A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

Purple Zinnias card

Today I am sharing a pretty purple zinnia card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and dies and the Perennial Lavender dsp.

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate the purple zinnia card, you will need:

Gorgeous Grape card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 3¾” by 1”
Three colour glimmer paper – Highland Heather – 3¾” by ⅜”
Basic White card – 4¼” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

 

The large piece of Perennial Lavender dsp was glued to the largest Basic White panel and then to the Gorgeous Grape card front.

 

A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a pretty, floral thank you card.

The strip of Highland Heather Glimmer paper was glued to the strip of Perennial Lavender dsp and this piece was the adhered to the card front.

 

A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a pretty, floral thank you card.

From the 4¼” by 2½” piece of Basic White card I die cut a rectangle using the Everyday Details dies. I used Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp the sentiment and to randomly add the dotty image.

 

A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a pretty, floral thank you card.

I stamped the large zinnia flower and double leaf image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic White card. These were then die cut using the Simply Zinnias Dies.

 

A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a pretty, floral thank you card.

The images were coloured using the following Blends Pens – Light Fresh Freesia, Light & Dark Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly and Pretty Peacock. The flower and leaf were then glued to the die cut label. The label was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals

 

A pretty, floral thank you card made using the Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Simply Zinnias stamp set and co-ordinating Dies used to make a pretty, floral thank you card.

A trio of Purple Shimmer Gems finished the card.

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

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A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Prized Plant birthday card

Today I am sharing a card made for my husband’s birthday using the Prized Plant stamp set. This stamp set was perfect as he loves his houseplants – sadly I don’t have green fingers.

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate the prized plant card you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅞” by 2¼”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5⅞” by 1⅞”
Parakeet Party card – 4⅜” by 2⅝”
Basic White card – 4¼” by 2½”
Shaded Spruce card – 2¼” by ⅜”

 

Using the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder, I embossed the 5⅞” by 2¼” panel of Bsic White card. Placeing the embossed panel face down on my desk butted the dsp right up to it and used Sellotape to adhere the pieces together.

 

A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Prized Plant stamp set used to make a lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card

 

A couple of lengths of Parakeet Party Metallic  were wrapped around the joined pieces and secured on the back with more Sellotape. The whole piece was then glued to the Thick Basic White card base.

 

A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Prized Plant stamp set used to make a lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card

Using 2nd generation Shaded Spruce ink I stamped the inner image of the plant. The outline image was then stamped in full strength Shaded Spruce ink.

 

A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Prized Plant stamp set used to make a lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card

The infill for the plant was stamped in 2nd generation Parakeet Party ink onto the 4¼” by 2½” piece of Basic White card. The stamped panel was then glued to the Parakeet Party layer. This was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Prized Plant stamp set used to make a lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card

The sentiment, from the Garden Meadow stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink, covered with White Embossing Powder and I heat set it with my Heat Tool. I added it to the card front with Dimensionals and liquid glue.

 

A lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card made using the Prized Plant stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Prized Plant stamp set used to make a lovely, masculine, plant themed birthday card

A double ribbon bow and a trio of Shiny Sequins finished the card.

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

 

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A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

Bunch of Lavender card

This bunch of lavender card was inspired by a card made by Amy Koenders –  I have taken Amy’s original and adapted it to make it my own.

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate the bunch of lavender card, you will need:

Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Gorgeous Grape card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 4¼” by 1”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3 ¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Highland Heather

 

I glued the large panel of Perennial Lavender dsp to the Gorgeous Grape layer and then added the panel to the Highland Heather card front.

 

A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

From the 4” by 3” panel of Basic White card, I die cut a Deckled Rectangle. With Mossy Meadow ink, I stamped the leafy sprig, twice onto the die cut rectangle. The thin strip of dsp was then adhered to the back of the rectangle . The rectangle was then glued to the card front.

 

A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

I inked up the spray of flowers with Highland Heather ink. I coloured in some of the flowers with a Gorgeous Grape Stampin’ Write Marker _ the marker to stamp technique – to add more texture and stamped the image onto scrap Basic White card.

 

A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

The flower stems were stamped onto scrap Basic White card in Granny Apple Green ink. Both images were then die cut using the Painted Lvender Dies. Using a little liquid glue I adhered the stems to the flowers. The whole piece was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

The sentiment, from the Perennial Postage stamp set was inked up with Mossy Meadow ink and stamped on scrap Basic White card. I punched it out using a retired 1” Circle Punch. I used a 1¼” Circle punch to unch out a Highland Heather circle. You could use Dies to do this. I added the sentiment on a Dimensional.

 

A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

A trio of Tinsel Gems and a Baker’s Twine bow completed the card.

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

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A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

Lavender Double Z Fold Card

Hello and welcome to the Stampin with Friends blog hop where we are sharing Z fold cards. The card I made using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and co-ordinating Perennial Lavender dsp is for the special birthday of a special friend later this month and I am giving her a lavender plant as part of her present as she loves her garden.

