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Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

Modified One Sheet Wonder

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Today I am sharing 2 sweet floral cards made using a modified one sheet wonder (I only used ½ a sheet of card stock) and the new Color & Contour stamp set. This set is so versatile and so easy to use. I also used the gorgeous new 2021 – 2023 in colors.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the modified one sheet wonder cards, you will need:

Basic White card 7¾” by 5½”
Scrap Basic White for the sentiments

Polished Pink card base
Soft Succulent 5⅝ by 4”
Basic White 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

Evening Evergreen card base
Polished Pink 5⅝” by 4”
Basic White 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

I began by stamping the outline large flower in clusters of 3 down the centre of the large panel of Basic White. I used Evening Evergreen ink and 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamping.  The flowers were in-filled using the solid stamp and Polished Pink ink, again using 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamping.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

The outline spray of flowers was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink, I chose not to ink up the full stem of this image. The infill colour for this image was stamped in 1st generation Pale Papaya ink

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

Using Soft Succulent ink, I filled in some of the gaps using the outline leaf image using 1st and 2nd generation stamping.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

Next, I added an outline bud in 1st and 2nd generation Soft Succulent ink and added the Fresh Freesia ink as the fill in using 1st generation only.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

The speckles were added in 2nd and 3rd generation Soft Succulent ink. When all this was done, I cut the panel in half on the long side at 3¾”. I wrapped a length of Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon around one of the panels.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

Using the Penned Flower dies and my Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine I die cut a scalloped border down the right side of the Soft Succulent and Polished Pink panels. The stamped panels were then added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

I trimmed the Polished Pink piece on the left-hand side as I had managed not to cut the panel straight. They were then added to the Evening Evergreen and Polished Pink card bases on Dimensionals. I added a small piece of Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon to the Evening Evergreen card.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

The sentiments came from the Many Messages stamp set, stamped using a Stamparatus on a panel of Basic White card and die cut using the Messages Dies. I keep the spares in a box for when I need a small sentiment, like today. They were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The chosen sentiments were added on Dimensionals to the card front.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

I added a Polished Pink bow to the pink card with a Mini Glue Dot and to complete each card I added a trio of 2021 – 2023 In Color Jewels.

Color & Contour stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pair of cards using a modified one sheet wonder

www.crafty-rootes.com -This is a pretty pair of cards made with the Color & Contour stamp set and the modified one sheet wonder technique

I am really happy with the way the cards turned out; I hope you like them.

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Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

Water-coloured Cherry Blossoms

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Here is a pretty water-coloured cherry blossoms card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set and the emboss resist technique.

Colours used in this project are:

 To recreate the water-coloured cherry blossom card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4 – Rounded lower right corner Flirty Flamingo – 4¼” by 3⅛” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner Shimmery White – 4⅛” by 3” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded lower right corner Scrap Gold Foil and Early Espresso The gorgeous cherry blossom bough from the Forever Blossoms stamp set was stamped in the upper right and lower left corner in Versamark ink onto the Shimmery White card panel. I then covered the ink with White Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool.

Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

coloured cherry blossom card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set

I used a Water Painter to add So Saffron ink around the stamped images to form the background. The flowers were then coloured using the Water Painter and Flirty Flamingo ink and the leaves with Granny Apple Green ink. So pretty. The piece was then set aside to dry.

Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sweet water-coloured cherry blossom card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set

I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp the same image at the top and the bottom of the Crumb Cake card base to add a little texture.

Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sweet water-coloured cherry blossom card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set

The embossed panel was then added to the panel of Flirty Flamingo with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. A length of Linen Thread was wound round the panel and tied in a small bow. The whole panel was then mounted onto the Crumb Cake card base on Dimensionals.

Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sweet water-coloured cherry blossom card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set

Using the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine I die cut a delicate butterfly form the Brilliant Wings dies in scrap Gold Foil and added it to the card base with a small piece of a Dimensional. The sentiment from the Forever Blossoms stamp set was stamped onto scrap Early Espresso card, covered with the White Embossing Powder and heat set. I trimmed it out with scissors and added it to the card front.

Cherry Blossom card made using Stampin' Up! product and the emboss resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sweet water-coloured cherry blossom card made using the Forever Blossom stamp set

To complete the card, I added a trio of Elegant Faceted Gems. Such a vibrant card, I hope you like it.

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A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

On Tour Swap

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Today I am sharing the card I made as my virtual swap for the recent On Tour Demonstrator Training session. As part of the registration the participants were sent a brand-new stamp set called Etched in Nature and we were encouraged to use this set for our virtual swap. Unfortunately, some of the stamp sets turned out to be defective and Stampin’ Up! Being the fabulous company they are replacing all the sets sent out with a set of the demonstrators choice while they work out the problem.

