A lovely flap closure Christmas card made using Stampin' Up products

Perfectly Plaid Class Projects

Posted on October 11, 2019October 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made in class this week using the gorgeous Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the co-ordinating Pine Tree Punch. This is a great set, fab for beginner stampers as it is so easy to create great looking cards with this bundle.

To recreate the Front Flap over card you will need:

Real Red or Cherry Cobbler card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
DSP 4½” by 3”
Real Red 6½” by 1” scored at 2½”
Real Red or Gold Glimmer 2¼” by 3½”
Whisper White scrap

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

We added the dsp to one of Whisper White panels using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and used the same glue to adhere this panel to the front of the card base. Depending on which dsp they were given the ladies used either a Real Red or Cherry Cobbler card base. The tree was stamped using Call Me Clover ink on the Whisper White panel for the inside of the card, on the envelope and on scrap Whisper White. The tree on the scrap cardstock was punched out using the Pine Tree Punch. The ladies die cut an oval from scrap Whisper White and a Glimmer scalloped oval from either Real Red Glimmer of Gold Glimmer using the layering Oval dies. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink near the bottom of the Whisper White oval. The punched out tree was added above on Dimensionals.

We folded the thin red strip on the scoreline and adhered the long side, with the fold just protruding over the edge, to the inside of the card – where you would normally write your message. Adhere the inside panel over the top of the strip to hide it. We closed the card and brought the flap over and adhered the White oval to the front of the strip and added the Glitter scalloped oval to the back of the flap and the white oval hiding the messy bits and the card is finished.

To recreate the Trio of Trees card you will need:

Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Whisper White – 4⅛” by 2½”
Whisper White – 4⅛” by ½”
Real Red Glimmer paper – 4⅛” by ½”

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

We randomly stamped the small pinecone in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the front of the Blueberry Bushel card base. The skeleton tree was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink on the front of the envelope, the large Whisper White panel for the inside, twice on the 2½” Whisper White strip and once on scrap Whisper White – this last one would be punched out. Those with a steady hand added the leaf infill using Call Me Clover ink. The punched tree was added to the 2½” strip on Dimensionals and the red glimmer strip added to the bottom. The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped on the thin Whisper White strip in Real Red ink and added to the card front with liquid adhesive. The inside panel was added with the same adhesive.

To recreate the Simple Tree card you will need

Call Me Clover card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Whisper White – 5⅜” by by 2¼”
Real Red Glimmer 2¼” by 3½”
Whisper White 2¼” by 3½”

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the Buffalo Check onto the Whisper White strip using Blueberry Bushel ink. The strip was then glued to one of the Whisper White panels. This was then glued to the card front. We die cut a Whisper White oval and Real Red Glimmer scalloped oval using the Layering Ovals dies. The tree was stamped in Call Me Clover ink onto the white oval and the the sentiment added in Blueberry Bushel ink. The ovals were then adhered and added to the card front with dimensionals. The inner layer was glued inside the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Perfectly Plaid stamp set and the Pine Tree Punch used for October classes

All the cards were decorated with Glimmer Paper stars, Red Rhinestones or Gold Metallic Pearls. I hope you like the cards.

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

Mo x

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A lovely trio of autumnal themed cards using the Rooted in Nature stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Rooted in Nature for September Classes

Posted on September 13, 2019September 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

It has felt very Autumnal here this week with cooler weather and the leaves beginning to turn so the cards we made in this weeks classes were very apt. We used the Rooted in Nature stamp set and co-ordinating Nature’s Roots dies.

Embossed Oak card

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Basic Black – 3⅝” by 3½” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 3½” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner
Strip Whisper White ⅜” wide for sentiment

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

We stamped the maple leaf in 1^st and 2^nd generation Smoky Slate ink down the left side of the card base. We punched a circle from Postit Notes using the 1¼” Circle Punch and used the cirle to mask an area for the moon. Using pieces of sponge we inked the smaller Whisper White panel with So Saffron ink and Mango Melody ink, the Postit circle was then removed.

