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An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

Pair of Ducks Anniversary Card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are showcasing projects using water colouring techniques. I have used the sweet image of a pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set to make an anniversary card.

 

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the pair of ducks’ card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake card – 5½” by 3¾”
Petal Pink card – 2¾” by 2½”
Shimmery White card – 2⅝” by 2⅜”
Shimmery White card – 2⅜” by ½”
Very Vanilla card – 5 ½” by 3¾”

 

Using one of the leafy sprigs from the Ringed With Nature stamp set, I randomly stamped in Crumb Cake into across the Crumb Cake layer. A length of Very Vanilla Twine, from the Essentials Baker’s Twine pack was wrapped around the panel three times and secured with Sellotape. The decorated panel was then added to the Crumb Cake card Base with Mini Glue Dots to accommodate the twine and give a shadow effect.

 

An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

I positioned the pretty stamp onto the Stamparatus Plate and placed the larger panel of Shimmery White card beneath it. I love using Shimmery White as it holds the water better than Basic White card and has a delicate sheen which is so pretty. The image was stamped in Early Espresso ink, I repeated this step to get a good dark image.

 

An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

Using re-inkers dropped into the top of my ink pads, I coloured in the image using a Waterpainter. The colours I used for the ducks were Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Pool Party & So Saffron and I used Balmy Blue for the sky and Pear Pizzazz for the grass.

 

An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

After the panel had dried, I added it to the Petal Pink panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I placed a heavy acrylic block on top to reduce the warping that you often get with watercolouring. The whole piece was then mounted onto the card base with Dimensionals.

 

An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Ringed With Nature stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the thin strip of Shimmery White card. This was then tucked under the stamped piece.

 

An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

A trio of Classic Matte Dots completed the card.

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The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

Ringed With Nature Get Well Soon card for the July – December Mini Catalogue

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Hello and welcome to the July – December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using some of the gorgeous new catalogue product. I have used the Ringed With Nature stamp set for a pretty get well card.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the ringed with nature blog hop, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Crumb Cake card – 5” by 3 ¼”
Very Vanilla card – 6” by 4”
Very Vanilla card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Scrap Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Crumb Cake & Soft Suede

 

Using the tree rings image, I stamped around the Crumb Cake card front using Crumb Cake ink.

 

The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Blig Hop

I rubbed Crumb Cake ink onto the Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder, carefully added the largest of the Tree Rings Dies, easing it into place. The largest piece of Very Vanilla card was placed inside and the folder closed. I then ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine. Love these hybrid embossing folders where you can cut and emboss all at the same time. I set the inked, embossed and die cut tree rings to one side.

 

The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Blog Hop

Taking the smaller panel of Crumb Cake, I ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the two odd starry shaped dies, I repeated this a couple of times more. This gives a pretty peep through effect. I added the Crumb Cake panel to the smaller Very Vanilla panel and added to the Crumb Cake card base.

 

The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

I die cut, using the Tree Rings Dies, the leafy sprigs and acorn pieces from scrap Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Old Olive card. The flowers were stamped in So Saffron ink onto Very Vanilla card and die cut them with the Teacup Dies.

 

The sentiment, from the Ringed With Nature stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink onto scarp Soft Suede card, covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment down using Scissors.

 

The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

One of the tree rings was added to the card front on Dimensionals and the sentiment positioned on top. I then added the acorns, leaves and flowers.

 

The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

A Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine bow was added with a Mini Glue Dot and added gold pearls to the flower centres using the Red & Green Pearls.

Pretty card, I hope you like it.

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Vintage Harvest for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are showcasing projects with a vintage theme. I have to say ‘vintage’ is way out of my comfort zone so this was quite a challenge for me.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the vintage harvest card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Blushing Bride card – 5¼” by 3½”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede & Early Espresso

 

Using one of the images from the Natural Textures stamp set, I stamped all over the panel of Blushing Bride in Blushing Bride ink to give a subtle texture. I then tore down the right side of the panel. I used a Dauber to Crumb Cake ink around the edge of the piece.

I tore the edge of the smaller Very Vanilla piece and inked along the torn edge with the same ink.

 

A rustic, vintage style card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Harvest Dies used to make a pretty vintage style card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

I wrapped a length of Lace Trim around the Blushing Bride panel and added it to the Very Vanilla piece. The whole panel was added to the Crumb Cake card base. I inked around that as well with the Crumb Cake ink.

 

A rustic, vintage style card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Harvest Dies used to make a pretty vintage style card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using the Harvest Dies, I die cut the stems and flowers from scrap Soft Suede and Early Espresso card. I though the flowerhead was too dark so die cut it again from Blushing Bride and Very Vanilla card……….couldn’t make my mind up which I would like better. I used the speckle image from the Daffodil Daydream stamp set to stamp on the potential flowerheads with Soft Suede ink.

 

A rustic, vintage style card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Harvest Dies used to make a pretty vintage style card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The Soft Suede stems were added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I added the Early Espresso stems with Mini Dimensionals. I added the Blushing Bride flowerhead, then decided I liked the Very Vanilla so I added it on top, on Dimensionals, but slightly offset so that you see both. How’s that for indecision……….

 

A rustic, vintage style card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Harvest Dies used to make a pretty vintage style card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink on scrap Very Vanilla card and die cut using a label from the Harvest dies. It was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A rustic, vintage style card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Harvest Dies used to make a pretty vintage style card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

A bow made from the Lace Trim and a scattering of Brushed Metallic Dots completed the card.

Actually, I really like it and I hope you do also.

