Lovely sailing themed cards made using the Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies by Stampin' Up!

Sailing Home for July Classes

Posted on July 12, 2019July 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this weeks classes using the lovely Sailing Home stamp set and co-ordinating Smooth Sailing Dies. This is such a great set to work with, such great images.

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

Sail Boat on a Circle

Coastal Cabana card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅜ by 3⅝”
Whisper White 5⅞” by 2”
Early Espresso 5⅞” by ⅜”
Whisper White and Early Espresso to die cut circles
Whisper White to stamp and die cut the boat

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We stamped and die cut the boat, coloured it in using the Stampin Blends Markers. The sentiment and small birds were then stamped on the Whisper White Circle and the boat added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

We stamped the compass and anchor randomly down the strip of Whisper White in Coastal Cabana and Early Espreeso inks. The thin strip of Early Espresso was added to the left side and the panel added to the card front with glue. The circle piece was then added on Dimensionals.

Lighthouse card

Thick Whisper White card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Pool Party 5⅞” by 2”
Early Espresso 5¼” by ¼”
Early Espresso and Whisper White for the Stitched Rectangles
Scrap Whisper White and Coastal Cabana for the sentiment

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We stamped the lighthouse in Early Espresso ink onto the Whisper White rectangle and coloured it using the Crumb Cake light and Smoky Slate light Stampin Blends markers. The birds were then added and the stamped panel added to the Early Espresso Rectangle.

One of the birds from the Hugs from Shelli paper pumpkin kit was randomly stamped in Early Espresso down the Pool Party layer. The bodies of the birds were then painted using Frost White Shimmer paint to give a pearlescent look to the birds. The group of little birds then filled in any large gaps. This piece was then glued to the Card front.

We die cut the rope from the thin piece of Early Espresso card stock, cut it in half and added a piece at the top and the remainder at the bottom, butted up against the stamped piece.

The sentiment was stamped then punched out using the Everyday Label punch and backed onto a punched out piece of Coastal Cabana. The sentiment was then added to the back of the stitched rectangles and the whole piece added to the card front on Dimensionals.

Gate Fold card

Thick Whisper White 11 ¾” by 4⅛” scored at 2 15/16ths at either end.
Pool Party 4” by 2 ¾” x 2
Early Espresso and Whisper White rectangle.

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We randomly stamped the smaller boat on both pieces of Pool Party cardstock and adhered then to the front panels of the card front.

The boat, sentiment and small birds were then stamped on the Whisper White cardstock. This was added to the Early Espresso rectangle and then glued to the left side of the card front.

We really enjoyed making these cards. I hope you like them.

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

Pretty floral cards made using the Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies

Beautiful Promenade for June Classes

Posted on June 14, 2019June 13, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this weeks classes using the lovely Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

Doily Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Bermuda Bay 5½” by 3¾” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – rounded lower left corner (one for the inside)
Soft Sea Foam 3½” by 3½”
Poppy Parade 2½” by 2”
Scrap Whisper white and Granny Apple Green

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We glued one of the Whisper White layers to the Bermuda Bay layer and adhered these to the Soft Sea Foam card base.

We stamped the flower in Cherry Cobbler ink onto the Poppy Parade cardstock and die cut it out using the Beautiful Layers dies. We also die cut the doily from the square of Soft Sea Foam and also die cut a leaf from scrap Granny Apple Green cardstock.

The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay onto scrap Whisper White and punched out using a 1” Circle Punch. This was then added to the centre of the doily. The doily was added to the front of the card. The flower was added to the card on dimensionals and covered with Clear Wink of Stella.

Multiple Striped Flower card

Bermuda Bay card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅞” by 3 ½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Poppy Parade 5⅞” by ½”
Scrap Whisper White and poppy Parade

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the gorgeous striped floweronto the longer panel of Whisper White ink in Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green inks then filled in the gaps with the leaf image in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink.

The Poppy Parade strip was then added to the left hand side and the ribbon wrapped around and secured on the back with Sellotape.

The sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade ink and punched out with the Timeless Label Punch. A leaf was stamped over the sentiment in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink. We punched out another label in Poppy Parade cardstock, cut it down the middle and glued it to the back of the sentiment so that a little red showed at either end. This was added over the top of the ribbon on Dimensionals. We added a couple of die cut leaves.

The whole panel was then added to the Bermuda bay card base.

The Square Topper Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Bermda Bay 2½” by 2½”
Whisper White 2¼” by 2¼”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the frame in Granny Apple Green ink onto the small square of Whisper White and added the floral piece at the top in the same ink. The same floral image was then stamped twice on the scrap Whisper White in Poppy Parade ink and the flowers were then fussy cut using scissors and glued over the green flowers. Some of us inked around the flower edges with Poppy Parade ink and a sponge dauber.

The sentiment was added to the stamped frame and the stamped panel was then glued to the Bermuda Bay square.

Using a T square ruler and a pencil we drew a line down the front of the Soft Sea Foam card base. The rhomboid image was then stamped repeatedly down the pencil line in Bermuda Bay ink and added a line of rhomboids to the right of the original line. When the ink was dry the pencil line was erased. The square topper was then placed over the top on dimensionals.

All the cards were decorated with Red Rhinestones or Basic Rhinestones coloured in with a dark Poppy Parade Blends Marker.

I really like the colour palette of these cards. I hope you like them.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

Cute cards made using the Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch by Stampin' Up!

Piece of Cake for March Classes

Posted on March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made at this week’s March classes where we focused on the gorgeous Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Bundle.

Joy Fold card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Thick Whisper White cardstock 8½” by 4¼” and scored it on the long side at 5½”
Thick Whisper White cardstock 8” by 3” and scored it on the long side at 4”
Call Me Clover cardstock 5⅜” by 4⅛”
Early Espresso piece 4⅛” by 2⅞”
Call Me Clover 3⅞” by 2⅞”
Whisper White cardstock 3¼” by 2¾”

We began by folding and burnishing the score lines. Next step was to randomly stamp the ‘dotty cake’ on a piece of Call Me Clover cardstock 5⅜” by 4⅛” in Call Me Clover ink. This layer was then added to the back panel of the larger scored panel. The Early Espresso piece was then added to the smaller panel of the same piece of Thick Whisper White. Both these panels were added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The sentiment from the Amazing Life stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the small piece of Whisper White. The word ‘CAKE’ was coloured in using the Light Call Me Clover Blends pen.

The cake was stamped in Early Espresso onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and the cake stand was stamped in the same ink onto scrap Call Me Clover cardstock. Both were then punched out using the co-ordinating Cake Builder Punch. The cake was coloured in using the following Blends Pens – Call Me Clover Combo, Lovely Lipstick combo, Balmy Blue combo and Bronze.

We used a Dimensional on the back to attach the cake to the cake stand and added a couple more dimensionals to hold the cake up before adding it to the stamped panel of Whisper White cardstock. This panel was then glued to the smaller layer of Call Me Clover before it was added to the small folded panel of Thick Whisper White being careful to have the fold the right way round…………

We stamped the candles in Call Me Clover ink onto the inner panel adding the sentiment in Early Espresso ink below the candles. Lastly we coloured in some of the Basic Pearls using the Blends pens and added them to the card front.

This card has a more masculine look which I really liked.

Happy Birthday Card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Lovely Lipstick card base – rounded upper right corner
Early Espresso 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – one for the inside and one for the outside with rounded upper right corners.
Die cut Stitched Rectangle in Early Espresso
Die cut Stitched Rectangle in Whisper White one size smaller
Scrap Lovely Lipstick Foil and Whisper White for the cake and stand.

We randomly stamped the sentiment in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Lovely Lipstick ink down the left side of one of the large Whisper White panels. This panel was then added to the Early Espresso layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then glued to the Lovely Lipstick card base.

We stamped the cake onto the scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Cake Builder Punch. The cake stand was punched from some of the gorgeous Lovely Lipstick Foil. We used the Blends pens to colour in the cake. We adhered them together with Dimensionals in the same way as the first card.

