A trio of cards for my May 2025 classes using the Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies from Stampin' Up!

Sunrise Sailing Classes

Posted on May 16, 2025May 12, 2025 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards I designed for my May 2025 classes using the Sunrise Sailing stamp set, embossing folder and dies.

Colours used to make these cards are:

Arched card

Blueberry Bushel card – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 5” by 3¾” x 2
Basic White – 2⅛” by ⅜”
Coastal Cabana – 4⅛ by 1⅛” x 2
Scrap Basic White

Using the largest arch from the Everyday Arches Dies I cut the Blueberry Bushel card base. The trick is to place the die with the left-hand cutting edge overhanging the fold of the card front. I also die cut 2 smaller arches form the 5” by 3¾” panels of Basic White card saving one for the inside of the card.

Blueberry Bushel ink was lightly added to the remaining white arch using a Blending Brush.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

From the 2 strips of Coastal Cabana card we die cut the wavy edges and adhered them to bottom of the inked arch, one above the other to form the sea.

The boat was stamped on scrap Basic White card using Blueberry Bushel ink, the inside colour added to the sails with Poppy Parade ink and the boat body stamped with Coastal Cabana ink. The boat was then die cut using the Sunrise Sailing Dies. We also die cut a couple of clouds from the same scrap card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

The boat was then mounted onto the decorated arch on Dimensionals. The clouds were added flat and the excess trimmed off. The birds were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The arch was then glued to the card front.

The sentiment, from the Darling Dinos was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink onto scrap Basic White card. I trimmed it down and added it to the card front.

Embossed Sailboat card

Poppy Parade card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Blueberry Bushel – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 4¾” by 3”
Basic White – 2⅛” by ⅜”
Basic White – 3” by 2½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
1” by ½” strips – White, Coastal Cabana & Blueberry Bushel

The 4¾” by 3” piece of Basic White card was embossed using the Sunrise sailing 3D Embossing Folder. The colour was stamped on the sails with Blueberry Bushel ink and the bottom of the boat was stamped with poppy Parade ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

Using a Blending Brush, Blueberry Bushel ink was added to the ‘sky’ around the boat. Coastal Cabana ink was added to the ‘sea’ using a Sponge Dauber. The birds were stamped with memento Tuxedo Black ink and the panel was glued to the Blueberry Bushel layer. This was added to the Poppy Parade card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

We tucked the 3 strips of coloured card under the upper right side of the raised panel.

The sentiment, from the Darling Dinos was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the 2⅛” by ⅜” piece of Basic White card and added to the card front.

Simple Sailing Boat card

Coastal Cabana card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Blueberry Bushel – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White – 4¾” by 3” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White – 2⅛” by ⅜”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside – rounded upper right corner
Scrap – Poppy Parade & Blueberry Bushel

The ‘sea’ was stamped in 1^st and 2^nd generation Coastal Cabana ink onto the bottom of the Coastal Cabana card front and along the bottom of the 4¾” by 3” panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

Blueberry Bushel ink was lightly added above the sea using a Blending Brush and a trio of birds were added with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The panel was then glued to the Blueberry Bushel layer and then to the Coastal Cabana card front.

I die cut a medium sized boat from scrap Blueberry Bushel card and sails from scrap Poppy Parade card and adhered the two pieces together. The boat was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

The sentiment, from the Darling Dinos was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the 2⅛” by ⅜” piece of Basic White card and added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sunrise Sailing stamp set, Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies used to make a trio of cards for my May 2025 classes

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Three pretty floral cards made for April 2025 classes using the gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks from Stampin' Up!

Thankful Garden Class Projects

Posted on April 15, 2025April 11, 2025 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards designed for my April classes using the gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, Dies and Masks.

The colours used to make these projects are:

Diagonal Open Front card

Soft Sea Foam card – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Mark at 2¼” along the top of the card, cut from the mark to the lower right corner
Blueberry Bushel – 4⅞” by 3¼”
Basic White – 4 ¾” by 3⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

This card was inspired by Tina Bickford, the Tatted Stamper

The off cut from the card front was embossed before adhering it along the bottom of the card front. We then stamped the large hydrangea onto the side and top of the card front in Soft Sea Foam ink to add texture.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make a three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The sentiment was stamped in Old Olive ink in the lower right corner of the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The large hydrangea was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the same panel. We then added colour to the flower using the first 3 masks and Blueberry Bushel ink and a Blending Brush.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The colour was added to the first two layers very lightly and the colour was added to the most detailed layer, with a heavier hand to add depth. The inked panel was then glued to the Blueberry Bushel panel and then to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

Pink Floral card

Bubble Bath card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Berry Burst – 5⅜” by 3½”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3⅜”
Season of Elegance dsp – 5¼” by 1½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Old Olive card

The strip of dsp was glued to the 5¼” by 3⅜” panel of Basic White card which was then adhered to the Berry Burst panel and then to the Bubble Bath card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The double flower was then stamped onto scrap Basic White card in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. We then added colour to the flower using the first 3 masks and Berry Burst ink and a Blending Brush. The colour was added to the first two layers very lightly and the colour was added to the most detailed layer, with a heavier hand to add depth.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The coloured flower was then die cut using the Thankful Garden Dies. We also die cut some of the leaves from the same die set from scrap Old Olive card. The die cut flower was added to the card front on Dimensionals and the leaves tucked in behind.

The sentiment was stamped in Berry Burst ink onto scrap Basic White card, trimmed down and added to the card front.

Four Panel card

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Berry Burst – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5” by 3½”
Basic White – 3” by 2½”
Old Olive – 3” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

The two large flower images were stamped onto the 5” by 3½” panel of Basic White card, one flower in each corner, the hydrangea in Blueberry Bushel and the double flower in Berry Burst ink. We filled in any gaps using the small leafy spray using Old Olive ink. The panel was then cut on the long side into 4 pieces 1¼” wide.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The 1¼” strips were then adhered to the Berry Burst layer, leaving a small gap between each piece. A length of Berry burst Ribbon was then wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then glued to the Old Olive card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

The sentiment, from the Attention Shoppers stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink onto scrap Basic White card and punched out using the To the Point Label Punch. We also punched out a label from scrap Old Olive card, cut it across the middle and added it with glue to the back of the sentiment label, one at the top and the other at the bottom. The label was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Thankful Garden stamp set, dies and masks used to make three pretty floral cards for April 2025 classes

I hope you like the cards.

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A trio of cardsmade for my February 2025 classes using the Friendly Seagulls stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Friendly Seagulls Classes – Share It Sunday Blog Hop

Posted on February 23, 2025February 22, 2025 by Mo Rootes

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 cards designed for my January classes using the Friendly Seagulls stamp set.

Colours used in these cards are:

Flip Flap Card – Inspired by a card made by Amy of Just A Little Ink

Thick Basic White card – 8¼” by 5¾” – scored at 4⅛” and with the front edge at 1” on the right of the trimmer, cut from the top down to 1¾” and from the bottom to 3⅛”. Score the remaining 1” tab at 1”
Pool Party – 5¾” by 3”
Pool Party – 5¾” by 1¼”
Pebbled Path – 3” by 3” – Die cut a square using the Stylish Shapes Dies
Daffodil Delight – 2¾” by 2¾”
Basic White – 2½” by 2½” – Die cut a square using the Stylish Shapes Dies
Basic White – 2” by ¾”

We embossed the 2 panels of Pool Party card with the So Swirly Embossing Folder. Glue the larger to the front of the card and the smaller to the right-hand side of the inside of the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

The seagull was stamped in Pebbled Path ink onto the die cut Basic White square. I added the ‘sand’ in Smoky Slate ink. The pouch of chips and the birds in flight were stamped in the same Pebbled Path ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

We used the following Blends to colour in the images. Light Lemon Lolly for the sand, Light and Dark Smoky Slate for the wings, Light Real Red for the pouch, Light Crumb Cake for the chips with a layer of light Daffodil Delight on top and Dark Daffodil Delight for the beak and feet.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

The decorated square was glued to the Daffodil Delight square and then to the Stitched Pebbled Path square. The square was the added to the 1” tab using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

The sentiment from the Attention Shopper stamp set was stamped on the strip of Basic White card in Pebbled Path ink. I added a little glue to the top of the sentiment and tucked it under the square.

Trio of Birds Card

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pool Party – 5⅞” by 2⅛”
Basic White – 6½” by 2¼” – Die cut 3 squares using the Stylish Shapes Dies
Pool Party – 2” by ¾”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

We randomly stamped the group of fish all over the Smoky Slate card front in Smoky Slate ink.

The seagulls were stamped in Pebbled Path ink, one in each of the die cut squares and added the sand in Smoky Slate ink,

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

The birds were coloured using the light Pool Party, light and dark Daffodil Delight, light Crumb Cake and light Smoky Slate Blend Pens. We placed the squares face down, butted up against each other and attached them together with Sellotape. The whole piece was then glued to the larger Pool Party panel before adding the piece to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

The sentiment from the Attention Shopper stamp set was stamped on the strip of Pool Party card in Pebbled Path ink. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was mounted onto the card front.

Birds on a Beach

Pebbled Path card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Smoky Slate – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner – for the inside
Pool Party – 2¼” by ⅜”

The three birds were stamped in Pebbled Path ink onto the smaller piece of Basic White card. The sand was added in Smoky Slate.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

Using a Blending Brush, we added Daffodil Delight ink around the whole panel making sure not to get it on any of the birds.

The birds were coloured using Light Pool Party, Light and Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Crumb Cake and Light Smoky Slate. The coloured panel was glued to the Smoky Slate panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

We wrapped a length of Daffodil Delight ⅛” Ribbon around the panel, secured it on the back with Sellotape and added the whole panel to the Pebbled Path card front on Dimensionals.

The sentiment from the Attention Shopper stamp set was stamped on the strip of Pool Party card in Pebbled Path ink. We flagged the end and added it to the card front. A ribbon bow completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Friendly Seagulls stamp set used to make a trio of cards for my February 2025 classes

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A trio of cards, including a column fun fold card made for my January 2025 classes using the Pretty petals stamp set and Dies from Stampin' Up!

Pretty Petals Classes

Posted on January 15, 2025January 10, 2025 by Mo Rootes

The cards I am sharing today were designed for my January classes using the gorgeous Pretty Petals stamp set.

Colours used in these cards are:

Column Card

Berry Burst card – 8¼” by 5¾” – scored on the long side at 2”, 4”, 6” & 8”
Fresh Freesia – 5½” by 1¾” x 4
Basic White – 4½” by 3” – die cut a label using the Countryside Corner Dies for the front
Basic White – 4” by 2¼” – die cut a label using the Countryside Corner Dies for the back
Basic White – 3½” by 3” – for stamping and die cutting
Basic White – 1” by ½” – scored at ½” on the long side x 6 – 4 for the front & 2 for the back

Place the 4 strips of Fresh Freesia card side by side and butted up against each other. Hold down with a little temporary adhesive if needed. Use Fresh Freesia ink to stamp the floral image across all 4 pieces overlapping the panels. Keep the panels in order so that the design flows. Adhere the stamped layers to the 2” panels of the Berry Burst card, leaving a border.