A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

Bare Tree Sympathy card

Hello and welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where we are sharing ‘Simple Stamping’ projects. This means that we are only using stamps, ink and paper only. I have used the bare tree image from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set to make a sympathy card.

 

Colours used in this card are:

 

To recreate the bare tree card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Evening Evergreen card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

 

The watercolor rectangle from the Watercolor Shapes stamp set was stamped in 2nd generation Pool Party ink.

 

A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The bare tree was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink and the ‘ground’ was added in 2nd generation Gray Granite ink.

 

A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment, from the Seaside Bay stamp set in Evening Evergreen ink.

 

A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The stars from the Greatest Journey stamp set were added in Gray Granite ink.

 

A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

To complete the card, I added a trio of Festive Pearls.

 

A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Very simple but quite striking.

Please hop over to share the inspiration provided by my crafty friends. Next along is the lovely Vicky x

  1. Mo Rootes – crafty-rootes (UK)
  2. Victoria Littlewood
  3. Annette Elias

 

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Snow Front for a clean and simple Christmas card

Today I am sharing a pretty Christmas card made using the new Snow Front stamp set and inspired by a card made by Jane Allmark click on her name to see her original.

To recreate the Snow Front card you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Cherry Cobbler cardstock – 4¼” by 2½” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Thick Whisper White cardstock 4⅛” by 2⅜” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right and lower left corners

I added a watercolor wash to the Thick Whisper White panel using the Balmy Blue ink pad and an Aqua Painter.

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely Christmas card made using the sweet new stamp set called Snow Front

Then the panel was dry I stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink. The large tree was stamped in Early Espresso ink. The ground was stamped in 3rd generation Early Espresso ink.

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely Christmas card made using the sweet new stamp set called Snow Front

The tiny birds were added in Cherry Cobbler ink.

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely Christmas card made using the sweet new stamp set called Snow Front

I added the stamped layer to the Cherry Cobbler panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole panel was added to the Balmy Blue card front.

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely Christmas card made using the sweet new stamp set called Snow Front

I stamped the tree and a bird on the larger Whisper White panel and glued it inside the card and on the envelope.

A pretty , simple and stylish Christmas card made using the Snow Front stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely Christmas card made using the sweet new stamp set called Snow Front

This is such a fun stamp set, thank you to Jane Allmark for the inspiration.

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

Sheltering Tree thank you card

Sheltering Tree

I saw a Youtube video recently by a demonstrator called Tina Zinck, she did a great watercolour technique using the Sheltering Tree stamp set and I couldn’t wait to try it.

Making the Sheltering Tree card

Sheltering Tree thank you card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sheltering Tree thank you card using Stampin’ Up! product

I began by taking a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5¼” by 3½”. I took a D sized clear block and pressed the Mango Melody ink pad onto half of the block to get a good covering of ink. I did the same to the other side of the block using Lovely Lipstick ink. Using a Stampin’ Spritzer I misted the inked up block with water and placed the wet block onto the Whisper White panel and left it for a couple of minutes for the ink to transfer.

Sheltering Tree thank you card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sheltering Tree thank you card using Stampin’ Up! product

The panel needs to dry before you can do anything else. I just set it to the side and left it but you can use your heat tool to speed the drying up. When it was completely dry I inked up the bare tree image from the Sheltering Tree stamp set with Early Espresso ink and stamped it to the left of the inked square. I also added the bird image from the High Tide stamp set in the Early Espresso ink to the top of the image.

Sheltering Tree thank you card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sheltering Tree thank you card using Stampin’ Up! product

From the Layering Squares die set I chose a square die slightly smaller than the inked square and die cut it out with my Big Shot. I stamped the sentiment from the Petal Palette stamp set in Mango Melody ink.

Sheltering Tree thank you card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sheltering Tree thank you card using Stampin’ Up! product

I layered the Whisper White panel onto a piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock measuring 5½” by 3¾” using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I added the whole piece to a Mango Melody card base using the same glue. I took the die cut square and placed it in the centre of the negative space with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For the inside I took a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” and stamped the tree on the bottom right corner and added it with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

Sheltering Tree thank you card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sheltering Tree thank you card using Stampin’ Up! product

This was my first attempt at this card. I didn’t get the inked block wet enough as you can see.

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used