The cake was added to the stitched white rectangle, then to the stitched Early Espresso rectangle. We added the whole piece to the card front with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The Basic Pearls were then coloured in and added to the card front.

Floral Cake Card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Thick Whisper White card base
Lovely Lipstick Foil 5 ¼” by 1 ½”
Whisper White 4⅞” by 3” – rounded upper right corner
Scrap Whisper White

We stamped the smaller ‘bokeh dot’ stamp from the Beauty Abounds in the lower right corner of the Whisper White panel in 3^rd generation Lovely Lipstick and balmy Blue inks and in 4^th generation Call Me Clover ink.

The sentiment was stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink although some of the ladies chose a different sentiment or no sentiment at all.

The cake was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap Whisper White and punched out as above. We also punched out a plain white cake stand. The cake was coloured in using the same Blends pens as before and the cake and stand were adhered together with Dimensionals. The cake was then added on top of the ‘bokeh dots’.

The stamped layer was added to the strip of Lovely Lipstick Foil. The coloured Basic Pearls were added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

The ladies really enjoyed making these cards. I hope you like them.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

Lovely cards made using the Needle & thread bundle by Stampin' Up!

Needle & Thread for February’s Classes

Posted on February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the 3 cards the ladies made in this week’s classes using the Needle & Thread stamp set and the co-ordinating Needlepoint Elements dies.

Card 1

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with the most time consuming card first. Using scrap Whisper White cardstock the ladies stamped the all the elements ready to die cut them out. The large flower was stamped in Highland Heather ink, the smaller flower in Poppy Parade ink, the trio of flowers were stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and the leaves in Pool Party ink.

We embossed a panel of Whisper White 4½” by 3” using the detailed stitched pattern. We rounded the upper right corner and glued the embossed panel to a slightly larger piece of Pool Party. Using all the die cut pieces we then built up the group of flowers using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and Stampin Dimensionals. We then added the completed panel to a Poppy Parade card base. A decorated Whisper White panel was added inside the card.

Card 2

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with a small piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3⅝”by 2½”. We stamped the stitched edge along the top and down the left side of the piece in Gorgeous Grape ink. Next the leaves were stamped in Pool Party ink and the large flower was added using Poppy Parade ink.

The Needle & Thread stamp set has a great choice of sentiments for the ladies to choose from and they stamped their chosen sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink. We rounded the lower right corner of the Whisper White Panel and added it to a layer of Gorgeous Grape cardstock measuring 3¾” by 2⅝”.

Using the really sweet trio of butterflies we stamped the front of a Pool Party card base and added the stamped panel on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. We then tucked in scraps of Highland Heather, Poppy Parade and Gorgeous Grape cardstock to add a little more interest to the card.

Card 3

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

This card was so simple to make. We started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5¼” by 3½. We randomly stamped all the images starting with the largest and working through to the smallest stamps. We used the same colour combination of Highland Heather ink, Poppy Parade ink, Gorgeous Grape ink and Pool Party ink. The ladies chosen sentiment was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and added to a strip of Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The stamped panel was added to a layer of Poppy Parade cardstock……..and yes I did round a corner of both layers.

The panel was then added to a Thick Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the sentiment was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We added a bow using the gorgeous Highland Heather Organza Ribbon.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

The ladies all really enjoyed making these cards, I hope you like them.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

Lovely butterfly cards made using the Botanical Butterfly Sale-a-Bration designer series paper and the Butterfly Duet Punch

Butterfly January Classes

Posted on January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the trio of cards made by the ladies who came to the Butterfly January classes this week. The class was designed around the Butterfly Gala Stamp set and co-ordinating Butterfly Duet Punch and was inspired by a card I made for the Inspire Create #032 challenge on the 4^th December 2018. I also wanted to give each lady a 6” by 6” sample pack of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly dsp to use in class and to take the remainder home to add to their stash.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

Emboss Resist Technique

A pretty birthday card made using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist for a pretty birthday card

The first card we made was the card I designed for the Inspire, Create Challenge involving embossing and adding ink using sponge brayers, such a fun technique. As I have already blogged about this card please follow this link for all the details –

