The In The Pines stamp set used to make an Christmas card for the Hopping Around the World blog hop

Holiday Mini Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me today for the Stamp ‘n Hop blog hop where our theme this month is ‘Holiday Mini’. I love this time of year with Autumn and Christmas…… so many lovely things to chose from. If you have hopped on from the lovely Sandra Hertzog, I am sure you loved her project. You are now with Mo Rootes in the UK.

I have chosen to use the In the Pines stamp set to make a fairly simple card.

To recreate the Holiday Mini card you will need:

Pool Party card base – – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Early Espresso – 5 ¼” by 3 ½”
Whisper White – 5” by 3 ¼”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Scrap Early Espresso

I placed the smaller panel of Whisper White in the Stamparatus, upper right corner and set up the outline of the large pine tree on one of the panels. I stamped the image with the Early Espresso ink on the left, moved along one step and stamped again without re-inking. I inked again with the same ink and repeated both steps to give 4 trees.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – In The Pines stamp set used for the Holiday Mini Hopping Around the World blog hop

I lined up the inner tree image on top of the 1^st stamped tree and picked it up with the back of the plate. I inked it up with Shaded Spruce ink and stamped it onto the first tree then moved along one hinge step to stamp the second tree and repeated the process.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – In The Pines stamp set used for the Holiday Mini Hopping Around the World blog hop

Using a sponge I added Pool Party ink around the tree to give a ‘sky’ and stamped the ground beneath each tree and the tree trunks in Early Espresso ink. The stamped layer was added to the Early Espresso layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – In The Pines stamp set used for the Holiday Mini Hopping Around the World blog hop

I wrapped a length of Linen Thread around the the panel and tied it in a bow. The panel was then adhered to the Pool Party card base using the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – In The Pines stamp set used for the Holiday Mini Hopping Around the World blog hop

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto scrap Early Espresso card stock and heat set with a Heat Tool. The sentiment was trimmed down with scissors and added to the panel with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – In The Pines stamp set used for the Holiday Mini Hopping Around the World blog hop

Such a sweet card. I hope you like it.

The next person on the hop is Vickie Kello – I wonder what she has to share with us today.

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Coming Home stamp set and Homecoming dies used for September 2020 classes - such a versatile set

Coming Home Bundle used for September Classes

Posted on September 11, 2020September 10, 2020 by Mo Rootes

It was such fun being able to hold a couple of small, socially distanced classes this week and so lovely to see some of my lovely crafting friends and catch up with their news. I decided to kick classes off by using the very versatile Coming Home stamp set and Home Together dies.

To recreate the new Coming Home card you will need

Gray Granite card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored on the long side at 4⅛”
Gray Granite – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Whisper White – 4 ¼” by 3 ¼”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Scarp Whisper White, Poppy Parade and Misty Moonlight

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty trio of cards made using the Coming Home Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

This card was CASE’d from my lovely upline Mikaela Titheridge – check out her original here – with a few tweaks of my own.

We embossed the Gray Granite layer using the Brick and Mortar embossing folder and glued it to the Gray Granite card base.

I had die cut ahead of time the stitched rectangle using the Stitched So Sweetly dies. The ladies stamped the medium and small house onto the rectangle in Gray Granite ink and added the panel to the card front.

The larger house and the small tree were stamped in the same ink and die cut using the Home Together dies. The following Blends were used to colour in the die cut house and tree – Gray Granite, Just Jade, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue. The house was them added to the card front on Dimensionals.

I had die cut the heart for the ladies and the words ‘hooray and welcome’ from the Well Written dies. The ladies trimmed off the HO of hooray and the OME of welcome and glued the o’s one on top of the other to create the word HOME. The word New came from the Well Said stamp set – -time for a NEW adventure and was stamped on scrap Whisper White and trimmed out with scissors. To complete the card we added a White Baker’s Twine bow.

To recreate the row of cars card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored on the long side at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Misty Moonlight – 5¾” by 4” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5¾” by 1½”
Poppy Parade – 6” by 1 ½”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty trio of cards made using the Coming Home Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

I made this card for the son of a friend who has just passed his driving test.

We embossed the Misty Moonlight panel using the brick and Mortar embossing folder and added it to the Thick Whisper White card front.

The car were stamped across the thin strip of Whisper White card in Gray Granite ink leaving space to add the final card after it had been stamped, die cut and coloured.

