A beautiful garden themed card made using Stampin' Up! product

Grace’s Garden for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me for the February Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop. If you have joined me from Laura Mackie I am sure you were inspired by her project. Our theme today is ‘Colouring’ and I have chosen to use the stunning Grace’s Garden stamp set.

To recreate the Grace’s Garden card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Flirty Flamingo – 5” by 3¼” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Whisper White – 4⅞” by 3⅛” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded Upper Left corner – for the inside
Scrap Whisper White

I began by stamping the gate onto the Whisper White panel using Crumb Cake ink. I used the same ink to stamp the hollyhocks and the other little flowers on either side of the gate.

A beautiful garden themed card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet card made using the gorgeous Grace’s Garden stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The stamped images were then coloured in using the following Blends Marker – Crumb Cake combo, Granny Apple Green combo, Flirty Flamingo combo and dark Highland Heather. I added a touch of sky by sponging on some Balmy Blue ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet card made using the gorgeous Grace’s Garden stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I glued the stamped layer to the Flirty Flamingo panel using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet card made using the gorgeous Grace’s Garden stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking a length of Linen Thread I wrapped it round the panel and tied it in a bow.

I stamped the hollyhock image along the bottom of the Crumb Cake card base in Crumb Cake ink and added the stamped panel to the card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet card made using the gorgeous Grace’s Garden stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment from the New Wonders stamp set was stamped onto a scrap strip of Whisper white and trimmed out and the end flagged using scissors. I added the sentiment under the Linen Thread bow.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet card made using the gorgeous Grace’s Garden stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

A trio of pearls were coloured using the dark Flirty Flamingo Blends Marker before being added to the card front.

Such a cute card, I love it. Please hop on see what has Narelle Fasulo in Australia has to share with us today

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First Frost stamp set used to make a pretty floral card

First Frost card inspired by my bathroom!

Posted on February 4, 2020January 30, 2020 by Mo Rootes

I was soaking in the bath the other day, as you do when I looked up and noticed how well the new box of tissues went with the colour of the cupboard doors and I thought I must try out that colour combo ……..we have to take our inspiration when it comes. Here is the card I came up with using the First Frost stamp set.

To recreate my bathroom inspired card you will need:

Merry Merlot card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Calypso Coral – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2– rounded upper left corner
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

I inked up the ‘sprig’ image using the Gray Granite and Merry Merlot Stamp and Write Markers and stamped on one of the Whisper White panels. I repeated this twice more. This panel was then added to the Calypso Coral panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to the Merry Merlot card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

I stamped the large flower in Merry Merlot ink and the small flower in Calypso Coral onto scrap Whisper White card stock and die cut them using the Frosted Bouquet dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped using Gray Granite ink onto scrap Whisper White and die cut using the same dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

The sentiment was added to the card front on Dimensionals and the roses placed around the sentiment using Dimensionals. I added a trio of Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

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A pretty cheerful Spring daisy card made using Stampin' Up! products

Pretty Daisy Lane

Posted on January 3, 2020December 30, 2019 by Mo Rootes

With all the fun and festivities over January always seems such a long month so I thought I would start the year off with a pretty daisy card, so bright and cheerful.

To recreate the pretty Daisy Lane card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Mango Melody – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Old Olive – 5” by 3¼”
Whisper White 5” by 3 ¼”
Old Olive 3⅝” by ⅜”
Scrap Whisper White

I started by stamping the gorgeous fern image in Old Olive ink randomly onto the larger panel of Whisper White cardstock before adhering the panel to the Mango Melody piece. This whole piece was then glued to the Thick Whisper White card base using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring card made using the Daisy Lane stamp set

Using the Nested Stitched Dies I die cut die cut a label from the smaller Whisper White panel and the next size up from the Old Olive piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring card made using the Daisy Lane stamp set

I stamped the leaf and stem image onto the stitched Whisper White die cut piece in Old Olive ink. The daisy flower us added using Mango Melody ink and the panel was then mounted on the Old Olive die cut using the same Multipurpose adhesive. The sentiment from the same stamp set was added in Old Olive ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring card made using the Daisy Lane stamp set

The bottom of the die cut piece was cut off using my paper trimmer. This piece was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring card made using the Daisy Lane stamp set

I added the strip of Old Olive to the bottom of the popped up panel. The daisy head was stamped in Mango Melody ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and fussy cut. I added it to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring card made using the Daisy Lane stamp set

I added a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots to complete the card. I love it, hope you do too.

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Band Together stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet floral birthday card

Floral Band Together

Posted on December 17, 2019December 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet and simple card floral band card made using the Band Together stamp set.

