A flower filled birthday card for a friend made using the Sending Smiles stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Purple Floral birthday card

Posted on June 2, 2023May 20, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty purple floral card made using the gorgeous Sending Smiles stamp set.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the purple floral card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Gorgeous Grape card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Fresh Freesia card – 3” by 3”
Soft Sea Foam card – 2¾” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

I began by die cutting stitched circles using the Stylish Shapes Dies from the squares of Basic White and Fresh Freesia card. I placed the white circle onto the smaller panel of Basic White and drew lightly around it with a pencil.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a flower filled birthday card for a friend

The leaf and stem image was then stamped in Granny Apple Green ink. The bushier leaves were then added in to fill out the panel using Soft Sea Foam ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a flower filled birthday card for a friend

The flowers were then added in Gorgeous Grape and Fresh Freesia ink. The centres were stamped in Daffodil Delight ink. The panel was then glued to the Gorgeous Grape layer and then to the Soft Sea Foam card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a flower filled birthday card for a friend

The sentiment, from the Beautiful Balloon stamp set, was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the Basic White stitched circle.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a flower filled birthday card for a friend

A scalloped circle was punched out using the Decorative Circle Punch and the stamped circle added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to the stitched Fresh Freesia circle using the same glue. I trimmed off the right side using a Paper Trimmer and added the piece to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a flower filled birthday card for a friend

A trio of Glossy Dots completed the card.

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A pretty birthday cardmade for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper by Stampin' Up!

Fresh As A Daisy DSP card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on May 9, 2023May 2, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using designer series paper (dsp). I love all the pretty dsp we have in the new catalogue and I love ways to use up scrap bits and pieces. I have used the gorgeous Fresh as a Daisy dsp to make my card today.

Colours in today’s project are:

To recreate the fresh as a daisy card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Crushed Curry card – 4⅛” by 2⅛”
Fresh as a Daisy dsp – 4” by 2“

Using my Paper Trimmer, I cut the strip of dsp in half at 2” giving two 2” by 2” squares.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper used to make a pretty birthday card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Again, using the trimmer, I cut each square in half on the diagonal.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper used to make a pretty birthday card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to glue the dsp pieces to the layer of Crushed Curry card. The pieces were laid flush to each end but leaving a small gap top, bottom and in the middle so that the Crushed Curry showed through.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper used to make a pretty birthday card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

A length of Garden Green Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper used to make a pretty birthday card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Artistically Inked stamp set was stamped in Pebbled Path ink and the dsp panel added below on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper used to make a pretty birthday card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

A trio of Glossy Dots completed the card. I hope you like it.

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The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper (dsp) by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday car

Fresh As A Daisy Card

Posted on April 28, 2023May 2, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper.

Colours Used in this card are:

To recreate the fresh as a daisy card, you will need:

Moody Mauve card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Fresh as a Daisy dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the Fresh as a Daisy panel to the 5⅝” by 3⅞” piece of Basic White card.

The gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer Series Paper (dsp) by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer SEries Paper (dsp) by Stampin’ Up!

I wrapped a piece of Gold Shimmer Ribbon around the panel and used the same liquid glue to attach the panel to the Moody Mauve card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer SEries Paper (dsp) by Stampin’ Up

Using the Stylish Shapes Dies I die cut a stitched circle.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer SEries Paper (dsp) by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set was stamped onto the circle in Moody Mauve ink. The circle was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer SEries Paper (dsp) by Stampin’ Up!

A ribbon bow and a trio of Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely birthday card made using the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy Designer SEries Paper (dsp) by Stampin’ Up!

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Ladybird Birthday Card

Posted on April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I am sharing a sweet ladybird birthday card made using the Hello Ladybug stamps set.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the ladybird card, you will need:

Sweet Sorbet card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Parakeet Party card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic Black card – 3¼” by 2¼”
Basic White card – 2¼” by 2⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using Sweet Sorbet ink, I randomly stamped the daisy flower all over the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card. I added the flower centres using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The trio of tiny dots were added, randomly, over the same panel using Parakeet Party ink. The decorated panel was then glued to the Parakeet Party layer which was then adhered to the Sweet Sorbet card base. I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive on both occasions.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The pretty Hello Ladybug stamp sets used to make a pretty and bright ladybird birthday card

