A pretty birthday card made using the Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies with the Berry Botanical Vellum from Stampin' Up!

Berry Botanical Balloons Card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Posted on May 23, 2026May 13, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are showcasing something we have been working on. I am sharing my first play with the gorgeous Berry Botanical Vellum, our June product of the month. I have used it with the Balloon Festoon stamp set and dies.

Colours used in this project are:

I created the Berry Botanical Balloons card using the following supplies:

Strawberry Slush card base – 11¾” by 4⅛” scored at 5⅞” on the short side
Misty Moonlight – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Strawberry Slush – 2” by 1½”
Misty Moonlight – 2½” by ½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Berry Botanical Vellum, Basic White, Strawberry Slush and Misty Moonlight

Using the So Swirly Embossing Folder I embossed the 2” by 1½” piece of Basic White card and adhered it to the Misty Moonlight panel and then to the Strawberry Slush card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Berry Botanical Vellum to make a pretty birthday card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I used the Balloon Festoon dies to die cut the second smallest balloon from the scrap of Berry Botanical Vellum. I die cut the same balloon from scrap Basic White card and adhered them together with a little Seal.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Berry Botanical Vellum to make a pretty birthday card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I die cut the smallest balloon from scrap Strawberry Slush card. Using Strawberry Slush ink, I randomly stamped the group of stars onto the die cut balloon.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Berry Botanical Vellum to make a pretty birthday card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

From scrap Misty Moonlight card, I die cut the pair of balloon strings and added them to the bottom of each balloon with a rolled up Mini Glue Dot. The large balloon was added to the card front on Dimensionals and tucked the smaller balloon under the right side.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Berry Botanical Vellum to make a pretty birthday card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Banner Sayings was stamped in Versamark ink on the strip of Misty Moonlight card. I covered it with White Embossing Folder and set it using a Heat Tool. I punched it out using the Three Banner Punch and added it to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Balloon Festoon stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Berry Botanical Vellum to make a pretty birthday card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

A trio of 2025 – 2027 In Color Flat Pearls finished the card.

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A pretty birthday card made using the Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Eyelet Blooms Dies from Stampin' Up!

Boutique Blossoms Card

Posted on May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using the April or May Product of the month. I have made a pretty, floral birthday card made using the Eyelet Blooms Die and the Boutique Blossoms stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

Basic White

Crisp Cantaloupe

Peaceful Pine

I created the boutique blossoms card using the following supplies:

Crisp Cantaloupe card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Peaceful Pine – 4⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White – 4¾” by 3”
Peaceful Pine – 2” by ⅝”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾ “- for the inside
Scrap Basic White

I began by stamping the solid large flower image with 2^nd generation Crisp Cantaloupe ink in the upper left and lower right corner of the Crisp Cantaloupe card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Eyelet Blooms Dies to make a pretty birthday card

I die cut the 4¾” by 3” piece of Basic White card using the Eyelet Blooms Die and glued it to the panel of Peaceful Pine card. This was then glued to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Eyelet Blooms Dies to make a pretty birthday card

The outline large and small flower were stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe ink onto scrap Basic White card. The solid flowers were then added with 2^nd generation Crisp Cantaloupe ink and the flowers were die cut using the Boutique Blossoms Dies. The flowers were added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Eyelet Blooms Dies to make a pretty birthday card

The single leaf and trio of leaves were stamped in Peaceful Pine ink, full strength for the outline and 2^nd generation for the infill. The leaves were tucked in around the flowers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Eyelet Blooms Dies to make a pretty birthday card

The sentiment, from the Banner Sayings stamp set was stamped on the strip of Peaceful Pine card with Versamark ink. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool. I punched it out using the Three Banner Punch before adding it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Boutique Blossoms stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Eyelet Blooms Dies to make a pretty birthday card

A trio of 2026 -2028 In Color Dots finished the card.

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A floral birthday card made using the Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies with the Painted Illusions dsp from Stampin' Up!

Lovely Fresh Freesia Flower Card

Posted on May 3, 2026April 21, 2026 by Mo Rootes

This sweet card was made using the Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating Dies along with the Painted Illusions dsp.

