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Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

Rose Gold Glimmer for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

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Thank you for joining me for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where our theme is ‘Thanks’. I have made a simple card using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper teamed with Basic Black card stock.

To recreate the rose gold glimmer card, you will need:

Basic Black card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 4⅛” by 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Rose Gold Glimmer – ¼” strip
Scrap Rose Gold Glimmer

Using the Penned Flower Dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, I die cut 4 of the gorgeous detailed flower groups.

 

Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A gorgeous thank you acrd made using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I squeezed a blob of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive onto my Silicon craft sheet and picked the glue up with a Sponge Dauber. I dabbed the glue onto the back of the rose gold die cuts and added them to the square of Basic Black card.

 

Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A gorgeous thank you card made using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I trimmed off the overhanging pieces and added them around the edges to fill in gaps.

 

Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A gorgeous thank you card made using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Using a Paper Trimmer I cut the square in half on the diagonal and glued one half to the top of the Basic Black card base.

 

Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A gorgeous thank you card made using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I added a strip of rose gold glimmer along the edge using the same liquid glue.

 

Rose Gold Glimmer Paper used to make a striking thank you card for the Stampin' INKspirations Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A gorgeous thank you card made using the stunning Rose Gold Glimmer paper by Stampin’ Up! for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Inspired Thoughts stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink, covered with White Embossing Powder and set using my Heat Tool.

Such a simple card but so effective.

Please hop on to see what my friends have to share with us today. Next up is Danielle Kassing 

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Jo Blackman  ●  Elaine de Montmorency

Gez Carpenter  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Linda Moore

Jill Chapman  ●  Chris Smith  ●  Leonie Stuart

 Jan Musselman ●  Deb Macdowell  ●  Mo Rootes

Danielle Kassing  ● Terry Hamilton  ●  Tricia Butts  ●  Teri West

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Please stop by my blog again soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Sweet Baby for the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Ink, Stamp, Share Blog Hop where we are showcasing something we have been working on. I have chosen to share a sweet hello baby card made for one of my lovely team members who became a grandmother for the first time recently.

Colours used in this project are:

 To recreate the sweet baby card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 11¾” by 4⅛” scored at 5⅞”
Basic Gray card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Beauty of the Earth dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Scrap Basic White & Basic Gray

I used Basic Gray ink to stamp the washing line onto the Beauty of the Earth dsp panel.

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet baby card made for new grandparents using the All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I added the piece of dsp to the Basic Gray panel. The panel was then added to the Thick Basic White card front using the same glue.

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet baby card made for new grandparents using the All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies

I stamped the sweet little Babygro onto scrap Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I used Mint Macaron ink to stamp the babies’ bib and Basic Gray ink to stamp the bear. These were all die cut using my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Baby Clothes Dies.

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet baby card made for new grandparents using the All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies

Using the same dies I cut a few of the adorable clothes pegs from the scrap Basic Gray card.

The sentiment from the All for Baby stamp set was stamped in Night of Navy ink.

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet baby card made for new grandparents using the All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies

I added all the die cuts to the card front on Dimensionals and added the clothes pegs with a dab of liquid glue.

The All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies used to make a pretty card for new grandparents and shared on the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet baby card made for new grandparents using the All for Baby stamp set and Baby Clothes Dies

I hope you like the card.

Please hop on to see what my friends have to share with you today.

Jo Blackman

Angie McKenzie

Sue McDonald

Kim Price

Alison Carter

Polly Crouch

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Karen Egan

Gez Carpenter

Linda Moore

Mo Rootes

Jill Chapman

Tricia Butts

Susan Simpson

Deb Naylor

Annette Elias

Victoria Littlewood

 

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

CASEd Bear for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

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Hello and thank you for joining me for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where we have been asked to CASE each other. CASEing means copy and share everything or copy and selectively edit and I have chosen the second version.

After a lot of research and fun looking at the blogs of my fellow demos I have chosen to CASE this card designed by Annette Elias

Annette Elias card featuring a Bear

Annette Elias card featuring a Bear

I love her style, so different from mine. I tend to go for clean and simple where Annette loves to layer and embellish. I just wish I had her talent.

Here is my simplified version of her beautiful card using 2 of my favourite bundles.

