Lovely You

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet summery card made using the Lovely You stamp set from the new annual catalogue. I love the sets with lots of small images and a good selection of sentiments don’t you?

To recreate the Lovely You card you will need:

Terracotta Tile card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Mint Macaron – 4⅝” by 3⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 4 ½” by 3” -– rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner – for the inside
Mint Macaron – 2” by 2”
Whisper White – 2” by 2”

I began by stamping the filigree border image from the Very Versailles stamp set in Terracotta Tile ink across the middle of the smaller Whisper White panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral card made using the Lovely You stamp set

The largest leafy image from the Lovely You stamp set was stamped in 2^nd generation Mint Macaron ink, the longer leafy image was added with Old Olive ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral card made using the Lovely You stamp set

I inked up the larger flower with Crushed Curry ink and stamped it along side the leaves. The single flower was stamped in Terracotta Tile ink to fill up the white space. The stamped layer was added to the Mint Macaron panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral card made using the Lovely You stamp set

The sweet sentiment comes from the Lovely You stamp set and was stamped in Terracotta Tile ink onto the 2” square of Whisper White. This was cut out using the Stitched Shapes Dies. I also cut out a scalloped circle from the Layering Circle Dies and glued the two circles together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral card made using the Lovely You stamp set

I stamped the larger leafy image in Terracotta Tile ink in the upper left and lower right corner of the Terracotta Tile card base. The stamped layer was added on Dimensionals and the sentiment place on top with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral card made using the Lovely You stamp set

To complete the card I added a trio of Holiday Rhinestones.

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Wildflowers

Posted on May 31, 2020June 5, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet wildflowers card made using the new Field of Flowers stamp set which will be available when the new catalogue goes live in 3 days……….. whoop whoop.

To recreate the wildflowers card you will need:

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Petal Pink – 5⅞” by 4⅝”
Cherry Cobbler 5” by ½”
Cherry Cobbler 2⅞” by 2⅜” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 2¾” by 2¼” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Scrap Petal Pink

I ran the large panel of Petal Pink through the Big Shot in the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder then cut it on the diagonal giving me 2 pieces. I glued the strip of Cherry Cobbler along the top edge and trimmed of the excess with scissors. I adhered the embossed piece to the front of the Petal Pink card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral thank you card made using the Field of Flowers stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the stem and leaves in Garden Green ink onto the small panel of Whisper White.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral thank you card made using the Field of Flowers stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The flowers were inked in petal pink ink and I used a sponge dauber to add some Cherry Cobbler ink around the edges of each flower before stamping them above the leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral thank you card made using the Field of Flowers stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The stamped piece was added to the Cherry Cobbler layer with the same liquid adhesive and the panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral thank you card made using the Field of Flowers stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Blossom in Bloom stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink onto a strip of Petal Pink card and flagged the end with scissors. I added a trio of Holiday Rhinestones to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral thank you card made using the Field of Flowers stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

A pretty card, I hope you like it.

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Dressed To Impress stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty floral card

Lovely Lipstick

Posted on May 17, 2020May 11, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a gorgeous Lovely Lipstick card made using some retiring products along with the Dressed to Impress stamp set which is carrying over to the new catalogue.

To recreate the Lovely Lipstick card you will need:

Lovely Lipstick card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 3” by 2⅞” – rounded upper left corner
Best Dressed designer series paper (dsp) – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Dressed to Impress stamp set and Best Dressed dsp

I stuck the piece of dsp to the Lovely Lipstick card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This pack of dsp is so pretty, I will really miss it when it retires in June.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Dressed to Impress stamp set and Best Dressed dsp

The lipstick from the Dressed to Impress stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smaller panel of Whisper White card. The image was coloured using the following Blends Markers – Lovely Lipstick combo, Rich Razzelberry combo & Mint Macaron combo.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Dressed to Impress stamp set and Best Dressed dsp

The sentiment was stamped onto the same panel using the gorgeous Lovely Lipstick ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Dressed to Impress stamp set and Best Dressed dsp

I stamped one of the flowers from the Dressed To Impress stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Whisper White card , coloured it in using the same Blends Markers and die cut it out using the All Dressed Up Dies. It was added to the stamped panel with the same liquid glue. The card was completed with a trio of Gingham Gala Sequins which are also retiring.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty floral card made using the Dressed to Impress stamp set and Best Dressed dsp

I used the lipstick image to decorate the Whisper White panel for the inside of the card and the front of the envelope.