A Little Note card

We started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base, each lady then chose a piece of dsp from their sample pack, cutting it to 5⅝” by 3⅞”. The upper right corner of both the card base and the dsp were rounded using the Detailed trio Punch and the dsp added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Lemon Lime twist ink onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2¾”, rounded the upper right corner before adding the panel to a layer of Highland Heather 4⅜” by 3”. This panel was then added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly the ladies selected a large and a small butterfly from the dsp and punched them out using the Butterfly Bouquet Punch. The butterflies were added using Mini Glue Dots and the card was finished with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Butterfly Birthday card

We started the final card by choosing a piece of dsp and laying it, offset onto the front of a Thick Whisper White card base. I then lifted the corner and applied Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive underneath before trimming away the excess dsp and adhering the rest of the panel. Some of the ladies found it easier to draw around the dsp making it easier to trim off the excess.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Highland Heather ink. Next we punched out 1 large and 3 small butterflies adding them to the card front using Mini Glue Dots and finishing with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

I hope you like these cards.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch used to create a gorgeous set of Christmas cards

Making Christmas Bright for December Classes

Posted on December 16, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this month’s classes using the gorgeous Making Christmas Stamp set and co-ordinating Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. This is such a fun set to use and so easy and my ladies loved the punch.

Floating Panel Card

We began by stamping the sting of lights onto the top and bottom of a 5” by 3” panel of Whisper White cardstock in Blueberry Bushel ink and adding this stamped piece to a piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock 5⅛” by 3⅛”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Using scrap strips of Silver Foil and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch we punched out 11 bulb tops – 6 for this card and 5 for our last card. We then punched out 4 bulbs in Blueberry Bushel cardstock, 4 in Real Red cardstock and 3 in Pineapple Punch cardstock – 6 for this card and 5 for the last card. We added the bulb tops to the bulbs with a tiny dab of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and set them aside to dry. When they were dry we added them to the stamped panel on Stampin Dimesnionals.

On a second piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5” by 3” we stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink and a string of stars in Pineapple Punch ink.

Using the paper trimmer I cut a Blueberry Bushel card base 11¾” by 4⅛” and scored it in half at 5⅞”. Placing the long side up against the top of the trimmer I measured an 1” from the score line and cut. Taking the cut piece cut an inch strip and added the remaining piece to the scrap bag.

We folded the card on the score line and added the Real Red stamped panel with a thin line of glue along the top to the folded flap. The 1” strip of Blueberry Bushel was place on the inside panel of the card, lined up with the bottom and both sides, glue was added to the bottom edge of the Real Red panel and the front panel was pushed down onto the strip to finish the card front. We added Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the back of the inside stamped panel, placed the panel face down on the back of the inside of the card front and closed the card to glue the panel in place and hidden behind the front panel and the card is finished.

Stamped String of Lights card

We began by stamping the star randomly in the top right corner of the Real Red card base in Real Red ink. Taking a panel of Whisper White cardstock we stamped the ‘string’ using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in the left hand corner and added 3 bulb tops in the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

The merry and bright bulbs were stamped in Blueberry Bushel, Real Red and Pineapple Punch ink. We then added a scattering in stars in the Real Red and Pineapple Punch inks, rounded the corner with the Detailed Trio Punch before adding to a panel of Pineapple Punch cardstock.

We wrapped a piece of Blueberry Bushel Ribbon around the panel securing the ends with Sellotape on the back and added a bow to the front with a Mini Glue Dot. We added a strip of Blueberry Bushel to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The stamped panel was added to the card front on Stampin Dimensionals.

