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A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Christmas Lantern Classes

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Today I am sharing the Christmas Lantern project designed for my December classes inspired by Jennifer of Évasions Créatives

Colours used to make this project are:

 

To recreate the Christmas lantern, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 17cm by 14.85cm x 2
Thick Basic White card – 11.2cm by 11.2cm
Dsp – 9.5cm by 7.5cm x 4
Vellum – 8.5cm by 6.5cm x 4
Scrap Shaded Spruce and Gold Foil

 

Take one of the larger pieces of Thick Basic White card measuring 17cm by 14.85cm and score it on the 17cm side at 8cm and 16cm. Turn so the 1cm strip is at the top of the scoring tool and score at 10cm. Repeat with the second panel of the same size.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Place one of the scored panels on a Silicon Mat with the 10cm portion at the top. Measure the centre of the two larger panels – 4cm and make a pencil mark. Using a Scoring Tool score from the 4cm mark to the where the vertical and horizontal scorelines meet. Repeat three times, twice in each 8cm panel to form two flat topped triangles. Repeat with the other panel.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Measure 1cm from the scoreline forming each triangle – see photograph then use a pencil and a ruler to join the pencil marks. This will give 1cm tabs to help close the top of the lantern.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Cut along the pencil lines and remove the top of the 1cm tab, see photograph. Fold and burnish on all the scorelines

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Glue the panels of designer series paper to the larger front panels – 2 on each cardstock piece. Place the die, from the Nested Essentials Dies in the centre of one of the panels and die cut. Repeat with the remaining 3 panels.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Emboss each of the pieces of Vellum with your chosen Embossing Folder. Run a bead of glue around each of the die cut windows, on the back and place the embossed vellum face down to cover the hole. Allow to adhere completely.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Place a strip of Tear and tape on both 1cm side tabs and adhere the two panels together and close the lantern.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Add glue to alternate 1cm tabs which form the top of the lantern. Squeeze together and hold un position until the glue sets.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

From scrap Shaded Spruce card die cut the pair of trees from the Scenic Adventure Dies and add to each side of the lantern using Dimensionals. Add a star, die cut from scrap Gold Foil using the Pine Tree trimmings Dies, to the top of one of the trees.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Score the 11.2cm square of Basic White card at 1.5cm on all four sides. Cut each corner tab and add glue to close the base. Place a tealight onto the base and cover with the lantern top.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

A scattering of Gold Shaker Stars completes the project.

 

A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 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:

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

Ornamental Hexagon Gift Bag

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Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing Holiday packaging. I have made a pretty, hexagon, gift bag to hold a necklace for my daughter. I saw this sweet box on Youtube made by Crafty Karen designs 

Colours used to make the ornamental hexagon gift bag are:

To recreate the ornamental hexagon gift bag, you will need:

Balmy Blue card – 8½” by 5½”
Traditions of Christmas dsp – 3⅜” by 1⅞” x 2
Scrap Basic White

 Using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I scored the piece of Balmy Blue at 2”, 4”, 6” and 8”. I rotated the card 90° and scored again on the short side at 2”.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

I placed the scored Balmy Blue card onto the Silicon Craft Sheet and used the scoring tool to score an X, from corner to corner in the 2nd and 4th rectangles – see template. I then scored from the centre of the X to the top of the same rectangles.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

I added the panels of dsp to the unscored rectangles and folded and burnished on all the full lines. Using my fingers I lightly manipulated the X’s scores.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Using scissors, I cut off the small rectangle from the ½” tab and wedged the longer side. I then cut up each of the 4 square bottom tabs, removing the score line.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Glue was applied to the ½” tab and the box was closed. The bottom flaps were then closed and the last one glued into position.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

A handheld ¼” punch was used to make holes at the top of the front and back panels. Ribbon was fed through to hold the box closed.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The pine tree from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set was stamped in Balmy Blue ink onto scrap Basic White card before being die cut using the Ornamental Christmas Dies.

 

A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty hexagonal gift bag made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Traditions of Christmas dsp – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the same stamp set was then stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the same scrap card. I punched it out with a 1” circle punch. These were added to the front of the box on Dimensionals.

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

Mo x

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A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Modern Tree Card

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Here is a striking, black, white and gold card made using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies along with the Modern Christmas designer series paper and some gold heat embossing.