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the oak tree in Versamark ink, covered it with black embossing powder and heat set it. The stamped panel was then mounted on the Basic Black layer and this was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

Spruce Tree card

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black 4½ ” by 3¾”
Whisper White 5” by 3¼” Vellum 4” by 1”
Scrap WW for tree

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

The lovely spruce tree was stamped on scrap Whisper White with Basic Gray ink and die cut using the Nature’s Roots dies. We also die cut a second tree and the word ‘happy’ from the Well Written dies from the centre of the Basic Black panel making sure to stay away from the edges.

We stamped the cut through ‘tree trunk’ image in So Saffron ink onto the Whisper White panel and added the stamped sentiment from the Well Said stamp set in Basic Gray ink. The strip of Vellum was wrapped around the the stamped layer and secured on the back with Sellotape and the layer was added to the Basic Black panel. The ‘happy’ die cut was then adhered to the Vellum with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The whole panel was adhered with glue to the Thick Whisper White panel. The black tree was slipped under the Vellum piece and glued down. The stamped tree was then off set on Dimensionals.

Trio of Leaves card

Basic Gray card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Crushed Curry 5 ” by 3½” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 5⅜ ” by 3⅝ ” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner
Whisper White 4⅞” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper left and lower right corner

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

Using the Stamparatus we stamped the centre leaf in So Saffron ink onto the smaller panel of Whisper White cardstock. The other leaves were stamped in 1^st and 2^nd generation Basic Gray ink using the hinge technique. Love this …….

The sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, again using the Stamparatus. We stamped it twice to give a really dark image. The stamped layer was added to the Crushed Curry layer and then mounted on the card front with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com The Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies for September Classes

The ladies loved these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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A gorgeous trio of cards featuring Magnolia flowers for August classes

Good Morning Magnolia for August Classes

Posted on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards made at this month’s classes using the gorgeous Good Morning Magnolia stamp set and co-ordinating Magnolia Memory dies.

Raised Magnolia card – To recreate this card you will need:

Mossy Meadow card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – one for the inside, one for the outside
Whisper White 5½” by 3¾” – to stamp the magnolia on
Magnolia Lane dsp 3⅝” by 1½”

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia stamp set and Magnolia Memory dies used for August Classes

We stamped the Magnolia using the Stamparatus with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. After die cutting the scalloped edge from one of the Whisper White panels and stamping the decorative edge in Mossy Meadow we added the dsp to the bottom and adhered the panel to the card base. The flower was coloured using the following Blends markers Petal Pink combo, Mossy Meadow combo and Crumb Cake combo, it was then added to the card front on Dimensionals. There were a number of sentiments to choose from.

Inlaid Magnolia Card – To recreate this card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Early Espresso – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Whisper White – 5½” by 3¾”
Scrap Whisper White for the sentiment

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia stamp set and Magnolia Memory dies used for August Classes

We stamped the magnolia using the Stamparatus with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. We die cut it out using the Magnolia Memory dies making sure to save all the pieces. The flower was coloured using the following Blends markers Petal Pink combo, Mossy Meadow combo and Crumb Cake combo. Dimensionals were added to the back of the side pieces and the first piece was added to the Early Espresso panel. The second piece was then added to the Early Espresso panel. Liquid Glue was then added to the back of the magnolia and it was inlaid between to 2 raised panels. Some of us opted to place only one of the panels which created a different look again.

Happy Birthday card – To recreate this card you will need:

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower right corner
Mossy Meadow – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – x 2 – rounded lower right corner
Mossy Meadow – 3¾” by 1¼”
Whisper White – 3 ¾” by 1”

A birthday card for a young man made using the Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder punch by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia stamp set and Magnolia Memory dies used for August Classes

We used a T square ruler to mark off a 1” strip on one of the Whisper White panels. The magnolia bud was then stamped in Crumb Cake partly overlapping the marked off area, 3 times on the top and the same on the bottom. They were then coloured with the same Blends Markers. The panel was then added to the Mossy Meadow layer. The sentiment was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on the Whisper White strip and glued to the Mossy Meadow strip. This was then trimmed to size and glued to the stamped panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Good Morning Magnolia stamp set and Magnolia Memory dies used for August Classes

The cards were decorated with Basic Pearls coloured in using the same Blends Markers.

