bike Ride stamp set and Build A Bike framelits

Taking scrap Whisper White cardstock I stamped the open stars from the Balloon Celebration stamp set in Fresh Fig ink before punching out a couple of balloons using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. I stamped the solid stars using Powder Pink ink and punched out another balloon. I stamped some solid balloons in Fresh Fig and Powder Pink ink and punched them out with the same punch.

I stamped the number 6 and 0 from the Number of Years stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink onto more scrap Whisper White ink and die cut them out using the Large Number Dies. I also die cut 3 more sets of the letters from Whisper White cardstock which I adhered to the back of the Bermuda Bay stamped numbers to give added dimension to the numbers.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bike Ride stamp set and Build A Bike framelits

I decided on a 5½” square card made of Thick Whisper White cardstock and added a 5¼” square layer of Powder Pink cardstock to the front using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I cut a 5” square piece of Whisper White cardstock and started laying out the bike and balloons to get some idea of placement. I stamped the ‘swoosh’ shape from the Number Years stamp set in Crumb Cake ink along the bottom of the Whisper White cardstock panel and added the bike with Stampin Dimensionals. Using the fine tip of my Basic Black marker and a ruler I added balloon strings to the handle bar and the bar behind the bike seat adding the balloons using Tombow Liquid Adhesive or Stampin Dimensionals. I added the die cut 60 on top of the other balloons and coated the number with Clear Wink of Stella. Finally I coloured the handle bars, seat and pedal of the bike using Crumb Cake ink and a Blender Pen. Such a fun looking card, I really hope my friend likes it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. If you are local please check out my classes and events using the button at the top of the page or leave me a comment.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Bike Ride, Balloon Celebration & Number of Years
Dies
Build A Bike framelits & Large Number Dies
Punches
Balloon Bouquet
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Powder Pink & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink, Crumb Cake & Bermuda Bay + Basic Black Marker pen
Tools
Blender Pen, Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot, Bone Folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Block
A, B, C, C & E
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Clear Wink of Stella, Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelope

Seaside theme for a Stamp-a-Stack

Thank you to the lovely ladies who joined me for my summer themed Stamp-a-Stack event this weekend. We had such a good time and made so many lovely cards.

All the projects for the day were seaside themed to get us into the mood for the fore-casted high temperatures later this week. On arrival each lady was given a clear wallet containing a pack of By the Shore dsp, 20 card bases in a variety of co-ordinating colours, a pack of Metallic Enamel Shapes, 20 Very Vanilla Envelopes and packets of pre-cut card stock layers to make each card. Mind you we all had a good laugh when we realised that I had only put 10 card bases in each pack………definitely a muppet moment. Luckily I only live 3 minutes away and was able to nip home and grab more cardstock to cut and score the missing bases.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Seaside themed Stamp-a-Stack cards

As always the day whizzed by so quickly. Here is a picture of some of the ladies hard at work and of some of the projects they made.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Seaside themed Stamp-a-Stack in action

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
High Tide, Balloon Adventure, Balloon Celebration, Badges & Banners, Day At The Beach, Designer Tee (retired), Seaside Shore, Custom Tee & Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Dies
Layering Circles framelits, Stitched Shapes framelits  & T-Shirt Builder framelits
Punches
Balloon Builder Punch, Badge Punch, Scallop Tag Topper & Project Life Corner Rounder
Embossing Folder
Seaside embossing folder
Cardstock
Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, Dapper Denim, Water Melon Wonder & Soft Sky
DSP
By The Shore dsp
Ink Pads and/or Marker
Tip Top Taupe, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Watermelon Wonder, Night of Nay, Mint Macaron & Versamark
Tools
Big Shots, Multipurpose Platform + 2 cutting pads, Standard Platform + 2 cutting pads, Heat Guns, Paper Trimmers, Stampin Scrubs and Stampin Mist, Bone folders and Scissors
Acrylic Block – multiples
A, B, C, D, E, G & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Water Color Pencils, Blender Pens, Sponge Daubers, Grid Paper, Embossing Buddy, Silver Embossing Powder, Natural Silver Ribbon, Metallic Enamel Shapes & Very Vanilla Envelopes

Happy Birthday Balloon Adventure

I have been using the Balloon Adventures stamp set today as I needed to make a quick birthday card. I stamped a variety of balloons using the solid, spotty and striped balloons from the stamp set onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. I had more balloons than I needed and I put the spares into small Ziploc bags and store these inside the stamp set box to use on other projects.

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I took a layer of Whisper White cardstock and stamped a number of balloons randomly using the same colours as I used for the punched balloons, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Crushed Curry, in the top half of the panel and added strings using Archival Basic Black Ink. Using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I added a strip of retired Cherry on Top dsp, you could use any dsp that co-ordinates with your colour palette. I then added a thin piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock to cover the ends of the balloon strings. I added 3 of the punched balloons onto the topper using Stampin’ Dimensionals to give some height to the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birthday card using Balloon Adventures stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock using Archival Basic Black ink and punched out using the Classic Label Punch. It was added to the topper using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The whole topper was then added to a Tempting Turquoise card base.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Balloon Adventure stamp set
Punches
Balloon Bouquet & Classic label
Cardstock
Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise
DSP
Cherry on Top (retired)
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry & Real Red
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
C & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Whisper White Envelopes