The Garden Birdhousestamp set used for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog hop where our theme is a shades of blue monochrome project

Blue Birdhouses for the Stamping Inkspiations Blog Hop

Posted on June 11, 2022June 10, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we have be challenged to create a monochromatic project using only shades of blue. After a lot of trial and error I opted to use the Garden Birdhouse stamp set to make a blue birdhouse card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the blue birdhouses card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Starry Sky card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Night of Navy card – 2⅝” by ⅜”

Using Pool Party ink, I stamped the leafy branch across the top and down the sides of the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A blue birdhouse monochrome card made using the Garden Birdhouses stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The bird houses, poles and hanger were then stamped in Night of Navy ink. I added a tiny bird standing on top of one of the birdhouses.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A blue birdhouse monochrome card made using the Garden Birdhouses stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

I used the following Blends Pens to colour in all the birdhouses and the poles – Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky and the retired Seaside Spray and Pretty Peacock.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A blue birdhouse monochrome card made using the Garden Birdhouses stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The background white card looked too stark so I added Pool Party ink, very lightly using a Blending Brush. The panel was the added to the Starry Sky panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole panel was mounted onto the Pool Party card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A blue birdhouse monochrome card made using the Garden Birdhouses stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Friends are like Seashells stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Night of Navy card, covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with a Heat Tool. I added it to the card front with glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A blue birdhouse monochrome card made using the Garden Birdhouses stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

A trio of Iridescent Rhinestones completed the card.

Please continue around the hop to share the inspiration provided by by friends. Next up is the lovely Tricia Butts.

Angie McKenzie ● Aurélie Fabre ● Gez Carpenter

Jo Blackman ● Mo Rootes

Tricia Butts ● Teri West ● Susan Simpson

Danielle Kassing ● Terry Hamilton ● Leonie Stuart

Susan Webster ● Judith Patterson ● Karen Henderson

Vickie Littlewood ● Linda Moore ● Robbie Susan Chandler

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:

A beautiful card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop featuring the stunning Friends are like Seashells stamp set

Seashell card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

Posted on June 14, 2021May 31, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Kylie Bertucci Training Blog Hop. Today I am sharing one of the seashell cards I made for team members who had reached sales or recruiting targets in May.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the seashell card, you will need:

Pale Papaya card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Calypso Coral card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

I ran the smaller panel of Basic White through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Stitched With Whimsey Dies. I used the largest square. I moved the die down the card, overlapping the original and ran it through again. I knew I would be covering the centre area. I added this panel to the Calypso Coral layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. Using the same glue, I added the panel to the Pale Papaya card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty seashell themed congratulations card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

On scraps of Basic White card, I stamped the seashells and cut them out using the Seaside Shells Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty seashell themed congratulations card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

The die cuts were then placed in the coordinating spots in the Seashell 3D Embossing Folder and ran them through the Cut & Emboss Machine.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty seashell themed congratulations card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

I arranged the shells across the middle of the panel, hiding the overlapping embossed area. I used a mixture of liquid glue and Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty seashell themed congratulations card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

The sentiment came from my stash and had been stamped in Misty Moonlight ink onto Basic White card and die cut using the Messages Die. It was added to the card front with a Mini Dimensional and one end and liquid glue at the other.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty seashell themed congratulations card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Training Blog Hop

Using a Mini Glue Dot I added a double White Baker’s Twine bow from the Essentials combo pack. I also added and a trio of Artistry Blooms Sequins to finish the card.

So pretty, I hope my team members like the card.

Please hop on to see what my fellow demo’s have to share today.

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

Supplies used:

A stunning, shimmery pearl pink seashell card made using Stampin' Up! products

Pearl Pink Shells

Posted on March 26, 2021March 18, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a gorgeous pearl pink shells thank you card made using the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder and the Seaside Seashells Dies

Colours used in this project are:

Gray Granite

Petal Pink

Basic White

To recreate the pearl pink shells card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Gray Granite – 5¾” by 4”
Petal Pink – 5⅞” by 4⅛”
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Scrap Basic White

This is such a simple card to make. I started by filling a Stampin’ Spritzer bottle with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol and added a pea sized blob of Frost White Shimmer Paint. After shaking it well I sprayed the Petal Pink card layer all over and set it aside to dry. The shimmer is stunning.