I hope you like the card.

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A pretty feminine card featuring Purple Blossoms - made using Stampin' Up! product

Purple Blossom Thank You card

Posted on April 28, 2020April 26, 2020 by Mo Rootes

We have so many gorgeous floral stamp sets at the moment and one of my favourites is the Forever Blossoms stamp set which I have used to make a purple blossom card.

To recreate the Purple Blossom card you will need:

Purple Posy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Old Olive – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Old Olive – 3⅜” by 2⅛”
Whisper White – 3¼” by 2”
Scrap Whisper White

I began by placing the smallest panel of Whisper White onto one of the larger Whisper White panels using a little temporary adhesive to hold it in place.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral purple blossom card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

I inked up the large spray of blossom using the Memento Tuxedo Black and stamped it onto the centre of the smaller panel making sure that it overlapped and stamped on the larger panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral purple blossom card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

I removed the smaller panel and coloured in the flowers, branch and leaves using the following Blends Markers – Purple Posy Combo, dark Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green. I did not colour the stamped areas on the larger panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral purple blossom card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

The larger Whisper White panel was glued to the larger Granny Apple Green panel using the same glue. The whole panel was then added to the Purple Posy card base. The small panel was then adhered onto the smaller Granny Apple Green layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral purple blossom card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

Th sentiment from the Sending Thoughts stamp set was stamped in Granny Apple Green ink onto a scrap of Whisper White and trimmed out using sharp scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A beautiful floral purple blossom card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

I added to trio of Noble Peacock Rhinestones to complete the card. So Pretty, I hope you like it.

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A pretty cherry blossom birthday card made using Stampin' Up! products

Cherry Blossoms for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Posted on March 28, 2020March 27, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the Hopping Around the World Hop where our theme this month is ‘flowers’. If you have hopped over from Jennifer Downey’s blog or started the hop with me…..welcome. I have chosen to use the gorgeous Forever Blossoms stamp set which is part of the Parisian Suite in the new Spring/Summer catalogue.

To recreate the Cherry Blossoms card you will need:

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic Black 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner – for the inside
Old Olive 1” by 3 ½”
Whisper White ¾” by 3½”

I inked up the gorgeous, large blossom image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped it randomly on the smaller Whisper White panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet floral birthday card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

The image was coloured in using the following Blends Markers – open flowers in dark Daffodil Delight and light So Saffron. Buds using dark Daffodil Delight and dark So Saffron. The leaves and stems were coloured in using the Old Olive Combo. I added the dots around the flower centres with the dark Basic Black marker. Using a small paintbrush I flicked on some Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint onto the stamped panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet floral birthday card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

The panel was then added to the Basic Black panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive then to the Old Olive card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet floral birthday card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

The sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink onto the strip of Whisper White card stock and glued to the Old Olive strip. I added Tear n Tape to the back of the sentiment panel and added strips of Scalloped Lace Ribbon to the top and bottom.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet floral birthday card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

The sentiment piece was then added to the stamped panel using the Dimensionals and a trio of Basic Pearls, coloured with the dark So Saffron Blends Marker were added to the sentiment strip to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet floral birthday card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

Such a pretty card, I hope you like it. Please hop on to see what Sandra Herzog has to share with us this month.

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First Frost stamp set used to make a pretty floral card

First Frost card inspired by my bathroom!

Posted on February 4, 2020January 30, 2020 by Mo Rootes

I was soaking in the bath the other day, as you do when I looked up and noticed how well the new box of tissues went with the colour of the cupboard doors and I thought I must try out that colour combo ……..we have to take our inspiration when it comes. Here is the card I came up with using the First Frost stamp set.

