The Merriest Trees stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up! used to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon

Merriest Trees cards – Christmas Stampathon

Posted on April 26, 2024April 25, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Today, I am sharing the cards made for the April Christmas Stampathon where we have a sketch to inspire us. Using the sketch, we are asked to make multiple Christmas cards to add to our stash, ready for Christmas. I have used the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies to make my cards.

Colours used in these cards are:

Basic White

Lost Lagoon

Pretty Peacock

To recreate the Merriest Trees cards, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Winter Meadow dsp – 5” by 1” x 3
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

The trio of Winter Meadow dsp strips were glued to the – 5⅛” by 3⅜” panel of Basic White card, leaving a small border around each piece. The panel was then glued to the Pretty Peacock card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A group of Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies for the Christmas Stampathon

The large tree was stamped onto scrap Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. The more detailed tree was then stamped on top in Pretty Peacock ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A group of Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies for the Christmas Stampathon

The tree was the die cut using the 4-tier die. I added the die cut tree to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A group of Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies for the Christmas Stampathon

I stamped the sentiment, from the Ringed with Nature stamp set in Pretty peacock ink ont scrap Basic White card and trimmed it down before flagging the end and adding it to the card front

www.crafty-rootes.com – A group of Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies for the Christmas Stampathon

A trio of silver stars were die cut from Silver Foil using the Merriest Trees Dies. These were added to the card front to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A group of Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies for the Christmas Stampathon

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The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

Stars At Night classes

Posted on December 15, 2023December 13, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today, I am sharing the hanging ornament and trio of tags I designed for my December classes. I used the Stars At Night stamp set and dies to make the projects.

Colours used in the projects are:

Hanging Ornament

Gold Hoop – mine was about 4”
2 Circles of card stock or dsp which fit inside the gold hoop – I used the Shining Brightly dsp
Scrap Basic White card
Gold Ribbon

The ribbon was wrapped from the top to the bottom of the hoop, wrapped around and brought up to the top where it was wrapped around again and then tied in a double knot. The ends of the ribbon were then knotted to form a loop to hang the hoop.-

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp by Stampin' Up!used to make a hanging ornament for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A hanging ornament made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp for December classes

We slipped one die cut circle – I used the Stylish Circle dies to cut these from the Shining Brightly stamp set – behind the hoop and under the ribbon. The second circle was glued on top, sandwiching the ribbon in the middle.

We used the Stamparatus – any stamp positioner would work – to stamp 3 large stars which I had die cut using the Stars at Night Dies.

The stamped stars were then folded in half from top to bottom. We used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the stars down the centre line to make the folding easier.

The 3 stars were then glued together, one in the middle and one half of the other 2 glued on either side of the middle star. The back of the multiple star piece was then glued to the middle of the dsp inside the hoop.

Star at Night Tags

3 Starry Sky tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
3 Basic White tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
Scrap Basic White and Gold Foil to die cut stars

Using a Blending Brush we added Starry Sky ink around the edges of 2 of the Starry Sky tags. The third tag was inked around the edges using another Blending Brush and Whisper White craft ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

When the first 2 tags were dry we added Whisper White ink to the centre of both tags.

When the tags were dry We stamped the rays of light image in the centre of 1 of the tags and a scattering of snowflakes around the edges of the other 2.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

From scrap Basic White and Gold Foil we die cut a selection of stars. The larger stars were glued to the inked tags and the smaller gold tags were added on top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

The white tags were then stamped with ‘To and From’ from the Sending Cheer stamp set and adhered to the back of the Starry Sky tags, slightly offset.

We used Simply Elegant Trim to make the ties for the tags.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

We had great fun making these. I hope you like them.

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Mo x

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A pretty Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies by Stampin' Up!