Colours used in this project are:

 To recreate the CASEd card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 11¾” by 4⅛” scored at 5⅞”
Shaded Spruce card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Soft Suede card – 3½” by 2”
Scrap Shaded Spruce card

Using Misty Moonlight ink, I inked up the detailed mountain image and stamped it onto the panel of Basic White card. I cleaned the stamped, reversed it on my block, inked it up again and stamped it off onto scrap paper before stamping it slightly higher and off set to give the mountains some depth.

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A bear CASEd card made for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop using the Arctic Bears & Mountain Air stamp sets

I stamped the row of trees at the base of the mountains in Shaded Spruce ink.

The row of trees image was then inked in Pool Party ink, turned upside down and stamped again three times without re-inking to give the illusion of water.

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A bear CASEd card made for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop using the Arctic Bears & Mountain Air stamp sets

I added a ½” punched circle to the skyline, to mask off a moon. Using a Blending Brush, I added Balmy Blue ink to make the sky. The birds were added with Misty Moonlight ink. The stamped panel was added to the Shaded Spruce layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then mounted on the card front using the same glue.

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A bear CASEd card made for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop using the Arctic Bears & Mountain Air stamp sets

A tree was die cut from the scrap Shaded Spruce card using my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Majestic Mountains Dies. I added it to the card front with the liquid glue.

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A bear CASEd card made for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop using the Arctic Bears & Mountain Air stamp sets

The bear was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the panel of Soft Suede and trimmed out with using scissors. I could have cut it out with the co-ordinating dies but wanted it cut tighter to the stamped edge. The bear was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A beautiful card featuring the arctic bears and mountain air stamp sets by Stampin' Up! for the Stamp 'N Hop Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A bear CASEd card made for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop using the Arctic Bears & Mountain Air stamp sets

I love this card almost as much as I loved Annette’s original.

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Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

Poppies In Memorium – Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Stampin’ Dreams – In Memorium Blog Hop where we are sharing Sympathy cards. Coming up to Remembrance Sunday the Painted Poppies stamp set seemed the most appropriate stamp set to use to make my Poppies In Memorium card today.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Poppies In Memorium card, you will need:

Basic Black card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Poppy Parade card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner for the inside

I stamped the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the lower right corner of the smaller panel of Basic White card. I actually masked off part of the sentiment with Post It Notes before inking up and stamping.

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A lovely poppy themed In Memorium, thinking of you card for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Using the same black ink, I stamped the group of poppies three times across the panel.

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A lovely poppy themed In Memorium, thinking of you card for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

The flowers were then coloured in using the Poppy Parade Blends Combo Markers.

I added a strip of the gorgeous Glittered Organdy Ribbon to the card and secured it on the back of the panel with Sellotape. The whole panel was then added using Multipurpose Adhesive to the Poppy Parade panel.

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A lovely poppy themed In Memorium, thinking of you card for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

The whole panel was added to the Basic Black card front on Dimensionals.

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A lovely poppy themed In Memorium, thinking of you card for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

I added a bow made from the same glittery ribbon using a Mini Glue Dot.

A poppies in memorium card for Remembrance Sunday and the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A lovely poppy themed In Memorium, thinking of you card for the Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Such a pretty card. I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what my fellow demos have to share with us today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

Paper Pieced Bauble for the Tuesday Technique Bog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog hop where I am sharing the paper piecing technique and making a trio of cute cards paper- pieced bauble Christmas cards.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the paper pieced bauble cards, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Night of Navy card – 5¼” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy & Fresh Freesia card – 4⅛” by 3”
Scrap Basic White and Bumblebee card

I ran the smaller Basic White panel through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timeworn Text Embossing Folder. I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to add the embossed panel to the Night of Navy layer and then to the Pool Party card front.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paer pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using the detailed bauble die, I cut the bauble from the 4⅛” by 3” panels of Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy and Fresh Freesia card taking care to keep all the pieces together.

Taking the outline of the bauble, I used liquid adhesive to glue a scrap piece of Basic White card to the back.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

I carefully pieced together the parts of the Christmas Tree adding a dot of glue behind each piece to hold it in position.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using another colour, I added the pieces to the rest of the bauble in the same way.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The small star at the top of the bauble was die cut from the scrap Bumblebee card and added in the same way.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

A length of Silver Elegant Trim was threaded through the top of the bauble and adhered on the back with Sellotape.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The bauble was then added to the card front using Dimensionals.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Christmas to Remember stamp set was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Basic White card and fussy cut out using Paper Snips. It was added to the card front with liquid glue.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

To finish the card, I added a bow using the same Elegant Trim and a trio of Pastel Pearls.

