I created the snowy scenes cards using the following supplies:
Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side Basic White – 5½”by 3¾” Pool Party – 4 by 2½” Basic White – 4” by ⅝” Scrap Snowy Scenes dsp
I embossed the Basic White panel using the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder. I wrapped a length of Pool Party Twine around the panel, adhering it on the back with Sellotape before gluing the whole piece to the Thick Basic White card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Snowy Scenes designer series paper used with the Trees for Sale stamp set to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon sketch challenge
The smaller panel of Pool Party was embossed using the same embossing folder before being mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Snowy Scenes designer series paper used with the Trees for Sale stamp set to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon sketch challenge
I used a stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut out a selection of circles featuring Christmas scenes from the Snowy Scenes dsp and added these to the card front the central image on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Snowy Scenes designer series paper used with the Trees for Sale stamp set to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon sketch challenge
The sentiment, from the Trees For Sale stamp set was stamp on the strip of Basic White card with Garden Green ink. I flagged the ends and added it to the card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Snowy Scenes designer series paper used with the Trees for Sale stamp set to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon sketch challenge
A twine bow and a trio of Adhesive-backed snowflakes finished the card.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Snowy Scenes designer series paper used with the Trees for Sale stamp set to make cards for the Christmas Stampathon sketch challenge
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Here are the cards I have made for the Christmas Stampathon where our theme is trees, trees, trees. I have made my cards using the Ornamental Christmas Dies and the Velvet Meadow designer series paper.
I created the Velvet Tree card using the following supplies:
Card bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side – I chose 2 Fresh Freesia and 2 Lost Lagoon Pretty Peacock – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 4 Basic White -5” by 3¼” x 4 Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 4 for the inside Velvet Meadow dsp
Using a Blending Brush I added Fresh Freesia ink to the centre of the 5” by 3¼” panels of Basic White card.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) used to tree themed Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon
The sentiment, from the Festive Friends stamp set, currently on the last chance list was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink below the inked area. The panel was then glued to the Pretty Peacock layer and then to the card base.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) used to tree themed Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon
I die cut the trees from Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) using the Ornamental Christmas dies.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) used to tree themed Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon
I used a Blending Brush to add Lost Lagoon ink to the edges of the die cut trees to give a little definition. The trees were then mounted onto the inked panel on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) used to tree themed Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon
A trio of Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins completed the cards.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Velvet Meadow designer series paper (dsp) used to tree themed Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon
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Here are the cards made for this month’s Christmas Stampathon where our theme is black & white with a colour. I couldn’t decide which colour to use with the black and white so have used four of my favourites with the Ornamental Christmas stamp set to make my cards.
I created the fragrant blossoms card using the following supplies:
4 card bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side – chose Petunia Pop, Poppy Parade, Azure Afternoon and Granny Apple Green Basic Black – 5⅜” by 3½” x 4 Basic White – 5¼” by 3⅜” x 4 Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 4 Strip of Petunia Pop, Poppy Parade, Azure Afternoon and Granny Apple Green – 4” by ⅜”
Using the new Stamp Positioner, available from the 5th May in my online store to stamp the trees 4 times across the 5¼” by 3⅜” piece of Basic White card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, leaving a gap in the centre.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set used to make multiple cards for the March 2026 Christmas Stampathon challenge
The coloured tree was then stamped in the centre gap, a different colour on each panel.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set used to make multiple cards for the March 2026 Christmas Stampathon challenge
The decorated layer was then adhered to the panel of Basic Black card before it was added to the coloured card base on Black Dimensionals
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set used to make multiple cards for the March 2026 Christmas Stampathon challenge
I stamped the sentiment, from the same stamp set on the strips of coloured card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I flagged the ends and glued the strips to the card fronts.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set used to make multiple cards for the March 2026 Christmas Stampathon challenge
A trio of embellishments, mostly from my stash were added to the card fronts to finish the cards.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas stamp set used to make multiple cards for the March 2026 Christmas Stampathon challenge
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Today I am sharing the cards made for this month’s Christmas Stampathon where our theme is ’texture’. I have made my cards using the Ornamental Christmas stamp set and dies and the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder.