Multi-coloured Trees card

Posted on November 24, 2023November 19, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a multi-coloured trees card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the multi-coloured trees card, you will need:

Berry Burst card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pecan Pie card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”
Scrap Basic White card

On scrap Basic White card, I stamped the large tree in Pretty Peacock, Berry Burst, Wild Wheat & Orchid Oasis.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies used to make a pretty Christmas card

All the stamped trees were die cut using the 2^nd largest die. I used a Bone Folder to curve each tree.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies used to make a pretty Christmas card

The tree trunks were stamped in Pecan Pie ink along the bottom of the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies used to make a pretty Christmas card

Each tree was then added to the Basic White panel on Dimensionals. The decorated panel was then glued to the Pecan Pie panel and then to the Berry Burst card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies used to make a pretty Christmas card

The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink onto a scrap of Basic White card, trimmed down and added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and co-ordinating Merriest Trees Dies used to make a pretty Christmas card

A trio of 2023 – 2025 In Colour Dots completed the card.

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The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin' Up! used to make treat boxes for my Septmber classes and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Merriest Trees Treat Boxes

Posted on November 9, 2023October 27, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing gift packaging ideas. I saw a Youtube video a while ago, posted by fellow demonstrator Angie Juda using the Merriest Trees Bundle to make a sweet box and I have adapted it to make treat boxes for the customers coming to my October classes.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the merriest trees box, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card – 5¾” by 4¼”
Pretty Peacock card – 8⅛” by 2
Scrap Basic White card

Using the Merriest Trees Dies I die cut 2 large trees from the 5¾” by 4¼” panel of Pretty Peacock card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

On one of the die cut pieces I stamped the snowy boughs image in Versamark ink, covered it with White Embossing Powder and Heat set it with my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool I scored the 8⅛” by 2” strips of Pretty Peacock card – on the short side at ½” and 1½” and on the long side at ½”, 1¼”, 4” & 5¼”. I wedged out the tabs and created the top as shown in the picture below.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere the right side to the bottom and, having closed the top, the left side to the bottom to create the treat holder piece.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The treat holder piece was glued to the back of the undecorated die cut tree, taking care that it wasn’t visible. The decorated tree was then glued to the front of the box, again making sure to line it up so that it would stand.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Sparkling Snowflakes stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink onto scrap Basic White card and cut it out with scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The parcels were stamped in Balmy Blue and Real Red and trimmed them out with Scissors. They were added to the bottom of the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A treat box made for my September classes using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies by Stampin’ Up! and shared in the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The ladies in my classes loved them.

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A bright Christmas card made using the The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies by Stampin' Up!

Bright Trees Christmas card

Posted on November 5, 2023October 23, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I have had the Merriest Trees stamp set and dies on my desk and have used it to make a bright trees Christmas card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the bright trees card, you will need:

Parakeet Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Orchid Oasis card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 3” by ⅝”
Scrap Basic White card

Using a Blending Brush and inked the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White with Pool Party ink. I had placed a punched 1” circle in the upper right corner to mask off the ‘sun’. The mask was removed and the circle lightly inked.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies used to make a bright Christmas card

The large tree from the Merriest Trees stamp set was stamped onto scrap Basic White card, firstly in Parakeet Party and then in Orchid Oasis ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies used to make a bright Christmas card

Both trees were die cut, the full image with the largest tree die and the next size down tree used to die cut the Parakeet Party tree.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies used to make a bright Christmas card

The trees were added to the inked panel, the larger flat and the smaller popped up on Dimensionals. The panel was glued to the Orchid Oasis panel and then to the Parakeet Party card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies used to make a bright Christmas card

The sentiment was stamped in Orchid Oasis ink onto the strip of Basic White card which was then trimmed down and added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Merriest Trees Dies used to make a bright Christmas card

A scattering of stars were stamped in Pool Party ink and a trio of Blooming stars completed the card.

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Mo x

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A merry tree Christmas card made for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp by Stampin' Up!

Merry Tree card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

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

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a sketch. I have used the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies along with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make my card.