To recreate the Floral Band Together card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right and lower left corners x 2
Scrap Whisper White

The large floral image was stamped on one of the Whisper White panels using Basic Gray ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I coloured the image using the following Blends Markers – Rococo Rose combo, Granny Apple Green combo & So Saffron combo.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to adhere the stamped panel to the Basic Black layer and added the whole piece to the Crumb Cake card base with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray ink and die cut using the Detailed Bands dies. I trimmed off one side and added it to the card base with the same liquid glue. I coloured some Basic Pearls in using the dark Rococo Rose Blends pen.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I stamped the flower in Rococo Rose ink onto the remaining Whisper White panel and glued inside the card. The same image was used to decorate the front of the envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

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Beautiful Friend stamp set makes a pretty floral birthday card for a special friend

Beautiful Friendship for a special friend

Posted on August 2, 2019July 28, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty card made for one of my oldest and dearest friends using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set.

To recreate the Beautiful Friendship card you will need;

Thick Whisper White card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Basic Gray cardstock 4⅛” by 3 ⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White cardstock 4” by 3” – rounded upper right corner

Using some temporary adhesive I adhered the Whisper White piece to the card front. I then stamped the flowers and leaves beginning with the largest images and making sure to stamp overlapping on to the card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely floral birthday card made using the Birthday Friendship stamp set.

I used Rococo Rose ink for the large and small roses, Seaside Spray for the hydrangea, Purple Posy for the long flower spays and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely floral birthday card made using the Birthday Friendship stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink and added the rose centres in the same colour.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely floral birthday card made using the Birthday Friendship stamp set.

The Whisper White layer was then lifted away from the card base and added it to the Basic Gray panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole panel was added to the card base on Dimensionals

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely floral birthday card made using the Birthday Friendship stamp set.

I added a scattering of Iridescent Sequins for a bit of bling.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely floral birthday card made using the Birthday Friendship stamp set.

I stamped the same flowers and leaves inside the card and on the envelope.

A really pretty card. I hope my friend likes it.

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Birthday Goodness

Posted on July 25, 2019July 22, 2019 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing with the Birthday Goodness stamp set this week and have made a really sweet shaker card for my sister in laws birthday.

To recreate the Birthday Goodness card you will need;

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Rococo Rose cardstock 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Whisper White cardstock 5⅜ by 3⅝” x 2
Rococo Rose cardstock 4¾” by 3¼”
Window Sheet 5” by 3½”

I die cut a rectangle from the centre of one of the Whisper White layers using a Rectangle Stitched die. Using the same die and the next one up I die cut the frame from the smaller panel of Rococo Rose cardstock.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous shaker card made using the Birthday Goodness stamp set

I stamped the tower of macarons in Basic Gray ink onto the die cut stitched rectangle and coloured it in using the following Blends markers – Rococo Rose combo, Seaside Spray combo and Crumb Cake combo……….don’t they look good enough to eat!

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous shaker card made using the Birthday Goodness stamp set

I glued the Rococo Rose frame to the Whisper White frame using Multipurpose liquid Adhesive and added the window sheet to the reverse using Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous shaker card made using the Birthday Goodness stamp set

The larger Rococo Rose panel was added to the card front using the same adhesive. Placing the ‘frame’ onto the card front I added the same adhesive to the back of the stamped piece and nestled it inside the frame. The frame was then lifted away abd foam adhesive strips added all round the rectangular aperture making sure to leave no gaps.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous shaker card made using the Birthday Goodness stamp set

I placed a pinch of the Woven Threads Seqiuns on top of the stamped image and added the frame over the top. The sentiment was stamped on basic Gray ink and added to the card front with Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous shaker card made using the Birthday Goodness stamp set

The inside of the card and the envelope were stamped with the tower of macarons in the Basic Gray ink.

Such a pretty card. I hope you like it.

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A gorgeous feminine. floral card using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Bright Beautiful Friendship

Posted on July 9, 2019June 28, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty floral card made using the gorgeous Beautiful Friendship stamp set.