The Delicate Bauble Dies by tampin' Up! used to make a pretty paper pierced Christmas card for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Paper Pierced Bauble Christmas card, made using the Delicate Bauble Dies for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using the left-over pieces, I made another 2 cards.

I hope you like them.

Please hop on to see what my friends have to share with us today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Peaceful Deer Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

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Today, for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop I am sharing the cards I designed for my Christmas Peaceful Deer Stamp-a-Stack, featuring the Peaceful Deer stamp set and Deer Builder Punch.

Colours used in these projects are:

I offered 2 options for this event – to attend in person or to receive the kit in the male to complete at home.

Each participant received a pizza style box crammed with enough goodies to create 20 cards. I designed 10 cards and they will made 2 of each design.

Stamp-a-Stack kit box

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk Stamp-a-Stack kit box

Each kit included:

Peaceful Deer stamp set

Deer Builder Punch
20 card bases – a mixture of Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight and Polished Pink
All the layers and die cut pieces needed for the 20 cards
20 envelopes
4 ink spots – inked with Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight and Polished PInk ink.
2 Wonderful Snowflakes
A pack of Genial Gems
1.5m Glittered Organdy Ribbon
A chocolate treat
Full tutorial for each card

The ladies provided their own adhesives and clear blocks.

Here are the 10 cards I designs:

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

 

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

I hope you like the cards.

The Share It Sunday Blog Hop featuring my cards for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A set of cards made for the Peaceful Deer Christmas Stamp-a-Stack for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

Please hop on to see what inspiration my fellow hopper have to share with us today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

Adorning Designs for the Ink and Inspirations Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Ink and Inspiration Blog Hop where we are showcasing tools. I have chosen to use the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks to make a pretty embossed and inked Christmas card.

Colours used in these projects are:

To recreate the Adorning Christmas card, you will need:

Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Coastal Cabana card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 6” by 6” which I later cut down to 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Basic White card – 3” by 2”

I often forget about our masks but when I remember to use them, I love them. They are so versatile -did you know you can dry emboss using masks? This is only one of the cool techniques you can use masks for.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I chose the snowflake mask for my project today and if we are talking about tools, as well as the Masks I am using our great Blending Brushes

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Firstly, I chose the snowflake mask from the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks set. I knew I wanted to emboss my cardstock using the mask but wasn’t quite sure how to do it. After a bit of trial and error I found that the best combination was:

Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine
Base plate (1)
Clear acrylic plate (3)
Silicon Mat
Basic White card
Mask
Gray 3D Embossing Plate (4)

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I kept the mask in place on top of the card stock, taped the mask down to some Grid Paper to hold it still and began to add colour using Blending Brushes.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Beginning at the bottom I applied Pool Party ink – I think my Blending Brush wasn’t clean as it looks like Granny Apple Green!

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Next, I added Coastal Cabana ink, followed by Fresh Freesia ink and finally Highland Heather ink. I removed the mask and cut the panel down to 5½” by 3¾” using my Paper Trimmer.

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the embossed panel to the Coastal Cabana card layer.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I wrapped a length of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon around the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape and added the whole panel to the Highland Heather card base on Dimensionals.

The sentiment, from the Christmas to Remember stamp set was stamped on the small piece of Basic White card in Highland Heather ink. I used the Seasonal Labels dies to cut the sentiment out.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I added the label to the card front, over the ribbon and secured it down with Mini Glue Dots.

To complete the card, I added a bow made from the same ribbon and a trio of Pastel Pearls.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

I made a second card in the same way but this time when the mask was removed, I added the left-over colour on the Blending Brushes to the background.

An embossed Christmas card and using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Adorning Snowflake Christmas card made using the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

This panel was added to a Gorgeous Grape panel and then to a Thick Basic White card base.

Isn’t this a cool effect? Let me know which version you prefer.

Please continue on to see what other inspiration my fellow hoppers have to share today.



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

Mo x

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A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

Sketched Leaves for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we have a sketch challenge and I have used the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set to make a sketched leaves thank you card.

May be an image of text that says "Sentiment FOR MORE TIPS TECHNIQUE S AND SKE TCHE SGO TO Crafty Medic"

Colours used in this project are:

 To recreate the sketched leaves card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam Card Base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Beauty of the Earth dsp – 5⅞” by 4⅛”
Beauty of the Earth dsp – 3” by 3”
Basic White card – 3” by 3”
Basic White card ¼” strip
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

I added the strip of Beauty of the Earth dsp with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Soft Sea Foam card base.

