A pretty birthday card made using the Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies with the Berry Botanical Vellum from Stampin' Up!

Berry Botanical Balloons Card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Posted on May 23, 2026May 13, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are showcasing something we have been working on. I am sharing my first play with the gorgeous Berry Botanical Vellum, our June product of the month. I have used it with the Balloon Festoon stamp set and dies.

Colours used in this project are:

I created the Berry Botanical Balloons card using the following supplies:

Strawberry Slush card base – 11¾” by 4⅛” scored at 5⅞” on the short side
Misty Moonlight – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Strawberry Slush – 2” by 1½”
Misty Moonlight – 2½” by ½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Berry Botanical Vellum, Basic White, Strawberry Slush and Misty Moonlight

Using the So Swirly Embossing Folder I embossed the 2” by 1½” piece of Basic White card and adhered it to the Misty Moonlight panel and then to the Strawberry Slush card front.

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I used the Balloon Festoon dies to die cut the second smallest balloon from the scrap of Berry Botanical Vellum. I die cut the same balloon from scrap Basic White card and adhered them together with a little Seal.

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I die cut the smallest balloon from scrap Strawberry Slush card. Using Strawberry Slush ink, I randomly stamped the group of stars onto the die cut balloon.

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From scrap Misty Moonlight card, I die cut the pair of balloon strings and added them to the bottom of each balloon with a rolled up Mini Glue Dot. The large balloon was added to the card front on Dimensionals and tucked the smaller balloon under the right side.

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The sentiment, from the Banner Sayings was stamped in Versamark ink on the strip of Misty Moonlight card. I covered it with White Embossing Folder and set it using a Heat Tool. I punched it out using the Three Banner Punch and added it to the card front on Dimensionals.

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A trio of 2025 – 2027 In Color Flat Pearls finished the card.

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A pretty floral card made using the Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder from Stampin' Up!

Fragrant Floral Card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday where we are sharing projects featuring heat embossing. I have made my card using the Fragrant Layers stamp set and some Copper Embossing Powder.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the lovely fresh freesia card using the following supplies:

Garden Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 5⅛” by 3⅝”
Fluid 100 – 5” by 3½”
Basic White – 3” by ¾”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

I mounted the large outline, floral image onto the large Stamp Positioner Plate, inked it up with Versamark ink before stamping it a couple of times on the Fluid 100 card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder used to make a pretty floral card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The panel was then covered with Copper Embossing Powder and set using my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder used to make a pretty floral card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

I coloured the flowers using Poppy Parade ink and Water Painters. The flower centres were added with Daffodil Delight ink. The leaves were coloured with Garden Green and to small buds with Highland Heather ink. I set the panel aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder used to make a pretty floral card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

When the panel was dry, I coloured the background in using Pool Party ink and set it aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder used to make a pretty floral card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

When dry, I adhered the water coloured panel to the 5⅛” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card and added it to the Garden Green card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fragrant Layers stamp set and Copper Embossing Powder used to make a pretty floral card – Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The sentiment, which I found in my stamped and not used pile was added to the card front.

A trio of Sparkle Dots finished the card.

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