Lovely bee themed card made for the January classes using Stampin' Up! products

Golden Honey Bee January Classes

Posted on January 17, 2020January 16, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made in this months classes using the lovely Honey Bee stamp set and Detailed Bee dies. My husband and I kept bees for many years before our hives were decimated by the varroa bug but we are still eating through the honey they gave us.

Each lady coming to class this month was given a 6” by 6” pack of the Golden Honey designer series paper (dsp) to use in class, the remainder they took home to add to their stash. This dsp is one of the choices you can choose for free from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue with a £45 order.

To recreate the Inter-Locking Gate Fold card you will need:

Crushed Curry – 11¾” by 4⅛” scored on the long side at 2⅞” at either end
Whisper White – 5⅝” by 4”
Basic Black – 4” by 2⅝” x 2
Golden Honey dsp – 3⅞” by 2½” x 2
Whisper White – 4” by 1” x 3
Golden Honey dsp – 3⅞” by ⅞” x 3
Scrap Whisper White

This card was inspired by a card made by a fellow demonstrator Wendy Cranford.

The ladies chose 2 patterns of dsp, one for the 2 front panels and 3 for the overlapping straps. They cut their cardstock using a Paper Trimmer.

The dsp panels were adhered to either the two Basic Black panels or the three Whisper White panels using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The larger panels were then adhered with the same glue to the front panels of the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet card for January classes made using the Golden Honey dsp and the Honey Bee Bundle

They stamped the bee and the flower on on the larger Whisper White panel, adding colour with the dark Daffodil Delight Blends Marker. The panel was then glued inside the card.

The three strips were then added to the cardfront. The top and bottom strip were glued to the left front panel and the middle strip to the right front panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

We used the stamparatus to stamp the bee hive or skep onto scrap Whisper White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, we stamped again using the same ink to get a really black imade. The smaller bee and flower were stamped in the same ink before all three images were die cut.

The hive was attached to the top and bottom strap using a tiny blob of liquid adhesive at the top and bottom of the hive. The bee was glued to the midde strap and the flower added to the side of the hive with liquid adhesive.

To recreate the Trio of Bees card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Crushed Curry – 5” by 3¼” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Golden Honey dsp – 4⅞” by 3⅛” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Whisper White – 4¼” by 2⅞” – Rounded Upper Left corner

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet card for January classes made using the Golden Honey dsp and the Honey Bee Bundle

The large bee was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink at the top and bottm of the Whisper White panel and the strips coloured in with the dark Daffodil Delight Blends Marker.

The ladies then die cut a large golden bee from the edge of ther 6” panel of dsp – the remaining piece of dsp needed to be 3¾” wide to use on the third card.

The stripes on the golden bee were coloured using the dark Basic Black Blends Marker and the bee added to the middle of the panel on a dimensional. The remaining layers were adhered together using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

To recreate the Hive of Bees card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded Lower Left corner
Golden Honey dsp – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded Lower Left corner
Scrap Whisper White card stock

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet card for January classes made using the Golden Honey dsp and the Honey Bee Bundle

The Golden Honey dsp was glued to the card base with multipurpose liquid adhesive.

The stamparatus was used to stamp the bee hive in Crushed Curry ink onto scrap Whisper White. Three bees were also stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. All the images were then die cut.

The stripes on the bees were coloured with the dark Daffodil Delight Blends Marker and the hive and bees were added to the card front with Dimensionals.

The sentiment from the Timeless Tulips stamp set was stamped in Crushed Curry ink onto scrap Whisper White card stock and punched out using the Classic label Punch. It was added to the card front with glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet card for January classes made using the Golden Honey dsp and the Honey Bee Bundle

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

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Peaceful Boughs

Posted on November 12, 2019November 9, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards made during November’s classes using the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and the Beautiful Boughs dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – November classes featuring the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and Beautiful Boughs dies

Tri-fold card

Garden Green card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” – scored on the long side at 2 and 1/16th and 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅝” by 3⅞” for the inside
Whisper White- 4¾” by 3¼”
Whisper White – 3¼” by 3”
Scrap Garden Green, Poppy Parade, Whisper White and Gold Foil for die cutting boughs and pine cones.

www.crafty-rootes.com – November classes featuring the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and Beautiful Boughs dies

Having folded and burnished in the score lines we used the ‘spotty stamp’ and Garden Green ink to randomly cover the 2 and 1/16^th inch panel. We stamped the smallest bough in Garden Green ink onto the largest Whisper White panel and adhered it to the inside panel of the card.