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A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

Christmas Pinecones Classes

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Today I am sharing the cards made for my November classes featuring the gorgeous Christmas Pinecones Dies. I don’t know about you, but I looked at the large intricate dies and wondered how I could use them ….. other then the obvious – die cut, add to the card front and slap a sentiment in the middle. I wanted to show my ladies the versatility of cutting the die cut piece apart.

Colours used in this project are:

 

The first thing we did was to die cut the large detailed foliage die from a ¼ sheet of Garden Green card. This is the piece that we cut apart and used on all our cards.

We always start with the fiddliest, most complicated card first, the idea being that we get this over while we are still concentrating!!

A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Christmas Pinecones Die used to make 3 rustic pine cone and foliage themed Christmas cards for November 2021 classes

Christmas Pinecone Fun Fold

Soft Succulent card base – 6½” by 5⅞” scored at 2⅜”
Garden Green – 5¾” by 1⅞”
Gold Foil – 5¾” by 3⅞” by ⅜”
Crumb Cake 4¼” by 3¼”
BW – 4” by 2¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Soft Suede & Gold Foil
Basic White Envelope

 

A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Christmas Pinecones Die used to make 3 rustic pine cone and foliage themed Christmas cards for November 2021 classes

We embossed panel the narrow Garden Green panel using the Mini Cut & Emboss Machine and one of the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders and added it to the smaller front flap of the Soft Succulent card base. The Gold Foil strip was then butted up to it.

We used either the pinecone or sprig to decorate the large Basic White panel and glued it to the inside of the card

We added glue to the left-hand side of the Crumb Cake scalloped rectangle – which I had cut ahead of time using the Scalloped Contour Dies, and added it to the left flap of the card base.

The sentiment, from the Christmas to Remember stamp set was stamped in Garden Green   onto the white card, die cut using one of the labels from the Seasonal Labels dies and add to the Crumb Cake panel on Dimensionals.

The detailed pinecone (gold) and Soft Suede pinecone base – cut by me ahead of time using the Seasonal Labels Dies, were glued together then and added to the label front with glue and/or dimensionals.

We then snipped apart the foliage from the large die cut and tucked sprigs behind the pinecones.

Pinecones on an embossed layer with a banner

Garden Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake – 5⅞” by 1⅜” – ends flagged
BW – 4½” by 3⅜”
Soft Succulent – 4” by 3¼” – embossed with Wintry 3D folder
Gold Foil – 3⅞” by ¼”
BW – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Soft Suede & Gold Foil
Basic White Envelope

 

A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Christmas Pinecones Die used to make 3 rustic pine cone and foliage themed Christmas cards for November 2021 classes

We flagged the ends of the Crumb Cake layer and added it to the Garden Green card base.

We embossed the Soft Succulent panel as above and added the panel to the smaller Basic White layer and added the strip of Gold Foil to the side. This piece was then mounted on the card front on Dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped on the label, which I had die cut ahead of time and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

We assembled the die cut pinecones and added then with sprigs of foliage behind the label.

Two Small Pinecones on a card

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Garden Green – 3¾” by 3¼”
Gold Foil – 3¾”” by ⅜”
Basic White label from the Seasonal Labels dies
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Die cut foliage panel – Garden Green
Die cut pinecone bases and detail – Soft Suede & Gold Foil
Basic White Envelope

A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Christmas Pinecones Die used to make 3 rustic pine cone and foliage themed Christmas cards for November 2021 classes

We embossed the garden green panel with the same Wintry 3D Embossing Panel and added it to the Crumb Cake card front. The Gold Foil strip was added above it

The sentiment was stamped on the previously die cut label and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

We assembled the die cut pinecones and added then with sprigs of foliage onto the top of the label.

A trio of rustic pine cone and spruce sprigs themed Christmas cards made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Christmas Pinecones Die used to make 3 rustic pine cone and foliage themed Christmas cards for November 2021 classes

We added a small gold embellishment to each card to finish it.

Such a fun week of classes. I hope you like the cards

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Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

Detailed Bands and Band Together

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The card I am sharing today happened by complete chance. I had a piece of cardstock lying on my desk, the negative piece left over when I die cut one of the gorgeous Detailed Bands and I thought I would try to make something using it.

To recreate the Detailed Bands and Band Together card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 4⅛” by 1⅞”
Poppy Parade – 4⅛” by ½” x 2

Using Crumb Cake ink I randomly stamped the large flower onto the Crumb Cake card front.

Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty celebration card made using the Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies

Using the negative die cut strip as a stencil and a a piece of Sponge I added Petal Pink ink to the smaller piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty celebration card made using the Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies

Leaving the stencil in position I placed the panel into the Stamparatus and positioned the detailed metal die face down on top, I added a second foam piece to raise up the panel. I added some temporary adhesive to the back of the die and closed the hinged panel picking up the die. I inked the die with Poppy Parade ink and stamped it down.

Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty celebration card made using the Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies

I loved the vintage, shabby chic look. I did stamp the image twice. I removed the panel from the Stamparatus and stamped the sentiment with Poppy Parade in the middle.

Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty celebration card made using the Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies

The Poppy Parade strips were added to the top and bottom of the inked panel and adhered to the card base using Dimensionals.

Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet celebration card

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty celebration card made using the Band Together stamp set and Detailed Bands dies

I stamped the flower in Poppy Parade ink onto the remaining panel of Whisper White and glued it inside the card. The same image and ink were used to decorate the envelope. A trio of Red Rhinestones were added to the card front to complete the card.

I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

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