I created the Christmas Star card using the following supplies:
Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side Real Red – 5½” by 3¾” Basic White – 5⅜” by 3¾” Red Foil – 3½” by 3” Basic Black – 1¾” by ¼” Scrap Basic White
I ran the 5⅜” by 3¾” panel of Basic White card through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. A length of Open Weave Trim was wrapped around and secured on the back with Sellotape.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder used to make a cards for the February Christmas Stampathon
The whole piece was then adhered to the Real Red layer and then to the Thick Basic White card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder used to make a cards for the February Christmas Stampathon
I cut a Red Foil star using the Ornamental Christmas Dies.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder used to make a cards for the February Christmas Stampathon
Using the same die I cut 2 more stars from scrap Basic White card. I glued these together and added the Red Foil star on top. The whole piece was mounted onto the card front using Mini Glue Dots.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder used to make a cards for the February Christmas Stampathon
The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Basic Black card. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool before adding it to the card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ornamental Christmas dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder used to make a cards for the February Christmas Stampathon
A trio of Iridescent Foil Gems finished the card.
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Here are the cards made using the gorgeous Calm & Bright Kit from Stampin’ Up! The kit includes everything needed to make 9 cards – 3 each of 3 designs.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Calm & Bright Kit from Stampin’ Up! used to make multiple Christmas cards
For helpful tips and tricks when putting this kit together check out the following video
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Calm & Bright Kit from Stampin’ Up! used to make multiple Christmas cards
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Calm & Bright Kit from Stampin’ Up! used to make multiple Christmas cards
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Calm & Bright Kit from Stampin’ Up! used to make multiple Christmas cards
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The cards I am sharing today were made for my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack using the lovely Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set, Dies and the Season of Elegance designer series paper (dsp). I designed 10 cards, and the ladies make 2 of each design.
Each attendee’s pack contained the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies. A ¼ pack of the Season of Elegance dsp, a pack of Adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems, 2 Tree Shaker Domes, a pouch of Gold Shaker Stars, some Gold Foil, 3 ink spots filled with Cherry Cobbler, Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow inks, 20 Envelopes, 20 card bases and all the layers and die cut pieces to create the cards.
Card 1 – Trio of Pines Card
Basic Beige card bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Cherry Cobbler – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 Basic White – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Lost Lagoon – 2½” by ⅜” x 2 Basic White – 5½” by 3 ¾” x 2 – for the inside
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Stamp the pine tree on the smaller piece of White card with Mossy Meadow ink
Without re-inking stamp the tree again to the right.
Ink up the tree again and stamp off, stamp to the left of the original tree
Glue the stamped panel to the Cherry Cobbler layer.
Mount the whole panel onto the Basic Beige card front
Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink on the Lost Lagoon strip. Angle the end and add to the card front
Card 2 – Trio of Pine Trees With A Star
Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Mossy Meadow – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 Basic White – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 3¼” by 1½” x 2 Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2- for the inside Scrap Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Stamp the pine tree on smaller piece of White card with Mossy Meadow ink about 1½” from the bottom
Without re-inking stamp the tree again to the right.
Ink up the tree again and stamp off, stamp to the left of the original tree
Cut a piece of designer series paper (dsp) – 3¼” by 1½”
Stamp the sentiment onto dsp with Cherry Cobbler ink and glue to stamped panel
Glue stamped panel to Mossy Meadow layer and mount on Cherry Cobbler card base on Dimensionals
Die cut a star from Gold Foil, add to middle tree
Card 3 – Pine Tree Forest
Lost Lagoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Basic White – 4¾” by 3” x 2 Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2- for the inside Scrap Basic White & Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Stamp the pine tree in Lost Lagoon ink on the right-side of the smaller piece of Basic White card. Stamp again without re-inking.
Repeat the above and add a final stamped off tree – 5 in total, 2 full and 3 stamped off
Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink to the left of the panel
Cut a piece of dsp – 5” by 3¼”
Glue the stamped panel to the panel of dsp then to the Lost Lagoon card front
Stamp the pine tree in Mossy Meadow ink onto scrap White card and die cut
Add die cut tree to card front on Dimensionals
Add a die cut Gold Foil star
Card 4 – Random Triple Trees
Mossy Meadow card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Basic Beige – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 Basic White – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Basic Beige label – die cut with Nested Essentials x 2 Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 4 – 2 for the inside
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Stamp the open tree with Lost Lagoon ink on the smaller White card panel
Stamp the tree of stars with Mossy Meadow ink and the pine tree with Cherry Cobbler ink.
Fill in the small gaps around with the same trees
Glue the stamped panel to the Basic Beige layer and mount on card front on Dimensionals
Stamp sentiment on the die cut label in Lost Lagoon ink
Glue to the card front
Card 5 – Triple Tree of Stars
Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – x 4 – 2 – for the inside Basic Beige – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 5⅜” by ¾” Basic White – 2½” by ½”
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Stamp the tree of stars in the centre of the Basic Beige panel, about ¾” from the bottom with Cherry Cobbler ink
Stamp the tree of stars to the left with Lost Lagoon ink
Stamp the tree of stars to the right with Mossy Meadow ink
Cut a piece of dsp 5⅜” by ¾” and glued to the panel below the trees
Adhere the panel to one of the White panels.
