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Golden Bees Card

Posted on September 6, 2026August 30, 2026 by Mo Rootes

I have used the bee image from the Flourish & Frames stamp set along with the Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies to make this card.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the golden bees card using the following supplies:

Golden Glow card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic Black – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White – 3¾” by 1⅞”
Gold Foil – 3 ¾” by ⅜” x 2
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic Black

Using the Hot Foil System I added small gold dots to the large panel of Basic Black card and adhered it to the 5⅝” by 3⅞” piece of Basic White card. This was then glued to the Golden Glow card base.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flourish & Frames, stamp set, Sweetly Sentimental and Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies

I stamped the bees onto the strip of Basic White card using Black ink.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flourish & Frames, stamp set, Sweetly Sentimental and Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies

The bees were coloured using the Golden Glow Shimmer Pen on the body and the Wink of Stella on the wings. The strips of Gold Foil were then glued to the top and bottom of the stamped panel before it was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flourish & Frames, stamp set, Sweetly Sentimental and Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies

The sentiment was hot foiled in gold onto scrap Basic Black card, die cut and added to the card front.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flourish & Frames, stamp set, Sweetly Sentimental and Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies

A trio of Gold Adhesive-backed Dots finished the card.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flourish & Frames, stamp set, Sweetly Sentimental and Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies

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Clear Block Leaves Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on September 5, 2026September 2, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing projects using the clear block technique. I have made my card using the gorgeous Elegant Leaves stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the clear block leaves card using the following supplies:

Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap – Secret Sea

I pressed clear block B onto the Daffodil Delight inkpad, covering the whole surface with ink. I lifted the inked block up and spritzed the inky side a couple of times with water and placed it onto the 5¼” by 3½” piece of Basic White card leaving it for a minute or so to allow the ink to transfer.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the clear block technique for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I cleaned the block and repeated the steps, firstly with Cherry Cobbler ink and then with Shaded Spruce ink allowing each colour to overlap another.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the clear block technique for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

When the inky rectangles were dry I inked up and stamped the detailed image of each of the 3 leaves, one in each inked rectangle. The decorated panel was then adhered to the Secret Sea panel before being added to the Cherry Cobbler card front on Dimensionals.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the clear block technique for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Using the Hot Foil System and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies I foil the sentiment with Gold Foil and die cut it out. I added it to the card front with a little liquid glue.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the clear block technique for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of Gold Adhesive-backed Dots finished the card.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the clear block technique for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

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Lovely Blue Floral Card

Posted on August 25, 2026September 2, 2026 by Mo Rootes

I am sharing a blue floral card today made using the Lovely Arrangements stamp set and dies and the Stone & Vine 3D Embossing Folder, all on the last chance list.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the blue floral card using the following supplies:

Hydrangea Hue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Lemon Lime Twist – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Artisan Sketched Garden dsp – 3⅝” by ¾”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Misty Moonlight

I embossed the 5⅜” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card using the Stone & Vine 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel was adhered to the layer of Lemon Lime Twist card and then to the Hydrangea Hue card front.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Lovely Arrangements stamp set, the Stine & Vine 3D Embossing Folder and the Artisan Sketched Garden dsp

The strip of Artisan Sketched Garden dsp was glued to the embossed panel.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Lovely Arrangements stamp set, the Stine & Vine 3D Embossing Folder and the Artisan Sketched Garden dsp

Using Secret Sea ink, I stamped each of the flowers with Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card. Two clusters of leaves were then stamped on the scrap Basic White with Lemon Lime Twist ink. I die cut all the images.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Lovely Arrangements stamp set, the Stine & Vine 3D Embossing Folder and the Artisan Sketched Garden dsp

The flowers were coloured using the Hydrangea Hue and Crumb Cake Blends Pens and the Hydrangea Hue Shimmer Pen.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Lovely Arrangements stamp set, the Stine & Vine 3D Embossing Folder and the Artisan Sketched Garden dsp

The large flower was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals. The remaining flower and both clusters of leaves were tucked around the flower.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Lovely Arrangements stamp set, the Stine & Vine 3D Embossing Folder and the Artisan Sketched Garden dsp

Using the Hot Foil System and some of the Silver Hot Foil I foiled the sentiments onto scrap Misty Moonlight card and die cut them out using the co-ordinating dies. The sentiment was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A trio of 2026 – 2028 In Color Butterflies finished the card.

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Purple Fair Flowers Card

Posted on August 23, 2026August 16, 2026 by Mo Rootes

I have loved the Flowers Fair stamp set and am sad to see it on the last chance list. I have used it today to make a pretty, floral card.

Colours used to make this card:

I created the purple fair flowers card using the following supplies:

Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Soft Sea Foam dsp – 4⅛” by 3”
Basic White dsp – 6” by 2¼”
Basic White – 6” by 4½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Misty Moonlight

I mounted the large floral stamp onto the Stamp Positioner plate and stamped it onto the Highland Heather card front using Highland Heather ink.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flowers Fair stamp set, The Perennial Postage dies and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies

From the Basic White strip measuring 6” by 2¼” I die cut two labels using the Perennial Postage Dies. These were glued to the piece of Soft Sea Foam card which was then adhered to the Highland Heather card front.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flowers Fair stamp set, The Perennial Postage dies and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies

I stamped the image again onto the 6” by 4½” panel of Basic White card with Secret Sea ink before fussy cutting out two of the flowers using my sharp Detailed Scissors.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flowers Fair stamp set, The Perennial Postage dies and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies

The flowers were coloured using the Highland Heather and Softy Sea Foam Blends Pens.

