The Brewed for You stamp set used for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog hop where our theme is monochrome

Brewed in Monochrome card

Posted on July 13, 2022June 27, 2022 by Mo Rootes

I have used the Brewed For You stamp set to make a sweet brewed in monochrome card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the brewed in ombre card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake card – 5½” by 3¾”
Soft Suede card – 3⅜” by 2”
Very Vanilla card – 3” by 1½”
Gold Foil – 2” by 2”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

I began by stamping the glass randomly all over the Crumb Cake panel in Crumb Cake ink. I wrapped some Very Vanilla Twine around the panel before it was added to the Crumb Cake card front using Mini Glue Dots. I wanted a little height but not as much as Dimensionals would give. Mini Glue Dots were the perfect compromise.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A brewed in monochrome card made using the brewed For You stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The Deckled Rectangles Dies were used to cut rectangles from the small pieces of Soft Suede and Very Vanilla card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A brewed in monochrome card made using the brewed For You stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink at the bottom of the rectangle. The glass was then stamped above in Early Espresso ink onto the die cut vanilla rectangle and the liquid added in Soft Suede ink. I added the bubbles using the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A brewed in monochrome card made using the brewed For You stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The stamped rectangle was glued to the Soft Suede deckled rectangle. I had a Gold Foil hexagon on my desk, cut for another project using the Beautiful Shapes Dies and not used. I cut the hexagon in half and glued these to the top and bottom of the topper piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A brewed in monochrome card made using the brewed For You stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals and a trio of Classic Matte Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A brewed in monochrome card made using the brewed For You stamp set for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

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An anniversary card made using the pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set for a watercolor challenge

Pair of Ducks Anniversary Card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on July 12, 2022July 3, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are showcasing projects using water colouring techniques. I have used the sweet image of a pair of ducks from the Stylish Sketches stamp set to make an anniversary card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the pair of ducks’ card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake card – 5½” by 3¾”
Petal Pink card – 2¾” by 2½”
Shimmery White card – 2⅝” by 2⅜”
Shimmery White card – 2⅜” by ½”
Very Vanilla card – 5 ½” by 3¾”

Using one of the leafy sprigs from the Ringed With Nature stamp set, I randomly stamped in Crumb Cake into across the Crumb Cake layer. A length of Very Vanilla Twine, from the Essentials Baker’s Twine pack was wrapped around the panel three times and secured with Sellotape. The decorated panel was then added to the Crumb Cake card Base with Mini Glue Dots to accommodate the twine and give a shadow effect.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

I positioned the pretty stamp onto the Stamparatus Plate and placed the larger panel of Shimmery White card beneath it. I love using Shimmery White as it holds the water better than Basic White card and has a delicate sheen which is so pretty. The image was stamped in Early Espresso ink, I repeated this step to get a good dark image.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

Using re-inkers dropped into the top of my ink pads, I coloured in the image using a Waterpainter. The colours I used for the ducks were Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Pool Party & So Saffron and I used Balmy Blue for the sky and Pear Pizzazz for the grass.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

After the panel had dried, I added it to the Petal Pink panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I placed a heavy acrylic block on top to reduce the warping that you often get with watercolouring. The whole piece was then mounted onto the card base with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Ringed With Nature stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the thin strip of Shimmery White card. This was then tucked under the stamped piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pair of ducks anniversay card made using the Stylish Sketches stamp set for the Technique Tuesday Watercolor Blog Hop

A trio of Classic Matte Dots completed the card.

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A pretty pastel bouquet card made using the Sending Smiles stamp set and Sending Dies for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

Pastel Bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Blog Hop

Posted on July 11, 2022July 3, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop where we are sharing cards made for our customers. I have chosen to make a Pastel Bouquet card using the Sending Smiles stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the pastel bouquet card, you will need:

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Pear Pizzazz card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 4⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Soft Suede ¼” strip
Scrap Basic White card

I stamped a selection of leaves and stems in Pear Pizzazz ink on to scrap Basic White card.

The flowers were stamped in Fresh Freesia, Petal Pink and So Saffron ink and I added the flower centres in Soft Suede ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pastel bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

All these pieces were die cut using the Cut & Emboss Machine and the Sending Dies. I used a little Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to attach the flowers to the stems. I then began to lay out the blossoms on the small panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pastel bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

When I was happy with the placement, I stuck them down using liquid glue for the lower layers and Dimensionals for the top blooms. The decorated panel was added to the Pear Pizzazz layer with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pastel bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

I stamped one of the blossoms in the upper left and lower right corners of the Petal Pink card base using Petal Pink ink before I added the decorated panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pastel bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink, covered with White Embossing Powder and set using a Heat Tool. It was added on Dimensionals. A double bow of Linen Thread and a trio of Iridescent Rhinestones completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pastel bouquet for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

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A masculine themed card featuring bottles and made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop using the Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Bottles card for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Posted on July 10, 2022July 9, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Colour Combo Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using the following colour combination:

I am using the very versatile Bottled Happiness stamp set to make my card today.

