A Christmas Lantern made for my December 2025 classes using the Scenic Adventure, Nested Essential Dies and the Modern Christmas designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Christmas Lantern Classes

Posted on December 12, 2025December 7, 2025 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the Christmas Lantern project designed for my December classes inspired by Jennifer of Évasions Créatives

Colours used to make this project are:

To recreate the Christmas lantern, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 17cm by 14.85cm x 2
Thick Basic White card – 11.2cm by 11.2cm
Dsp – 9.5cm by 7.5cm x 4
Vellum – 8.5cm by 6.5cm x 4
Scrap Shaded Spruce and Gold Foil

Take one of the larger pieces of Thick Basic White card measuring 17cm by 14.85cm and score it on the 17cm side at 8cm and 16cm. Turn so the 1cm strip is at the top of the scoring tool and score at 10cm. Repeat with the second panel of the same size.

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Place one of the scored panels on a Silicon Mat with the 10cm portion at the top. Measure the centre of the two larger panels – 4cm and make a pencil mark. Using a Scoring Tool score from the 4cm mark to the where the vertical and horizontal scorelines meet. Repeat three times, twice in each 8cm panel to form two flat topped triangles. Repeat with the other panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Measure 1cm from the scoreline forming each triangle – see photograph then use a pencil and a ruler to join the pencil marks. This will give 1cm tabs to help close the top of the lantern.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Cut along the pencil lines and remove the top of the 1cm tab, see photograph. Fold and burnish on all the scorelines

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Glue the panels of designer series paper to the larger front panels – 2 on each cardstock piece. Place the die, from the Nested Essentials Dies in the centre of one of the panels and die cut. Repeat with the remaining 3 panels.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Emboss each of the pieces of Vellum with your chosen Embossing Folder. Run a bead of glue around each of the die cut windows, on the back and place the embossed vellum face down to cover the hole. Allow to adhere completely.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Place a strip of Tear and tape on both 1cm side tabs and adhere the two panels together and close the lantern.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Add glue to alternate 1cm tabs which form the top of the lantern. Squeeze together and hold un position until the glue sets.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

From scrap Shaded Spruce card die cut the pair of trees from the Scenic Adventure Dies and add to each side of the lantern using Dimensionals. Add a star, die cut from scrap Gold Foil using the Pine Tree trimmings Dies, to the top of one of the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

Score the 11.2cm square of Basic White card at 1.5cm on all four sides. Cut each corner tab and add glue to close the base. Place a tealight onto the base and cover with the lantern top.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

A scattering of Gold Shaker Stars completes the project.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Scenic Adventure and Nested Essential Dies used with the Modern Christmas designer series paper to make a Christmas Lantern for my December 2025 classes

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

Mo x

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Three Christmas cards including a fun fold made for my October Classes using the Stay Warm stamp set and the Party Banners and Nested Essentials dies, all from Stampin' Up!

Stay Warm Classes

Posted on October 17, 2025October 9, 2025 by Mo Rootes

The cards I am sharing today were designed for my October 2025 classes and feature the Stay Warm stamp set and some nontraditional Christmas colours.

Colours used to make these cards are:

Side Column Card

Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 1cm, 5cm, 6cm & 10cm
Strawberry Slush card – 5⅝” by 1½” x 2 – Emboss using Damask Designs Embossing Folder
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3¾” – for the inside
Night of Navy card – 4¾” by 3½”
Basic White card – 3⅛” by 4⅛”
Basic White card – 1⅜” by ½”

Fold all the scorelines inwards and burnish. Add the embossed Strawberry Slush panels to the two wider folded panels of the column piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

Place a strip of Tear & Tape to the 1cm tab and fold over so that the free edge is to the right of the centre score line. Add the inner layer of Basic White card butted up against the column.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

Die cut a banner from the 3⅛” by 4⅛” piece of Basic White card using the Party Banner Dies. I also cut a larger banner from the 4¾” by 3½” panel of Night of Navy card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The jumper was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the white banner. I coloured in parts of the image with the following Stamp ‘n Write Markers – Strawberry Slush, Summer Splash & Highland Heather. The decorated banner was then adhered to the Night of Navy banner. Glue was added to the left side of the banner, and it was adhered to the front of the column.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The sentiment, from the Tractor & Co stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the small piece of Basic White card. It was then glued to the banner piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

Woollen Garments Card

Summer Splash card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Gorgeous Grape card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 4⅛” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

With the stocking stamps mounted side by side on a clear block, I stamped across the 5” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card using Gorgeous Grape ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

Above the row of stockings, I stamped a row of mittens in Summer Splash ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The next row as the bobble hat stamped in Strawberry Slush ink. I repeated these steps to fill up the whole panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The panel was then adhered to the Gorgeous Grape layer before being added to the Summer Splash card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

I die cut a label from the 4⅛” by 2½” piece of Basic White card using the Nested Essentials Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The sentiment was stamped on the label in Gorgeous Grape ink. The sentiment was glued to the card front.

Hat, Gloves & Stockings card

Gorgeous Grape card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 4⅛” by 1⅞”
Summer Splash card – 4⅛” by ⅜” x 2
Basic White card – 4⅛” by ½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

The jumper image was randomly stamped all over the Gorgeous Grape card base with 2^nd generation Gorgeous Grape ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The bobble hat was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto the Basic White strip measuring 4⅛” by 1⅞”. We stamped the stockings next with Summer Splash ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

Next, the mittens were stamped in Night of Navy ink and the heart stamped at either end with Strawberry Slush ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The Summer Splash strips were glued to the top and bottom of the decorated strip.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

The sentiment, from the Traditional Labels stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink at the bottom of the ½” strip of Basic White card. This piece was then adhered to the decorated panel and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stay Warm stamp set used with the party Banners and Nested Essentials dies to make three Christmas cards including a fun fold for my October Classes

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A trio of cards, including a pop-up gift card holder made for my July 2025 Classes using the Notes & Totes Dies used with the Gallery Blooms stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Notes & Totes and Gallery Blooms Classes

Posted on July 11, 2025July 9, 2025 by Mo Rootes

Here are the cards I created for my July classes using the gorgeous Notes & Totes Dies combined with the gallery Blooms stamp set.

Colours used to make these cards are:

Beach Bag Card

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Berry Burst card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3¾”
Woven Textures dsp – 4¾” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Basic White – 1⅛” by ¼”
Scrap Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock & Black
Adhesive sheet

The 5¼” by 3¾” panel of Basic White card was embossed using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed layer was then glued to the Berry Burst panel and then to the Pretty Peacock card base.