The Poppy Parade border was cut using the Ornate Borders dies and added to the back of the stamped layer. The whole strip was then added to the card front.

We stamped the sentiment from the Well Said stamp set on a scrap strip of Whisper White in Misty Moonlight ink. The negative scallop from the Poppy Parade border was added as a little pop of colour. To finish we wrapped a piece of Linen Thread around the sentiment and tied it in a bow.

To recreate the Snowy House card you will need:

Just Jade card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored on the long side at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Misty Moonlight – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside – rounded upper left corner – one for the inside and one for the outside
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty trio of cards made using the Coming Home Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

The final card is a Christmas card – yay…… We used a blending brush (you could use a wedge of sponge or a dauber) to add Balmy Blue ink to one of the Whisper White panel. The panel was then added to the Misty Moonlight layer.

We stamped the house and large tree in Gray Granite ink onto scrap Whisper White card and die cut them. They were coloured in using the same Blends Markers.

The houses were positioned on the card front and snowflakes were stamped around the roof before the house and tree were stuck down with Dimensionals. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.

A piece of Poppy Parade ribbon was wrapped around the layer and tied in a bow. The whole panel was then added to the Just Jade card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty trio of cards made using the Coming Home Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

I hope you like the cards as much as we do

I made some cut little treat boxes for the ladies using the same bundle. Aren’t they cute?

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty trio of cards made using the Coming Home Bundle by Stampin’ Up!

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Snowflake Wishes

Posted on September 1, 2020August 28, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set. This card was inspired by a card made by Ruth – the Artful Stamper

To recreate the Snowflake Wishes card you will need:

Seaside Spray card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Misty Moonlight – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Scrap Whisper White and Silver Foil

I punched a 1¾” circle from a Post It Note and placed it in the centre of one of the Whisper White Panels.

Using a piece of Sponge I added Seaside Spray ink in a circle, keeping it light and building up the colour. I added some Misty Moonlight ink to the circle.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set

I stamped the group of snowflakes from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Seaside Spray ink around the circle adding some texture.

The larger snowflakes were stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set

I removed the Post Note mask and stamped the group of tiny snowflakes around the edge of the inner circle in Seaside Spray ink to blur the borders.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set

I die cut a snowflake from scrap Silver Foil and added it to the stamped panel using rolled up Mini Glue dots.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set

The stamped layer was added to the Misty Moonlight panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the panel was then adhered to the Seaside Spray card base with the same glue.

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped on scrap Whisper White card in Misty Moonlight ink and trimmed out using scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Christmas card made using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set

To complete the card I added a trio of Snowflake Sequins.

I hope you like it

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A Christmas card made using two houses from the Coming Home stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Coming Home for Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop where our theme this month is the August to December Mini Catalogue. I have chosen the fabulous Coming Home stamp set, Home Together Dies and the Trimming the Town dsp to make my card. If you have joined me from the talented Jessica Brigden you are very welcome.

To recreate the Coming Home card you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Shaded Spruce 4½” by 2 ½”
Whisper White 4” by 3”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” Rounded upper right corner
DSP strip 5 ½” by ½” – I chose the Most Wonderful Time dsp
DSP strip 5” by ¾” – I chose Trimming the Town dsp
Scrap Whisper White card

I began by using the Stitched So Sweetly dies to die cut a scalloped rectangle from the Shaded Spruce and small Whisper White pieces.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Two houses from the Coming Home stamp set makes a pretty Christmas card

I stamped the small snowflakes from the Coming Home stamp set in Pool Party ink across the top of the die cut Whisper White piece and mounted it onto the Shaded Spruce die cut panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Two houses from the Coming Home stamp set makes a pretty Christmas card

Next I die cut some of the adorable houses from the Trimming the Town dsp using the Home Together Dies. I love it when the die set co-ordinate with some of the dsp images, so easy to make a quick card. The houses were glued to the stamped rectangle with the same liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Two houses from the Coming Home stamp set makes a pretty Christmas card

The large tree from the Coming Home stamp set was stamped onto scrap Whisper White card in Early Espresso ink and coloured using the Shaded Spruce and Soft Suede Blends Makers It was added to the stamped panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Two houses from the Coming Home stamp set makes a pretty Christmas card

Using the Banner Triple Punch I flagged both ends of the DSP strips and glued them to the front of the Pool Party card base using the liquid glue. These were 2 scrap pieces that happened to co-ordinate with the colour combo I was using. You can use anything you happen to have.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Two houses from the Coming Home stamp set makes a pretty Christmas card

Using a Paper Trimmer I cut off the left hand side of the scalloped Rectangle piece and added it to the card front with the liquid glue. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped onto the card front with Misty Moonlight ink and a trio of Adhesive-backed Snowflakes added to complete the card.