We stamped the sentiment using Poppy Parade ink onto the smallest Whisper White panel and die cut it out using the Beautiful Boughs dies.

We inked the medium Whisper White panel using Pool Party ink. The ladies then arranged the die cut boughs and pinecones – I had die cut them ahead of time, adhering them with a little Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The sentiment panel was then added overtop on Dimensionals and the final boughs and pinecones were tucked underneath.

The decorated panel was adhered to the left side of the card using the Liquid Adhesive. A Poppy Parade Ribbon bow was added to the card front with Mini Glue Dots. The envelope was decorated using the small bough.

Inked Background Boughs

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Garden Green – 5 ½ ” by 3¾” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜ ” by 3⅝ ” Scrap Whisper White – Rounded upper left and lower right corner

www.crafty-rootes.com – November classes featuring the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and Beautiful Boughs dies

Using the Pool Party ink and sponges we inked the Whisper White panel keeping the colour lighter nearer the centre. We stamped the large bough all around the inked panel using Garden Green ink.

The Poppy Parade Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The sentiment was stamped in Garden Green ink and die cut. A piece of Braided Twine was fed through the the holes of the sentiment label. The sentiment was adhered over the Poppy Parade Ribbon on Dimensionals and the ends of the twine adhered to the back of the panel with Sellotape.

The panel was adhered using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Graden Green layer before being added to the Thick Whisper White card base.

The’spotty image’ was then stamped randomly in Poppy Parade ink.

Boughs on a flagged panel

Poppy Parade card base – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 5⅜ ” by 3⅝ ” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Pool Party 4⅛” by 3¼” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 4” by 3⅛” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Garden Green 1½ ” x ⅜”
Whisper White 1½ ” x ⅜”
Pool Party 1½ ” x ¼”

www.crafty-rootes.com – November classes featuring the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and Beautiful Boughs dies

The large bough was stamped in the upper right and lower left corners of the Whisper White panel in Garden Green ink. The sentiment was stamped between the boughs with Poppy Parade ink and a scatter of Pool Party dots were stamped over the boughs.

The stamped panel was adhered using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Pool Party layer. The ends of the small strips were flagged and the flags added to the back of the stamped panel.

Using the Poppy Parade ink we stamped the small pinecone in the upper right and lower left corners of the Poppy Parade card base. The stamped layer was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

The inner Whisper White panel and Envelope was decorated using the small bough stamp.

I hope you like the cards

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

Mo x

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A lovely flap closure Christmas card made using Stampin' Up products

Perfectly Plaid Class Projects

Posted on October 11, 2019October 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made in class this week using the gorgeous Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the co-ordinating Pine Tree Punch. This is a great set, fab for beginner stampers as it is so easy to create great looking cards with this bundle.

To recreate the Front Flap over card you will need:

Real Red or Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
DSP 4½” by 3”
Real Red 6½” by 1” scored at 2½”
Real Red or Gold Glimmer 2¼” by 3½”
Whisper White scrap

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

We added the dsp to one of Whisper White panels using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and used the same glue to adhere this panel to the front of the card base. Depending on which dsp they were given the ladies used either a Real Red or Cherry Cobbler card base. The tree was stamped using Call Me Clover ink on the Whisper White panel for the inside of the card, on the envelope and on scrap Whisper White. The tree on the scrap cardstock was punched out using the Pine Tree Punch. The ladies die cut an oval from scrap Whisper White and a Glimmer scalloped oval from either Real Red Glimmer of Gold Glimmer using the layering Oval dies. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink near the bottom of the Whisper White oval. The punched out tree was added above on Dimensionals.

We folded the thin red strip on the scoreline and adhered the long side, with the fold just protruding over the edge, to the inside of the card – where you would normally write your message. Adhere the inside panel over the top of the strip to hide it. We closed the card and brought the flap over and adhered the White oval to the front of the strip and added the Glitter scalloped oval to the back of the flap and the white oval hiding the messy bits and the card is finished.

