A pretty thinking of you card made using the The Delicate Forest stamp set by Stampin' Up! used with an ink blending technique

Delicate Forest Thinking of You card

Posted on May 24, 2024May 12, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a clean and simple thinking of you card made using the Delicate Forest stamp set and some ink blending.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the delicate forest card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Misty Moonlight card – 4⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 4¼” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

I stamped the leafy sprig in Balmy Blue ink in the upper left and lower right corners of the Balmy Blue card front and set it aside.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Delicate Forest stamp set used with an ink blending technique to create a pretty thinking of you card

Using the lines on the grid paper to make sure it was straight, I masked off a 1 ¼” strip on the 4¼” by 3” panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Delicate Forest stamp set used with an ink blending technique to create a pretty thinking of you card

I used a Blending Brush to add Balmy Blue ink to the bottom of the panel. Next, I added Boho Blue ink and finally Misty Moonlight at the top of the strip. The masking paper was then removed.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Delicate Forest stamp set used with an ink blending technique to create a pretty thinking of you card

The leafy image was then stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink along the right-hand edge of the inked strip.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Delicate Forest stamp set used with an ink blending technique to create a pretty thinking of you card

The sentiment, from the retired Botanical Layers stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Delicate Forest stamp set used with an ink blending technique to create a pretty thinking of you card

A trio of Opaque Faceted Dots finished the card.

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A striking thinking of you card made using the Loveliest Tree stamp set and the 2023 -2025 in colors from Stampin' Up! - Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Loveliest Tree card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Posted on April 29, 2024May 1, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we have a roll of a dice to inspire us today. The roll gives us – pearl, colouring, In Colors, sympathy and standard horizontal and I have used the new Loveliest Tree stamp set to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the loveliest tree card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛
Pebbled Path card – 4⅜” by 3½”
Basic White card – 3⅜” by 4¼”
Boho Blue card – 3¼” by 1”
Moody Mauve card – 3¼” by 1”
Wild Wheat card – 3¼” by 1”
Copper Clay card – 3¼” by 1”
Scrap Basic White & Pebbled Path card

I decided to use the 2023 – 2025 In Colors to make my card, they seemed more appropriate for a sympathy card. I added a little removable adhesive to the back of each 1” strip of in color card and lined them up on a sheet of grid paper butted up against each other.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the large tree image in Pebbled Path ink across all 4 strips of card. I made sure that my ink pad was freshly inked and repeated this step a couple of times to get the required depth of colour.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The strips were then lifted and placed onto the 3⅜” by 4¼” leaving a small border around the edge. The whole panel was then adhered to the Pebbled Path panel, then the whole piece was adhered to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Pebbled Path ink onto scrap Basic White card. I die cut it using a label die from the Autumn Leaves Dies. I die cut it twice to make the label smaller. I then adhered the sentiment to a scrap of Pebbled Path card which was then trimmed to fit. I added it to the card front with liquid adhesive and a Dimensional.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Using a Boho Blue Blends Pen I coloured a trio of Iridescent Pearls and added them to the card front.

I got to this point before I realised that I had missed out the colouring element……. Ooops! I hope you’ll forgive me.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Loveliest Tree stamp set used with the 2023 -2025 in colors to make a striking thinking of you card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

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A pretty, floral 'sending hugs' card made using the Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies from Stampin' Up!

Bunch of Lavender card

Posted on February 20, 2024February 10, 2024 by Mo Rootes

This bunch of lavender card was inspired by a card made by Amy Koenders – I have taken Amy’s original and adapted it to make it my own.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the bunch of lavender card, you will need:

Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Gorgeous Grape card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Perennial Lavender dsp – 4¼” by 1”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3 ¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Highland Heather

I glued the large panel of Perennial Lavender dsp to the Gorgeous Grape layer and then added the panel to the Highland Heather card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

From the 4” by 3” panel of Basic White card, I die cut a Deckled Rectangle. With Mossy Meadow ink, I stamped the leafy sprig, twice onto the die cut rectangle. The thin strip of dsp was then adhered to the back of the rectangle . The rectangle was then glued to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

I inked up the spray of flowers with Highland Heather ink. I coloured in some of the flowers with a Gorgeous Grape Stampin’ Write Marker _ the marker to stamp technique – to add more texture and stamped the image onto scrap Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

The flower stems were stamped onto scrap Basic White card in Granny Apple Green ink. Both images were then die cut using the Painted Lvender Dies. Using a little liquid glue I adhered the stems to the flowers. The whole piece was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

The sentiment, from the Perennial Postage stamp set was inked up with Mossy Meadow ink and stamped on scrap Basic White card. I punched it out using a retired 1” Circle Punch. I used a 1¼” Circle punch to unch out a Highland Heather circle. You could use Dies to do this. I added the sentiment on a Dimensional.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Lavender stamp set & dies and the Perennial Postage dies used to make a pretty, floral ‘sending hugs’ card

A trio of Tinsel Gems and a Baker’s Twine bow completed the card.

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A card made for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop using the gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Stems of Lavender card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on December 5, 2023November 28, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing projects featuring two step stamping. I have chosen to use the Painted Lavender stamp set which will be available in the upcoming January to April 2024 Mini Catalogue.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the lavender stems card, you will need:

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Orchid Oasis card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Old Olive card – 2” by ½”

Using Old Olive ink, I stamped 2 flower stems on the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card. A third stem was stamed between them in 2^nd generation – or stamped off – Old Olive ink.

