Bloom by Bloom

Posted on December 14, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to December’s Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop where the theme this month is our favourite from the upcoming Spring/Summer catalogue. My name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. I have chosen to use the stunning stamp set called Bloom by Bloom to make my card. I love all the bold floral images in this set and chose to stamp with some bright Spring like colours.

Making the card

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅞” by 3½”. I die cut a circle from the Layering Circles Framelit Dies, placed it on the Whisper White layer partially hanging off and lightly drew round it to help with the placement of the flowers.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bloom By Bloom stamp set used for the December Stamp ‘N hop blog hop

I stamped the leaves and flowers starting with the largest images and ending with the smallest one which were used to infill. I used Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana & Blueberry Bushel inks for the stamping. I added the stamped panel to a Flirty Flamingo panel 4” by 3⅝” having rounded the upper left corner of both panels. I erased the light pencil drawn circle.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bloom By Bloom stamp set used for the December Stamp ‘N hop blog hop

I stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Life stamp set in Granny Apple Green onto the die cut Whisper White circle. I used a couple of the small flowers to decorate the circle before adding it to a slightly larger Blueberry Bushel scalloped circle die cut using the same die set. I trimmed off the right side of the circle with my Trimmer and added it to the stamped layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bloom By Bloom stamp set used for the December Stamp ‘N hop blog hop

I took a Thick Whisper White card base and placed a large scrap of Blueberry Bushel cardstock and tilted it at an angle until it looked right, I turned the card over and trimmed off the excess. The Blueberry Bushel was then added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the stamped panel added on top with the same glue. To finish off the card I added a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Such a pretty card, I am really happy with how it turned out. I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

First Frost Double Z Fold Card

Posted on December 11, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sweet card I made for the special birthday of one of my oldest friends. I used the gorgeous First Frost stamp set and the co-ordinating Frosted Bouquet dies to make a pretty floral card.

Making the card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Double Z fold First Frost card for a special birthday

I started with 2 pieces of Thick Whisper White cardstock, one measuring 11” by 5½” and the other measuring 9¼” by 4¼”. Using my paper trimmer I scored both pieces at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”. I cut 3 panels of Frosted Floral dsp, one at 5¼” by 5¼” and 2 at 5¼” by 2 ½” and glued these to the larger of the Thick Whisper White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Double Z fold First Frost card for a special birthday

I rounded 2 double corners of the smaller Thick Whisper White panel with the Decorative Trio Punch. I then added panels of Grapefruit Grove cardstock – one measuring 3⅞” by 3⅜” and two measuring 3⅞” by 2½” having rounded the same corners.

I cut a panel of Whisper White cardstock 3¾” by 3¼” and stamped the leaves and sprigs in, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation Old Olive and Grapefruit Grove ink

I cut two panels of Whisper White measuring 2¾” by 2⅜”. I stamped the same leaves and sprigs onto the panels using the Old Olive and Grapefruit Grove inks as before. The stamped panels were then added to the Grapefruit Grove panels using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Double Z fold First Frost card for a special birthday

I stamped the numbers from the retired Number of Years stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink and die cut them using the Big Shot and the large Number Dies before adding them to the larger stamped panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The words from the same stamp set were stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink.

I stamped the lovely roses onto Whisper White cardstock; 1 large and 1 small in Cherry Cobbler and a second small one in Grapefruit Grove. These were then die cut using the Frosted Bouquet dies and the Big Shot. I added the large Cherry Cobbler and small Grapefruit Grove roses to the front panel and the smaller Cherry Cobber rose to the last panel.

I love the colour combo of this card and hope Jo likes it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

Lilypad Lake for a special birthday

Posted on December 9, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the card I made for my brother in law’s special birthday. When he and my husband were young men they had a boat and loved to sail so the Lilypad Lake set was perfect for this special card.

Making the card

I started with 2 pieces of Thick Whisper White cardstock, one measuring 11” by 5½” and the other measuring 9¼” by 4¼”. Using my paper trimmer I scored both pieces at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”. I cut 3 panels of Twinkle Twinkle dsp, one at 5¼” by 5¼” and 2 at 5¼” by 2 ½” and glued these to the larger of the Thick Whisper White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I rounded 2 double corners of the smaller Thick Whisper White panel with the Decorative Trio Punch. I then added panels of Poppy Parade cardstock one measuring 3⅞” by 3⅜” and two measuring 3⅞” by 2½” having rounded the same corners.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I cut a panel of Whisper White cardstock 3¾” by 3¼” and stamped the ‘waves’ in Balmy Blue, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd generation then over the top with Blueberry Bushel ink. I used Daffodil Delight and a sponge dauber to add the ‘sun’. Taking some scrap Whisper White cardstock I stamped the 3 boats twice in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut them using the Big Shot and the Lakeside Framelits. These were coloured in using the Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade markers and added to the stamped panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I die cut a few clouds from the Up & Away framelits die set and sponged the edges with Balmy Blue ink before glueing to the panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This panel was then added to the larger Poppy parade panel.

I cut two panels of Whisper White measuring 2 ¾” by 2⅜”. I stamped the same ‘waves’ at the bottom of one of the panels and added the ‘reeds’ which were die cut from Granny Apple Green cardstock using the Lakeside framelits.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lilypad Lake makes a special double Z fold birthday card

I stamped the numbers from the retired Number of Years stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink and die cut them using the Big Shot and the large Number Dies before adding to the remaining Poppy Parade panel on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The words from the same stamp set were stamped in Poppy Parade ink.

I am really happy with how this card turned out. I hope Rob likes it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

Signs of Santa for the Global Design Project #167

Posted on December 7, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

This weeks’ Global Design Challenge #167 is entitled ‘tis the season’ – whoo hoo basically we can share anything Christmas themed so here goes

Secret Santa Box

I have decided to share a box I designed to hold a sweet secret Santa gift which I will be taking to our team Christmas meal later this month.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I started with a piece of Coastal Cabana measuring 7½” by 7½” which I scored at 3” and 4½” using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I rotate the cardstock one turn and scored at 3” and 4½”. I then took a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅝” by 4⅝” and scored this at ½” and 1½” on all 4 sides. I trimmed both panels as shown in the photographs.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I ran the embossing buddy over both layers and stamped the sweet little snowflake stamps in Versamark ink on both panels, covered them with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool. I put both parts of the box together with Tear & Tape and slipped in my secret Santa gift. I used the lovely Poppy Parade Striped Ribbon to tie up the box

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

Using the Santa’s Workshop Designer Series Paper and the Santa’s Signpost dies I cut out a Mrs Claus and 3 little elves. I love that we can die cut this paper. I added the die cut pieces to the ribbon with Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I stamped the sentiment from the Signs of Santa stamp set in Poppy Parade ink and die cut a label. I attached it to the box with a Mini Glue Dot.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

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

Emboss Resist Butterfly Gala for a Inspire Create Challenge #032

Posted on December 4, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing with ideas for next year’s classes and came up with this one using the emboss resist technique and the gorgeous Butterfly Gala stamp set. It was the perfect card for the Inspire Create Challenge #032. This is a sketch challenge but the image shows only a blank page so we can submit anything at all for the challenge.

Making the card

I started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5⅞” by 2⅛”. I ran over the panel with my embossing buddy to get rid of static and stamped one of the lovely double butterfly images randomly down the panel in Versamark ink. I covered the Versamark ink with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool.

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

I inked up one of the sponge brayers with Lemon Lime Twist ink and inked up the bottom third of the stamped panel. I then added Balmy Blue ink to the middle of the panel and Highland Heather to the top of the panel making sure to blend the layers together. I wiped over the panel with some kitchen paper to remove the excess ink from the embossed butterflies and set the panel aside to dry. When dry I glued it to a 5⅞” by 2⅜”piece of Botanical Butterfly dsp.

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

Taking a Thick Whisper White card base I stamped the double butterfly down the card front in the same order of ink. The stamped and embossed panel was added with multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the centre left of the card front with the stamped butterflies peeking out.

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

I stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Life stamp set in Versamark ink, added Whisper White embossing powder and heat set it. This was added to the card front with liquid adhesive and some basic rhinestones were then added to complete the card.

Love this colour combo, such a pretty card. I am delighted to say I won this challenge!!

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Butterfly Gala stamp set and Amazing Life stamp set available in the Spring Summer catalogue on the 3rd January 2019

Beautiful Baubles stamp set and Detailed Baubles dies used for a Christmas Card

Simple Baubles Christmas Card

Posted on December 4, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I have been making a Simple Baubles Christmas card using the Beautiful Baubles stamp set and the Tropic Chic dsp.

Making the card

I took a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 3” and stamped the group of baubles from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set in Early Espresso Ink. I added the sentiment from the same stamp set in the same Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles stamp set used for a Christmas Card

I stamped the baubles again on a scrap of Whisper White and die cut them using the Detailed Baubles dies and my Big Shot. One of the baubles was then coloured in using the light Real Red and the light Granny Apple Green Blends pens and added it over the top of the other stamped baubles on a dimensional.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles stamp set used for a Christmas Card

I added this stamped layer to a panel of Early Espresso cardstock using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I wrapped a small piece of Real Red Ribbon around the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Baubles stamp set used for a Christmas Card

I glued a piece of Tropical Chic dsp 5⅞” by 1½” to the front of a Real Red card base and stamped the tiny snowflakes randomly across the remaining Real Red cardstock in Real Red ink. The stamped panel was then added using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A very simple Christmas card, I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Snowfall thinlits and Frosted Floral dsp for a Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge #436

Posted on December 2, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing my entry to this week’s Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge #436.

