A striking thinking of you card made using the Loveliest Tree stamp set and the 2023 -2025 in colors from Stampin' Up! - Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Loveliest Tree card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Posted on April 29, 2024May 1, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we have a roll of a dice to inspire us today. The roll gives us – pearl, colouring, In Colors, sympathy and standard horizontal and I have used the new Loveliest Tree stamp set to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the loveliest tree card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛
Pebbled Path card – 4⅜” by 3½”
Basic White card – 3⅜” by 4¼”
Boho Blue card – 3¼” by 1”
Moody Mauve card – 3¼” by 1”
Wild Wheat card – 3¼” by 1”
Copper Clay card – 3¼” by 1”
Scrap Basic White & Pebbled Path card

I decided to use the 2023 – 2025 In Colors to make my card, they seemed more appropriate for a sympathy card. I added a little removable adhesive to the back of each 1” strip of in color card and lined them up on a sheet of grid paper butted up against each other.

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Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the large tree image in Pebbled Path ink across all 4 strips of card. I made sure that my ink pad was freshly inked and repeated this step a couple of times to get the required depth of colour.

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The strips were then lifted and placed onto the 3⅜” by 4¼” leaving a small border around the edge. The whole panel was then adhered to the Pebbled Path panel, then the whole piece was adhered to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Pebbled Path ink onto scrap Basic White card. I die cut it using a label die from the Autumn Leaves Dies. I die cut it twice to make the label smaller. I then adhered the sentiment to a scrap of Pebbled Path card which was then trimmed to fit. I added it to the card front with liquid adhesive and a Dimensional.

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Using a Boho Blue Blends Pen I coloured a trio of Iridescent Pearls and added them to the card front.

I got to this point before I realised that I had missed out the colouring element……. Ooops! I hope you’ll forgive me.

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Mo x

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Corrugated cardboard used with the Merriest Trees stamp set by Stampin' Up! to make a unique textured trees Christmas card

Textured Merriest Trees card

Posted on December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Back in October I was preparing for my Walk in the Forest Stamp-a-Stack by stamping the largest tree from the Merriest Trees stamp set onto 12” by 12” pizza boxes made from corrugated cardboard. Why? I hear you say………. to hold all the goodies my customers would need to create the 20 cards. As I stamped the tree, I found I was creating a really cool effect and I am recreating the effect for you today.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set used with corrugated cardboard for a unique textured trees Christmas card

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the textured merriest trees card, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pool Party card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

I inked the large tree with Pretty Peacock ink, stamped it onto a scrap piece of corrugated card then stamped it onto the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card. This gives such a cool effect.

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The image was stamped again and then a third time without re-inking.

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The ‘snow’ image from the Above It All stamp set was stamped above the trees in Pool Party ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set used with corrugated cardboard for a unique textured trees Christmas card

The stamped panel was then glued to the Pool Party layer and a piece of Iridescent Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then glued to the Pretty Peacock card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set used with corrugated cardboard for a unique textured trees Christmas card

I stamped the sentiment from the Celebrate with Tags stamp set in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Basic White card and used one of the pretty labels from the Autumn Leaves Dies to cut it out.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set used with corrugated cardboard for a unique textured trees Christmas card

The sentiment was added over the ribbon, a bow was added and a trio of Festive Pearls finished the card.

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A card made using the Autumn Leaves dies and using scraps of the All About Autumn dsp by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

Scrappy Leaf card for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

Posted on October 14, 2023October 13, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using scraps. I have made my card using the beautiful Autumn Dies and scraps of All About Autumn dsp.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the scrappy leaf card, you will need:

Moody Mauve card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
All About Autumn dsp – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”– rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 3¼” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”- for the inside – rounded upper left corner
All About Autumn dsp – strips ¼” and ⅜” inch wide and different lengths

I covered the square of Basic White card with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and laid the strips of All About Autumn designer Series Paper (dsp) across the panel at a diagonal and making sure to butt the strips tightly up against each other.