Using my Stamparatus to stamp the image multiple times; I did manage to get an acceptable image.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Etched In Nature card, you will need:

Mossy Meadow card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Real Red – 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
Scrap Mossy Meadow & Basic White

A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Etched In Nature stamp set used for my virtual swap for the Stampin’ Up! On Tour event

With the image mounted on the Stamparatus plate I used Mossy Meadow and Real Red Markers to add ink to the stamp. I stamped it on the smaller Basic White panel but didn’t get a good image. So I inked it up again using the same pens and thus time I spritzed it with water in the hope that this would work to spread the ink………. And it worked.

A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Etched In Nature stamp set used for my virtual swap for the Stampin’ Up! On Tour event

I set the panel aside to dry before adding it to the panel of Real Red with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. When dry I splattered some Mossy Meadow ink onto the panel using the Mossy Meadow Marker.

A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Etched In Nature stamp set used for my virtual swap for the Stampin’ Up! On Tour event

I stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink onto scrap Basic White ink and die cut it out using the Layering Circle dies and die cut a slightly larger scalloped circle from scrap Mossy Meadow card. They were glued together with the same liquid glue.

A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Etched In Nature stamp set used for my virtual swap for the Stampin’ Up! On Tour event

I wrapped a length of Polka Dot Tuile Ribbon around he stamped layer and added the panel to the Mossy Meadow card base.

A lovely card made for the Stampin' Up! On Tour Event in April 2021 using the Etched In Nature stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Etched In Nature stamp set used for my virtual swap for the Stampin’ Up! On Tour event

The sentiment was then added over the ribbon on Dimensionals. To complete the card I added a trio of Red Rhinestones.

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Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

Embossed Wild Roses

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A pretty white heat embossed Wild Roses birthday card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the embossed wild roses card, you will need:

Rich Razzleberry card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Rich Razzleberry – 5½” by 3¾”
Very Vanilla – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Very Vanilla 3¼” by 3”

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

The Wild Rose stamp was mounted on the plate of the Stamparatus, inked up with the Versamark ink and stamped onto the 5⅝” by 3⅞” panel of Rich Razzleberry card.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with a Heat Tool.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

The embossed panel was added to the larger Very Vanilla layer. I wrapped a length of Fine Art Ribbon around the panel before adding the panel to the Rich Razzleberry card front.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set in Blackberry Bliss ink onto the smallest panel of Very Vanilla and die cut it out using the Tasteful Labels dies and my Mini Cut & Emboss Machine. This was added over the ribbon on Dimensionals.

Heat embossing used with the Wild Rose background stamp for a gorgeous card using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – A stunning embossed Wild Roses card made using the Wild Roses Background stamp by Stampin’ Up!

To complete the card, I added a bow using the same ribbon. So pretty.

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A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

Floating & Fluttering

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A sweet butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating and Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies.

Colours used in this card are:

 

To recreate the Floating and Fluttering card, you will need:

Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Pool Party – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 4” by 3¼”

I started by using a Blending Brush to apply some Pool Party ink to the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White and added some Pool Party speckles using a stamp from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set.

A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies used to make a sweet thank you card

The sentiment stamp from the Art Gallery stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink. The whole panel was added to the Pool Party Layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies used to make a sweet thank you card

The large butterfly image was stuck on the plate of my Stamparatus. I inked it up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped onto the smallest piece of Basic White card. I like to use the Stamparatus so that I can stamp the image multiple times to get a really dark impression.

A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies used to make a sweet thank you card

I used the infill stamps to add colour. Largest butterfly in Blushing Bride ink, the smallest butterfly in Highland Heather ink, the medium butterfly in So Saffron ink. All the foliage was stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink.

A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies used to make a sweet thank you card

The stamped and coloured image was die cut using the Fluttering dies and the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

 

A pretty butterfly themed thank you card made using the Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Floating & Fluttering stamp set and Fluttering dies used to make a sweet thank you card

The die cut image was added on Dimensionals to the card front. I added a trio of Pastel Pearls to complete the card.

A simple and pretty card.