To recreate the Trio of Trees card you will need:

Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Whisper White – 4⅛” by 2½”
Whisper White – 4⅛” by ½”
Real Red Glimmer paper – 4⅛” by ½”

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

We randomly stamped the small pinecone in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the front of the Blueberry Bushel card base. The skeleton tree was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink on the front of the envelope, the large Whisper White panel for the inside, twice on the 2½” Whisper White strip and once on scrap Whisper White – this last one would be punched out. Those with a steady hand added the leaf infill using Call Me Clover ink. The punched tree was added to the 2½” strip on Dimensionals and the red glimmer strip added to the bottom. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped on the thin Whisper White strip in Real Red ink and added to the card front with liquid adhesive. The inside panel was added with the same adhesive.

To recreate the Simple Tree card you will need

Call Me Clover card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Whisper White – 5⅜” by by 2¼”
Real Red Glimmer 2¼” by 3½”
Whisper White 2¼” by 3½”

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the Buffalo Check onto the Whisper White strip using Blueberry Bushel ink. The strip was then glued to one of the Whisper White panels. This was then glued to the card front. We die cut a Whisper White oval and Real Red Glimmer scalloped oval using the Layering Ovals dies. The tree was stamped in Call Me Clover ink onto the white oval and the the sentiment added in Blueberry Bushel ink. The ovals were then adhered and added to the card front with dimensionals. The inner layer was glued inside the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

All the cards were decorated with Glimmer Paper stars, Red Rhinestones or Gold Metallic Pearls. I hope you like the cards.

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

Mo x

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A lovely trio of autumnal themed cards using the Rooted in Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Rooted in Nature for September Classes

Posted on September 13, 2019September 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

It has felt very Autumnal here this week with cooler weather and the leaves beginning to turn so the cards we made in this weeks classes were very apt. We used the Rooted in Nature stamp set and co-ordinating Nature’s Roots dies.

Embossed Oak card

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Basic Black – 3⅝” by 3½” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 3½” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner
Strip Whisper White ⅜” wide for sentiment

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

We stamped the maple leaf in 1^st and 2^nd generation Smoky Slate ink down the left side of the card base. We punched a circle from Postit Notes using the 1¼” Circle Punch and used the cirle to mask an area for the moon. Using pieces of sponge we inked the smaller Whisper White panel with So Saffron ink and Mango Melody ink, the Postit circle was then removed.

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the oak tree in Versamark ink, covered it with black embossing powder and heat set it. The stamped panel was then mounted on the Basic Black layer and this was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

Spruce Tree card

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black 4½ ” by 3¾”
Whisper White 5” by 3¼” Vellum 4” by 1”
Scrap WW for tree

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

The lovely spruce tree was stamped on scrap Whisper White with Basic Gray ink and die cut using the Nature’s Roots dies. We also die cut a second tree and the word ‘happy’ from the Well Written dies from the centre of the Basic Black panel making sure to stay away from the edges.

We stamped the cut through ‘tree trunk’ image in So Saffron ink onto the Whisper White panel and added the stamped sentiment from the Well Said stamp set in Basic Gray ink. The strip of Vellum was wrapped around the the stamped layer and secured on the back with Sellotape and the layer was added to the Basic Black panel. The ‘happy’ die cut was then adhered to the Vellum with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The whole panel was adhered with glue to the Thick Whisper White panel. The black tree was slipped under the Vellum piece and glued down. The stamped tree was then off set on Dimensionals.

Trio of Leaves card

Basic Gray card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Crushed Curry 5 ” by 3½” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 5⅜ ” by 3⅝ ” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 4⅞” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the centre leaf in So Saffron ink onto the smaller panel of Whisper White cardstock. The other leaves were stamped in 1^st and 2^nd generation Basic Gray ink using the hinge technique. Love this …….

The sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, again using the Stamparatus. We stamped it twice to give a really dark image. The stamped layer was added to the Crushed Curry layer and then mounted on the card front with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

The ladies loved these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Pretty floral cards made using the Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies

Beautiful Promenade for June Classes

Posted on June 14, 2019June 13, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this weeks classes using the lovely Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

Doily Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Bermuda Bay 5½” by 3¾” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – rounded lower left corner (one for the inside)
Soft Sea Foam 3½” by 3½”
Poppy Parade 2½” by 2”
Scrap Whisper white and Granny Apple Green

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We glued one of the Whisper White layers to the Bermuda Bay layer and adhered these to the Soft Sea Foam card base.