The sentiment, from the Go To Greetings stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black along the bottom of the small basic white panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The pretty Hello Ladybug stamp sets used to make a pretty and bright ladybird birthday card

The cute little ladybird was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink above the sentiment and the wings added with Sweet Sorbet ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The pretty Hello Ladybug stamp sets used to make a pretty and bright ladybird birthday card

Using the Penned Dies, I die-cut a scalloped edge along the bottom of the 3¼” by 2¼” panel of Basic Black card. I glued the sentiment piece above the scalloped edge and trimmed the excess length of card away. A length of Black Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel, secured on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The pretty Hello Ladybug stamp sets used to make a pretty and bright ladybird birthday card

The whole piece was added to the card front on Dimensionals and a Black Baker’s Twine bow completed the card.

So sweet, I hope you like it.

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The Share a Milkshake stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring ice-cream sundaes

Ice-cream Sundae birthday card

Posted on April 11, 2023March 26, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty card featuring ice-cream sundae dishes and made using the Share a Milkshake Dies.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the ice-cream sundae card, you will need:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
So Saffron card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Vellum – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic Black card

The sundae dishes were randomly stamped over the smaller Basic White panel in 2^nd generation Smoky Slate ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty card featuring ice-cream sundaes made using the Share a Milkshake stamp set

The ice-cream was added in 2^nd generation So Saffron ink and the decorated piece was added to the So Saffron layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The panel was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty card featuring ice-cream sundaes made using the Share a Milkshake stamp set

I stamped the sentiment, from the Best Family Ever stamp set, in Versamark ink onto scrap Basic Black card, covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. I trimmed it down using Scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty card featuring ice-cream sundaes made using the Share a Milkshake stamp s

The vellum panel was the laid over the stamped panel and the sentiment placed in position. I then lifted the vellum and applied glue to the back of the vellum where it would be hidden by the sentiment and placed it over the stamped panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty card featuring ice-cream sundaes made using the Share a Milkshake stamp set

A scattering of Festive Pearls and a double twine bow completed the card,

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty card featuring ice-cream sundaes made using the Share a Milkshake stamp set

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A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Framed Florets Water-coloured for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on April 4, 2023March 26, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing projects using water coloring techniques. I have used the pretty Framed Florets stamps set to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the framed florets water-coloured card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Sweet Sorbet card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Fluid 100 card – 5” by 3¼”
Fluid 100 card – 2½” by 2½”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾”

I mounted the sentiment from the Framed Florets stamp set onto the plate of the Stamparatus, inked it up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped down on the 2½” by 2½” piece of Fluid 100 card. I repeated this step to get a nice dark image. This was then die-cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The double flower image was the mounted onto the Stamparatus Plate, inked up with StaZon Jet Black ink and stamped onto the panel of Fluid 100 card. I repeated the step then moved the image and stamped again onto the same panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

When the StaZon ink was dry I began to watercolour the images, beginning with the leaves. I used my Water Painters to add a little water to the leaves, this helps the ink to flow on the card. I added a drop of Granny Apple Green re-inker to the lid of the Granny Apple Green inkpad, loosen the ink with a little water and painted in the leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The flowers were painted in the same way with Daffodil Delight ink and a little Sweet Sorbet ink in the centre, allowing it to bleed out a little. I left the piece to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

When the ink was dry I added Soft Sea Foam around the stamped and coloured images, using water to blur the ink giving a faded look. When the panel was completely dry I glued it to the Sweet Sorbet layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. A length of Sweet Sorbet and white Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel and the whole piece then added to the Soft Sea Foam card front using the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The sentiment panel was then mounted over the twine on Dimensionals. A double Twine bow and a scattering of Glossy Dots and 2022 – 2024 In Color Dots completed the card.

So pretty. Please hop over to see what my crafty friends have to share with us today.

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The Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups

Pastel Stripy Teacups card

Posted on March 5, 2023February 22, 2023 by Mo Rootes

The 2021 – 2023 In Colors will be retiring at the end of April and they are so soft and Spring like that I had to make the most of them and designed a card using the Cup of Tea stamp set and co-ordinating Teacup Dies.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the pastel teacups card, you will need:

Polished Pink card – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜ – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner – for the inside
Basic Black card – ¼” strip
Scrap Basic White card

Using a Blending Brush, I swirled some Pale Papaya ink onto the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups made using the Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies

Flowers from the Cup of Tea stamp set, were then randomly stamped in 2^nd generation Polished Pink ink and Fresh Freesia ink.