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A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

Purple Butterfly card

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Here is a sweet brilliant purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set and Brilliant Wings dies and some emboss resist ink blending.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate this card, you will need:

Pool Party card Base – 8¼” by 5⅞”
Basic White – 5⅞” by 2⅜”
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Highland Heather – 5⅞” by ½” x 2
Scrap Basic White

Using the Brilliant Wings dies I cut a number of detailed butterflies from Basic White card stock.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

These were randomly adhered with repositionable glue to the strip of Basic White card. I scribbled Purple Posy ink onto a D Block and used a Blending Brush to pick up the ink and blend the ink onto the panel over the butterflies. The butterflies were then removed. I love the soft effect this gives.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

I die cut the scalloped border from the Be Mine Dies, cut from the 2 strips of Highland Heather card. These were then adhered to the inked panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

I used some of the Snail Mail Twine to wrap around the panel and tied a bow. The panel was added to the Pool Party card base using Dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the Pool Party card base.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink I stamped the large butterfly on scrap Basic Black ink and using the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Brilliant Wings Dies, cut it out.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

I used the Purple Posy and Pool Party Blends Markers to colour in the butterfly. It was added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A beautiful birth card featuring a gorgeous purple butterfly and made using Stampin; Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful purple butterfly card made using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp et and Brilliant Wings dies

I added a trio of Pastel Pearls and some Clear Wink of Stella on the butterfly. Gorgeous, I hope you like it.

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

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A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

Smooched Hydrangea

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A sweet card featuring a gorgeous smooched Hydrangea made with the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies and some watercolour ink smooching. Love a bit of smooching.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the smooched Hydrangea card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – Rounded lower right corner
Flirty Flamingo – 5¾” by 3¼” – Rounded lower right corner
Fluid 100 – 5” by 5½” – Cut down to 5” by 3” after inking – Rounded lower right corner -the remnant used to die cut the individual blooms
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” Rounded lower right corner
Scrap Fluid 100 & Soft Sea Foam

I began by taking my large F Block and pressing the Blushing Bride ink pad onto it. I then dabbed Highland Heather ink in random spots on the block. I then used a Spritzer to spray the inked bloc with water. I laid the panel of Fluid 100 water color paper on top of the wet ink and allowed it to soak into the paper. This was then set aside to dry.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I mounted the Hydrangea image onto my Stampartus plate inked it up with Versamark ink, then inked it again with Memento Tuxedo Black ink before stamping it down onto scrap Fluid 100 paper. I used the stamparatus to do this as it can be difficult to get a good, clear stamped image on textured water colour paper and doing it this way would allow me to re-stamp if I needed too. I then covered the stamped image with Clear Embossing Powder and Heat set it using my Heat Tool. This image was then die cut using the Hydrangea Dies. I cut off the bloom using scissors.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I repeated the same process to stamp the image on the dried water coloured panel. The die cut stalk and leaves were then glued to the panel over top of the stamped image.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I die cut the strip of flower blossoms a number of times from the left-over inked water coloured card, used a bone folder to curl the petals. The flowers were then added to the head of the hydrangea with Mini Glue Dots.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

The decorated panel was added to the layer of Flirty Flamingo with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I then wrapped some of the lovely Blushing Bride Snail Mail Twine around the panel and tied a bow. The panel was then added to the Soft Sea Foam card base on Dimensionals.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink, die cut using the sweet tag from the Hydrangea dies. The tag was added to the card front with a Mini Glue Dot. I used the Flirty Flamingo Blends Markers to colour some Basic Pearls and added them to the centre of each small petal cluster to complete the card.

Such a soft and pretty card, I hope you like it.

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

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A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Gilded Heart for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

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May be an image of outerwear and text that says "STAMPING inkspirations BLOG HOP GROUP"

Welcome to the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where our theme is ‘Love is in the Air’. I have made a gilded heart card using the pretty Touched my Heart stamp set and some gold gilding flakes.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the gilded heart card, you will need:

Blackberry Bliss card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾”
Oh So Ombre dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”

Taking the panel of Oh So Ombre dsp, I stamped the sweet dainty heart using Versamark ink. I added Heat & Stick Powder, heat set it with my heat tool and covered it with Gold Gilding Flakes.  I used my fingers and a piece of Stampin Sponge to rub in the gilding flakes and to remove the excess flakes.

A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gilded Heart for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Touching The Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I then stamped the sentiment from the Treasures of Life Stamp set in the same Versamark ink, added Heat & Stick Powder and again covered it with Gold Gilding Flakes and repeated the rubbing off the excess.

A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gilded Heart for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Touching The Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I added strips of Tear & Tape to all 4 sides of the panel, removed the backing paper and added the Gold gilding Flakes, working them in with fingers and sponge. So pretty.

A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gilded Heart for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Touching The Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I wrapped the gold twine from the Forever Greenery ribbon pack three times around the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape. The whole panel was then added to the larger Basic White layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gilded Heart for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Touching The Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The panel was then added to the Blackberry Bliss card base with the same adhesive.