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate this card you will need:

Lost Lagoon card – 11” by 5 ½” scored at 2¾” and 5½”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 2⅝” x 2
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 5⅜”

Pool Party card – 9” by 4¼” – scored at 2¾” and 5½” – rounded left and right upper corners
Pretty Peacock card – 4⅛” by 3⅝” – rounded left and right upper corners
Pretty Peacock card – 4⅛” by 2⅝” x 2 – rounded left and right upper corners
Basic White card – 4” by 3½” – rounded left and right upper corners
Basic White card – 4” by 2½” – rounded left and right upper corners
Strip of Pretty Peacock card – ¼” wide and at least 2 ½” long
Scrap Gorgeous Grape card

 

I began by decorating the main Lost Lagoon card base. The panels of Perennial Lavender dsp were glued to the slightly larger Basic White layers which were then adhered to the Lost Lagoon card base.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

Next I started to decorate the remaining panels of Basic White card beginning with the largest.  I inked up the spray of lavender blooms with Highland Heather ink and added some Gorgeous Grape using a Stampin’ Write Marker. This image was then stamped at the top, left hand side of the panel. The stems were stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

The number 60 was die cut from scrap Gorgeous Grape card using the Alphabet A La Mode dies. I stamped each number 4 times and glued them one on top of the other using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. This gave some dimension to the number. The number were then added to the panel using the same liquid glue.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

The sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the small strip of Pretty Peacock card, covered with white embossing powder and heat set. I flagged the ends with scissors and added the banner, over the numbers with a Dimensional on both ends.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

The next panel was decorated with 2 sprigs of lavender. The base image was stamped in Highland Heather ink and the detailed image added on top on Gorgeous Grape. The flower stalks were the stamped in Lost Lagoon in.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

I decorated the final panel by stamping the row of flower stalks along the bottom in Lost Lagoon ink. The flowers were then added in 1st and 2nd generation Gorgeous Grape in. The sentiment was the stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

At this point I went back and added the single flying butterfly to all the panels using Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape or Pretty Peacock ink. I also added a lager butterfly to the front panel with Pool Party ink.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

The decorated panels were then adhered to the Pool Party base with liquid glue.

The inner Pool Party card was then closed and placed in position on the the closed Lost lagoon card. I adhered the two card bases together.

 

A gorgeous Double Z Fold card made for a friends special birthday using the Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Painted Lavender stamp set and Perennial Lavender dsp used to make a gorgeous Double Z Fold card for a friends special birthday

A scattering of Purple Shimmer Gems completed the card.

Please hop on to see what my talented friends have to share with us today.


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

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A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

Painted Lavender January 2024 Classes

Today I am sharing the cards designed for my January 2024 classes using the Painted Lavender stamp set and the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

Colours in these cards are:

 

Backfold Lavender card

Gorgeous Grape card base – 7½” by 5⅞” – scored at 3¼” & 6½ ”
Gorgeous Grape – 5⅝” by 3” – embossed using Softly Sophisticated 3d Embossing Folder
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5¾” by ⅞”
Basic White – 5⅝” by 3” – for the inside
Basic White – 3¼” by 2¼” – used to die cut a deckled rectangle
Scrap Basic White, Fresh Freesia & Lost Lagoon

 

The embossed Gorgeous Grape panel was glued to the Gorgeous Grape card front and the strip of dsp was glued to the flap on the right hand side. The inside panel was stamped with the butterflies and added to the card base.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

The bunch of stems was stamped onto the Deckled Rectangle in Lost Lagoon ink. 2 die cut sprigs were then glued to the deckled rectangle and the rectangle was added to the 1” side panel with 3 Dimensionals leaving the left side unadhered.

The base layer of the flower spikes were stamped in Fresh Freesia ink and the detailed layer added in Gorgeous Grape. These were die cut using the Painted Lavender and glued together at the base to form a cluster. They were added to the panel on Dimensionals.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

A butterfly was stamped in Fresh Freesia, die cut and added to the card front on a Mini Glue Dot.

The sentiment was stamped onto scrap Basic White card – I masked each word and stamped them separately ands I wanted them to be stacked one on top of the other. I punched the sentiment out with the Double Oval Punch and added it to the Fresh Freesia scalloped oval punched from scrap using the same punch.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

A double Linen Thread bow and a trio of Purple Shimmer Gems finished the card.

The spray of flowers was inked up with Highland Heather ink and Gorgeous Grape ink was added using a Marker pen. We stamped this at the top of the deckled rectangle. The bunch of stems were stamped below the flowers in Lost Lagoon ink. The whole panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped on a punched white oval in Lost Lagoon ink. A scalloped Highland Heather oval was glued to the back. It was added to the card front with liquid glue and Dimensionals.

Spray of Lavender

Fresh Freesia card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Fresh Freesia – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White – 4¼” by 3¾” – used to die cut a deckled rectangle
Perennial Lavender dsp – 4” by ½” strips x 3
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Highland Heather

 

We embossed the panel of Fresh Freesia card with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder and glued it to the Fresh Freesia card base. The 3 strips of Perennial Lavender dsp were then glued to the card front.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

 

The sentiment was stamped in Lost Lagoon onto the punched Basic White oval and a Highland Heather scalloped oval was added behind. It was mounted onto the card front with glue and Dimensionals.

A Linen bow and a trio of Purple Shimmer Gems were added to finish the card.

Field of Lavender

Lost Lagoon card basftly Sophisticated e – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Lost Lagoon White – 5½” by 3¾” – Embossed with the Softly Sophisticated 3D folder
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5⅞” by ½”
Highland Heather – 3 ¾” by 2⅜”
Basic White – 4¼” by 3¾” – used to die cut a deckled rectangle
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Gorgeous Grape

 

The embossed Lost Lagoon panel was glued it to the Lost Lagoon card base. A strip of Perennial Lavender dsp was glued from side to side.

The field of lavender stems was stamped across the deckled rectangle and the tiny flowers  added in 1st and 2nd generation Gorgeous Grape ink. A couple of butterflies were added and the whole piece was glued to the Highland Heather panel. This was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock onto the punched Basic White oval and a Gorgeous Grape scalloped oval was added behind. It was mounted onto the card front with glue and Dimensionals.

A Linen bow and a trio of Purple Shimmer Gems were added to complete the card.

 

A trio of cards made for my January Classes using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set and Painted Lavender Dies used for make a trio of cards for my January Classes

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: