A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Textured Botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing techniques to add texture to a project. I have used the new Botanical Layers stamp set with heat embossing, ink blending and distressing techniques.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the textured botanicals card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅝” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” x 2, one for the inside
Starry Sky card – 3 ¾” by ¾”
Scrap Basic White & Vellum

I began by stamping the largest leafy image in Starry Sky ink randomly onto one of the Basic White panels. I added the delicate flowery plumes in Gray Granite ink.

 

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Making sure the stamped panel was dry I stamped the reedy type image in Versamark ink, randomly over the panel. I covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool.

 

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!


www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using the blade of my scissors I roughed up the edges all the way around the panel. I curled the upper left corner using a Bone Folder to break down the fibres of the cardstock. Using a Blending Brush, I added Starry Sky ink all the way around the edge of the panel and used a Starry Sky Blends Pen to add colour all the way around the edges.

 

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Add the strip of Starry Sky card across the centre using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. Wrap a piece of Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon around the panel, securing on the back with Sellotape. Adhere the whole panel to the Gray Granite card base with the same liquid glue.

 

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Stamp the sentiment in Starry Sky ink onto scrap Basic White and die cut it using the Layering Circle Dies. Mount on a slightly larger circle die cut from a scrap of Vellum. Add the sentiment to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

To complete the card, I added a bow using the same ribbon and coloured a trio of Basic Rhinestones with a Starry Sky Blends Pen before adding them to the card.

I hope you like it.

Please continue around the hop to share the techniques used by fellow demos.



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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

Tropical Palm Trees for the Kylie Bertucci Demonstrator Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Kylie Bertucci Demonstrator Blog Hop where we are sharing customer thank you cards. I have made my cards using the Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets to make a tropical palms card.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the tropical palms card, you will need:

Daffodil Delight card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

 

I began by stamping the ground in Sahara Sand ink on the smaller Basic White panel.

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -Tropical Palms card made using the Oceanfront and Paradise Palms Stamp sets for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The image with a missing wedge from the bottom was inked by pressing the stamp directly to the ink pad, Daffodil Delight at the bottom and Mango Melody at the top. It was stamped above the ground.

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -Tropical Palms card made using the Oceanfront and Paradise Palms Stamp sets for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The larger image was inked up in Poppy Parade ink and Gorgeous Grape ink in the same way as before. Finally, I inked the bottom of the largest stamp in Misty Moonlight ink and stamped it to complete the sky.

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -Tropical Palms card made using the Oceanfront and Paradise Palms Stamp sets for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The panel was then placed in the Stamparatus and I stamped the tree trunks in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I actually stamped each trunk three times. The palm leaves were added in the same way.

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -Tropical Palms card made using the Oceanfront and Paradise Palms Stamp sets for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The grasses were stamped in the same black ink using the Stamparatus.

I added the stamped panel to the Basic Black layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the panel added to the Daffodil Delight card base on Dimensionals.

 

The Paradise Palms and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for a pretty tropical palms card Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -Tropical Palms card made using the Oceanfront and Paradise Palms Stamp sets for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

I really love the vibrancy of this card. I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what my fellow demos have to share with us today.



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

Mo x

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A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Blessings Embossed for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where we are showcasing projects featuring embossing. My blessings embossed thank you card uses both dry and heat embossing and the Blessings of Home stamp set.

The colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the blessings embossed card, you will need:

Flirty Flamingo card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Early Espresso card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” x 2 – 1 for the inside
Early Espresso card – 2” by ½”
Scrap Basic White card

 

Using the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, I embossed one of the Basic White panels with the Bark Embossing Folder. The embossed layer was glued to the Early Espresso panel and a length of Flirty Flamingo Ribbon wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The whole piece was then added to the Flirty Flamingo card front.

 

A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -A beautiful embossed floral card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I stamped the larger floral image onto scrap Basic White card using Versamark ink. I covered the stamped image with Copper Embossing Powder and heat set it.

 

A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -A beautiful embossed floral card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

The image was die cut using the Flowers of Home Dies. I then coloured the image using the following Blends Markers – Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, SU200 and SU300. The coloured image was then added to the crad front on Dimensionals.

 

A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -A beautiful embossed floral card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Early Espresso card, covered it in White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. I trimmed it down and added it to the card front.

 

A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -A beautiful embossed floral card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

To finish the card, I added a trio of Brass Butterflies. So pretty.