Please hop on to see what the lovely Melissa Seplowitz has to share with us this month.

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Flirty Snowman

Posted on December 10, 2019December 3, 2019 by Mo Rootes

This Flirty Snowman card started out as a swap I received at OnStage Live in Dortmand from one of my lovely team mates Katie Van Der Heijden. She designed the 3” by 3” Coastal Cabana square as a mini pizza box topper. I went rogue and added mine to a card front.

To recreate the Flirty Snowman card you will need:

Flirty Flamingo card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Coastal Cabana 3” by 3”
Whisper White 2⅞” by 2⅞”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Scrap Flirty Flamingo

Katie had stamped the snowman from the Snowman Seasons stamp set with Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto the small panel of Whisper White.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring the Snowman Seasons stamp set

The snowman was coloured in by Katie using the following Blends Markers – Smoky Slate combo, Flirty Flamingo combo and Purple Posy combo. A trio of Basic Pearls, coloured with the dark Flirty Flamingo Blends Marker was added.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring the Snowman Seasons stamp set

The snowflakes were then stamped around the edges with Coastal Cabana ink and the stamped panel was then added to the Coastal Cabana layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring the Snowman Seasons stamp set

IThe sentiment was stamped onto scrap Flirty Flaming cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and punched out using the Classic Label punch. The right side was trimmed down and the sentiment added on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring the Snowman Seasons stamp set

I took a Flirty Flamingo card base and stamped the snowflakes in Flirty Flamingo ink in 3 places to form a triangle which is apparently pleasing to the eye. The stamped topper was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring the Snowman Seasons stamp set

I stamped the remaining Whisper White layer and the front of the envelope with the snowflakes in Coastal Cabana ink.

I hope you and Katie like my re-purposing of this swap.

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A gorgeous pastel Christmas card featuring a subtle yummy gingerbread house

Subtle Yummy Gingerbread House Card

Posted on December 8, 2019December 3, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is another card made using the sweet Yummy Gingerbread House Christmas stamp set and some subtle, pastel colours.

To recreate the Subtle Yummy Gingerbread House Christmas card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Basic Black 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Follow Your Art dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Scrap Whisper White

The Follow Your Art dsp was glued to the Basic Black layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This layer was then added to the Crumb Cake card base with the same adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring a subtle yummy Gingerbread house

I stamped the gorgeous gingerbread house onto scrap Whisper White cardstock using Early Espresso ink and die cut it out using the Cuckoo Clock dies. Using the same ink I stamped and die cut a tree from the Cuckoo For You stamp set.

The images were coloured using the following Blends Markers – Crumb Cake combo, So Saffron combo, Shaded Spruce combo, Purple Posy combo, Mint Macaron combo, Smoky Slate combo, Pool Party combo, Petal Pink combo & Flirty Flamingo combo.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring a subtle yummy Gingerbread house

The coloured images were adhered to the card front on Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in Coastal Cabana ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and trimmed it out with sharp scissors and adhered it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a pretty Christmas card featuring a subtle yummy Gingerbread house

I added a little Wink of Stella to the snowy roof forgetting that I had stamped the image with water based ink so it ran a little……ho hum…..

I love the look of the pastel gingerbread house. I hope you like it.

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The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

Merry Christmas

Posted on December 3, 2019November 27, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the simplest of Christmas Cards – no stamping involved…..

To recreate the Simple Merry Christmas card you will need:

Thick Whisper White – 8¼” by 5⅞”
Old Olive – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – Rounded upper right corner
Most Wonderful Time dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner
Most Wonderful Time dsp – 5⅞” by ⅜”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

Such a simple card – I adhered the designer Series paper (dsp) to the Old Olive panel. I wrapped a piece of Real Red Cotton Ribbon around the Upper left corner of the panel. The panel was then glued to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

I used the Merry Christmas Dies to die cut the sentiment from scrap Whisper White cardstock. I die cut 3 of each word.