Colours used in this card are:

 

To recreate the modern tree card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic Black card – 4⅝” by 2⅞”
Basic White card – 4½” by 2¾”
Scrap Modern Christmas dsp and Gold Foil

 

I embossed the 5½” by 3¾” piece of Basic White card using one of the Glass & Garden Embossing Folders. A length of Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon was wrapped around the panel before it was adhered to the Thick Basic White card front.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a stunning Christmas card

Using Versamark ink, I stamped the arc of stripes three times down the centre of the 4½” by 2¾” panel of Basic White card. The stamping was covered with Gold Embossing Powder and set using my Heat Tool.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a stunning Christmas card

The sentiment was stamped below the embossed stripes using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a stunning Christmas card

I die cut a tree form scrap Modern Christmas dsp using the Ornamental Christmas dies and added it to the striped panel on Dimensionals.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a stunning Christmas card

A Gold Foil star was added to the top of the tree and a ribbon bow finished the card.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a stunning Christmas card

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 clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Pine Forest Card

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Today I am sharing a pretty, clean and simple pine forest Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the pine forest card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅞” by 3”
Cherry Cobbler card – 5⅞” by ¾” x 2
Scrap Silver Foil

 

Using 2nd and 3rd generation Shaded Spruce ink, I stamped the pine tree, multiple times across the panel of Basic White card to give the effect of a forest.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set used to make a lovely, clean and simple Christmas card

The final tree was then stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set used to make a lovely, clean and simple Christmas card

I adhered the strips of Cherry Cobbler card to the top and bottom of the stamped panel and wrapped a length of White Baker’s Twine around the whole piece, secured it on the back with Sellotape.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set used to make a lovely, clean and simple Christmas card

The sentiment was stamped in the lower right-hand corner of the card front with Cherry Cobbler ink and the whole piece was then added to the Thick Basic White card front on Dimensionals.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set used to make a lovely, clean and simple Christmas card

A silver Foil star, trio of Basic Rhinestones and a Baker’s Twine bow finished the card.

 

A clean and simple Christmas card made using the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set used to make a lovely, clean and simple Christmas card

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 pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Paper Pieced Leafy Spray – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on. When I saw the Petals of Beauty Dies, especially the large leafy die, my immediate thought was ‘paper piecing’ and that is what I have used to make my card.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the paper pieced leafy spray card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Secret Sea card – 4⅞” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 4”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Pool Party & Secret Sea

 

Using the Textured Notes Dies, I die cut a decorated rectangle from the 5¼” by 4” panel of basic White card.

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I die cut the leafy spray from scrap pieces of Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Pool Party & Secret Sea using the large die from the Petals of Beauty dies. A Take Your Pick Tool was used to free all the pieces from the die, one colour at a time, taking care to keep the leaves in the correct position.

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The Secret Sea outline leafy die cut was then adhered to the die cut Basic White rectangle. At this point I realised it would have been a lot easier if I had adhered double sided adhesive sheet to the back of each scrap piece…….. don’t you love hindsight!

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The infill leaf pieces were then inlaid into the Secret Sea outline; I used all the colours.

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Simply Said stamp set was stamped in the lower left corner using Secret Sea ink. The whole decorated panel was then glued to the Secret Sea layer. I then added the panel to the Pool Party card front on Dimensionals.

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of Iridescent Faceted Gems finished the card. With the left-over pieces, I made three other cards. Let me know which is your favourite.

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

 

A pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card made using the Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Petals of Beauty Dies and the Simply Said stamp set used to make a pretty paper pieced leafy spray birthday card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

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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

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A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

Ring of Woollen Garments

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Here is a sweet card Christmas card made using the Stay Warm stamp set and featuring lots of woollen garments.

Coloured used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the ring of woollen garments card, you will need:

Gorgeous Grape card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Summer Splash card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 3½” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

 

From the square of Basic White card I die cut the largest stitched circle. I stamped the sentiment, from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp set in Night of Navy ink onto the die cut circle.

 

A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets used to make a pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card

I placed the die cut circle onto the 5¼” by 3½” piece of Basic White card, slightly overhanging the right side.  Using a pencil I lightly drew around the circle. This would help me with placement of the stamped images.

 

A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets used to make a pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card

The stocking stamps were mounted onto a clear block, close together and facing in opposite directions. I stamped these in Gorgeous Grape ink overlapping the pencilled in circle.

 

A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets used to make a pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card

I added the bobble hat to the left of the stockings in Summer Splash ink and the mitten to the right in Strawberry Slush ink. I repeated the stamping of the images all around the circle. The pencil line was then erased.

 

A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets used to make a pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card

The die cut circle was placed onto the stamped panel and the overhanging piece trimmed off. The panel was then glued to the Summer Splash layer.

 

A pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card made using the Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets from Stampin' Up!


www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm and Ornamental Christmas stamp sets used to make a pretty ring of woollen garments Christmas card

Using a Blending Brush I added Night of Navy ink around the die cut circle before adding it to the panel on Dimensionals. A trio of Iridescent Faceted Gems complete the card.