The flowers were stamped in full strength or 2^nd generation Orchid Oasis ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set used to make a card for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop

I added some ‘ground’ using an image from the Forever Forest stamp set in Old Olive ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set used to make a card for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop

The pair of butterflies were stamped in Berry Burst ink then decorated panel was glued to the Orchid Oasis layer. A length of Orchid Oasis Metallic Ribbon was wrapped around the piece before it was glued to the Old Olive card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set used to make a card for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Hills of Tuscany stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the piece of Old Olive card, covered with White Embossing Powder and Hear set. The piece was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set used to make a card for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop

A bow and a scattering of Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Painted Lavender stamp set used to make a card for the Technique Tuesday Two-step Stamping Blog Hop

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A pretty thinking of you card made for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop using the gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Seaside Bay card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Posted on October 12, 2023October 1, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using the theme ‘thoughts & prayers’. I have used the Seaside Bay stamp set and dies with the gorgeous Fresh As A Daisy dsp to make my card.

Colours in this project are:

To recreate the seaside bay card, you will need:

Azure Afternoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pecan Pie card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Fresh As A Daisy dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Old Olive card

I cut out the piece of Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper from the large 12” by 12” sheet and trimmed it down to 5⅛” by 3⅜” by taking a bit off the top.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Using the Seaside Bay Dies, I die cut some grasses from scrap Old Olive card and added them to the dsp panel. The overhanging pieces were trimmed off with Scissors. The dsp layer was then glued to the Pecan Pie layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole panel was then glued to the Azure Afternoon card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The large bird from the was stamped on scrap Basic White card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I die cut it out using the Seaside Bay dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Using the following Blends Pens I coloured in the bird – Boho Blue, Wild Wheat & Pecan Pie. I also used Sponge Daubers to add Wild Wheat ink to the bottom of the bird and Boho Blue to the back of the bird. This helped it blend into the background mage. The bird was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the In The Moment stamp set was stamped in Pecan Pie ink onto scrap Basic White card. I trimmed the sentiment down and added it to the card front using the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

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A thinking of you card made using the Beauty of Friendship bundle and the bark embossing folder

Autumnal Trees

Posted on October 26, 2021October 20, 2021 by Mo Rootes

I love the Beautiful Trees Dies and Beauty of Friendship stamp set and have used it today to make an autumnal tree ‘thinking of you card’.

Colours in this project are:

To recreate the Autumnal tree card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Balmy Blue card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – for the inside
Soft Suede card – 4½” by 3½”
Beauty of the Earth dsp – 3½” by 3¼”
Basic White strip – ⅜”

I ran the Balmy Blue panel through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Bark Embossing Folder to add texture to the panel. The piece was added to the Balmy Blue card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Trees Dies used with the Beauty or Friendship stamp set and Bark Embossing Folder for a sweet thinking of you card

The tree trunk and branches were die cut using the Beautiful Trees Dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine from the piece of Soft Suede card. It was added to the card base using the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Trees Dies used with the Beauty or Friendship stamp set and Bark Embossing Folder for a sweet thinking of you card

I die cut the canopy of the tree from a piece of Beauty of the Earth dsp using the same dies. Aren’t the colours gorgeous. I add the die cut canopy using Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Trees Dies used with the Beauty or Friendship stamp set and Bark Embossing Folder for a sweet thinking of you card

The sentiment was stamped in Old Olive ink onto the strip of Basic White card and added with liquid glue and a Mini Dimensional.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Trees Dies used with the Beauty or Friendship stamp set and Bark Embossing Folder for a sweet thinking of you card

I finished the card with a trio of Brushed Metallic Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Trees Dies used with the Beauty or Friendship stamp set and Bark Embossing Folder for a sweet thinking of you card

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Sitting Pretty for a simple thinking of you card

Posted on June 19, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I have been making a simple thinking of you card using the Sitting Pretty stamp set and my Stamparatus.

Ink to Block Technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sitting Pretty thinking of you card

I began by taking a large acrylic block, size E. I added Granny Apple Green ink by pressing the ink pad directly to the top of the block. I added Balmy Blue ink to the bottom of the block then spritzed the block using a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with water: I find 3 – 4 sprays works best. You need the ink to be moving and blending on the block. Turn the block over and place it down on the Thick Whisper White card front and leave for a couple of minutes for the ink to be absorbed onto the card. Lift the block off and dab up any excess water. Set aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sitting Pretty thinking of you card

When the card base was dry I placed it into the Stamparatus and held it in position with a magnet. I inked up the gorgeous decorative bench from the Sitting Pretty stamp set with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped it down. I repeated this twice more to get a really dark image.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sitting Pretty thinking of you card

I added the sentiment form the Sitting Here stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and added some Faceted Dots to finish the card.

Such a simple but effective card and I love the fact that every time you try this background technique you get a different look. Love it! I really hope you like it.

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one. To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

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Delicate Forest Thinking of You card

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Loveliest Tree card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

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Bunch of Lavender card

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Stems of Lavender card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

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Seaside Bay card for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

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Autumnal Trees

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Sitting Pretty for a simple thinking of you card

Ink to Block Technique

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