We had a lot of fun this month. If you fancy joining us just let me know

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

Mo x

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Lovely sailing themed cards made using the Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies by Stampin' Up!

Sailing Home for July Classes

Posted on July 12, 2019July 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this weeks classes using the lovely Sailing Home stamp set and co-ordinating Smooth Sailing Dies. This is such a great set to work with, such great images.

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

Sail Boat on a Circle

Coastal Cabana card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅜ by 3⅝”
Whisper White 5⅞” by 2”
Early Espresso 5⅞” by ⅜”
Whisper White and Early Espresso to die cut circles
Whisper White to stamp and die cut the boat

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We stamped and die cut the boat, coloured it in using the Stampin Blends Markers. The sentiment and small birds were then stamped on the Whisper White Circle and the boat added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

We stamped the compass and anchor randomly down the strip of Whisper White in Coastal Cabana and Early Espreeso inks. The thin strip of Early Espresso was added to the left side and the panel added to the card front with glue. The circle piece was then added on Dimensionals.

Lighthouse card

Thick Whisper White card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Pool Party 5⅞” by 2”
Early Espresso 5¼” by ¼”
Early Espresso and Whisper White for the Stitched Rectangles
Scrap Whisper White and Coastal Cabana for the sentiment

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We stamped the lighthouse in Early Espresso ink onto the Whisper White rectangle and coloured it using the Crumb Cake light and Smoky Slate light Stampin Blends markers. The birds were then added and the stamped panel added to the Early Espresso Rectangle.

One of the birds from the Hugs from Shelli paper pumpkin kit was randomly stamped in Early Espresso down the Pool Party layer. The bodies of the birds were then painted using Frost White Shimmer paint to give a pearlescent look to the birds. The group of little birds then filled in any large gaps. This piece was then glued to the Card front.

We die cut the rope from the thin piece of Early Espresso card stock, cut it in half and added a piece at the top and the remainder at the bottom, butted up against the stamped piece.

The sentiment was stamped then punched out using the Everyday Label punch and backed onto a punched out piece of Coastal Cabana. The sentiment was then added to the back of the stitched rectangles and the whole piece added to the card front on Dimensionals.

Gate Fold card

Thick Whisper White 11 ¾” by 4⅛” scored at 2 15/16ths at either end.
Pool Party 4” by 2 ¾” x 2
Early Espresso and Whisper White rectangle.

www,crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies used for July Classes

We randomly stamped the smaller boat on both pieces of Pool Party cardstock and adhered then to the front panels of the card front.

The boat, sentiment and small birds were then stamped on the Whisper White cardstock. This was added to the Early Espresso rectangle and then glued to the left side of the card front.

We really enjoyed making these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Pretty floral cards made using the Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies

Beautiful Promenade for June Classes

Posted on June 14, 2019June 13, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this weeks classes using the lovely Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

Doily Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Bermuda Bay 5½” by 3¾” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – rounded lower left corner (one for the inside)
Soft Sea Foam 3½” by 3½”
Poppy Parade 2½” by 2”
Scrap Whisper white and Granny Apple Green

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We glued one of the Whisper White layers to the Bermuda Bay layer and adhered these to the Soft Sea Foam card base.

We stamped the flower in Cherry Cobbler ink onto the Poppy Parade cardstock and die cut it out using the Beautiful Layers dies. We also die cut the doily from the square of Soft Sea Foam and also die cut a leaf from scrap Granny Apple Green cardstock.

The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay onto scrap Whisper White and punched out using a 1” Circle Punch. This was then added to the centre of the doily. The doily was added to the front of the card. The flower was added to the card on dimensionals and covered with Clear Wink of Stella.

Multiple Striped Flower card

Bermuda Bay card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White 5⅞” by 3 ½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Poppy Parade 5⅞” by ½”
Scrap Whisper White and poppy Parade

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the gorgeous striped floweronto the longer panel of Whisper White ink in Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green inks then filled in the gaps with the leaf image in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink.

The Poppy Parade strip was then added to the left hand side and the ribbon wrapped around and secured on the back with Sellotape.

The sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade ink and punched out with the Timeless Label Punch. A leaf was stamped over the sentiment in 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink. We punched out another label in Poppy Parade cardstock, cut it down the middle and glued it to the back of the sentiment so that a little red showed at either end. This was added over the top of the ribbon on Dimensionals. We added a couple of die cut leaves.

The whole panel was then added to the Bermuda bay card base.

The Square Topper Card

Soft Sea Foam card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – inside
Bermda Bay 2½” by 2½”
Whisper White 2¼” by 2¼”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Promenade stamp set and Beautiful Layers dies used for June classes

We stamped the frame in Granny Apple Green ink onto the small square of Whisper White and added the floral piece at the top in the same ink. The same floral image was then stamped twice on the scrap Whisper White in Poppy Parade ink and the flowers were then fussy cut using scissors and glued over the green flowers. Some of us inked around the flower edges with Poppy Parade ink and a sponge dauber.

The sentiment was added to the stamped frame and the stamped panel was then glued to the Bermuda Bay square.

Using a T square ruler and a pencil we drew a line down the front of the Soft Sea Foam card base. The rhomboid image was then stamped repeatedly down the pencil line in Bermuda Bay ink and added a line of rhomboids to the right of the original line. When the ink was dry the pencil line was erased. The square topper was then placed over the top on dimensionals.

All the cards were decorated with Red Rhinestones or Basic Rhinestones coloured in with a dark Poppy Parade Blends Marker.

I really like the colour palette of these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Cute cards made using the Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch by Stampin' Up!

Piece of Cake for March Classes

Posted on March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made at this week’s March classes where we focused on the gorgeous Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Bundle.

Joy Fold card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Thick Whisper White cardstock 8½” by 4¼” and scored it on the long side at 5½”
Thick Whisper White cardstock 8” by 3” and scored it on the long side at 4”
Call Me Clover cardstock 5⅜” by 4⅛”
Early Espresso piece 4⅛” by 2⅞”
Call Me Clover 3⅞” by 2⅞”
Whisper White cardstock 3¼” by 2¾”

We began by folding and burnishing the score lines. Next step was to randomly stamp the ‘dotty cake’ on a piece of Call Me Clover cardstock 5⅜” by 4⅛” in Call Me Clover ink. This layer was then added to the back panel of the larger scored panel. The Early Espresso piece was then added to the smaller panel of the same piece of Thick Whisper White. Both these panels were added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

The sentiment from the Amazing Life stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the small piece of Whisper White. The word ‘CAKE’ was coloured in using the Light Call Me Clover Blends pen.

The cake was stamped in Early Espresso onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and the cake stand was stamped in the same ink onto scrap Call Me Clover cardstock. Both were then punched out using the co-ordinating Cake Builder Punch. The cake was coloured in using the following Blends Pens – Call Me Clover Combo, Lovely Lipstick combo, Balmy Blue combo and Bronze.

We used a Dimensional on the back to attach the cake to the cake stand and added a couple more dimensionals to hold the cake up before adding it to the stamped panel of Whisper White cardstock. This panel was then glued to the smaller layer of Call Me Clover before it was added to the small folded panel of Thick Whisper White being careful to have the fold the right way round…………

We stamped the candles in Call Me Clover ink onto the inner panel adding the sentiment in Early Espresso ink below the candles. Lastly we coloured in some of the Basic Pearls using the Blends pens and added them to the card front.

This card has a more masculine look which I really liked.

Happy Birthday Card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Lovely Lipstick card base – rounded upper right corner
Early Espresso 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – one for the inside and one for the outside with rounded upper right corners.
Die cut Stitched Rectangle in Early Espresso
Die cut Stitched Rectangle in Whisper White one size smaller
Scrap Lovely Lipstick Foil and Whisper White for the cake and stand.

We randomly stamped the sentiment in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Lovely Lipstick ink down the left side of one of the large Whisper White panels. This panel was then added to the Early Espresso layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then glued to the Lovely Lipstick card base.

We stamped the cake onto the scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Cake Builder Punch. The cake stand was punched from some of the gorgeous Lovely Lipstick Foil. We used the Blends pens to colour in the cake. We adhered them together with Dimensionals in the same way as the first card.

