Lovely sailing themed masculine card using Stampin Up product.

Sailing Home for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where our theme this month is ‘Masculine cards’. If you have joined me from the lovely …….. welcome, my name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. Like many others I find making cards for the men in my life a bit of a challenge and I am really looking forward to seeing what my fellow blog hoppers have to share with us.

To recreate the Sailing Home card you will need;

Seaside Spray card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Seaside Spray cardstock 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White cardstock 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Whisper White cardstock 5” by 3”
Night of Navy cardstock 3½” by ½” x 2
Scrap Whisper White

I ran the panel of Seaside Spray cardstock through my Big Shot with the Subtles Embossing folder to give it a little texture before adhering the panel to Seaside Spray card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I cut a label using the Stitched Nested Label dies and stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy towards the bottom. The smaller boat was then stamped twice in the Night of Navy ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The larger boat was stamped in the same ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut using the Smooth Sailing dies and coloured using the Seaside Spray combo, light Balmy Blue & light Night of Navy Blends Markers.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Using the 1” Circle Punch I punched circle from a PostIt Note and stuck it to the top of the stitched label. I sponged on some Blamy Blue ink using a Sponge Dauber then removed the punched circle and added some So Saffron ink again using a Sponge Dauber.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I added the 2 strips of Night of Navy cardstock to the card front having flagged the ends. The Stitched Label was then added over the top using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the lager boat added on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I stamped the larger boat in Night of Navy ink onto the Whisper White panel and added it to the inside of the card. The same image was stamped onto the front of the envelope.

Please continue to hop on and see what the lovely Deb Naylor has to share with us.

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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Gorgeous cards made at a Stamp-a-Stack featuring the Bird Ballard designer series paper

A Bird Ballard Stamp-a-Stack

Posted on July 21, 2019July 18, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made by the ladies who came to my Bird Ballard Stamp-a-Stack yesterday. On arrival each lady was given a kit bag containing a pack of the Bird Ballard designer series paper (dsp), a pack of the Iridescent sequins, 20 co-ordinating card bases, 20 envelopes and all the pre-cut layers to make 20 cards; 2 each of 10 designs. They also had a little chocolate treat to keep them going.

Above the Clouds

www,crafty-rootes.com -Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper used for the July Stamp-a-Stack

Sailing Home

Free As A Bird

www,crafty-rootes.com -Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper used for the July Stamp-a-Stack

Vibrant Vases

www,crafty-rootes.com -Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper used for the July Stamp-a-Stack

Wishing You

www,crafty-rootes.com -Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper used for the July Stamp-a-Stack

I love the Stamp-a-Stacks; we always have lots to talk and laugh about and it is great to craft with friends.

www,crafty-rootes.com -Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper used for the July Stamp-a-Stack

I hope you like the projects as much as the ladies did.

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

Mo x

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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.

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

Mo x

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Sailing boats for a masculine themed retirement card made with Stampin' Up! products

Smooth Sailing

Posted on June 18, 2019June 8, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is a lovely card made using the Smooth Sailing dies, the Sailing Home stamp set and some more masculine colours.

To recreate the Smooth Sailing card you will need;

Blueberry Bushel card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Come Sail Away dsp 4⅛” by 3”
Poppy Parade 4⅛” by ⅜”
Crumb Cake 3¾” by 2⅞”
Whisper White 3 ½” by 2⅝”
Whisper White strip ¼” wide
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Scrap Whisper White

The Poppy Parade strip was glued to the side of the Come Sail Away dsp then stuck to the card front using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Smooth Sailing dies and Sailing Home stamp set makes a cute reirement card

I die cut a stitched oval from the smaller panel of Whisper White and a slightly larger oval using the Layering Ovals dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Smooth Sailing dies and Sailing Home stamp set makes a cute reirement card

A watercolour wash was added to the stitched oval using an Aqua Painter and the Blueberry Bushel ink. When the ink was dry the panel was added to the Crumb Cake oval using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Smooth Sailing dies and Sailing Home stamp set makes a cute reirement card

The boats were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut using the Smooth Sailing dies. They were coloured in using Blends Markers. The boats were added to the oval with the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Smooth Sailing dies and Sailing Home stamp set makes a cute reirement card

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greeting stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the ¼” strip of Whisper White. The strip was trimmed down and the ends flagged before it was glued to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Smooth Sailing dies and Sailing Home stamp set makes a cute reirement card

The Whisper White panel for the inside and the envelope were decorated with a boat.

This would make a fab retirement card.

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

Mo x

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A Lighthouse at High Tide

Posted on March 6, 2019February 26, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the birthday card made for my lovely son. He loves the sea so the Lighthouse from the High Tide stamp set was perfect for his card.