We stamped the flower in Cherry Cobbler ink onto the Poppy Parade cardstock and die cut it out using the Beautiful Layers dies. We also die cut the doily from the square of Soft Sea Foam and also die cut a leaf from scrap Granny Apple Green cardstock.

The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay onto scrap Whisper White and punched out using a 1” Circle Punch. This was then added to the centre of the doily. The doily was added to the front of the card. The flower was added to the card on dimensionals and covered with Clear Wink of Stella.

Multiple Striped Flower card

Bermuda Bay card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅞” by 3 ½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Poppy Parade 5⅞” by ½”
Scrap Whisper White and poppy Parade

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the gorgeous striped floweronto the longer panel of Whisper White ink in Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green inks then filled in the gaps with the leaf image in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink.

The Poppy Parade strip was then added to the left hand side and the ribbon wrapped around and secured on the back with Sellotape.

The sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade ink and punched out with the Timeless Label Punch. A leaf was stamped over the sentiment in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink. We punched out another label in Poppy Parade cardstock, cut it down the middle and glued it to the back of the sentiment so that a little red showed at either end. This was added over the top of the ribbon on Dimensionals. We added a couple of die cut leaves.

The whole panel was then added to the Bermuda bay card base.

The Square Topper Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Bermda Bay 2½” by 2½”
Whisper White 2¼” by 2¼”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the frame in Granny Apple Green ink onto the small square of Whisper White and added the floral piece at the top in the same ink. The same floral image was then stamped twice on the scrap Whisper White in Poppy Parade ink and the flowers were then fussy cut using scissors and glued over the green flowers. Some of us inked around the flower edges with Poppy Parade ink and a sponge dauber.

The sentiment was added to the stamped frame and the stamped panel was then glued to the Bermuda Bay square.

Using a T square ruler and a pencil we drew a line down the front of the Soft Sea Foam card base. The rhomboid image was then stamped repeatedly down the pencil line in Bermuda Bay ink and added a line of rhomboids to the right of the original line. When the ink was dry the pencil line was erased. The square topper was then placed over the top on dimensionals.

All the cards were decorated with Red Rhinestones or Basic Rhinestones coloured in with a dark Poppy Parade Blends Marker.

I really like the colour palette of these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Masculine card class using Geared Uo Garage stamp set and co-ordinating Garage Gears dies

Geared Up Garage for May classes

Posted on May 17, 2019May 16, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this month’s classes using the fabulous Geared Up Garage stamp set and co-ordinating Garage Gears dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Geared Up Garage stamp set and Garage Gears dies used for May 2019 classes

To recreate the embossed card you will need;

Real Red card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Blueberry Bushel 4⅝” by 3¼”
Thick WW 4½” 3¼”
Tranquil Tide 4⅛” by ½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Scrap WW and Silver Foil
Whisper White Envelope

www.crafty-rootes.com – Geared Up Garage stamp set and Garage Gears dies used for May 2019 classes

We spritzed the Thick Whisper White panel with water and ran it through the Big Shot with the cog die and the embossing mats. This embossing rather than cuts into the panel and gives a great effect. We stamped the tool box and the sentiment on the scrap Whisper White and die cut the pieces, we also die cut the car bade from Silver Foil. These pieces were all added to the embossed layer.

We used the ‘nuts’ stamp and Real Red ink to stamp down the left side of the card and added the Tranquil Tide strip across the card front. The embossed layer was added on Dimensionals.

To recreate the oil can card you will need;

Blueberry Bushel card base
Real Red 5” by 2⅜”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Whisper White 4⅞” by 2¼”
Tranquil Tide 5⅞” by ¼”
Whisper White 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Silver Foil 2” by 2”
Scrap WW
Whisper White Envelope

www.crafty-rootes.com – Geared Up Garage stamp set and Garage Gears dies used for May 2019 classes

We used the ‘oil spill’ stamp and Blueberry Bushel ink to stamp around the front of the card base.