The cake was added to the stitched white rectangle, then to the stitched Early Espresso rectangle. We added the whole piece to the card front with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The Basic Pearls were then coloured in and added to the card front.

Floral Cake Card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

Thick Whisper White card base
Lovely Lipstick Foil 5 ¼” by 1 ½”
Whisper White 4⅞” by 3” – rounded upper right corner
Scrap Whisper White

We stamped the smaller ‘bokeh dot’ stamp from the Beauty Abounds in the lower right corner of the Whisper White panel in 3^rd generation Lovely Lipstick and balmy Blue inks and in 4^th generation Call Me Clover ink.

The sentiment was stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink although some of the ladies chose a different sentiment or no sentiment at all.

The cake was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap Whisper White and punched out as above. We also punched out a plain white cake stand. The cake was coloured in using the same Blends pens as before and the cake and stand were adhered together with Dimensionals. The cake was then added on top of the ‘bokeh dots’.

The stamped layer was added to the strip of Lovely Lipstick Foil. The coloured Basic Pearls were added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Piece of Cake stamp set and Cake Builder Punch used for March Classes

The ladies really enjoyed making these cards. I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Lovely cards made using the Needle & thread bundle by Stampin' Up!

Needle & Thread for February’s Classes

Posted on February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the 3 cards the ladies made in this week’s classes using the Needle & Thread stamp set and the co-ordinating Needlepoint Elements dies.

Card 1

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with the most time consuming card first. Using scrap Whisper White cardstock the ladies stamped the all the elements ready to die cut them out. The large flower was stamped in Highland Heather ink, the smaller flower in Poppy Parade ink, the trio of flowers were stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and the leaves in Pool Party ink.

We embossed a panel of Whisper White 4½” by 3” using the detailed stitched pattern. We rounded the upper right corner and glued the embossed panel to a slightly larger piece of Pool Party. Using all the die cut pieces we then built up the group of flowers using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and Stampin Dimensionals. We then added the completed panel to a Poppy Parade card base. A decorated Whisper White panel was added inside the card.

Card 2

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

We started with a small piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 3⅝”by 2½”. We stamped the stitched edge along the top and down the left side of the piece in Gorgeous Grape ink. Next the leaves were stamped in Pool Party ink and the large flower was added using Poppy Parade ink.

The Needle & Thread stamp set has a great choice of sentiments for the ladies to choose from and they stamped their chosen sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink. We rounded the lower right corner of the Whisper White Panel and added it to a layer of Gorgeous Grape cardstock measuring 3¾” by 2⅝”.

Using the really sweet trio of butterflies we stamped the front of a Pool Party card base and added the stamped panel on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals. We then tucked in scraps of Highland Heather, Poppy Parade and Gorgeous Grape cardstock to add a little more interest to the card.

Card 3

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

This card was so simple to make. We started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5¼” by 3½. We randomly stamped all the images starting with the largest and working through to the smallest stamps. We used the same colour combination of Highland Heather ink, Poppy Parade ink, Gorgeous Grape ink and Pool Party ink. The ladies chosen sentiment was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and added to a strip of Gorgeous Grape cardstock. The stamped panel was added to a layer of Poppy Parade cardstock……..and yes I did round a corner of both layers.

The panel was then added to a Thick Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the sentiment was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We added a bow using the gorgeous Highland Heather Organza Ribbon.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the gorgeous Needle & Thread stamp set and co-ordinating dies used for classes

The ladies all really enjoyed making these cards, I hope you like them.

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

Mo x

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Lovely butterfly cards made using the Botanical Butterfly Sale-a-Bration designer series paper and the Butterfly Duet Punch

Butterfly January Classes

Posted on January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the trio of cards made by the ladies who came to the Butterfly January classes this week. The class was designed around the Butterfly Gala Stamp set and co-ordinating Butterfly Duet Punch and was inspired by a card I made for the Inspire Create #032 challenge on the 4^th December 2018. I also wanted to give each lady a 6” by 6” sample pack of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly dsp to use in class and to take the remainder home to add to their stash.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

Emboss Resist Technique

A pretty birthday card made using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist for a pretty birthday card

The first card we made was the card I designed for the Inspire, Create Challenge involving embossing and adding ink using sponge brayers, such a fun technique. As I have already blogged about this card please follow this link for all the details –