 

A floral card featuring heat embossing and dry embossing using Stampin' Up! products for rhe Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com -A beautiful embossed floral card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Please hop on to see what my friends have to share with us today. Next up is the lovely Jan Musselman

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Jill Chapman

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Tricia Butts

Karen Henderson  ●  Mo Rootes   ●  Jan Musselman

Susan Webster  ●  Sue Allen  ●  Chris Smith

Teri West  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Danielle Kassing

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Vickie Littlewood

Lorraine Tierney  ● Annette Ball  ●  Marieke Bart

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

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An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Flowering Greenhouse for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where we have a sketch challenge. Love a sketch challenge as they often push me out of my comfort zone. I have made a flowering greenhouse card which I hope you will like.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the flowering greenhouse card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Old Olive card – 4 ½” by 1” x 2
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

Using Balmy Blue ink, I stamped one of the leafy images down the right side of the Balmy Blue card base and set it to one side.

 

An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Garden Greenhouse stamp set used to make a pretty floral card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I stamped the large leafy image in Old Olive ink onto the small panel od Basic White card and added one of the smaller leafy images to the right and left in Garden Green ink.

The flowers were added with Gorgeous Grape ink, Petal Pink ink and Magenta Madness ink.

 

An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Garden Greenhouse stamp set used to make a pretty floral card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Using Versamark ink, I stamped the greenhouse over the stamped panel, covered the ink with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set it using my Heat Tool. Balmy Blue ink was added to the background using a Blending Brush.

 

An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Garden Greenhouse stamp set used to make a pretty floral card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Using one of the Basic Borders Dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine I die cut a stitched zigzag border from the 2 strips of Old Olive card and added them to the top and bottom of the inked panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The panel was the added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Garden Greenhouse stamp set used to make a pretty floral card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped on scrap strips of Basic White card and trimmed them down and flagged the ends with Scissors. They were added to the card front with liquid glue.

 

An embossed greenhouse image used for a floral card and made using the Garden Greenhouse stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Garden Greenhouse stamp set used to make a pretty floral card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Basic Rhinestones were added to the centre of the daisy type flower.

I hope you like my take on the sketch.

Please continue to hop on and see what my fellow demonstrators have to share with us today.

Angie McKenzie  ●  Susan Simpson  ●  Donna Lester

Karen Egan  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Cheryl Hamilton

Leonie Stuart  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Tricia Butts  ●  Susan Webster  ●  Jill Chapman

Sue Allen  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Chris Smith

Jo Blackman  ●  Lorraine Tierney  ●  Marieke Bart

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Danielle Kassing  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Kirsty Patrick

Mo Rootes  ●  Judith Patterson  ●  Teri West

Rochelle Laird-Smith  ●  Annette Ball

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

Embossed Wild Roses

A pretty white heat embossed Wild Roses birthday card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the embossed wild roses card, you will need:

Rich Razzleberry card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Rich Razzleberry – 5½” by 3¾”
Very Vanilla – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Very Vanilla 3¼” by 3”

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

The Wild Rose stamp was mounted on the plate of the Stamparatus, inked up with the Versamark ink and stamped onto the 5⅝” by 3⅞” panel of Rich Razzleberry card.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with a Heat Tool.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

The embossed panel was added to the larger Very Vanilla layer. I wrapped a length of Fine Art Ribbon around the panel before adding the panel to the Rich Razzleberry card front.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set in Blackberry Bliss ink onto the smallest panel of Very Vanilla and die cut it out using the Tasteful Labels dies and my Mini Cut & Emboss Machine. This was added over the ribbon on Dimensionals.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

To complete the card, I added a bow using the same ribbon. So pretty.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

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Playful Valentine card

Today I am sharing the card I made my husband for Valentine’s Day using the Playful Alphabet dies, Window Sheet and strips of card. This card was inspired by a Youtube video by fellow demonstrator Angie of Stamping With Amore.