To recreate the bottles card, you will need:

Soft Succulent card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Vellum – 5¼” by 3½”
Starry Sky card – 2¼” by 2¼”
Basic White card – 2” by 2”

I stamped the bottle all over one of the 5½” by 3¾” panels of Basic White card in Soft Succulent, Pacific Point and Starry Sky inks. The images were stamped either vertically or horizontally. The stamped panel was adhered to the larger Basic White panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a masculine style card

I added the vellum panel over the top secured with a strip of Seal + placed where my sentiment would hide it.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a masculine style card

I wrapped a length of Starry Sky Woven Metallic Ribbon around the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then added to the Soft Succulent card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a masculine style card

The sentiment was stamped in Starry Sky ink onto the square of Basic White card. It was then die cut using one of the Stylish Shapes Dies. A slightly larger circle was die cut from the Starry Sky square using the same set of Dies. The circles were adhered together with liquid glue and added to the card front on Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a masculine style card

A bow made from the same woven metallic ribbon and a trio of 2022 – 2024 In Color Dots completes the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a masculine style card

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Blog Roll

Little Lizzy’s Crafts – Elisabeth Pirolt (AT) – https://www.little-lizzys-crafts.at/2022/07/10/colour-combo-blog-hop-juli-2022

DerBesondereBlick – Natalie Albers (D) – https://derbesondereblick.blogspot.com/2022/07/colour-combo-im-juli-2022.html

kreativ-mit-sonja Sonja Kindler (D) – https://kreativ-mit-sonja.de/colour-combo-2022-07-nachtblau-pazifikblau-seladon/

Mo Rootes (UK) – https://wp.me/p73ZP5-2Fn

Sue Allen (Aus) https://sueallensimplycraft.blogspot.com/2022/07/colour-combo-blog-hop-july-2022.html

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A pretty Winter foliage card made for the Stamping Inkspirations picture challenge using Stampin' Up!

Leaves of Holly card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Posted on July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by two weather related photographs, one Winter and one Summer. I chose the Winter picture as my inspiration and used the Leaves of Holly stamp set.

The Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the holly card, you will need:

Soft Succulent card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Evening Evergreen card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right & lower left corner
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper right & lower left corner
Basic White card – 3” by 1½”
Soft Succulent card – 3” by 1½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right & lower left corner – for the inside

The sentiment from the Charming Sentiments stamp set was stamped on the smallest piece of Basic White card in Early Espresso ink. The sentiment was then die cut using the Seasonal Labels Dies. I die cut the same label from the small Soft Succulent piece, cut it in half and glued it either end of the sentiment label.

A pretty Winter foliage card made for the Stamping Inkspirations picture challenge using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The beautiful Boughs of Holly stamp set used to make a pretty Winter themed card for the Stamping Inkspirations weather related Blog Hop

I stamped the two large holly leaves, from the Leaves of Holly stamp set, in the upper left and lower right corners. I decided it was easier to line up the images if I stamped the solid image first – in Soft Succulent ink – followed by the more detailed image in Evening Evergreen.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The beautiful Boughs of Holly stamp set used to make a pretty Winter themed card for the Stamping Inkspirations weather related Blog Hop

I added the pinecones, from the Christmas Season stamp set, in Sahara Sand ink for the solid image and second-generation Early Espresso for the detailed image.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The beautiful Boughs of Holly stamp set used to make a pretty Winter themed card for the Stamping Inkspirations weather related Blog Hop

The berries were stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink, second generation for the solid and full strength for the detailed image. The sprig from the Christmas To Remember stamp set was stamped in Soft Succulent ink. The stamped panel was then glued to the Evening Evergreen layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The same glue was used to add the panel to the Soft Succulent card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The beautiful Boughs of Holly stamp set used to make a pretty Winter themed card for the Stamping Inkspirations weather related Blog Hop

The sentiment label was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The beautiful Boughs of Holly stamp set used to make a pretty Winter themed card for the Stamping Inkspirations weather related Blog Hop

A double Baker’s Twine bow and a trio of Red & Green Adhesive Backed Pearls finishes the card.