The stamped panel was then glued to the Polished Pink layer and then to the Pale Papaya card from using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups made using the Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies

I stamped the striped teacup in Pale Papaya, Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia inks onto scrap Basic White card. The larger flower was then stamped using the same 3 inks and everything was die cut using the Teacup dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups made using the Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies

The die cut teacups were then added to the card front on Dimensions and the flowers added, one to each cup.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups made using the Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies

The sentiment, from the Sending Smiles stamp set was stamped In Versamark ink onto the strip of Basic Black card, covered with White Embossing Powder and set using a Heat Tool before being added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty pastel birthday card featuring a stack of stripy teacups made using the Cup of Tea stamp set and Teacup Dies

A White Baker’s Twine Bow and a scattering of 2021 – 2023 In Color Opal Rounds completed the card.

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The Birthday Piggy stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Birthday Piggy for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Posted on February 23, 2023February 11, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink & Inpirations Blog Hop where we have a picture/colour challenge. I have opted to use the colours we have been given in combination with the Birthday Piggy Stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the birthday piggy card, you will need:

Merry Merlot card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Favored Flowers dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Flirty Flamingo card – 3⅝” by 2⅝”
Basic White card – 3½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

The panel of Favored Flowers designer series paper (dsp) was glued to the Merry Merlot card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. A strip of Tear and Tape was adhered to the centre of the dsp and a loop of Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon attached.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable bithday card featuring the Birthday Piggy stamp set and made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The sweet little piggy was stamped in Soft Suede ink onto the small panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable bithday card featuring the Birthday Piggy stamp set and made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I used the following Blends Alcohol Pens to colour in the image – Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Suede and Evening Evergreen. As we don’t have a Merry Merlot Blends Pen I used the Stamp ‘n Write Marker.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable bithday card featuring the Birthday Piggy stamp set and made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The stamped piece was then adhered to the Flirty Flamingo panel and the whole piece was placed onto the card front on Dimensionals with ribbon appearing above and below.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable bithday card featuring the Birthday Piggy stamp set and made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I used a Petal Pink Blends Pen to colour in a trio of Classic Matte Dots and added them to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable bithday card featuring the Birthday Piggy stamp set and made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

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The Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty floral birthday card

Greatest Florals card

Posted on February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet floral card made using the new Greatest Journey stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the greatest floral card, you will need:

Fresh Freesia card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 4⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Basic Black card – 2½” by ⅜”

I stamped the row of flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smaller panel of Basic White card. I inked up the small flower at the end and stamped this again on the left hand side too fill in the space.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Using the following Blends Pens, I coloured in the leaves and flowers – So Saffron, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green & Old Olive

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The decorated panel was then glued to the Basic Black layer using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I piece of Black Twine was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The whole piece was then mounted onto the Fresh Freesia card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Basic Black card, covered with White Embossing Powder and set using a Heat Tool. It was then added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

A trio of Classic Matte Dots and a twine bow completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Greatest Journey stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

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Clean and simple Birthday Balloon card

Posted on January 27, 2023January 22, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a clean and simple birthday balloons card made using the pretty Celebrate with Tags stamp set which has carried over from the now retired July – December catalogue.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the birthday balloons card, you will need:

Blackberry Bliss card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pool Party card – 5⅛” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Celebrate With Tags and Watercolor Shapes stamp sets used to make a pretty clean and simple birthday balloon card

I inked up the larger rectangle from the Watercolor Shapes stamp set with Pool Party ink and stamped it above the sentiment.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Celebrate With Tags and Watercolor Shapes stamp sets used to make a pretty clean and simple birthday balloon card

The balloons were then stamped in Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky, Bermuda Bay, Orchid Oasis and Blackberry Bliss.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Celebrate With Tags and Watercolor Shapes stamp sets used to make a pretty clean and simple birthday balloon card

The stamped panel was glued to the Pool Party panel then mounted onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Celebrate With Tags and Watercolor Shapes stamp sets used to make a pretty clean and simple birthday balloon card

A trio of Glossy Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Celebrate With Tags and Watercolor Shapes stamp sets used to make a pretty clean and simple birthday balloon card

I really struggle with clean and simple cards but I think this one turned out OK. Hope yu like it.

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