Colours used in this card are:

I created the lovely fresh Freesia card using the following supplies:

Fresh Freesia card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Misty Moonlight – 5⅜” by 3¾”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3⅜”
Painted Illusions dsp – 5” by 1¾”
Painted Illusions dsp – 5” by 1”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White

I glued the two panels of Painted Illusions dsp to the smaller piece of Basic White card then adhered the panel to the layer of Misty Moonlight card and then added it to the Fresh Freesia card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Painted Illusions dsp to make a floral birthday card

The large and small flowers were stamped on scrap Basic White card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut them using the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangements dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Painted Illusions dsp to make a floral birthday card

Colour was added to the flowers with Fresh Freesia Blends Pens.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Painted Illusions dsp to make a floral birthday card

The leafy spray was stamped with Lost Lagoon ink on scrap Basic White card and ide cut.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Painted Illusions dsp to make a floral birthday card

I arranged the leafy spray and small flower on the card front and added the large flower on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Lovely Arrangements stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Painted Illusions dsp to make a floral birthday card

The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on scrap Basic White, trimmed it out with Scissors and added it to the card front. A trio of Sunset Sparkle Sequins completed the card.

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A friendship card made using the Painted Illusions designer series paper and the Greenery Lane dies from Stampin' Up!

Quilted Painted Illusions Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on April 15, 2026April 13, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing projects using one of our products of the month. I have chosen to make my card using the Painted Illusions dsp, February’s product of the month which is still available.

Colours used in this card are:

I created the quilted painted illusions card using the following supplies:

Lost Lagoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Night of Navy – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Painted Illusions dsp – 1” squares x 9
Backing – 3” by 3” – I used grid paper but copy paper would do
Basic White – 3” by ¼” x 4
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Night of Navy

I ran the 5¼” by 3½” Basic White layer through the Cut & Emboss Machine using the Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder and adhered the embossed panel to the panel of Night of Navy card. The layer was then glued to the Lost Lagoon card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Painted Illusions designer series paper used with the Greenery Lane dies used to make a friendship card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I laid out the 1” squares of Painted Illusions dsp on the 3” by 3” piece of grid paper creating a pattern. When I was happy with the layout, I used liquid glue to adhere the 1” squares to the grid paper.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Painted Illusions designer series paper used with the Greenery Lane dies used to make a friendship card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I glued the ¼” strips over the dsp panel and ran the whole piece through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder. The panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Painted Illusions designer series paper used with the Greenery Lane dies used to make a friendship card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

From scrap Night of Navy card I die cut a spray of leaves using the Greenery Lane Dies and glued it to the quilted piece on the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Painted Illusions designer series paper used with the Greenery Lane dies used to make a friendship card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Cutest Crew stamp set was stamped on scrap Night of Navy card with Versamark ink. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it using a heat tool. The sentiment was then die cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies before being added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Painted Illusions designer series paper used with the Greenery Lane dies used to make a friendship card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of Rainbow Dots finishes the card.

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A sweet birthday card made using ink blending and the Notes of Spring stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Spring Fawn Card

Posted on April 5, 2026April 3, 2026 by Mo Rootes

I made this sweet birthday card using the Notes of Spring stamp set, Stampin’ Up!’s product of the month for March 2026.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the garden Spring fawn using the following supplies:

Basic Beige card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Garden Green – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White

In the centre of a large scrap panel of Basic White card I die cut a circle using the largest of the circle dies from the Stylish Shapes dies. This was placed over the smaller piece of Basic White card to act as a mask, held in place with washi tape. I used a Blending Brush to apply Basic Beige ink to the negative space, slowly building up the colour. The mask was then removed.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set and some ink blending used to make a sweet birthday card

The large grassy image was stamped, overlapping, the inked circle with 1^st and 2^nd generation Garden Green ink The smaller grassy image was then stamped using the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set and some ink blending used to make a sweet birthday card

I added the ground image, from the Blessed Beginnings stamp set with Early Espresso ink. The sentiment was added with the same ink. The panel was then adhered to the Garden Green layer and then to the Basic Beige card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set and some ink blending used to make a sweet birthday card

The deer was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap Basic White card. I add the colour with Pecan Pie ink and fussy cut the image using sharp scissors. The deer was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set and some ink blending used to make a sweet birthday card

A trio of Sparkle Dot Essentials were added to complete the card.