A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Gorgeous Leaves stamp set used to make a sketched leaf thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Taking the square of Basic White card, I inked up the first maple leaf in Old Olive ink and added Mossy Meadow ink around the edges with a Sponge Dauber. The second maple leaf was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink.

A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Gorgeous Leaves stamp set used to make a sketched leaf thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

I inked up the smaller stamp with Bumblebee ink and added Mossy Meadow ink around the edges with a dauber. I inked up and stamped this image twice. The long thin leaf was added in Merry Merlot ink. The smaller speckled image was stamped in Soft Sea Foam.

A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Gorgeous Leaves stamp set used to make a sketched leaf thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The stamped panel was added, slightly offset, to the square of Beauty of the Earth dsp using the liquid glue. It was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Gorgeous Leaves stamp set used to make a sketched leaf thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Penguin Place stamp set was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on the strip of Basic White. It was trimmed down and flagged before it was tucked under the stamped panel.

A sketched leaf thank you card made using the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and Beauty of the Earth dsp by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Gorgeous Leaves stamp set used to make a sketched leaf thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

I added a scattering of Wonderful Gems to complete the card.

Please continue to hop on to see what inspiration my fellow hoppers have to share with us today.

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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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

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A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

Hello Pumpkin for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where our theme is ‘Fall/Autumn/Halloween’ and I have chosen to use the adorable Seasons of Fun stamp set to make my card which features a pumpkin child.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the hello pumpkin card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake Card – 5¾” by 4”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Pumpkin Pie card – 3” by 3”
Basic White card – 3” by 3”
Basic White card – ½” strip

I ran the Crumb Cake panel through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder. I wrapped a length of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon around the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then added to the Crumb Cake card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable hello pumpkin card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using the Seasons of Fun stamp set

Using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the sweet image of the little girl dressed as a pumpkin onto the 3” by 3” square of Basic White card. I used my Layering Circle Dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to die cut the image. I also die cut a slightly larger scalloped circle from the Pumpkin Pie square of card/

A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable hello pumpkin card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using the Seasons of Fun stamp set

I used the following Blends Alcohol Marker Pens to colour in the image – Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Ivory. Doesn’t she look adorable.

A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable hello pumpkin card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using the Seasons of Fun stamp set

Using a Blending Brush, I added some Balmy Blue ink around the edges of the image. The coloured image was then adhered to the Pumpkin Pie scalloped circle and added it to the card base using Dimensionals.

A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable hello pumpkin card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using the Seasons of Fun stamp set

The sentiment from the Season’s Blessings stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the ½” strip of Basic White card and trimmed down with scissors. I added it to the card front with liquid glue. The card was decorated with a scatter of Artistry Blooms Sequins an a bow made using the same gingham ribbon.

A pretty child dressed as a pumpkin for an Autumnal card made using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – An adorable hello pumpkin card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using the Seasons of Fun stamp set

I hope you like the card.

Please continue to hop on to see what my friend Susan Simpson has to share with us today.

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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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

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The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty penguin new baby for a Blog Hop

Penguin Baby card

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Today I am sharing a couple of baby cards made for a team challenge. I didn’t have any baby stamp sets so made Penguin baby cards using the Penguin Place stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the penguin baby card, you will need:

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Calypso Coral card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Scrap Petal Pink card

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty pnguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

I began by stamping the small cluster of stars and snowflakes on a scrap of Petal Pink card before using the Playful Alphabet dies to cut out the BABY. The letters were glued to the smaller Basic White panel. I added the ‘hello’ from the Biggest Wish Stamp set in Calypso Coral ink to the panel.

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty pnguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

The penguin was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the feet and beak added win So Saffron.

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty penguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

The balloon strings were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the balloons added in Petal Pink ink. I added a trio of Calypso Coral hearts around the balloons.

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty penguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

The stamped layer was glued to the Calypso Coral panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. It was then added to the Petal Pink card base with Dimensionals.

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty penguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

A trio of Elegant Faceted Dots was added to complete the card. I made another card but reversed the colours.

The Penguin Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty penguin new baby for a Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A sweet penguin baby card made for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop using the Penguin Place stamp set

Hope you like the cards.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come back soon.

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

Mo x

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