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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

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A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

Penguin Themed Congratulations Card

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This penguin themed card was created to celebrate the fact that my husband has spent part of each year for the last 50 years working in Antarctica, a huge achievement. I used a lot of retired products to make this card including the Sweet & Precious stamp set, Mini Alphabet and Small Numbers Dies.

Colours used to create this card are:

 

To recreate the penguin card, you will need:

Misty Moonlight card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Thoughtful Journey dsp – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 3½” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Silver Foil.

 

The panel of Thoughtful Journey dsp was adhered to the 5¼” by 3½” piece of Basic White card and the whole piece was then glued to the Misty Moonlight card front.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

From the 3½” by 3” panel of Basic White card I die cut a label using the Nested Essentials Dies.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

The penguin and chick image, from the retired Sweet & Precious stamp set was then stamped onto the die cut label using Secret Sea ink. Snowflakes, from the Woodland Scenery stamp set were then stamped, randomly above the penguins using Misty Moonlight ink. The decorated piece was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

The word ‘congratulations’ from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set was stamped on scrap Basic White card before being trimmed out and tucked beneath the raised panel.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

From scrap Silver Foil I die cut the number 5 and 0 using the Little Numbers Dies (retired) and glued them to the card front. The word YEARS was die cut from scrap Basic White card using the Mini Alphabet Dies (retired). I adhered this in place with liquid glue.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

A trio of loose snowflakes (retired) finished the card.

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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

 

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

Friendly Foliage card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using Blending Brushes. I have made my card using the Friendly Foliage stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the friendly foliage card, you will need:

Petunia Pop card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Secret Sea card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 4⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

 

Using a Blending Brush I added Darling Duckling ink to the bottom of the 4⅞” by 3⅛” piece of Basic White card.

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

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I used a second Blending Brush to add Timid Tiger ink to the middle of the card panel and lastly

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

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Lastly Petunia Pop ink was added with a third Blending Brush.

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

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The large leafy image was stamped onto the inked panel with Secret Sea ink.

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

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The sentiment was added below with the same ink.

 

A get well card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set from Stampin' Up! and an ink blending technique

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A trio of Iridescent Pearls finished the card.

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

Mo x

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A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Baptismal Card – Share It Sunday Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Share It Sunday Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on recently. I am sharing the card I made to celebrate a friends recent baptism using the new Petals of Beauty stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the baptismal card, you will need:

Berry Burst card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Secret Sea card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 3½” by 2¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

 

Using Berry Burst ink, I stamped the outline large flower image, twice onto the 5⅛” by 3⅜” piece of Basic White card. The infill colour was added with 2nd generation Berry Burst ink.

 

A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

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Three smaller flowers were then added, the outline in Gorgeous Grape ink and the infill with 2nd generation Gorgeous Grape ink. The leafy sprig was the stamped three times with garden Green ink.

 

A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

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The sentiment, from the Layers of Beauty stamp set was stamped in Secret Sea ink along the bottom of the panel which was then glued to the Secret Sea panel and then to the Berry Burst card front.

 

A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

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Using my Paper Trimmer, I cut a cross shape into the 3½” by 2¼” panel of Basic White card. This was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

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A trio of dots completed the card.

 

A striking Baptismal celebration card made for a friend using the Petals of Beauty stamp set from Stampin' Up!

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

Mo x

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Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

Fragrant Layers Card for Team Training

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Here is the card designed for my recent team training gathering. I have used the gorgeous Fragrant Layers stamp set which will be available from the 6th January in the January to April 2026 Mini Catalogue.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the fragrant layers card, you will need:

Strawberry Slush card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” on the long-side
Secret Sea card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Secret Sea card – 2” by ½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

 

I began by tearing a piece of printer paper from side to side. I placed the torn edges about 1¼” inches apart down the length of the smaller panel of Basic White card and held them in position with a bit of Washi Tape.

 

Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

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Using a Blending Brush I added Daffodil Delight ink to the bottom third of the Basic White panel. I added Timid Tiger next and finished with Strawberry Slush. The printer paper mask was then removed.

 

Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

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The large outline image from the Fragrant Layers stamp set was stamped over the inked strip in Secret Sea ink. I added the single flower image at the top and the double leaf at the bottom to extend the stamped image. The decorated panel was then glued to the Secret Sea layer and then to the Strawberry Slush card front.

 

Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

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The sentiment was stamped with Versamark ink onto the small piece of Secret Sea card. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool. I added the sentiment to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

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A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots completed the card.

 

Cards made for my team swaps using the Fragrant Layers stamp set with some ink blending

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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: