An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

April Paper Pumpkin Alternate Card – Share It Sunday Blog Hop

I was so excited to hear that Paper Pumpkin was coming to the UK and the April 2026 kit – Lakeside Retreat hasn’t disappointed. I made up one each of the 3 card designs as per the instruction sheet and then started to play with the remaining pieces. This is my first alternate card.

Colours found in this card are:

 

I created the April paper pumpkin alternate card using the following supplies:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Piece of card 1 card front – 5 ½” by 2⅛”
Piece of card 1 card back – 5 ½” by ½”
Misty Moonlight and Basic White label
Scrap Pecan Pie

 

Using Peaceful Pine ink, I stamped a couple of clumps of rushes by the boat. I used the same ink to add birds to the sky on the same panel.

 

April 2026 Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit

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I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to add the two pieces of card front to the front of the Thick Basic White card front.

 

An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit – April 2026 cards used to make an alternative card

The rushes were stamped again in the lower left corner of the Thick Basic White card front in 1st and 2nd generation Peaceful Pine ink.

 

An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit – April 2026 cards used to make an alternative card

The sentiment was stamped with the Peaceful Pine ink onto the white label and added the decorative border along the bottom. The whole piece was glued to the Misty Moonlight label.

 

An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit – April 2026 cards used to make an alternative card

From scrap Pecan Pie card. I die cut the top of the hanging bracket and adhered the Misty Moonlight label to it, trimming off the excess. I added this to the card front using Mini Dimensionals.

 

An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit – April 2026 cards used to make an alternative card

A trio of Iridescent Foil Gems finished the card.

 

An alternative card made using the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit from April 2026 - Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit – April 2026 cards used to make an alternative card

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A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

Blue Garden Chair Card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are showcasing something we have been playing with recently. The card I am sharing was made with the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the blue garden chair card using the following supplies:

I created the blue garden chair card using the following supplies:
Hydrangea Hue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Mossy Meadow – 5 ¼” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5⅛” by 3¼”
Hydrangea Hue – 3¼” by 4⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White

 

I began by stamping the ‘grasses’ along the bottom of the smaller panel of Basic White with Mossy Meadow ink. I only inked the bottom of the image. The full grasses were then stamped in three or four areas using the same colour ink.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a masculine birthday card

Using a Blending Brush I added Hydrangea Hue ink to the stamped panel before stamping the flying bird with Secret Sea ink. The panel was then glued to the Mossy Meadow layer.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a masculine birthday card

I stamped three flying birds in the upper left corner of the Hydrangea Hue card front with the same colour ink before adding the stamped panel.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a masculine birthday card

I die cut the pieces of the chair from the panel of Hydrangea Hue card and glued the back panel in place. The armrests were die cut from scrap Basic White card and glued in place. The chair was then mounted onto the card front with Dimensionals.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a masculine birthday card

I die cut a label from scrap Basic White card using the Nested Essentials dies and cut it in half. The sentiment was stamped on the remaining half with Hydrangea Hue and before being glued to the card front.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a masculine birthday card

A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots finished the card.

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A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

Grill Master card

Here is a great card for BBQ master in your family, in mine the title belongs to my son-in-law who loves to BBQ.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the grill master card using the following supplies:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Blueberry Bushel – 5¼” by 3⅜”
Basic Beige – 5⅛” by 3¼”
Basic White – 2½” by 1¼”
Scrap Basic White

 

I mounted the three BBQ tools on a single clear block, size D, inked it up with Basic Beige ink and randomly stamped all over the Basic Beige panel. The stamped panel was then glued to the Blueberry Bushel layer and then to the Thick Basic White card front.

 

A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and dies used with the Everyday Arches dies to make a masculine themed card

The BBQ was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on scrap Basic White card. I die cut it using my Cut & Emboss Machine.

 

A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

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The fuel in the base of the BBQ was coloured using the Light Daffodil Delight and Light Timid Tiger Blends Pens. The BBQ was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and dies used with the Everyday Arches dies to make a masculine themed card

The sentiment was stamped on scrap Basic White card which I die cut using the Everyday Arches Dies. This was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and dies used with the Everyday Arches dies to make a masculine themed card

An oven glove was stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink on scrap White card, die cut with the Help Me Grow dies and added to the card front.