Please hop on to share the inspiration shared by my stamping friends. Next up is the lovely Sue Allen

Angie McKenzie ● Jan Musselman ● Karen Henderson

Mo Rootes ● Sue Allen ● Annette Ball

Susan Webster ● Danielle Kassing ● Ann Krucek

Vickie Littlewood ● Leonie Stuart ● Aurélie Fabre

Tricia Butts ● Sharon Hashimoto Burkert ● Judith Patterson

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A gorgeous faux stepper baby card made using the Elephant Parade stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Ho

Sweet Elephant Faux Stepper card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Posted on July 9, 2022June 17, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on. I am sharing a sweet elephant faux – stepper card made for a cousin and her husband who have just welcomed their first child, a beautiful baby boy. I couldn’t resist using the adorable Elephant Parade stamp set. The card was inspired Melva Peters. I have adjusted the size and scoring to work with UK A4 card stock.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the sweet elephant card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 8” by 5 ¾” – scored at 1”, 2” & 5”
Design A Daydream dsp – 5⅝” by ⅞”
Design A Daydream dsp – 5⅝” by 2¾”
Pool Party card – 8” by 2¾” – scored at 4”
Basic White card – 4” by 2¾”
Scrap Pear Pizzazz card

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive I added to pieces of Design A Daydream dsp to the card front. I then burnished on all the score lines.

A gorgeous faux stepper baby card made using the Elephant Parade stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The adorable Elephant Parade stamp set used to make a faux stepper baby card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I added the Pool Party panel to the front and back using a little liquid glue along the bottom.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The adorable Elephant Parade stamp set used to make a faux stepper baby card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The partial sentiment from the Charming Sentiments stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the panel of Basic White card. The unwanted portion was masked off using a Post It Note

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The adorable Elephant Parade stamp set used to make a faux stepper baby card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The cute little elephant was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink above the sentiment. It was coloured in using Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Blends. The balloon was stamped in the same ink and coloured with Pool Party Blends.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The adorable Elephant Parade stamp set used to make a faux stepper baby card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I Used the Scalloped Contour Dies to die cut the stamped piece and adhered it to the card front with the liquid glue. The leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink onto scrap Pear Pizzazz card and die cut using the Elephant Dies. It was added to the decorated panel with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The adorable Elephant Parade stamp set used to make a faux stepper baby card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I coloured in 3 Basic Pearls using a Pool Party Blends Pen and added them to complete the card.

Such a pretty card to welcome a new member of the family.

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A sketch challenge for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop using the fox image from the Stylish Sketches stamp set

Painted Fox for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop blog hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a sketch. I have chosen to make a painted fox card using a stamp set available for free with a £45 order from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the painted fox card, you will need:

Starry Sky card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Garden Green card – 5⅝” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Ringed With Love dsp – 3 ½” by 2”
Ringed With Love dsp – 3⅛” by 3⅛” x 2
Basic White card – 3¼” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Basic White card – ⅜” strip

I began by gluing the 3 panels of Ringed With Love designer series paper to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White card using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This panel was then embossed using the Painted Textures Embossing Folder, doesn’t it look great?

The embossed panel was then glued to the Garden Green layer and then to the Starry Sky layer using the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stylish Sketches stamp set used to make a pretty thank you card for ta sketch challenge with the Stamp n’ Hop Blog Hop

The stitched circle was lying on my desk, left over from another project and had been die cut, using the Stylish Shapes Dies and a 3¼” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card. I placed the circle into my Stampartus, placed the fox, from the Stylish Sketches stamp set onto the circle and picked it up with the door.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stylish Sketches stamp set used to make a pretty thank you card for ta sketch challenge with the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I inked the grass using a Garden Green Stampin’ Write Marker and the fox using a Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write Marker. I huffed on the stamp to re-moisten the ink and stamped down on the circle. I repeated the re-inking to get a darker image. I used a water Painter to blend out the ink n the fox and set it to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stylish Sketches stamp set used to make a pretty thank you card for ta sketch challenge with the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Using Blending Brushes, I added Balmy Blue ink to the sky and Garden Green ink to the ground. The circle was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stylish Sketches stamp set used to make a pretty thank you card for ta sketch challenge with the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Art Gallery stamp set was stamped in Garden Green ink onto the strip of Basic White card. It was trimmed down and flagged using Scissors and added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Stylish Sketches stamp set used to make a pretty thank you card for ta sketch challenge with the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

A trio of Brushed Metallic Dots completed the card.

Please hop along to see what my fellow demonstrators have done with this sketch. Next up is the lovely Karen Egan.