Mount on card front on Dimensionals
Stamp sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink on strip of white card and add to card front
Card 6 – Three Different Trees
Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 5⅞” by 2” x 2 Mossy Meadow – 4⅞” by 3⅛” x 2 Basic White – 4 ¾” by 3” x 2 Basic White – 2⅜” by ⅜” x 2 – sentiment Scrap Basic White & Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Cut a piece of Season of Elegance dsp 5⅞” by 2”, glue to the bottom of the White card base
Glue the White panel to the Mossy Meadow layer and glue to the card front
Stamp the three trees on scrap Basic White card, one in Mossy Meadow, one in Lost Lagoon and the last in Cherry Cobbler.
Die cut all the trees and glue one on each side of the white panel
Add the final tree in the centre on Dimensionals
Stamp sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink on the strip of Beige card. Add on Dimensionals.
Add a die cut Gold star to the top of the centre tree
Card 7 – Trimmed Green Tree
Thick Basic White card bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 4⅛” by 2⅞” x 2 Basic White – 4⅛” by 1¼” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 4⅛” by 1⅛” x 2 Old Olive – 3½” by 2¼” x 2 Scrap Season of Elegance dsp & Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Cut a piece of Season of Elegance dsp 4⅛” by 2⅞” and glue it to White card front
Cut a piece of Season of Elegance dsp 4⅛” by 1⅛” and glue it to strip of White card. Glue this to card front
Stamp sentiment in lower right corner with Cherry Cobbler ink
Stamp the open tree on Old Olive card with Mossy Meadow ink and die cut
From scrap Season of Elegance dsp die cut the strings of tree trimmings
Cut the strings of trimming apart and glue to the tree
Add a die cut Gold Foil star and mount the tree on Dimensionals
Card 8 – Stripy Tree
Mossy Meadow card bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Basic White – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 Basic Beige – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Basic White – 3½” by 2½” x 2 with Adhesive Sheet – 3½” by 2½” x 2 applied to the back Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – for the inside Scrap Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Die cut the tree in the Basic Beige panel – you don’t need the die cut piece
Stamp the sentiment below the negative die cut tree with Mossy Meadow ink
Remove the backing from the Adhesive Sheet on the back of 3½” by 2½” white panel.
Cut ⅜” strips of dsp of different lengths and apply the strips at a slant to fill the sticky panel
Glue the stripy piece to the 5⅛” by 3⅜” white card, moving it so that it would be covered by the opening of negative die cut panel
Add Beige panel overtop on Dimensionals
Add the die cut Gold Foil star
Card 9 – Presents Galore
Lost Lagoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 Basic White label – die cut from Nested Essentials x 2 Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – for the inside Scrap Season of Elegance dsp & Gold Foil
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Place the die cut label on the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of White and lightly draw around it
Cut a piece of dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Glue the White panel to the dsp and then glue to the Lost Lagoon card front
On scrap pieces of dsp stamp both parcels 4 or 5 times and die cut each parcel
Glue the parcels around the drawn rectangle taking care to overlap with the pencil line
Stamp the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink onto die cut label and add to card front on Dimensionals
Die cut a tree trimming piece from scrap dsp and add to the label
Die cut 5 stars from Gold Foil and add to card front
Card 10 – Shaker Tree
Basic Beige card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” x 2 Cherry Cobbler – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 Basic White – 5” by 3¼” x 2 Season of Elegance dsp – 3½” by 2½” x 2 Basic White – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” x 2 – for the inside
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
Die cut a tree from the centre of the 5” by 3¼” piece of White card
Stamp the sentiment below in Cherry Cobbler ink
Cut a piece of Season of Elegance dsp 3½” by 2½” and place the pinch of Gold Shaker Stars in the centre
Peel off the adhesive strip from the back of the shaker tree and place over the dsp with the stars inside
Take the adhesive backing off the shaker tree and place the negative die cut White panel overtop
Add the whole piece to the Cherry Cobbler panel and then to the Basic Beige card front
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set and dies used with the Season of Elegance designer series paper to make multiple Christmas cards for my November 2025 Stamp-a-Stack
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Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing seasonal or holiday projects. I am sharing the cards I designed for my November classes using the adorable Festive Friends stamp set and Dies.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
Thick Basic White card base – 11½” by 4” scored at 5¾” Balmy Blue card – 5⅝” by 3⅞” Basic White – 5⅞” by ½” Scrap Basic White & Granny Apple Green card
Using Balmy Blue ink, we stamped the Falling Snow image onto the panel of Balmy Blue card and set aside to dry.