Making the High Tide card

A lighthouse at High Tide for a lovely seaside themed masculine birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

I began by taking a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅛ by 2” and stamping the ‘ground’ image in 1^st and 2^nd generation Sahara Sand ink. I then placed the piece of cardstock in my Stamparatus as I find the lighthouse images much easier to line up using this stamping tool. The lighthouse was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Real Red ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

The tufts of grass were then added in Mossy Meadow ink and the birds in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The stamped panel was added to a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock measuring 4⅛” by 2⅛”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

Next I stamped the ‘water’ image from the High Tide stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink onto a Balmy Blue card base. I added more birds using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

I stamped the boats from the Lilypad Lake stamp set onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut them using the Lakeside framelit dies and the Big Shot. The boats were then coloured using Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover, Real Red and Crumb Cake markers.

The Lighthouse panel was added to the Balmy Blue card front on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the boats were then added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

The ‘water’ image was then stamped on a layer of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” and a trio of boats were added. This panel was then glued inside the card with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The same images were stamped on the front of a Whisper White envelope.

I really, really like this card and I hope my son like sit as well.

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

Mo x

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Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

Lilypad Lake for a special birthday

Posted on December 9, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the card I made for my brother in law’s special birthday. When he and my husband were young men they had a boat and loved to sail so the Lilypad Lake set was perfect for this special card.

Making the card

I started with 2 pieces of Thick Whisper White cardstock, one measuring 11” by 5½” and the other measuring 9¼” by 4¼”. Using my paper trimmer I scored both pieces at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”. I cut 3 panels of Twinkle Twinkle dsp, one at 5¼” by 5¼” and 2 at 5¼” by 2 ½” and glued these to the larger of the Thick Whisper White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I rounded 2 double corners of the smaller Thick Whisper White panel with the Decorative Trio Punch. I then added panels of Poppy Parade cardstock one measuring 3⅞” by 3⅜” and two measuring 3⅞” by 2½” having rounded the same corners.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I cut a panel of Whisper White cardstock 3¾” by 3¼” and stamped the ‘waves’ in Balmy Blue, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation then over the top with Blueberry Bushel ink. I used Daffodil Delight and a sponge dauber to add the ‘sun’. Taking some scrap Whisper White cardstock I stamped the 3 boats twice in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut them using the Big Shot and the Lakeside Framelits. These were coloured in using the Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade markers and added to the stamped panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I die cut a few clouds from the Up & Away framelits die set and sponged the edges with Balmy Blue ink before glueing to the panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This panel was then added to the larger Poppy parade panel.

I cut two panels of Whisper White measuring 2 ¾” by 2⅜”. I stamped the same ‘waves’ at the bottom of one of the panels and added the ‘reeds’ which were die cut from Granny Apple Green cardstock using the Lakeside framelits.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I stamped the numbers from the retired Number of Years stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink and die cut them using the Big Shot and the large Number Dies before adding to the remaining Poppy Parade panel on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The words from the same stamp set were stamped in Poppy Parade ink.

I am really happy with how this card turned out. I hope Rob likes it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Garden Impressions dsp for a July Stamp-a-Stack

Garden Impressions for a Stamp-a-Stack

Posted on July 10, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made by the ladies who came to the Stamp-a-Stack event on the 7^th July. We had such a lovely time crafting and chatting, what a great way to spend the day.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Garden Impressions dsp and hand Delivered stamp set for a July Stamp-a-Stack

On arrival the ladies were given a kit bag containing a full pack of Garden Impressions dsp, a pack of Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, all the cut and scored cardstock needed to make 20 cards, plus 20 Whisper White envelopes. I also included a sweet treat for each lady.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Garden Impressions dsp and Daisy Delight stamp set for a July Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – Garden Impressions dsp and Abstract Impressions stamp set for a July Stamp-a-Stack

During the day the ladies moved from one project table to another making 4 cards – 2 each of 10 designs- at each of the 5 tables. There was also an inspiration table with samples of upcoming classes and my usual BOGOF sale of retired product.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Garden Impressions dsp and Lilypad Lake stamp set for a July Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – Garden Impressions dsp and Detailed Dragonfly dies for a July Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com -Garden Impressions dsp for a July Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – July Stamp-a-Stack treat boxes

I had a fantastic day and look forward to my next Stamp-a-Stack event on 29^th September which will be Christmas themed. This event will be repeated on the 6^th October, click on ‘Events’ for more information or to book a place.

Details of the products I used for these projects can be found below.

Mo x