 

A masculine themed card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and dies and the Everyday Arches dies from Stampin' Up!

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A pretty garden themed card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

Garden Secateurs Card

Here is an adorable card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and dies along with the Nested Essentials dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the garden secateurs card using the following supplies:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Old Olive – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Old Olive – 4¼” by 2¼”
Basic White – 3¾” by 1½”
Scrap Basic White

 

I stamped the pot all over the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card using 2nd generation (stamped off once) Gray Granite ink.

 

A pretty garden themed card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a pretty garden themed card

The stamped panel was then adhered to the Old Olive layer. I wrapped a length of Old Olive Baker’s Twine, sadly retired, around the panel secured on the back with Sellotape. The whole panel was then glued to the Thick Basic White card front.

 

A pretty garden themed card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a pretty garden themed card

From the smallest piece of Basic White card I die cut a label using the Nested Essentials dies.  The sentiment was stamped onto the label with Old Olive ink. I die cut a slightly larger label from the piece of Old Olive card and glued the two labels together. The label was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A pretty garden themed card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a pretty garden themed card

The blades of the secateurs were stamped on scrap Basic White card with Gray Granite ink and die cut using the Help Me Grow dies.

 

A pretty garden themed card made using the Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Help Me Grow stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a pretty garden themed card

The floral image was stamped, twice with Calypso Coral ink onto scrap Basic White card. I added the leaves with Old Olive ink and die cut the pair of handles. These were adhered to the secateurs blades with Mini Glue Dots. These were then glued to the card front. A trio of retired Calypso Coral Dots from my stash completed the card.

 

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I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

CASE Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are CASEing one of our fellow hoppers. CASEing means either copy and share everything or copy and selectively edit. I have chosen to CASE a card designed by the lovely Helen Jennings – I don’t have the set of dies Helen used so have swapped in BBQ Master stamp set instead.

 

Colours used to make my card are:

 

I created the CASE card using the following supplies:

Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White – 5½” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5½” by 3½” for the inside
Scrap Basic White, Blueberry Bushel and Secret Sea

 

I ran the 5½” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder. The embossed panel was then glued to the Secret Sea layer.

 

I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies to CASE a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A length of Bordered Open Weave Ribbon was wrapped around the panel, secured on the back with Sellotape before the panel was adhered to the Blueberry Bushel card front. I opted not to add the Vellum layer.

 

I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies to CASE a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

From scrap Basic White card, I die cut 3 stitched rectangles and from scrap Secret Sea I die cut 3 slightly larger squares using the Perennial Postage dies.

 

I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies to CASE a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

On the white stitched squares I stamped the oven glove, one in Poppy Parade, one in Blueberry Bushel and the last in Gorgeous Grape. The stamped squares were then adhered to the Secret Sea squares before they were all added to the card front using Black Dimensionals.

 

I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies to CASE a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiments from the Reason To Celebrate stamp set were stamped in Secret Sea ink on scrap Basic White card. I backed the sentiments with scrap Blueberry Bushel card and added them to the card with Liquid Adhesive.

 

I CASE'd a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set used with the Stylish Shapes and Perennial Postage dies to CASE a card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Really like how this card turned out. Thank you for the inspiration Helen.

 

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A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

BBQ Master Card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are sharing masculine cards. I have made my card using the new BBQ Master stamp set and dies.

 

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the BBQ Master card using the following supplies:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 3½” by 1½”
Secret Sea – 3½” by ⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White

 

The strip of Perennial Lavender dsp was adhered to the bottom of the panel of Basic White card measuring 5¼” by 3½” and added the thin strip of Secret Sea card along the top.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies used with the Perennial Lavender dsp to make a masculine birthday card

I stamped the BBQ in Secret Sea ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut it out using the BBQ Master dies.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies used with the Perennial Lavender dsp to make a masculine birthday card

I inked the flames with Daffodil Delight ink and added Poppy Parade ink to the bottom of the stamp with a Sponge Dauber. This was stamped onto the scrap Basic White card and cut it out using the dies. The flames were glued to the BBQ grill.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies used with the Perennial Lavender dsp to make a masculine birthday card

I mounted the two sentiments onto the same block, inked them up with Secret Sea ink and stamped it in the upper right corner of the decorated panel. The whole piece was then glued to the Secret Sea layer before it was adhered to the Crumb Cake card base.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies used with the Perennial Lavender dsp to make a masculine birthday card

The BBQ was the added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A masculine birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies with the Perennial Lavender dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and BBQ Master dies used with the Perennial Lavender dsp to make a masculine birthday card

A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots completed the card.

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A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

BBQ Master Card

Here is a card made for my son-in-law using the new BBQ Master stamp set and dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the BBQ Master card using the following supplies:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Secret Sea – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White

 

I stamped the oven glove in the upper left and lower right corners of the Balmy Blue card front using Balmy Blue ink.

 

A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a barbeque themed birthday card

Using Blending Brushes, I applied Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue ink to the smaller Basic White panel.

 

A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a barbeque themed birthday card

I stamped the BBQ with Secret Sea ink over the blended area. I coloured in the inside of the lid with Balmy Blue ink and the ‘fire’ with Darling Duckling and Timid Tiger ink.

 

A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a barbeque themed birthday card

The sentiment was stamped on scrap Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. I stamped each word separately, masking off the unwanted word each time. I then die cut the sentiment using a banner from the Nested Essentials Dies. Before adding it to the card front.

 

A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a barbeque themed birthday card

A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots finished the card.

 

A barbeque themed birthday card made using the BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The BBQ Master stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to make a barbeque themed birthday card

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A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

Leafy Masculine Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are creating masculine cards to share with you today.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the leafy masculine card using the following supplies:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Pretty Peacock – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Smoky Slate – 4¼” by 2¼”
Basic White – 4” by 2”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Pretty Peacock

 

I stamped the large leafy sprig in 2nd and 3rd generation Smoky Slate ink in the upper left and lower right corners.

 

A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a striking masculine themed card

Using Pool Party ink, I stamped the dotage image from the Gears & Textures stamp set.

 

A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a striking masculine themed card

I cut two leafy sprigs from the scrap Pretty Peacock card using the Greenery Lane Dies. I added them with a little Liquid Adhesive to the stamped panel, angled to the upper left and lower right corners and with some leaves not adhered down. The panel was then glued to the Pretty Peacock layer and then to the Smoky Slate card front.

 

A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a striking masculine themed card

The Nested Essentials dies were used to cut labels from the small panels of Smoky Slate and Basic White card. The sentiment, from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set was stamped on the Basic White label in Pretty Peacock ink. The two labels were glued together and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a striking masculine themed card

A trio of Rainbow Dots completed the card.

 

A striking masculine themed card made using the Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Nested Essentials dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Greenery Lane stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Nested Essentials dies to make a striking masculine themed card

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A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Gears & Textures Card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we have a colour combination to inspire us. I have made my card using the Gears & Textures stamp set and dies.

 

Colours used to make this card are:

 

I created the gears & textures card using the following supplies:

Summer Splash card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Misty Moonlight – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 4¾” by 3”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Misty Moonlight – 1¼” by ½”
Scrap Peach Pie, Summer Splash, Smoky Slate & Misty Moonlight

 

I stamped the irregular circle with Summer Splash ink on the Summer Splash card front, in the upper left and lower right corners.

 

A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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I stamped the lined image onto the in Smoky Slate ink onto the 4¾” by 3” panel of Basic White card. I added the irregular circle with Peach Pie ink.

 

A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a card for a colour challenge – Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop

From scrap Peach Pie, Summer Splash, Smoky Slate and Misty Moonlight card I die cut a selection of cogs and layered them up before adding them to the card on Dimensionals.

 

A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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The small screw images were then dotted around with Summer Splash and Misty Moonlight ink. The decorated panel was then glued to the Misty Moonlight layer which was then adhered to the Summer Splash card front.

 

A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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The sentiment, from the Fragrant Layers stamp set was stamped on the piece of Misty Moonlight card with Versamark ink. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it with my heat tool. I flagged the end and added it to the card front.

 

A card made for a colour challenge using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies - Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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A scattering of 2024 – 2026 In Color Flat Pearls finished the card.

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Gears & Textures Classes

The cards I am sharing today were designed for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies.

Colours used to make these cards are:

 

Circle Flip Fun Fold Card

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 7⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White card – 8” by 5⅝” scored at 2½”, 4½” and 6” on the long side
Basic White – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Mixed Up Patterns dsp – 5½” by 1⅞”
Mixed Up Patterns dsp – 5½” by 1⅜”
Silver Foil – 2½” by 2½”
Scrap Basic- Secret Sea, Blueberry Bushel & Old Olive

 

Place the largest stitched circle die from the Stylish Shapes in the upper half of the 5⅝” by 3⅞” panel of Basic White card and lightly draw round it with a pencil.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

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Stamp the dotty image with Blueberry Bushel ink in the bottom right and upper left of the circle, overlapping the drawn circle. Add the splash image next to the blue dots with Secret Sea ink. Add glue around the four sides of the panel, stay away from the middle and adhere to the Old Olive card front.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

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Use the same die to cut a circle using the drawn in circle as your guide. Keep the Old Olive circle to use later and add the white circle to your stash.

Fold and burnish the inner layer – start with the largest rectangle on the right and valley fold, fold the next scoreline mountain and the last mountain i.e back on itself. Apply the dsp panels to the middle two rectangles. Stamp the sentiment in the right-hand panel.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

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Fold the card base down the centre scoreline, add glue to the largest rectangle of the inner panel and place inside the card base with the left-hand edge of the inner panel butted up to the centre scoreline and close.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

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Apply glue to the left edge, top and bottom of the free edge of the inner panel and  along the scoreline of the inner panel as far as the die cut circle. Close the card front.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

With the card closed apply glue to the right-hand half of the circle (in the negative space) and add in the die cut Old Olive circle. Hold in position until bonded. Die cut large Silver Foil cog and a small cog from Secret Sea card and the small cog to the centre of the Silver cog. Mount onto the die cut circle using Dimensionals.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

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Die cut two medium cogs from scrap Blueberry Bushel and Secret Sea card and a circular frame from Old Olive card. And add to the card front.

 

Cog Birthday card

Blueberry Bushel card – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Old Olive card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Mixed Up Patterns dsp – 3⅝” by 1⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Silver Foil – 2½” by 2½”
Scrap Secret Sea card

 

Using Blueberry Bushel ink, we stamped the sentiment down the left-side of the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

Placing the strip of Mixed Up Patterns dsp alongside the stamped sentiment, but not gluing it down, we moved it to one side and stamped the splash image in the lower left-hand corner with secret Sea ink so that part of the image will be visible when the dsp is glued down.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

The dotty image was stamped in the same way at the top of the piece of dsp with Blueberry Bushel ink. The dsp was then glued into place.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

The large cog was die cut from the square of Silver Foil using the Gears & Textures dies. It was added, overlapping the dsp on Dimensionals.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

A small cog was die cut from scrap Secret Sea card and glued to the centre of the silver cog to finish the card.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

Striped Birthday Card

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

 

We began by stamping the dotty strip, diagonally across the smaller panel of Basic White card using Secret Sea ink.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

The film strip image was stamped below with Old Olive ink and the chain link above with Blueberry Bushel ink.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

The word ‘birthday; from the Reason to Celebrate stamp set as stamped below the bottom image with Blueberry Bushel ink.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

We added ‘happy’ with Secret Sea ink before gluing the decorated panel to the Blueberry Bushel layer.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

Using Dimensionals the whole piece was added to the Secret Sea card front to complete the card.

 

A trio of cards made for my February 2026 classes using the Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Gears & Textures stamp set and co-ordinating dies used to create a trio of cards for my February 2026 classes

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

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