I used a piece of Stampin Sponge and my Silicon Mat to add the liquid adhesive to the back of the sentiment and stacked them one on top of the other to give dimension.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

The sentiment was then added to the card using the same method. I added a bow made from the same ribbon with Mini Glue Dots on top of the ribbon strip.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

I hope you like the card.

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Most Wonderful Time

Posted on December 2, 2019November 28, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a simple merry Christmas Card made using the gorgeous Most Wonderful Time Product Medley by Stampin’ Up!

To recreate the Most Wonderful Time card you will need:

Mossy Meadow card base – 8¼” by 5⅞”
Most Wonderful Time dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White card base – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Whisper White and Soft Sea Foam

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

Such a simple card – I wrapped a piece of White Polka Dot Tulle ribbon around the designer Series paper (dsp) panel and adhered the panel to the Mossy Meadow card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

Using the Stitched Nested Dies I die cut a label from scrap Soft Sea Foam and a larger Stitched Nested Label from Whisper White cardstock. I stamped the fir trees in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Mossy Meadow ink across the Soft Sea Foam label.

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www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set on the same label in Mossy Meadow ink. The 2 labels were then adhered together with the Liquid Adhesive. I took one of the gorgeous die cut deer from the medley pack and used my Embossing Buddy to de-stickify (is that even a word!!) the back before adding it to the panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

The whole stamped panel was added to the card front with the the liquid adhesive and a Tulle Ribbon bow added. The Whisper White panel for the inside and the envelope were stamped with the fir trees. I added a trio of Silver Metallic Pearls

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Most Wonderful Time medley makes gorgeous Christmas cards

I hope you like the card.

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Mo x

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Snowman Seasons stamp set and Wrapped in Plaid dsp by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet Christmas card

Juggling Snowman

Posted on November 29, 2019November 22, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is a cute juggling snowman Christmas card made using the quirky Snowman Season stamp set and the Wrapped in Plaid dsp.

To recreate the Juggling Snowman card:

Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Wrapped in Plaid dsp – 4½” by 3”
Whisper White – 3¼” by 2¾”
Scrap Whisper White and Shaded Spruce

I glued the Wrapped in Plaid dsp panel to one of the larger Whisper White panel and adhered it to the Cherry Cobbler card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a gorgeous Christmas card featuring a juggling snowman

I stamped the sweet little juggling snowman image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smallest panel of Whisper White and die cut it out using the Stitched Label dies. The snowman was coloured in using the following Blends – dark Cherry Cobbler, dark Shaded Spruce, dark Pumpkin Pie and dark Basic black.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a gorgeous Christmas card featuring a juggling snowman

The stamped panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals and a trio of Metallic Pearls added. I felt the card looked a little bare so added some leaves die cut from scrap Whisper White and Shaded Spruce using the Beautiful Boughs Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a gorgeous Christmas card featuring a juggling snowman

The same snowman was stamped on the Whisper White panel for the inside of the card and on the envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com – a gorgeous Christmas card featuring a juggling snowman

A sweet card, I hope you like it

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Winter Woods stamp set used for the Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop

Winter Wonderland Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on November 25, 2019November 19, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to this months Stamper’s Showcase blog hop where our theme is Winter Wonderland and I have chosen to use the gorgeous Winter Woods stamp set. If you have joined me from……. then welcome, My name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK..

To recreate the Winter Wonderland card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Shaded Spruce 4⅛” by ½” x 2
Whisper White cardstock 4⅛” by 3⅛”
Scrap Real Red, Balmy Blue and Shaded Spruce cardstock

I stamped the gorgeous pine tree in Shaded Spruce ink onto the Whisper White panel and added the ‘ground’ in 2^nd and 3^rd generation Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop using Winter Woods stamp set

Taking a 1¼” Circle Punch I punched a circle from a PostIt Note and laid it onto the stamped panel half covering the top of the tree.

Taking a sponge I swirled on Balmy Blue ink before removing the PostIt Note circle. I added the 2 strips of Shaded Spruce cardstock either side of the stamped panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop using Winter Woods stamp set

I stamped the sentiment in Shaded Spruce ink onto the Thick Whisper White cardstock, the stamped panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals. I tucked small pieces of Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Balmy Blue behind the raised panel.