To recreate my bathroom inspired card you will need:

Merry Merlot card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Calypso Coral – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2– rounded upper left corner
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

I inked up the ‘sprig’ image using the Gray Granite and Merry Merlot Stamp and Write Markers and stamped on one of the Whisper White panels. I repeated this twice more. This panel was then added to the Calypso Coral panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to the Merry Merlot card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

I stamped the large flower in Merry Merlot ink and the small flower in Calypso Coral onto scrap Whisper White card stock and die cut them using the Frosted Bouquet dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped using Gray Granite ink onto scrap Whisper White and die cut using the same dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

The sentiment was added to the card front on Dimensionals and the roses placed around the sentiment using Dimensionals. I added a trio of Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful floral card with a colour combo inspired by my bathroom

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Band Together stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a sweet floral birthday card

Floral Band Together

Posted on December 17, 2019December 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet and simple card floral band card made using the Band Together stamp set.

To recreate the Floral Band Together card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right and lower left corners x 2
Scrap Whisper White

The large floral image was stamped on one of the Whisper White panels using Basic Gray ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I coloured the image using the following Blends Markers – Rococo Rose combo, Granny Apple Green combo & So Saffron combo.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to adhere the stamped panel to the Basic Black layer and added the whole piece to the Crumb Cake card base with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray ink and die cut using the Detailed Bands dies. I trimmed off one side and added it to the card base with the same liquid glue. I coloured some Basic Pearls in using the dark Rococo Rose Blends pen.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

I stamped the flower in Rococo Rose ink onto the remaining Whisper White panel and glued inside the card. The same image was used to decorate the front of the envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty floral card made using the Band Together stamp set

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The new Forever Blossoms stamp set by Stampin' Up! makes a stunning card

Forever Blossoms – Sneak Peak

Posted on December 1, 2019December 30, 2019 by Mo Rootes

To day I am sharing a sneak peek of a gorgeous new stamp set called Forever Blossoms which will be available from the 3^rd January 2020.

To recreate the Forever Blossoms card you will need:

So Saffron card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Old Olive 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5 ¼” by 3 ½” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner – for the inside
Scrap Old Olive & Whisper White

I inked up the gorgeous, large blossom image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped it twice on the smaller Whisper White panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set

I wrapped a strip of the lovely Gold Shimmer Ribbon around the panel adhering it on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then added to the Old Olive panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set.

The sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set was stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut using the Stitched Nested Dies. I also die cut a slightly larger label from Old Olive cardstock using the same dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set.

I glued the two labels together using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and trimmed the label down using my trimmer.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A gorgeous card made using the Forever Blossoms stamp set.

The label was added over the ribbon using Dimensionals and a bow added to the side. To add a bit of bling I added a trio of Gold Metallic Pearls.

Such a pretty card, I hope you like it.

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A pretty floral card made using the Soft Spring stamp set

Soft Spring Floral Card

Posted on August 27, 2019August 21, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Earlier this month I Took part in the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where we were challenged to make a card using the following colours – Blueberry Bushel, Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green and Silver. I loved this colour combo so much I thought I would use it again for thoday’s card using the Soft Spring stamp set.

To Recreate the Soft Spring card you will need:

Blueberry Bushel card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White cardstock – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – rounded upper right corner
Silver Foil – 4 ¼” by 3¼” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White cardstock 4” by 3” – rounded upper right corner
Scrap Blueberry Bushel for the sentiment

I ran one of the larger Whisper White panels through my Big Shot with the Mosiac Embossing Folder. I wrapped a length of ⅛” Lovely Lipstick Grosgrain ribbon around the panel securing it on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Soft Spring stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

I stamped the delphinium like flowers onto the small panel of Whisper White using the Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The leaves were infilled using the Granny apple Green ink and the solid leaf stamp. The bottom of the flowers were inked up using the Blueberry Bushel ink pad and the topof the flowers using the Lovely Lipstick ink pad. You could also do this using Stampin’ Write Markers.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Soft Spring stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The Embossing buddy was then swiped over the stamped panel to remove static and the dragonfly stamped using Versamark ink. I covered the image with Silver Embossing Powder and hear set it usig my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Soft Spring stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The stamped piece was then mounted onto the Silver Foil layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the whole panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Soft Spring stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto a scrap of Blueberry Bushel, covered with the Silver Embossing Powder and heat set as before.

I added a bow in the same ribbon and some Metallic Pearls in silver to complete the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Soft Spring stamp set used to make a sweet floral card

I stamped the dragonflies onto the remaining Whisper White panel and glued it to the inside of the card. The dragonflies were then stamped in the same ink onto a Whisper White envelope.

Such a soft and pretty card, love the 2 tone flowers. I hope you like it.

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