With a pencil, lightly mark the card front at 2” on the short side then cut from the 2” mark to the centre scoreline on the right. Repeat the cut on the left side to leave a pointed card front. Place the 2 cut pieces together, face down, to form a triangle and use Sellotape to adhere the pieces together.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
With a pencil, lightly mark the stamped Balmy Blue panel at 1⅞” on the short side then cut from the mark to the centre scoreline on the right, repeat the cut on the left side. This will give 1 large triangle and 2 small triangles.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
Glue the large triangle to the pointed card front. Place the 2 smaller pieces together, face down, to form a triangle and use Sellotape to adhere the pieces together.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
Open the card and place the unattached triangle on the inside with the bottom of the triangle lined up with the right-hand end of the card, dsp side facing upwards. Add glue where the panels over-lap and close the card to adhere together.
Stamp the snowman with Secret Sea ink on scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Festive Friends Dies. We coloured him in using the following Blends Pens – Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight and Timid Tiger.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
I die cut a tree from scrap Granny Apple Green and glued it to the centre of the card front then added the snowman on Dimensionals.
The sentiment was created using the Christmas Words Hybrid Embossing Filder and Die. Whilst it was still in the die we added Balmy Blue ink over it with a Sponge Dauber. The sentiment was the added to the card front.
Cheerful Elf Card
Granny Apple Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” Secret Sea card – 5¼” by 3⅝” Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½” Balmy Blue card – 4” by 2¾” Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside Real Red & Secret Sea card – ½” by ¼” – one of each Scrap Basic White card
The 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card was embossed using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel was then glued to the Secret Sea layer and then to the Granny Apple Green card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
The piece of Balmy Blue card was stamped with the Falling Snow stamp using Balmy Blue ink and the tag was then die cut. We glued the tag to the card front tucking a piece of Real Red and Secret Sea card under the tag, near the top on the right.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
A white tree, die cut from scrap card was added to the tag.
The elf was stamped on scrap Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. We coloured it using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Balmy Glue, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake and Secret Sea. The elf was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
The sentiment was stamped with Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card. We trimmed it out before adding it to the card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
A bow made using retired Twisted Gold Thread completed the card.
Santa Card
Thick Basic White card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” Granny Apple Green card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” Balmy Blue card – 5” by 3½” Scrap Basic White & Granny Apple Green card
Using Balmy Blue ink, we stamped the Falling Snow image onto the panel of Balmy Blue card and set aside to dry. The stamped panel was then adhered to the 5⅛” by 3⅜” piece of Basic White card and then to the layer of Granny Apple Green card. The whole piece was then adhered to the Thick Basic White card.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
The small, fuzzy looking tree was then die cut from scrap Granny Apple Green card and adhered to the card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
The Santa image was stamped in Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card. We die cut it out using the co-ordinating Dies. We coloured the image in using the following Blends Pens – Ivory, Real Red, Smoky Slate and Secret Sea. He was mounted onto the card on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
The sentiment was embossed and die cut using the Christmas Words Hybrid Die. I used some retired Balmy Blue twine to create a bow, added it to the card front with a Mini Glue Dot and added the sentiment overtop on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Festive Friends stamp set and dies used with the Falling Snow background stamp to make three adorable Christmas card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.
Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 1cm, 5cm, 6cm & 10cm Strawberry Slush card – 5⅝” by 1½” x 2 – Emboss using Damask Designs Embossing Folder Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3¾” – for the inside Night of Navy card – 4¾” by 3½” Basic White card – 3⅛” by 4⅛” Basic White card – 1⅜” by ½”
Fold all the scorelines inwards and burnish. Add the embossed Strawberry Slush panels to the two wider folded panels of the column piece.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
Place a strip of Tear & Tape to the 1cm tab and fold over so that the free edge is to the right of the centre score line. Add the inner layer of Basic White card butted up against the column.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
Die cut a banner from the 3⅛” by 4⅛” piece of Basic White card using the Party Banner Dies. I also cut a larger banner from the 4¾” by 3½” panel of Night of Navy card.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The jumper was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the white banner. I coloured in parts of the image with the following Stamp ‘n Write Markers – Strawberry Slush, Summer Splash & Highland Heather. The decorated banner was then adhered to the Night of Navy banner. Glue was added to the left side of the banner, and it was adhered to the front of the column.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The sentiment, from the Tractor & Co stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the small piece of Basic White card. It was then glued to the banner piece.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
Woollen Garments Card
Summer Splash card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” Gorgeous Grape card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” Basic White card – 5” by 3¼” Basic White card – 4⅛” by 2½” Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
With the stocking stamps mounted side by side on a clear block, I stamped across the 5” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card using Gorgeous Grape ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
Above the row of stockings, I stamped a row of mittens in Summer Splash ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The next row as the bobble hat stamped in Strawberry Slush ink. I repeated these steps to fill up the whole panel.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The panel was then adhered to the Gorgeous Grape layer before being added to the Summer Splash card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
I die cut a label from the 4⅛” by 2½” piece of Basic White card using the Nested Essentials Dies.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The sentiment was stamped on the label in Gorgeous Grape ink. The sentiment was glued to the card front.