String of Lights card

We stamped the string on a piece of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 2⅞” and added the previously assembled bulbs using a dimensional on the back of each. We stamped the sentiment in either Blueberry Bushel or Real Red ink in the lower right corner and added the panel to a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock measuring 4¼” by 3⅛” with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Taking a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 3⅛” we placed it in the Stamparatus, inked up the Buffalo Check stamp with Pineapple Punch ink and stamped it on the panel, this gingham check looks fab in the Pineapple Punch ink. We added a strip of Real Red cardstock to one side of the Buffalo Check panel and added the panel to the front of a Pineapple Punch card base. The Christmas Bulb panel was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

These are such bright, fun cards, I love them.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

Beautiful Baubles stamp set makes fantastic Christmas cards

Beautiful Bauble November Classes

Posted on November 18, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the 3 projects made by the ladies during the November classes. We used the gorgeous Beautiful Baubles stamp set and coordinating Detailed Bauble dies. This month I thought I would shake things up a bit by starting with the most complicated card and ending up with the most straightforward card instead of the other way round.

Hanging Bauble card

We began by taking the Coastal Cabana card base and laying a panel of Whisper White measuring 5⅜” by 3⅜” on the front. We then placed the 2^nd largest circle die from the Layering Circle Framelits onto the Whisper White panel and ran both layers through the Big Shot together to give us the window. We then ran the die cut Whisper White piece through the Big Shot with the Oh My Stars Embossing folder and set it aside..

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

Taking a die cut circle of Vellum and Sponge Daubers we sponged the centre with Coastal Cabana ink and added Gorgeous Grape around the edge and set the piece aside to dry. I had previously die cut 2 of the detailed baubles for each lady using the Detailed Bauble dies and Silver Foil Paper. These die cuts were placed face down onto the Silicon Craft, We squeezed a little Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive onto the sheet and picked it up with a small wedge of sponge and dabbed it all over both pieces. The coloured Vellum layer was the sandwiched between the 2 sticky layers and pressed together until the glue dried.

We threaded a small piece of ⅛” Whisper White Ribbon through the loop of the bauble and added it to the Coastal Cabana card front with Sellotape allowing the bauble to hang in the ‘window’. The embossed Whisper White layer was then added to the card front with multipurpose liquid adhesive, lining up the die cut window and hiding the ends of the ribbon. We coloured a longer piece of the same ribbon using the dark Highland Heather Blends pen and tied it in a bow before adding it to the top of the bauble with a Mini Glue Dot.

The sentiment from the Star of Light Stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape onto a scrap of Whisper White. This was then added to a scrap of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and trimmed down. It was added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front and a scattering of Iridescent Sequins were added.

The inside Whisper White panel was added with the same adhesive after we had stamped some random stars in the upper right corner. We stamped the same stars on the front of a Whisper White Envelope.

Embossed Bauble

We began this card by swiping over a panel of Whisper White card stock measuring 5⅜” by 3⅜” using the Embossing Buddy. We then stamped the large bauble in the centre with Versamark ink. The string was added to the top of the bauble using Versark and the panel was then covered with Silver Embossing Powder. We then melted the embossing powder using the Heat Tool. Love this effect.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

Taking the following Blends pens we then coloured parts of the bauble – Light & Dark Highland Heather, Light & Dark Bermuda Bay & Light & Dark Pool Party. The upper right hand panel of the layer was rounded using the Detailed Trio Punch. We also rounded the upper right corner of the card front and a Gorgeous Grape layer measuring 5½” by 3¾”. The embossed panel was glued to the Gorgeous Grape layer with Multipurpose liquid Adhesive.

A strip of Coastal Cabana cardstock, 5⅞” by 2” was added to the front of the Thick Whisper White card base and the embossed layer added with Stampin Dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink onto a scrap of Whisper White which was cut down and added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The card was finished off with a scattering of Iridescent Sequins.

Row of Baubles

We stamped the tiny snowflakes randomly down the left hand edge of a Bermuda Bay card base using Bermuda Bay ink. The baubles were stamped in Basic Gray onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2½” and stamped the little snowflakes along the top of the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classe

Using a selection of Marker pens, Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party, the ladies picked out some areas of the baubles to colour. A thin layer of Silver Foil was added to hide the top of the bauble strings and the panel was added to a layer of Gorgeous Grape cardstock 4⅛” by 2¾” and this was added to the card front on dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped onto the card front with Gorgeous Grape ink and we tucked in strips of Highland Heather, Whisper White and Coastal Cabana cardstock under the raised panel and added the scatter of Iridescent Sequins.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

Christmas Project Class

Posted on November 4, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made by the ladies who came to my Christmas themed adult education all day event today. I had 5 tables set up and the ladies moved around from table to table making all 8 cards and 8 tags and the cute box to hold them all.