Colours in this project are:

To recreate the merriest trees card, you will need:

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Misty Moonlight card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Walk in the Forest dsp – 5 ¾” long – I cut 2 at ½” wide and 1 at ¼” wide
Basic White strip – ¼” wide
Scrap Basic White card & Distressed Gold

I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to adhere the strips of designer series paper (dsp) to one of the 5½” by 3¾” panels of Basic White. The panel was then glued to the Misty Moonlight panel and then to the Old Olive card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make a merry card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The Christmas Tree, from the Merriest Trees stamp set was stamped in 2^nd generation Old Olive ink onto scrap Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make a merry card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Using full strength Old Olive ink I stamped the detail of the tree over the top of the previously stamped image. The tree was then die cut using the 2^nd largest tree die from the Merriest Trees Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make a merry card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The tree was added to the card front on Dimensionals. A star, die cut from scrap Distressed Gold paper and added to the top of the tree.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make a merry card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Old Olive ink onto the thin strip of Basic White which I then cut down before adding it to the card front. A trio of Blooming Pearls completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies used with the Walk in the Forest dsp to make a merry card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Please hop on to share the inspiration provided by my crafty friends.

Please hop along to see what my crafty friends have to share inspired by this sketch.

Angie McKenzie ● Leonie Stuart ● Aurélie Fabre

Karen Henderson ● Jan Musselman ● Shel Anderson

Judith Patterson ● Mo Rootes ● Teri West

Chris Smith ● Annette Ball ● Vickie Littlewood

Tricia Butts ● Danielle Kassing

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10 cards designed for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack using the gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!

Walk in the Forest Stamp-a-Stack

Posted on October 9, 2023September 30, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects I designed for my recent Walk in the Forest dsp. Each attendee received a kit pack containing a pack of Walk in the Forest dsp, a pack of Blooming Pearls, 20 card bases, all the card stock layers to make 20 cards and 20 envelopes. They made 2 of each of the card designs.

Colours found in these cards are:

Bears in the Forest cards

10 cards designed for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack using the gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper by Stampin' Hp!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pretty Peacock – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Balmy Blue – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2– for the inside
White Envelopes x 2

Trucking Along cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Thick Basic White card base x
Garden Green card base
Pretty Peacock – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”– for the inside
4 Basic White Scalloped Rectangles
Scrap Basic White 4⅛” by 2¼”– for the truck and sentiments
Basic White Envelopes x 2

Rustic Crate cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Cherry Cobbler card bases
Thick Basic White card bases
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Cherry Cobbler – 3¾” by 2⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Pebbled Path – 5¾” by 3¼”
Basic White Deckled Rectangle x 2
Scrap Basic White
White Envelopes x 2

Sending Cheer cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Cherry Cobbler card bases
Garden Green card Bases
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 7 – 2 for the inside, 1 for outside & 1 for tags
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Walk in the Forest dsp – 5⅜” x 3⅝”
Basic White – 6⅛” by 2 ¾” – for stamping & die cutting stockings
Scrap Basic White card
Scrap Walk in the Forest dsp
Basic White Envelopes x 2

Fractured Shutter cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Thick Basic White card bases x 2
Cherry Cobbler – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Balmy Blue – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Walk in the Forest dsp – 5¼” by 3½” x 2
Basic White – 2⅛” by 2⅛” x2
Garden Green – 8 ¼” by ¼” x 4
Scrap Walk in the Forest dsp
Basic White Envelopes x 2

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Walk in the Forest designer Series Paper used to make 10 cards for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

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A gorgeous green & gold Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set & Dies by Stampin' Up!

Green & Gold Tree card

Posted on September 22, 2023September 12, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty Christmas card made using the Merriest Trees stamp set and Dies.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the green & gold tree card, you will need:

Garden Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Wild Wheat card – 5½” by 1½”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

I ran the panel of Wild Wheat card through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folders. The panel was then glued to the Garden Green card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Merriest Trees stamp set & Dies used to make a gorgeous green & gold Christmas card

Using a Blending Brush, I added Wild Wheat ink to the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card. The tree trunk was stamped in Pecan Pie ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Merriest Trees stamp set & Dies used to make a gorgeous green & gold Christmas car

The large tree was stamped on scrap Basic White card in Garden Green ink and die cut it with the Merriest Trees Dies. I added it to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Merriest Trees stamp set & Dies used to make a gorgeous green & gold Christmas card

The trio of baubles were stamped three times in Wild Wheat ink onto scrap Basic White card. They were die cut using the Merriest Trees dies. I also stamped and die cut a star in Wild Wheat. These were all added to the tree with liquid glue.