A pretty gilded heart card for someone you love and for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gilded Heart for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Touching The Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Such a pretty card, I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what Karen Henderson has to share with us today.

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Angie McKenzie  ●  Alejandra Gomez  ●  Vicki Milyard

  Tricia Butts  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith  ●  Annette Ball

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Jan Musselman

Terry Hamilton  ●  Lisa Mackey  ●  Deb Macdowell

Sue Allen  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Linda Moore  ●  Satomi Wellard  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Melissa Faust  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Narelle Fasulo

Mo Rootes  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Susan Webster

Susan Simpson  ●  Anne Marie Hile  ●  Ann Krucek

Shel Anderson  ●  Kimberley Morris  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Danielle Kassing  ●  Chris Smith  ●  Mikaela Titheridge

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Jill Chapman  ●  Teri West  ●  Libby Fens

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

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Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Fireworks at New Year

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Hello and welcome to the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop where our theme is ‘New Year’s Eve Party’, I have used the gorgeous Beauty Abounds stamp set and the Joseph’s Coat technique to suggest a night sky lit up with fireworks at New Year.

To recreate the Fireworks at New Year card, you will need:

Basic Black card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Daffodil Delight – 5½“ by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 3

I used daubers to cover one of the Whisper White panels with splotches of colour using the Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pacific Point and Just Jade ink pads.

Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Fireworks at New Year using the Joseph’s Coat Technique for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Next, I randomly stamped the larger bokeh dot image from the Beauty Abounds stamp set across the same panel, rotating the stamp each time. I then covered the panel with Clear Embossing Powder. The embossing powder was the heat et using my Heat Tool.

Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Fireworks at New Year using the Joseph’s Coat Technique for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

I then used my Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad to swipe across the embossed panel until the whole piece was covered with a heavy layer of black ink………and yes, I did get really, really messy…… Taking a small, damp cloth I wiped each or the embossed images clean of black ink revealing the gorgeous vibrant colours underneath.

Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Fireworks at New Year using the Joseph’s Coat Technique for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Using the Playful Alphabet Dies I die cut the word HAPPY and the numbers 2021 from Foam Adhesive Sheet. Using washi tape to hold the letters together I die cut the word HAPPY and the year 2021 from the embossed and inked panel.

Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Fireworks at New Year using the Joseph’s Coat Technique for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Each letter or number was then stuck to its foam counterpart. The embossed panel was adhered using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to another of the Whisper White panel. Using a Basic Black Marker I inked around the edges of the panel – in hind sight I would have been better to have used a Basic Black Panel – before adhering it to the Daffodil Delight layer with the liquid glue.

Joseph's Coat Technique used to make a Fireworks at New Year card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Fireworks at New Year using the Joseph’s Coat Technique for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

The die cut letters were then placed back in the negative spaces and the embossed patched painted with Clear Wink of Stella and voila, the card was finished.

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

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The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

Split Image Technique for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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I have been playing with the split image technique today having seen a great tutorial from Gail Ellis of Blue Rose Paper Treasures . I have used to Forever Blossoms stamp set to create my cards. If you have hopped over from the lovely Gez Carpenter, welcome. You are also very welcome if you are starting the hop with me.

To recreate the split image cards, you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left and lower right corners
Magenta Madness – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – Rounded upper left and lower right corners
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper left and lower right corners x 2
Basic Black – 5⅜” by 3⅝”

Basic Black card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Magenta Madness – 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2

I took one Whisper White panel and the Basic Black panel – it is important that they are exactly the same size. I placed the White panel in my Stamparatus and stamped the image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I removed the white panel and replaced it with the Basic Black panel. I inked the same image using Versamark ink and closed the panel to stamp the image. The image was then covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The 2 stamped panels were then placed, one on top of the other in my Trimmer and cut at 1¼”.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking 2 of the remaining Whisper White panels and glued the larger Basic Black piece and the smaller Whisper White pieces onto the spare Whisper White panels. Repeat with the other 2 pieces making sure to line up the images.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The whole piece was added to the Magenta Madness layer using the same Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I wrapped a piece of White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon around each panel securing it on the back with Sellotape. A bow from the same ribbon was added with a Mini Glue Dot.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I Stamped and embossed the sentiment from the Art Gallery stamp set on the Basic Black panel and then stamped the same sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the Whisper White panel. I added a trio of In Color Enamel Dots to complete the cards.

The Forever Blossoms Stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty birthday card featuring the split image technique

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Split Image technique using the Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The second panel was added to the Basic Black card base.

Please hop on to see what the lovely Jill Chapman has to share with us today.

 

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

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