A Little Note card

We started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base, each lady then chose a piece of dsp from their sample pack, cutting it to 5⅝” by 3⅞”. The upper right corner of both the card base and the dsp were rounded using the Detailed trio Punch and the dsp added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Lemon Lime twist ink onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2¾”, rounded the upper right corner before adding the panel to a layer of Highland Heather 4⅜” by 3”. This panel was then added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly the ladies selected a large and a small butterfly from the dsp and punched them out using the Butterfly Bouquet Punch. The butterflies were added using Mini Glue Dots and the card was finished with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Butterfly Birthday card

We started the final card by choosing a piece of dsp and laying it, offset onto the front of a Thick Whisper White card base. I then lifted the corner and applied Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive underneath before trimming away the excess dsp and adhering the rest of the panel. Some of the ladies found it easier to draw around the dsp making it easier to trim off the excess.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Highland Heather ink. Next we punched out 1 large and 3 small butterflies adding them to the card front using Mini Glue Dots and finishing with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

I hope you like these cards.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch used to create a gorgeous set of Christmas cards

Making Christmas Bright for December Classes

Posted on December 16, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made at this month’s classes using the gorgeous Making Christmas Stamp set and co-ordinating Christmas Bulb Builder Punch. This is such a fun set to use and so easy and my ladies loved the punch.

Floating Panel Card

We began by stamping the sting of lights onto the top and bottom of a 5” by 3” panel of Whisper White cardstock in Blueberry Bushel ink and adding this stamped piece to a piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock 5⅛” by 3⅛”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Using scrap strips of Silver Foil and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch we punched out 11 bulb tops – 6 for this card and 5 for our last card. We then punched out 4 bulbs in Blueberry Bushel cardstock, 4 in Real Red cardstock and 3 in Pineapple Punch cardstock – 6 for this card and 5 for the last card. We added the bulb tops to the bulbs with a tiny dab of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and set them aside to dry. When they were dry we added them to the stamped panel on Stampin Dimesnionals.

On a second piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5” by 3” we stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink and a string of stars in Pineapple Punch ink.

Using the paper trimmer I cut a Blueberry Bushel card base 11¾” by 4⅛” and scored it in half at 5⅞”. Placing the long side up against the top of the trimmer I measured an 1” from the score line and cut. Taking the cut piece cut an inch strip and added the remaining piece to the scrap bag.

We folded the card on the score line and added the Real Red stamped panel with a thin line of glue along the top to the folded flap. The 1” strip of Blueberry Bushel was place on the inside panel of the card, lined up with the bottom and both sides, glue was added to the bottom edge of the Real Red panel and the front panel was pushed down onto the strip to finish the card front. We added Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the back of the inside stamped panel, placed the panel face down on the back of the inside of the card front and closed the card to glue the panel in place and hidden behind the front panel and the card is finished.

Stamped String of Lights card

We began by stamping the star randomly in the top right corner of the Real Red card base in Real Red ink. Taking a panel of Whisper White cardstock we stamped the ‘string’ using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in the left hand corner and added 3 bulb tops in the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

The merry and bright bulbs were stamped in Blueberry Bushel, Real Red and Pineapple Punch ink. We then added a scattering in stars in the Real Red and Pineapple Punch inks, rounded the corner with the Detailed Trio Punch before adding to a panel of Pineapple Punch cardstock.

We wrapped a piece of Blueberry Bushel Ribbon around the panel securing the ends with Sellotape on the back and added a bow to the front with a Mini Glue Dot. We added a strip of Blueberry Bushel to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The stamped panel was added to the card front on Stampin Dimensionals.