The coloured flowers were then added to the labels using Dimensionals.

A handmade card made using Stampin’ Up! product featuring the Flowers Fair stamp set, The Perennial Postage dies and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies

Using the Hot Foil System and some of the Silver Hot Foil I foiled the sentiments onto scrap Misty Moonlight card and die cut them out using the co-ordinating dies. This was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A trio of Antique Pearls and a White Baker’s Twine bow finished the card.

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A striking lighthouse themed card made using the Sunset Coast Dies, the Scenic Coast designer series paper and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies from Stampin' Up!

Beautiful Sunset Card

Posted on August 9, 2026August 6, 2026 by Mo Rootes

The card, made for a friend, features the Sunset Coast Dies and the gorgeous Scenic Coast designer series paper with a little bit of hot foiling (couldn’t resist!).

Colours used in making this card are:

I created the beautiful sunset card using the following supplies:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Scenic Coast dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Secret Sea – 5¼” by 3½”
Scrap Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush & Secret Sea

The piece of Sunset Coast designer series paper (dsp) was glued to the larger panel of Secret Sea card and then to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunset Coast Dies and the Scenic Coast designer series paper used with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to make a Striking lighthouse themed card

I die cut the lighthouse in the smaller panel of Secret Sea card and mounted it onto the card front on Black Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunset Coast Dies and the Scenic Coast designer series paper used with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to make a striking lighthouse themed card

Using the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies, the Hot Foil System and some of the Gold Foil I created the sentiment and die cut it out using the co-ordinating dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunset Coast Dies and the Scenic Coast designer series paper used with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to make a striking lighthouse themed card

The sentiment was glued to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunset Coast Dies and the Scenic Coast designer series paper used with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to make a striking lighthouse themed card

Using the Sunset Coast dies I die cut shells from scrap Balmy Blue, Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush and arranged them around the sentiment to finish the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunset Coast Dies and the Scenic Coast designer series paper used with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to make a striking lighthouse themed card

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A card made for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge using the Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folder from Stampin' Up!

Blended Butterflies Card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing colouring techniques. I couldn’t resist using the Hot Foil System and the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies and Masks to make my card.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the blended butterflies card using the following supplies:

Crisp Cantaloupe card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Misty Moonlight – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Misty Moonlight

The smaller panel of Basic White card was embossed using the Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder before being adhered to the Misty Moonlight panel and then to the Crisp Cantaloupe card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folderused to make a card for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge

I heated the Hot Foil System and embossed the hot foil butterflies onto scrap Basic White card using Silver Foil.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folderused to make a card for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge

Using the set of layering masks and Blending Brushes, I added colour to the butterflies starting with Crisp Cantaloupe. Next, I used Strawberry Slush and finally Misty Moonlight inks. The butterflies were then die cut before being added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folderused to make a card for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge

I used the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies to add Silver Foil to a piece of scrap Misty Moonlight card before they were die cut. My chosen sentiment was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folderused to make a card for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge

A trio of 2026 -2028 In Color Butterflies finished the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Butterfly Flight and Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies and the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folderused to make a card for the Technique Tuesday colouring challenge

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A pretty card made using the Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies with the Violet Dreams dsp by Stampin' Up!

Sentimental Rose Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on August 1, 2026July 20, 2026 by Mo Rootes

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Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing a recent project. I am sharing a card made using the Sweetly sentimental stamp set and Hot Foil Dies.

Colours used when making this card are:

Basic White

Berry Burst

Peaceful Pine

I created the sentimental rose card using the following supplies:

Peaceful Pine card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Violet Dreams dsp – 3⅝” by 2½”
Berry Burst – 3⅝” by ⅛”
Berry Burst – 4⅞” by 3”
Basic White – 4¾” by 2⅞”
Scrap Secret Sea

The piece of Violet Dreams dsp was glued to the left-hand side of one of the 5½” by 3¾” pieces of Basic White card. The thin strip of Berry Burst card was then glued to the right-hand edge of the dsp and the whole panel was adhered to the Peaceful Pine card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies used with the Violet Dreams dsp to make to make a pretty card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The large rose image was stamped with Secret Sea ink onto the 4¾” by 2⅞” piece of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies used with the Violet Dreams dsp to make to make a pretty card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I used the 2-step stamping technique and Berry Burst ink to add colour to all the flowers and Peaceful Pine ink to the colour to the leaves. The whole panel was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies used with the Violet Dreams dsp to make to make a pretty card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I used Light Pink Foil to Hot Foil the sentiments from the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil dies onto scarp Secret Sea card and ide cut them using the co-ordinating dies. The sentiment was then added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies used with the Violet Dreams dsp to make to make a pretty card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of 2026 – 2028 In Color Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweetly Sentimental stamp set and co-ordinating Hot Foil Dies used with the Violet Dreams dsp to make to make a pretty card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

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