To recreate the Beautiful Friendship card you will need;

Flirty Flamingo card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Coastal Cabana 5⅝” by 3⅞” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜ by 3⅝”
Whisper White 2¾” by 2¾”

I die cut a stitched circle using the Stitched Shapes dies, placed it roughly where I wanted it on the larger Whisper White panel and drew around it with a pencil.

www,crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set

Starting with the largest image I randomly stamped the flowers around the circle. I used Poppy Parade ink, Flirty Flamingo ink, Daffodil Delight ink, Coastal Cabana ink & Granny Apple Green ink.

www,crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set

I stamped the sentiment in Poppy Parade ink on the die cut Stitched Circle and trimmed down the right side. The sentiment was then added to the stamped panel on dimensionals.

www,crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set

The stamped piece was glued to the Coastal Cabana panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive then to the Flirty Flamingo card base using the same adhesive.

www,crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set

I added a trio of Iridescent sequins to finish of the card.

www,crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Beautiful Friendship stamp set

I hope you like it.

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A sweet, floral card made using the Inspiring Iris stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Inspiring Iris in purple

Posted on July 5, 2019June 26, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sweet card made using the gorgeous Inspiring Iris stamp set, this is such a sweet floral stamp set with lovely 2 step images.

To recreate the Inspiring Iris you will need;
Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Highland Heather 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded upper left corner
It Starts With Art dsp 5⅜” by 3⅝” – – Rounded upper left corner
Highland Heather 4⅛” bt 2¼”
Whisper White 4” by 2⅛”

I started by glueing the dsp to the larger Highland Heather layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

I wrapped a piece of Polka Dot Tuille around the layer securing it on the back with Sellotape and glued the panel to the front of a Thick Whisper White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The Iris’ were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the small panel of Whisper White cardstock.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The flowers were coloured using Highland Heather ink and the leaves with 2nd generation Old Olve ink, the stamps give a lovely water colour look to the images.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The sentiment was stamped in Highland Heather ink and the stamped panel added to the small panel of Highland Heather. This was then added to the card front on Dimensionals and a tuille bow added on a glue dot.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

Such a pretty dainty card.

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Inspiring Iris for a birthday card

Posted on June 28, 2019June 21, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made for the birthday of a friend. I used the new Inspiring Iris stamp set which has some really pretty floral images, perfect for birthdays.

To recreate the Inspiring Iris card you will need;

Melon Mambo card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Granny Apple Green 3 ¾” by 2 ¾” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 3⅝” by 2⅝” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner

The outline flowers were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smallest Whisper White panel.

A gorgeous floral feminine birthday card made using the Inspiring Iris stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The fill in stems were stamped in Granny Apple Green ink. I love the water colour effect of this stamp. So pretty.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The in-fill flowers were then stamped in 1^st or 2^nd generation ink or Daffodil Delight ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The border image was then stamped in Granny Apple Green ink in 1^st and 2^nd generation ink below the flowers but I didn’t really like how this looked and ended up covering it up with a piece of Granny Apple Green Ribbon.

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White in Granny Apple Green ink, trimmed out with scissors and added onto the ribbon.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

I stamped the in-fill flower image randomly over the Melon Mambo card front in Melon Mambo ink to add a little more interest and texture to the card. The floral piece was then added to the card fron with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inspiring Iris stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The inside Whisper White panel and the envelope were decorated with a stamped flower.

I hope my friend likes her card.

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A gorgeous purple magnolia for a simple card

Purple Magnolia Anyone

Posted on June 4, 2019June 1, 2019 by Mo Rootes

I am loving the fabulous new Good Morning Magnolia stamp set which will be available for purchase from my online store from the 4^th June when the new Annual Catalogue launches. I am really drawn to the huge flower stamp in the stamp set and have used it to make todays card.

To recreate the Purple Magnolia card you will need.

Highland Heather card base
Mossy Meadow 5½ by 3¾”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅜”
Mossy Meadow 4⅛” by 2¾”
Scrap Whisper White

I stamped the beautiful, huge flower image twice onto the largest panel of Whisper White cardstock in Mossy Meadow ink. Using my Big Shot and the Rectangle Stitched dies I die cut a piece from the middle of the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia goes purple and looks great

I glued the outside frame area to the larger panel of Mossy Meadow cardstock using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia goes purple and looks great

Using the following Blends markers I coloured in only the portions of the flowers on the smaller die cut panel – Mossy Meadow combo, Highland Heather Combo, dark Petal Pink and the Color Lifter.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia goes purple and looks great

The coloured piece was then glued to the smaller Mossy Meadow cardstock and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia goes purple and looks great

I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink and die cut it using the Rectangle Stitched dies. I ran it through twice as I wanted a smaller stiched frame. It was added to the card front with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia goes purple and looks great

I coloured some of the Basic Pearls using my dark Highland Heather Blends Marker before adding them to the card. I stamped the large flower on the envelope and on the second panel of Whisper White in the Mossy Meadow ink.

Love this card.

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Mo x

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