The oil cans were randomly stamped on the Whisper White panel with the Real Red ink. The stamped panel was then added to the Real Red panel and the strip of Tranquil Tide was added on top. The stamped panel was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut. A circle was cut from Silver foil and the 2 pieces were glued together and added to the card front with dimensionals.

To recreate the car card you will need;

Tranquil Tide card base
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
WW 4⅛” by 1⅜”
Real Red 4⅛” by ⅜”
Blueberry Bushel 3¼” by 3¼”
WW 3” by 3”
Ww scrap for the car
Whisper White Envelope

www.crafty-rootes.com – Geared Up Garage stamp set and Garage Gears dies used for May 2019 classes

The car was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut using the Big Shot. A circle was cut from Whisper White and a slightly larger circle from the Blueberry Bushel. These were adhered together and the car added on top. The sentiment was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink.

The car was randomly stamped in Tranquil Tide onto the card front. The Whisper White panel and Real Red strip were added to the card front and the circle topper added on dimensionals.

The inside panels and envelopes were all stamped and decorated.

The ladies really enjoyed making these cards, I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Lovely floral card made using the First Frost stamp set and Frosted Bouquet dies by Stampin' Up!

First Frost for April Classes

Posted on April 12, 2019April 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards made at this week’s classes using the First Frost Stamp set and co-ordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies.

Faux Silk Technique card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the First Frost stamp set and the faux silk technique

You will need;
Berry Burst card base – rounded upper left corner
Lemon Lime Twist 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝ x 2 -rounded upper left corner
Tissue Paper 5¾” by 4”
Adhesive Sheet 5¾” by 4”
Scrap Whisper White

We used the Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist Markers to colour in the stamp, huffed on the inked stamp to re-moisten the drying ink and stamped it onto one of the Whisper White panels. We then stamped the larger flower in Berry Burst ink and the smaller flower in Balmy Blue ink onto the scrap Whisper White.

The 2 stamped flowers were then die cut using the Frosted Bouquet dies. The ladies then chose a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, stamped it in Fresh Fig ink onto the scrap Whisper White and punched it out using the Classic Label Punch.

We peeled off the protective backing from the adhesive sheet and laid it, sticky side down onto the stamped panel taking care not to stick it to the grid paper underneath! We trimmed the excess adhesive sheet using sharp scissors. The scissors were then cleaned with alcohol to remove the glue.

We crumpled the tissue paper into a ball then carefully unfolded it leaving many of the wrinkles. The tissue paper was then laid over the sticky stamped panel and pressed into position; the over-hanging tissue was then trimmed away. The flowers were then added with Liquid Glue or Dimensionals and the sentiment added over top.

This layer was then glued to the Lemon Lime Twist panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The panel was added to the Berry Burst card front with Dimensionals.

We stamped a flower on the inside panel and the envelope and added a scattering of Iridescent Sequins to complete the card.

The Wishing You Well card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous floral card made using the First Frost stamp set

You will need;
Lemon Lime Twist card base
Berry Burst 5¼” by 3½” – Rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝ – for the inside – Rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5⅛” by 3⅜” – for the card front –Rounded upper left corner
Fresh Fig 3” by 2”
Scrap Whisper White

Using the scrap Whisper White cardstock we stamped 2 of the leafy images in Lemon Lime Twist, 2 small flowers in Balmy Blue, 1 Berry Burst rose and 2 thistles in Fresh Fig. These images were all then die cut using the Big Shot and the Frosted Bouquet dies.

The sentiment from the First Frost stamp set was stamped in Fresh Fig ink onto the smaller piece of Whisper White and this piece was then die cut using the label dies along with the slightly larger Fresh Fig label. They were then glued together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added to the Whisper White panel with Dimensionals.

The die cut pieces were then arranged around the label using a combination of Dimensionals and Liquid Adhesive. We cut the leafy images down to give a fuller look and there was a lot of debate about whether the thistle image looked more like beetles or spiders!!!

The decorated panel was added to the Berry Burst layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then glued to the Lemon Lime Twist card base with the same adhesive.

We stamped a couple of the leaf or flower images onto the inside Whisper White layer and the envelope an added a scattering of sequins.