String of Lights card

We stamped the string on a piece of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 2⅞” and added the previously assembled bulbs using a dimensional on the back of each. We stamped the sentiment in either Blueberry Bushel or Real Red ink in the lower right corner and added the panel to a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock measuring 4¼” by 3⅛” with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Taking a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 3⅛” we placed it in the Stamparatus, inked up the Buffalo Check stamp with Pineapple Punch ink and stamped it on the panel, this gingham check looks fab in the Pineapple Punch ink. We added a strip of Real Red cardstock to one side of the Buffalo Check panel and added the panel to the front of a Pineapple Punch card base. The Christmas Bulb panel was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

These are such bright, fun cards, I love them.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Making Christmas Bright and the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Beautiful Baubles stamp set makes fantastic Christmas cards

Beautiful Bauble November Classes

Posted on November 18, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the 3 projects made by the ladies during the November classes. We used the gorgeous Beautiful Baubles stamp set and coordinating Detailed Bauble dies. This month I thought I would shake things up a bit by starting with the most complicated card and ending up with the most straightforward card instead of the other way round.

Hanging Bauble card

We began by taking the Coastal Cabana card base and laying a panel of Whisper White measuring 5⅜” by 3⅜” on the front. We then placed the 2^nd largest circle die from the Layering Circle Framelits onto the Whisper White panel and ran both layers through the Big Shot together to give us the window. We then ran the die cut Whisper White piece through the Big Shot with the Oh My Stars Embossing folder and set it aside..

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

Taking a die cut circle of Vellum and Sponge Daubers we sponged the centre with Coastal Cabana ink and added Gorgeous Grape around the edge and set the piece aside to dry. I had previously die cut 2 of the detailed baubles for each lady using the Detailed Bauble dies and Silver Foil Paper. These die cuts were placed face down onto the Silicon Craft, We squeezed a little Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive onto the sheet and picked it up with a small wedge of sponge and dabbed it all over both pieces. The coloured Vellum layer was the sandwiched between the 2 sticky layers and pressed together until the glue dried.

We threaded a small piece of ⅛” Whisper White Ribbon through the loop of the bauble and added it to the Coastal Cabana card front with Sellotape allowing the bauble to hang in the ‘window’. The embossed Whisper White layer was then added to the card front with multipurpose liquid adhesive, lining up the die cut window and hiding the ends of the ribbon. We coloured a longer piece of the same ribbon using the dark Highland Heather Blends pen and tied it in a bow before adding it to the top of the bauble with a Mini Glue Dot.

The sentiment from the Star of Light Stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape onto a scrap of Whisper White. This was then added to a scrap of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and trimmed down. It was added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front and a scattering of Iridescent Sequins were added.

The inside Whisper White panel was added with the same adhesive after we had stamped some random stars in the upper right corner. We stamped the same stars on the front of a Whisper White Envelope.

Embossed Bauble

We began this card by swiping over a panel of Whisper White card stock measuring 5⅜” by 3⅜” using the Embossing Buddy. We then stamped the large bauble in the centre with Versamark ink. The string was added to the top of the bauble using Versark and the panel was then covered with Silver Embossing Powder. We then melted the embossing powder using the Heat Tool. Love this effect.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

Taking the following Blends pens we then coloured parts of the bauble – Light & Dark Highland Heather, Light & Dark Bermuda Bay & Light & Dark Pool Party. The upper right hand panel of the layer was rounded using the Detailed Trio Punch. We also rounded the upper right corner of the card front and a Gorgeous Grape layer measuring 5½” by 3¾”. The embossed panel was glued to the Gorgeous Grape layer with Multipurpose liquid Adhesive.

A strip of Coastal Cabana cardstock, 5⅞” by 2” was added to the front of the Thick Whisper White card base and the embossed layer added with Stampin Dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink onto a scrap of Whisper White which was cut down and added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The card was finished off with a scattering of Iridescent Sequins.

Row of Baubles

We stamped the tiny snowflakes randomly down the left hand edge of a Bermuda Bay card base using Bermuda Bay ink. The baubles were stamped in Basic Gray onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2½” and stamped the little snowflakes along the top of the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classe

Using a selection of Marker pens, Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay, Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party, the ladies picked out some areas of the baubles to colour. A thin layer of Silver Foil was added to hide the top of the bauble strings and the panel was added to a layer of Gorgeous Grape cardstock 4⅛” by 2¾” and this was added to the card front on dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped onto the card front with Gorgeous Grape ink and we tucked in strips of Highland Heather, Whisper White and Coastal Cabana cardstock under the raised panel and added the scatter of Iridescent Sequins.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles cards for November classes

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

Mo x