Table 1 – Rooted in Nature

www.crafty-rootes.com -Rooted in Nature cards for a Christmas Project class

Table 2 – Cookie Cutter Christmas

Cookie Cutter Christmas cards for a Christmas Project class

www.crafty-rootes.com -Cookie Cutter cards for a Christmas Project class

Table 3 – Seasonal Chums

www.crafty-rootes.com – Seasonal Chums cards for a Christmas Project class

Table 4 – Painted Harvest

www.crafty-rootes.com – Painted Harvest cards for a Christmas Project class

www.crafty-rootes.com – Painted Harvest tags for a Christmas Project class

Table 5 – Half Full box

www.crafty-rootes.com – Half Full box for a Christmas Project class

The ladies and I really enjoyed our crafty day. I hope you like the projects.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Box of cards and tags for a Christmas Project class

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

Lovely card made using the Abstract Impressions stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Abstract Impressions for September Classes

Posted on September 16, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

This month’s classes focused on the gorgeous Abstract Impressions stamp set and co-ordinating Springtime Impressions thinlit dies. Although the weather in the UK has cooled down I didn’t feel ready yet to do a Christmas class and this fabulous set was just what I needed for some summery flower card.

Thank You card

For the first card we started with a panel of Whisper White measuring 4” by 2⅝”. We stamped the more solid of the leaf stalk images in Lemon Lime Twist ink and added the more detailed image on top in Granny Apple Green ink. The ladies loved the fact that they did not have to line up the images, indeed abstract is definitely the way to go. We then inked up the solid spray of blossoms in Grapefruit Grove and stamped off once onto grid paper before stamping above the leaves, this gives a lighter shade. The more detailed flower image was then stamped on top in full strength Grapefruit Grove ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Abstract Impressions and Springtime Impressions for a card class

Using the Detailed Trio Punch we rounded the upper left corner of the stamped panel and the same corner of a piece of Grapefruit Grove cardstock 4⅛” by 2¾” before adhering them together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

Taking the solid flower spray image we inked it in Granny Apple Green ink and stamped onto opposing corners of a Granny Apple Green card base. The sentiment was stamped in Grapefruit Grove ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and was punched out using the Tailored Tag Punch. Using the same punch we also punched a piece of Highland Heather cardstock. This piece was cut in half using scissors and the pieces glued to the top and bottom of the sentiment. This piece was then added to the stamped panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

Using the Tailored Tag Punch we banner ended a piece of Whisper White and Highland Heather cardstock 4⅛” by ¼”, cut each piece in half and glued them to the card front. The stamped topper was then added to the card front on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Birthday Card

We started by running a panel of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” through the Big Shot using the new Embossing Mats and the huge floral corner die from the Springtime Impressions. The ladies absolutely loved this new technique. We then stamped the large abstract flower onto the embossed piece in Grapefruit Grove, 3^rd generation for the base layer, 2^nd generation for the middle layer and full strength for the final layer. We also stamped it onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Abstract Impressions and Springtime Impressions for a card class

We stamped the smaller flower onto the embossed panel in Highland Heather ink, 2^nd generation for the solid image and full strength for the detailed image. We stamped the same image again onto our scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock and onto a Stitched Oval from the Stitched Shapes dies.

Next we stamped the sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet stamp set in Granny Apple Green ink and added a Highland Heather flower to the die cut oval. We stamped a few leaves in Garden Green and Lemon Lime Twist ink and added the stitched oval to the embossed panel.

Using the Detailed Trio Punch we rounded the bottom right corner of the embossed panel, a panel of Highland Heather measuring 5½” by 3¾” and a Grapefruit Grove card base and adhered all the layers together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The Stitched Oval was added with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the extra flowers fussy cut and added with glue.