The Faux Masked card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous floral card made using the First Frost stamp set

You will need;
Balmy Blue card base – Rounded lower right corner
Fresh Fig 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – Rounded lower right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – 1 for the inside and 1 for the card front – Rounded lower right corners
Fresh Fig 3⅝” by 1 ½”
Whisper White 3⅝” by 1⅜”

We lined up one of the larger Whisper White panels on the grid paper making sure it was straight. We laid the 1⅜” strip of Whisper White on top and drew pencil lines on either side. This gave us the area on the panel that we needed to added images to.

We began by stamping the largest image, in this case the Berry Burst flower above the top pencil line and below the lower line making sure to overlap the lines.

We then stamped the leafy images in lemon Lime Twist, the small flowers in Balmy Blue and finally the thistles (beetles or spiders!) in Fresh Fig. The pencil lines were then rubbed out.

The sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set was stamped in Fresh Fig ink onto the Whisper White strip and the strip was then glued to the Fresh Fig strip with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to the stamped panel with Dimensionals.

This piece was then glued to the Fresh Fig layer then to the Balmy Blue layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. To finish the card off we stamped a couple of the leaf or flower images onto the inside Whisper White layer and the envelope an added a scattering of sequins.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous floral card made using the First Frost stamp set

The ladies really enjoyed making these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Lovely cards made using the Needle & thread bundle by Stampin' Up!

Needle & Thread for February’s Classes

Posted on February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the 3 cards the ladies made in this week’s classes using the Needle & Thread stamp set and the co-ordinating Needlepoint Elements dies.

Card 1

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with the most time consuming card first. Using scrap Whisper White cardstock the ladies stamped the all the elements ready to die cut them out. The large flower was stamped in Highland Heather ink, the smaller flower in Poppy Parade ink, the trio of flowers were stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and the leaves in Pool Party ink.

We embossed a panel of Whisper White 4½” by 3” using the detailed stitched pattern. We rounded the upper right corner and glued the embossed panel to a slightly larger piece of Pool Party. Using all the die cut pieces we then built up the group of flowers using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and Stampin Dimensionals. We then added the completed panel to a Poppy Parade card base. A decorated Whisper White panel was added inside the card.

Card 2

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with a small piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3⅝”by 2½”. We stamped the stitched edge along the top and down the left side of the piece in Gorgeous Grape ink. Next the leaves were stamped in Pool Party ink and the large flower was added using Poppy Parade ink.

The Needle & Thread stamp set has a great choice of sentiments for the ladies to choose from and they stamped their chosen sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink. We rounded the lower right corner of the Whisper White Panel and added it to a layer of Gorgeous Grape cardstock measuring 3¾” by 2⅝”.

Using the really sweet trio of butterflies we stamped the front of a Pool Party card base and added the stamped panel on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. We then tucked in scraps of Highland Heather, Poppy Parade and Gorgeous Grape cardstock to add a little more interest to the card.

Card 3

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

This card was so simple to make. We started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5¼” by 3½. We randomly stamped all the images starting with the largest and working through to the smallest stamps. We used the same colour combination of Highland Heather ink, Poppy Parade ink, Gorgeous Grape ink and Pool Party ink. The ladies chosen sentiment was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and added to a strip of Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The stamped panel was added to a layer of Poppy Parade cardstock……..and yes I did round a corner of both layers.

The panel was then added to a Thick Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the sentiment was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We added a bow using the gorgeous Highland Heather Organza Ribbon.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

The ladies all really enjoyed making these cards, I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Lovely butterfly cards made using the Botanical Butterfly Sale-a-Bration designer series paper and the Butterfly Duet Punch

Butterfly January Classes

Posted on January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the trio of cards made by the ladies who came to the Butterfly January classes this week. The class was designed around the Butterfly Gala Stamp set and co-ordinating Butterfly Duet Punch and was inspired by a card I made for the Inspire Create #032 challenge on the 4^th December 2018. I also wanted to give each lady a 6” by 6” sample pack of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly dsp to use in class and to take the remainder home to add to their stash.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

Emboss Resist Technique

A pretty birthday card made using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist for a pretty birthday card

The first card we made was the card I designed for the Inspire, Create Challenge involving embossing and adding ink using sponge brayers, such a fun technique. As I have already blogged about this card please follow this link for all the details –