July Blog Roll

Jo Blackman https://www.joblackman.com/2022/07/stamp-n-hop-blog-hop-sketch-challenge.html

Mo Rootes https://www.crafty-rootes.com/?p=10183

Karen Egan https://craftykarendesigns.blogspot.com/2022/07/butterfly-kisses-sketch-challenge-stamp.html

Sue Ellen https://sueallensimplycraft.blogspot.com/2022/07/sketch-layout-stamp-n-hop-blog-hop-july.html

Annette Elias https://dekijkkast.blogspot.com/2022/07/werken-met-een-schets-en-met-nieuwe.html

Kristie Lyn https://mypaperlife.com/2022/07/08/july-stamp-n-hop-sketch

Victoria Littlewood https://vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com/2022/07/perfectly-pencilled-happy-birthday-card.html

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Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

Mint Sorbet card

Posted on July 8, 2022June 17, 2022 by Mo Rootes

I have made another pretty mint sorbet thank you card using the Sending Smile stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the mint sorbet card, you will need:

Mint Macaron card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Polished Pink card – 4⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 4” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾“– rounded upper left corner – for the inside
Soft Suede ¼” strip

Using Mint Macaron ink, I randomly stamped all over the Mint Macaron card base.

The Sending Smiles stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

The same Mint Macaron ink was used to stamp the foliage onto the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

I stamped the pretty flowers in Polished Pink ink and added the flower centres in Soft Suede ink. The decorated panel was then adhered to the Polished Pink panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

The sentiment was stamped onto the strip of Soft Suede card in Versamark ink. The ink was covered with White Embossing Powder and set using my Heat Tool. I added it to the card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron ink

A scattering of Basic Rhinestones were coloured using a Polished Pink Blends Pen before being added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sending Smiles stamp set used to make a pretty floral card using Sweet Sorbet and Mint Macaron in

Such a softly pretty card. I hope you like it.

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The July-December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop using the Ringed With Nature stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder by Stampin' Up!

Ringed With Nature Get Well Soon card for the July – December Mini Catalogue

Posted on July 7, 2022July 3, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the July – December Mini Catalogue Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using some of the gorgeous new catalogue product. I have used the Ringed With Nature stamp set for a pretty get well card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the ringed with nature blog hop, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Crumb Cake card – 5” by 3 ¼”
Very Vanilla card – 6” by 4”
Very Vanilla card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Scrap Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Crumb Cake & Soft Suede

Using the tree rings image, I stamped around the Crumb Cake card front using Crumb Cake ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Blig Hop

I rubbed Crumb Cake ink onto the Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder, carefully added the largest of the Tree Rings Dies, easing it into place. The largest piece of Very Vanilla card was placed inside and the folder closed. I then ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine. Love these hybrid embossing folders where you can cut and emboss all at the same time. I set the inked, embossed and die cut tree rings to one side.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Blog Hop

Taking the smaller panel of Crumb Cake, I ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the two odd starry shaped dies, I repeated this a couple of times more. This gives a pretty peep through effect. I added the Crumb Cake panel to the smaller Very Vanilla panel and added to the Crumb Cake card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

I die cut, using the Tree Rings Dies, the leafy sprigs and acorn pieces from scrap Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Old Olive card. The flowers were stamped in So Saffron ink onto Very Vanilla card and die cut them with the Teacup Dies.

The sentiment, from the Ringed With Nature stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink onto scarp Soft Suede card, covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and set it with my Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment down using Scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

One of the tree rings was added to the card front on Dimensionals and the sentiment positioned on top. I then added the acorns, leaves and flowers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Ringed With Nature stamp set and Tree Rings Dies and Hybrid Embossing Folder used for the July-December 2022 Mini Catalogue Biog Hop

A Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine bow was added with a Mini Glue Dot and added gold pearls to the flower centres using the Red & Green Pearls.

Pretty card, I hope you like it.

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The Vintage Tools stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make an unusual tool themed masculine card

Monochromatic Vintage Tools

Posted on July 5, 2022June 17, 2022 by Mo Rootes

I’ve gone monochromatic with my card today using the new Vintage Tools stamp stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the vintage tools card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” x 2 – one for the inside
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼” x 2 – one for the inside
Scrap Basic Black

I chose 3 of the tool images from the Vintage Tools stamp set and randomly stamped them over one of the Basic White panels. I used Gray Granite ink for the clamp, Basic Gray ink for the pliers and Memento Tuxedo Black ink for the screwdriver.

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To fill in any gaps I stamped one of the tacks using the memento Tuxedo Black ink.

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To add to the vintage look I used a Blending Brush to apply Gray Granite ink around the edge of the stamped panel. This gave it a lovely, grungy look.

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A length of the Black Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel three times and secured on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then glued to the Basic Black panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

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The sentiment from the Sweet Songbirds stap set was stamped in Versamark ink onto scrap Basic Black card, covered with White Embossing Powder and set using my Heat Tool. I then die it using the beautiful Shapes Dies and added it to the card front using Black Dimensionals.