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An adorable thank you card made using the Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month from Stampin' Up!

Lonely Goose Card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on March 11, 2026March 9, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are showcasing some of your new product of the month. I have made my card using the Notes of Spring stamp set.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the lonely goose card using the following supplies:

Cloud Cover card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Mossy Meadow – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside

I stamped the larger grassy image in the lower right corner of the smaller panel of Basic White card using Mossy Meadow ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month used to make an adorable thank you card

The outline goose was stamped in Basic Gray ink with the infill colour added with Cloud Cover ink. I coloured the beak with a Light Daffodil Delight Blends Pen.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month used to make an adorable thank you card

The smaller grassy image was then stamped, twice with Old Olive ink. I grounded the images with a Smoky Slate Blends Pen.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month used to make an adorable thank you card

Using a Blending Brush, I added Cloud Cover ink to the background.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month used to make an adorable thank you card

The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray ink, and the panel was then glued to the Mossy Meadow panel.
The whole piece was added to the Cloud Cover card front on Dimensionals. A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Notes of Spring stamp set, the March 2026 product of the month used to make an adorable thank you card

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A thank you card made using the Fabulous Sayings stamp set and the True Blue Floral designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Product of the Month – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing projects showcasing either the December 2025 (True Blue Floral dsp) or January 2026 (Fabulous Sayings stamp set) product of the month. I have decided to use both products on my card as both are still available in the UK.

Colours used in this card are:

Basic White

Balmy Blue

Night of Navy

I created the product of the month card using the following supplies:

Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Basic White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
True Blue Florals dsp – 5¼” by 3½” x 3
Basic White – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White

I stacked the 3 panels of True Blue Floral dsp one on top of the other, took them to my Paper Trimmer and cut them into 3 pieces.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fabulous Sayings stamp set used with the True Blue Floral dsp to create a thank you card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I took one piece from each pattern and arranged them on the 5⅜” by 3⅝” piece of Basic White card leaving a small gap between them. They were then glued in place.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fabulous Sayings stamp set used with the True Blue Floral dsp to create a thank you card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I ran the whole panel through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Damask Designs Embossing Folder to add texture, the whole panel was glued to the Night of Navy card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fabulous Sayings stamp set used with the True Blue Floral dsp to create a thank you card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

From scrap Basic White card I die cut a selection of leaves from the gallery Blooms Dies and arranged them on the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fabulous Sayings stamp set used with the True Blue Floral dsp to create a thank you card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

I cut a stitched circle using the Stylish Shapes Dies, stamped the sentiment from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set on the circle with Night of Navy ink and a added it to the card front on Dimensionals over the white leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fabulous Sayings stamp set used with the True Blue Floral dsp to create a thank you card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

A trio of Moody Palette Glossy Dots finished the card.

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A pretty floral get well soon card made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp from Stampin' Up!

Blue Foliage Card

Posted on December 30, 2025January 6, 2026 by Mo Rootes

The card I am sharing today was inspired by Jillibling of Jillibling.com and was made using the Friendly Foliage stamp set and dies with the True Blue designer series paper (dsp).

Colours used to make this card are:

To recreate The blue foliage card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at on the long side at 4⅛”
Azure Afternoon card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
True Blue dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 4¼” by 2½”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”

The panel of True Blue dsp was glued to the layer of Azure Afternoon card before being adhered to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp to make a pretty floral get well soon card

I stamped the sentiment with Night of Navy ink on the right side of the 4¼” by 2½” piece of Basic White card and glued it down to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp to make a pretty floral get well soon card

The large foliage stamp was inked up with Azure Afternoon ink and night of Navy ink was added to the base of the leafy sprays using a Sponge Dauber. The image was then stamped onto the 4” by 3” piece of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp to make a pretty floral get well soon card

I added a little darkness to the base of each leaf using a dark Night of Navy Blends Pen.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp to make a pretty floral get well soon card

The image was die cut using the Friendly Foliage dies before being added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Friendly Foliage stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the True Blue dsp to make a pretty floral get well soon card

A trio of Rainbow Dots completed the card. So pretty.

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