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

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

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

 

Colours used in this project are:

 

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 



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A festively decorated Advent Calender made using Stampin' Up! products

Christmas Countdown Advent and Alternative

Oh my goodness I love the gorgeous new Christmas Countdown Project Kit. It makes a super cute Advent Calender with a sturdy frame and pull out boxes which are a really good size – inside dimensions are 2” by 2” by 2”. Even better the kit comes with most of the elements you need to complete the calender.

A festively decorated Advent Calender made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous Advent Calender made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

There is a co-ordinating stamp set which I do not have to add a little customization to the decoration. I used stamp sets I already have to do this.

A festively decorated Advent Calender made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous Advent Calender made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

The calender was so quick and easy to put together as well.

A alternative non Christmas look to the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous project made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit and Bird Ballard dsp

The other fantastic thing about the calender is that each box has 4 faces – I turned the boxes 180⁰ and decorated them all using the lovely Bird Ballard dsp. Each square of dsp was cut to a shade under 2” by a shade under 2” and a semicircle  punched out with the 1” circle Punch. So many possibilities……..

I think I might use mine to store embellishments in.

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.

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

Mo x

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A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher Treat Box for the Just Add Ink #439 challenge

Today I am sharing the little treat boxes I made to decorate our Christmas table. I saw a video recently by the Paper Pixie where she made this box, click on the link to watch her video.  I have changed the cardstock, dsp and decoration.

To make the box you need;

Cardstock – 6⅝” by 4⅝” – I used either Poppy Parade and Garden Green

Designer Series Paper (DSP)  – 6⅜” by 2⅜ – I used Santa’s Workshop

Making the box base

I used my Paper Trimmer to score the cardstock as some of the measurements were in sixteenths of an inch. Taking a piece of cardstock I scored on the long side at 19/16”, 3⅛”, 4 11/16” and 6¼” and on the short side at 1 9/16” and 3¼”.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Taking a sharp pair of scissors I trimmed away both of the small rectangles and cut up either side of all the score lines and removed each ridge as shown in the photograph.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

I folded and burnished all the score lines using my Bone Folder and applied Tear and Tape to the small side tab and to the 4 smaller panels, removed the backing from the Tear and Tape and folded the panels in to re-enforce the box sides.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

I removed the backing from the Tear and Tape on the side tab and closed the box. I folded in both side panels forming the bottom of the box, then the back panel, added some Tear and Tape to the front panel and stuck it down.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Making the box top

Next I took the piece of Designer Series Paper (dsp) and sored it on the long side at 1 ½”, 3”, 4 ½” and 6”. I then added a small notch at ¾”, 2 ¼”, 3 ¾” and 5 ¼”. The dsp was then rotated clockwise and I scored on the short side at 19/16”.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

I folded and burnished the score lines using my fingers, trimmed a small wedge from the top and bottom of the smallest panel. Using my Take Your Pick Tool with the stylus end and a steel ruler I scored a triangle from the corner of each panel to the notch then from the notch to the next corner as shown in the photograph.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Using my fingers I carefully folded on all the diagonal lines as shown.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Tear and Tape was then added to the side tab and the sides of the box brought together. The dsp piece was then slide down inside the box, a treat was added before pressing on all 4 corners of the dsp piece to close the box.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

I wrapped a piece of Poppy Parade Striped Ribbon around the box securing it with a small piece of Tear and Tape and added a bow in the same ribbon.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

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.

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

Mo x

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A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

Signs of Santa for the Global Design Project #167

This weeks’ Global Design Challenge #167 is entitled ‘tis the season’ – whoo hoo basically we can share anything Christmas themed so here goes

Secret Santa Box

I have decided to share a box I designed to hold a sweet secret Santa gift which I will be taking to our team Christmas meal later this month.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I started with a piece of Coastal Cabana measuring 7½” by 7½” which I scored at 3” and 4½” using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I rotate the cardstock one turn and scored at 3” and 4½”. I then took a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅝” by 4⅝” and scored this at ½” and 1½” on all 4 sides. I trimmed both panels as shown in the photographs.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I ran the embossing buddy over both layers and stamped the sweet little snowflake stamps in Versamark ink on both panels, covered them with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool. I put both parts of the box together with Tear & Tape and slipped in my secret Santa gift. I used the lovely Poppy Parade Striped Ribbon to tie up the box

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

Using the Santa’s Workshop Designer Series Paper and the Santa’s Signpost dies I cut out a Mrs Claus and 3 little elves. I love that we can die cut this paper. I added the die cut pieces to the ribbon with Mini Dimensionals.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I stamped the sentiment from the Signs of Santa stamp set in Poppy Parade ink and die cut a label. I attached it to the box with a Mini Glue Dot.

 

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

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

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Beautiful You for Treat Boxes

I absolutely love the Beautiful You stamp set from the new spring/summer catalogue by Stampin’ Up! The images of the 3 ladies in the stamp set are so versatile and classic and as a bonus, there are lots of great sentiments included in the stamp set as well. What’s not to love…..

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Beautiful You stamp set

Over the weekend I have been making these cute little boxes to give as table gifts to the ladies attending my classes in February.

To make the boxes I used Whisper White cardstock cut to 9” by 4½”. I scored the cardstock at 1”, 4”, 5” and 8” on the long side and 1” and 3½” on the short side using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I cut up the short scorelines to form a pizza style box and adhered the tabs using FastFuse adhesive. I stamped a small panel of Whisper White cardstock with an image from the Beautiful You stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The sketchy watercolor effect dress is a stamp also included in the stamp set. I used Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo or Daffodil Delight ink pads to colour the lady’s dress then added a scattering of tiny hearts, using a stamp from the Any Occasions stamp set (available for free with a £45 order until the 31st March 2017) and the same 3 colours. The Whisper White panel was then backed with a layer of the same colour as the sketchy dress, i.e. Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo or Daffodil Delight cardstock and added to the box with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Beautiful You stamp set

I love this box which co-ordinates really well with the 3 projects we will make in the February classes. I hope my ladies like them.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies listed below please follow the ‘Shop Online’ button at the top of the home page.Hope to see you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies
Beautiful You stamp set
Any Occasions stamp set
Whisper White cardstock
Bermuda Bay cardstock
Daffodil Delight cardstock
Melon Mambo cardstock
Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Bermuda Bay ink pad
Daffodil Delight ink pad
Melon Mambo ink pad
FastFuse Adhesive
Dimensionals
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Simply Scored Scoring Tool
Acrylic blocks A, and D
Scissors
Bone Folder