A Little Note card

We started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base, each lady then chose a piece of dsp from their sample pack, cutting it to 5⅝” by 3⅞”. The upper right corner of both the card base and the dsp were rounded using the Detailed trio Punch and the dsp added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Lemon Lime twist ink onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2¾”, rounded the upper right corner before adding the panel to a layer of Highland Heather 4⅜” by 3”. This panel was then added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly the ladies selected a large and a small butterfly from the dsp and punched them out using the Butterfly Bouquet Punch. The butterflies were added using Mini Glue Dots and the card was finished with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Butterfly Birthday card

We started the final card by choosing a piece of dsp and laying it, offset onto the front of a Thick Whisper White card base. I then lifted the corner and applied Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive underneath before trimming away the excess dsp and adhering the rest of the panel. Some of the ladies found it easier to draw around the dsp making it easier to trim off the excess.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Highland Heather ink. Next we punched out 1 large and 3 small butterflies adding them to the card front using Mini Glue Dots and finishing with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

I hope you like these cards.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Winter Woods Stamp ‘N Hop

Posted on October 12, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamp ‘N Hop Oct title

Welcome to October’s Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop. My name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. If you have hopped over from the lovely Pia Gerhardt I am sure you loved her project. The theme this month is a Christmas jump start – with this in mind I designed this month’s class projects around the gorgeous Winter Woods stamp set and co-ordinating In the Woods dies.

Row of Trees Card

I began with a panel of Whisper White 5⅛” by 3½”. I inked up the row of trees in Soft Suede ink and added a little of the gorgeous Frost White Shimmer Paint with a Sponge Dauber and stamped across the Whisper White panel twice.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Winter Woods for a Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop

Taking the snow bank edgelit from the In the Woods Framelit Dies, I die cut the bottom of the panel before adding the stamped panel to a layer of Soft Suede cardstock 5¼” by 3⅝” using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I then added the whole piece offset onto a Soft Sea Foam card base on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting from the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set was stamped on scrap Whisper White cardstock in Shaded Spruce ink. This was added to the card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. For an bit of extra bling I added a scattering of Iridescent Sequins.

Christmas Tree

I started with a panel of Soft Sea Foam 5⅞” by 3⅞” and stamped the row of trees in Soft Suede ink about half way up the panel. Using Soft Sea Foam ink and the tiny group of stars stamp from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set I stamped randomly above the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Winter Woods for a Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop

I ran a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3⅞” by 3” and a piece of Vellum 3⅞” by 2” through the Big Shot with the snow bank edgelit die and added them to the Soft Sea Foam piece with Stampin Dimensionals. I wrapped a piece of the gorgeous Braided Linen Trim around the bottom of the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape. I added a bow on the top with a Mini Glue Dot.

Next I die cut the Christmas Tree and the inner part of the tree from a piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock 6” by 2⅝” and flipped up the tree flaps and added some Champagne Shimmer Paint with a Sponge Dauber. The tree was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive on the bottom and Dimensionals on the top. The whole panel was then added to a Soft Suede card base with a sprinkling of Iridescent Sequins. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto a scrap of Whisper White and added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

Gift Bag

The sweet bag was made using the Gift Bag Punch Board and a panel of Soft Sea Foam 11” by 7” and following the ‘medium’ bag instructions I punched and scored the bag. I trimmed away the excess pieces and stamped the front panel and closing top flap with the Soft Sea Foam ink and the tiny star stamp from the Beautiful Bauble stamp set. I closed the bottom of the bag using Tear & Tape.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Winter Woods for a Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop

I die cut a snow bank from a piece of Whisper White cardstock and added it to the front of the bag with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I stamped the tree onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3½” by 2” using Shaded Spruce Ink and a little Champagne Shimmer Paint added with a Sponge Dauber. I die cut the tree using the In the Woods Framelit dies and attached it to the box with Dimensionals.

I wrapped some ⅛” Whisper White Ribbon around the bag and tied in a bow and added a scatter of Iridescent Sequins.

I am really happy with these projects, I hope you like them. Please hop on to see what Jo Blackman has to share with us, then take the opportunity to hop around to see the rest of the wonderful inspiration provided by the other lovely demos.