Butterfly Card

We began by a placing a die cut Stitched Oval onto a Thick Whisper White card base and drawing round it. We then inked up the larger flower in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Grapefruit Grove, the smaller flower in 1^st and 2^nd generation Highland Heather and a variety of leaves in Granny Apple Green ink. The trick with this sort of card is to stamp all the images partly inside the oval and partly outside the oval and to start with the largest image and finishing with the smallest images.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Abstract Impressions and Springtime Impressions for a card class

We die cut the butterfly from the Springtime Impressions dies and added it to the Stitched oval with a small strip of dimensionals and added a bow made from the ⅛” Grapefruit Grove ribbon. The oval was then added to the card front with dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Abstract Impressions and Springtime Impressions for a card class

This is such an unusual colour combo but looks so bright and summery. I hope you like the cards.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

Gorgeous trio of cards using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Blended Seasons Classes

Posted on August 17, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made during this month’s classes. We used the gorgeous Blended Seasons stamp set and the co-ordinating Stitched Seasons dies. This set is only available until the 31^st August or while stocks last so if you like it don’t wait to buy it. I decided to use this set to do a masterclass in colouring using Blends, Watercolor Pencils with Blender Pens and ink pads with Aquapainters.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

Card 1 – Blossoms

The first card was very straight forward but to ensure everyone got a crisp stamped image we mounted the stamp onto the Stampartus. We stamped onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The ladies then chose a duo of Blends Pens to colour the flowers and a second set to colour the leaves. The sample used the Cherry Coober duo for 2 flowers and the Poppy Parade duo for the 3^rd flower. I used the Granny Apple Green duo for the leaves.

Gorgeous floral card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

Using the Detailed Trio Punch we rounded the upper left corner of the stamped panel and a panel of Basic Gray measuring 5½” by 3¾” and adhered the two together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We stamped the sentiment in Momento Tuxedo Black ink. Using the Blends pens we coloured some pearls to co-ordinate with the coloured image and added them to the panel before adhering it to a Thick Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Card 2 – Christmas!!!!!

In my opinion it is never too early to make Christmas cards and thankfully my ladies were prepared to indulge me! We began by taking a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and die cutting the middle stitched shape from the gorgeous Stitched Seasons dies. These are lovely dies used on their own but absolutely stunning when layered together.

Gorgeous Christmas card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We stamped the sentiment and the holly boughs in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto the die cut Shimmery White piece and coloured them in using the lovely Watercolor Pencils from the original set and the set currently available until August 31^st. We then blended the colour with Blender Pens.

Taking a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock 5¼” by 3½” we stamped the sweet leaf image in the left upper and right lower corners using Garden Green ink and adhered the label to a Thick Whisper White card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We added a strip of Cherry Cobbler 5⅞” by ⅜” across the centre and added the coloured panel on top using Stampin’ Dimensionals. We added a scattering of coloured Basic Pearls to the panel.

Card 3 – Autumnal Easel

We started making this card by die cutting the lovely stitched frames using the Big shot. The largest shape was cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the medium size from Shimmery White cardstock. We also die cut the sweet leaf shape from the Stitched Seasons dies from Copper Foil Paper.

Gorgeous Autumnal Easel card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We stamped the gorgeous leaf image in Versamark ink onto the Shimmery White die cut piece and covered it with Copper Embossing powder which we heat set with the Heat Tool……….and yes most of us remembered to use the Embossing Buddy.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We used Cherry Cobbler ink pad, Pumpkin Pie ink pad, Crushed Curry ink pad and Garden Green ink pad and Aquapainters to colour in the image. Love the effect watercoloring gives and the fact that you can layer up the colour to get a rich, intense colour. WE stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink before adhering the stamped layer to the Cherry Cobbler layer.

We added the panel to a card base of Thick Whisper White 11¾” by 4⅛”, scored at 2 15/16ths and 5⅞”. You need to make sure you only add glue to the bottom half of the panel or the card fold won’t work properly. The copper leaf is then added to the inside of the card on Dimensionals to act as a stopper. We added coloured Basic Pearls to finish the card.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x