Hat, Gloves & Stockings card
Gorgeous Grape card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” Basic White card – 4⅛” by 1⅞” Summer Splash card – 4⅛” by ⅜” x 2 Basic White card – 4⅛” by ½” Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
The jumper image was randomly stamped all over the Gorgeous Grape card base with 2nd generation Gorgeous Grape ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The bobble hat was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the Basic White strip measuring 4⅛” by 1⅞”. We stamped the stockings next with Summer Splash ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
Next, the mittens were stamped in Night of Navy ink and the heart stamped at either end with Strawberry Slush ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The Summer Splash strips were glued to the top and bottom of the decorated strip.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
The sentiment, from the Traditional Labels stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink at the bottom of the ½” strip of Basic White card. This piece was then adhered to the decorated panel and added to the card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.
To recreate the seasonal tags card, you will need:
Basic Beige card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” Shaded Spruce card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” Basic Beige card – 5” by 3¼” Shaded Spruce card – 4¼” by 3” Basic White card – 3¾” by 2½” Shaded Spruce card – 1½” by ½” Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
I lined up the ‘Merry’ and ‘Christmas’ sentiments from the Seasonal Tags stamp set on the same block and stamped them across the Basic Beige panel, at a slant, using Basic Beige ink to create a background. The panel was then glued to the larger Shaded Spruce panel.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seasonal Tags stamp set used with the Branching Out Dies to make a pretty Christmas card
The length of Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon was then wrapped around the panel before it was adhered to the Basic Beige card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seasonal Tags stamp set used with the Branching Out Dies to make a pretty Christmas card
Using the Branching Out Dies I die cut a label from the smaller panel of Basic White card and a slightly larger label from the Shaded Spruce panel.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seasonal Tags stamp set used with the Branching Out Dies to make a pretty Christmas card
I randomly stamped the pine spray on the white die cut label using Early Espresso ink. The branches and twigs were coloured with the darker of the Medium Deep Blends Pens. The pine needles were then coloured with the darker of the Shaded Spruce Blends Pen. The decorated label was then glued to the Shaded Spruce label before it was added to the card front on Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seasonal Tags stamp set used with the Branching Out Dies to make a pretty Christmas card
The sentiment, from the Festive Friends stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the small piece of Shaded Spruce card. I covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool before adding it to the card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seasonal Tags stamp set used with the Branching Out Dies to make a pretty Christmas card
A ribbon bow and a trio of Loose Gold Sequins finished the card.
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.
This month for the Christmas Stampathon we are making cards with a ‘traditional theme using nontraditional colours’. I have used the new Ornamental Christmas stamp set to make my colourful cards.
To recreate the multicoloured Christmas trees cards, you will need:
Card Bases – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”x 4. I used Timid Tiger, Strawberry Slush, Petunia Pop and Azure Afternoon Secret Sea card – 5⅜” by 3⅛” x 4 Basic White card – 5¼” by 3” x 4 Secret Sea Card – 3 ½” by ¼” x 4 Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 4 for the inside
I stamped the first tree in the centre of the 5¼” by 3” panel of Basic White card using Azure Afternoon ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and some bright colours used to make multiple cards for the Christmas Stampathon
To the left of the blue tree, I added the same tree stamped with Timid Tiger ink and then another tree with Petunia Pop ink.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and some bright colours used to make multiple cards for the Christmas Stampathon
Using Strawberry Slush ink I stamped the tree to the right of the blue tree and finally added the last tree with Darling Duckling ink. The stamped panels were then glued to the Secret Sea panels before they were mounted on the card bases with Dimensionals.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and some bright colours used to make multiple cards for the Christmas Stampathon
With Versamark ink I stamped the sentiment onto the strips of Secret Sea card, covered the sticky ink with White Embossing Powder and set is using my Heat Tool. The sentiment was then added to each card front.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and some bright colours used to make multiple cards for the Christmas Stampathon
A trio of Basic Rhinestones finished the cards.
www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Ornamental Christmas stamp set and some bright colours used to make multiple cards for the Christmas Stampathon
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.
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