Colours used in today’s project are:

 To recreate the Playful Valentine card. You will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Window Sheet – 4⅛” by 2¼”
Misty Moonlight – 4⅛” by ⅜”
Panels of Misty Moonlight, So Saffron, Pacific Point, Old Olive & Balmy Blue 2½” wide
Scrap Basic White

Taking the 2½” wide strips of card stock I cut them down into thin strips, wider at one end than the other.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Palyful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

I added strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive down the length of each strip and added them to the Window Sheet panel leaving a small gap between each strip. I trimmed off the excess using sharp scissors.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Palyful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

Dimensionals and Mini Dimensionals were then added to the Window Sheet behind the card stock strips, so they would be hidden and the whole panel adhered to the card front.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Palyful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

Taking the scrap Basic White and the Playful Alphabet Dies I cut out letters LOVE three times. The letters were then stacked on top of each other with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive before being added to the card front.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Playful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

I inked the word YOU from the Well Said stamp set in Versamark ink and stamped it onto the long strip of Misty Moonlight. The sentiment was then covered with White Embossing Powder and heat setting it with my Heat Tool.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Playful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

The strip was added to the card front with the liquid glue.

A lovely masculine themed Valentine card using Window Sheet, Playful Alphabet dies and some scrap card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Playful Alphabet Dies, Window Sheet and card stock scraps make a lovely masculine Valentine card

I hop you like the card.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

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The Baby Wipe Technique used with the Beautiful Promenade stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Baby Wipe Technique for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Welcome to the April Stampers Showcase blog hop where our theme this month is Spring/Floral. If you have joined me from Mikaela‘s blog then welcome. I have chosen to use the Baby Wipe Technique with the Beautiful Promenade stamp set and some bright, rich colours.

To recreate the Beautiful Promenade card you will need;

Poppy Parade card base 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored and folded at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Gorgeous Grape cardstock 5½” by 3 ¾”
Very Vanilla cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Vellum 6” by 1½”
Scrap Gorgeous Grape cardstock for die-cutting
C6 Very Vanilla Envelope

The Baby Wipe Technique used with the Beautiful Promenade stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I have hardly used this gorgeous stamp set, I am so glad it is carrying over to the new Annual Catalogue. I wanted to try out the baby wipe technique and thought this set might work well with the technique.

Poppy Parade card base 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored and folded at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner Gorgeous Grape cardstock 5½” by 3 ¾” Very Vanilla cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” Vellum 6” by 1½” Scrap Gorgeous Grape cardstock for die-cutting

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I began by folding a single baby wipe into a square and placing it in an empty clear mount stamp case. I took the Daffodil Delight re-inker and dropped about 12 – 15 drops randomly onto the baby wipe. I repeated this with the Poppy Parade re-inker and finally with Gorgeous Grape re-inker. The dots of ink should spread and merge together with no un-inked areas

www.crafty-rootes.com - Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I inked the outline flower stamp on my hand made ink pad and randomly stamped the image onto the Very Vanilla panel. I loved the effect of the multicolour flowers. The stamped layer was then added to the Gorgeous Grape panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The Baby Wipe Technique used with the Beautiful Promenade stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I wrapped the strip of Vellum around the stamped panel and adhered it on the back with Sellotape. The whole piece was then glued to the Poppy Parade card front.

I die cut the word ‘birthday’ 3 times from scrap Gorgeous Grape cardstock and adhered the words one on top of the other using Multipurpose liquid Adhesive, this gives great dimension to the word.

The Baby Wipe Technique used with the Beautiful Promenade stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set used with the Baby Wipe Technique for the April Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I swiped the  Embossing Buddy over the vellum then stamped the word ‘wishes’ in Poppy Parade ink covered it with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. The die cut ‘birthday’ was added on top with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I used a Mini Glue Dot tucked under the ‘birthday’ to hold the vellum layer down.

I love, love this card, hoping you like it as well.

Please hop on to see what Annette 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.

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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A Valentine card made for my husband using the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Rooted In Nature non-traditional Valentine Card

Today I am sharing the Valentine’s card I made for my husband. It is a non-traditional valentine card as he would hate a lovey dovey, hearts and flowers card.  I used the Rooted In Nature stamp set to make a card featuring leaves and nature which he loves.

Making the non-traditional Valentine card

I started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5⅞” by 2⅛”. I selected a variety of leaves from the Rooted In Nature stamp set and chose a variety of green inks with which to stamp them, starting with the largest images and filling up the space with the smaller leaves. The inks I used were Shaded Spruce, Old olive, Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sea Foam, I deliberately overlapped some of the images to give a fuller look.

A non-traditional Valentine card made for my husband using the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a non-traditional Valentine card

When the ink was dry I rubbed over the panel with my Embossing Buddy before stamping one of the images again in Versamark ink. I covered the panel with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it using my Heat Tool. So pretty….

A non-traditional Valentine card made for my husband using the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a non-traditional Valentine card

I cut a panel of Shaded Spruce at 5⅞” by 2⅜”and adhered it to the back of the stamped and embossed layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I cut a piece of Gold Foil at 5⅞” by ½” and added it to the right hand side of the panel before adhering the whole piece to a Soft Sea Foam card base.

A non-traditional Valentine card made for my husband using the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Rooted In Nature stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a non-traditional Valentine card

I cut a strip of Vellum 2⅛ by 1” and stamped the word YOU from the Well Said stamp set in Versamark ink, covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. I die cut the word LOVE from a scrap of Shaded Spruce cardstock using the Well Written framelit dies and my Big Shot. I added the die cut to the vellum using tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I added the vellum panel to the card front with tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive hidden behind the words.

I am really happy with this non-traditional Valentine card and I am sure my husband will like it too.

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

Supplies Used

 

Cards using the Cake Soiree bundle

Cake Soiree Classes

This month we used the Cake Soiree stamp set and Sweet Cake Builder dies for this month’s classes. I chose this set deliberately because I wanted to showcase the 3 types of embossing – dry, heat and embossing paste, and we had so much fun!!

Let the fun begin!

Sweet silver embossed cake

www.crafty-rootes.com. Cake Soiree Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

The 1st card we made used the lovely Silver Embossing Paste. To begin with we stamped the solid cake in Wisteria Wonder ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock. The stamped cake was laid onto a sheet of plastic and one of the Sweet Soiree Decorative Masks was laid on top. We took a scoop of the Silver Embossing Paste and spread it across the mask in a line layer using the Palette Knives. We lifted the mask off revealing the silver stripes on the cake. This was then set to one side to dry thoroughly and the mask and palette knives were popped into a bowl of warm soapy water then washed at the end of class. Taking the delicate floral cake stamp and Pink Pirouette ink we stamped on the upper left hand corner and lower right hand corner of a Thick Whisper White card front. We also stamped the same image inside the card and on a Whisper White Envelope. We die cut the largest of the Lots of labels dies from Pink Pirouette cardstock and the next size down from Whisper White cardstock. We then trimmed the bottom of both labels and matted them together with Tombow Liquid Adhesive and added a Silver Ribbon bow to the top. When the embossing paste was dry we die cut the cake using the Sweet Cake Builder Dies and added a bow die cut from Silver Foil. The cake was added to the label on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Pretty floral cake on a cardd cake

www.crafty-rootes.com. Cake Soiree Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

To make the 2nd card we stamped the floral cake in Momento Tuxedo Black ink then coloured it in using Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party & So Saffron inks and Blender Pens. We stamped the smaller of the open roses in Pink Pirouette ink onto a Pink Pirouette card front and rounded the upper right corner with a WRMK’s corner rounder. We dry embossed a strip of Whisper White cardstock using the Sparkle Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. We added a piece of Silver Metallic Ribbon at the top before it was added a strip of Wisteria Wonder cardstock to the left side and glued the whole piece to the left side of the card front. We die cut the gorgeous decorative ‘plate’ from Wisteria Wonder cardstock and added it to the back of the cake with Tombow. Some of the ladies die cut the foliage from Pear Pizzazz cardstock and added it behind the cake which was raised up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Gorgeous Silver Embossed Floral cake

www.crafty-rootes.com. Cake Soiree Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

The 3rd card focused on heat embossing. We stamped the floral cake onto a scrap of Pool Party cardstock in Versamark Ink and yes we did remember to use the Embossing Buddy!! We sprinkled the stamped cake with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set it using the Heat Tool. We also stamped the sentiment in Versamark onto a panel of Whisper White cardstock and heat embossed it in the silver. The cake was added to a cake plate and stand die cut from Silver Foil. The cake was then added to the Whisper White panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The whole panel was added to a layer of Pink Pirouette cardstock – the same layer that we used to die cut the label for the 1st card. The whole topper was then added to a Wisteria Wonder card base.

I really enjoyed this month’s classes and I know the ladies had a great time.

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.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Cake Soiree
Dies
Sweet Cake Builder & Lots of Labels
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Silver Foil & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, So Saffron & Versamark
Embossing
Silver Embossing Paste, Palette Knives, Silver embossing powder, Sparkle embossing folder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool & Sweet Soiree decorative masks
Tools
Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, WRMK corner rounder, Blender pens, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
B, C, D & D
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
⅛” Silver Metallic Ribbon, Whisper White Envelopes