Making the card

www.crafty-rootes.com – Snowfall thinlits for a Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

I chose the Frosted Floral designer series paper (dsp) and cut 2 panels – one at 5¼ ” by 1” and the other at 4” by 1½”. The 5 ¼” by 1” piece was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to a panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock measuring 5⅜” by 1⅛”. The shorter panel was added in the same way to a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅛” by 1⅜.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Snowfall thinlits for a Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

I took a Gray Granite card base and added the longer panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I then placed the other panel on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Snowfall thinlits for a Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

The snowflake was added with a combination of Liquid Adhesive and Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment for the Itty Bitty Greeting stamp set in Blackberry Bliss ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and trimmed it down before adding with glue. I finished off with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Such a pretty card. I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Balloon Celebration stamp set used for the Global Design Project #166 sketch challenge

Balloon Celebration for the GDP #166 Challenge

Posted on November 30, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made using the Global Design Project #166 sketch challenge. I love a sketch challenge, it really makes you think about using what you have on your shelf in a different way.

Making the card

I started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 2 ¾” and adhered it, offset, to a panel of Highland Heather cut to the same size. These glued panels were then taken to the Big Shot and had a part circle cut out using the Layering Circle dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Balloon Celebration for the Global Design Project #166 sketch challenge

I took a Thick Whisper White card base and adhered a piece of Subtles dsp measuring 5⅝” by 3⅞”. I stamped the balloon string in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and added the die cut panel on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Balloon Celebration for the Global Design Project #166 sketch challenge

I added a balloon to the negative die cut space using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The balloon was punched using the Balloon Bouquet Punch from Highland Heather cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment from the One Wild Ride stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock 2¾” by ⅜” and added it to a strip of Highland Heather cardstock measuring 2¾” by ½”. I then punched a Coastal Cabana strip using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and added it to the sentiment. I love those little scallops peeking out, so pretty.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Balloon Celebration for the Global Design Project #166 sketch challenge

I covered the balloon with Clear Wink of Stella, added a Whisper White Baker’s Twine bow and some Glitter Enamel Dots to finish the card.

I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Incredible You Sneak Peek

Posted on November 27, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sneak peek using one of the stamp sets I was given at the recent OnStage demonstrator event in Birmingham.

Making the Incredible You card

I started with a panel of Whisper White 4¼” by 2¾” and stamped the leafy stalk randomly in the lower right corner in 1^st and 2^nd generation Old Olive ink. I added the other sprig of leaves in So Saffron ink. The stalky image was added in Old Olive and the flowers in Real Red ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Incredible You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I then stamped the large flower twice onto scrap Whisper White cardstock. The outline was stamped in full strength, 1^st generation Blackberry Bliss ink and the solid inner layer of the flower in 2^nd generation or stamped of Blackberry Bliss ink. I cut out both flowers with my scissors and added them to the lower right corner, one with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the other on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set was added in Old Olive ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Incredible You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I added the stamped layer to a panel of Old Olive cardstock 4⅜” by 2⅞” and then to a panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock 4⅝” by 3⅛”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Incredible You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking a Thick Whisper White card base I stamped the group of lines from the stamp set in So Saffron ink across the upper right and lower left corners and added the stamped panel on Stampin’ Dimensonals.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Bouquet of Lights Christmas cards using Stampin' Up! product

Bouquet of Christmas Lights

Posted on November 25, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a really sweet card made using a combination of the Making Christmas Bright and County Lane stamp sets to create a bouquet of lights,

Making the card

I started by stamping the sweet jug from the Country Home stamp set in Basic Gray ink onto a scrap of Smoky Slate cardstock and cut out the body of the jug using my super sharp Paper Snips. I stamped the jug again in Basic Gray onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” and added a little ‘ground’ using a Blender Pen and some Smoky Slate ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bouquet of Lights made with the Making Christmas Bright Stamp set

I inked up the bunch of balloon strings from the Balloon Celebration stamp set using the basic Gray ink and stamped it inside the jug on the Whisper White layer then added the Smoky Slate stamped jug, with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive over the top to hide the ends.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bouquet of Lights made with the Making Christmas Bright Stamp set

Taking the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch I punched out some bulbs from scraps of Real Red, Lemon Lime Twist, Blueberry Bushel and Coastal Cabana cardstock. I then punched out the bulb fittings from scrap Basic Gray cardstock and adhered the parts together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. Finally I coated the bulbs with Clear Wink of Stella……..gorgeous.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bouquet of Lights made with the Making Christmas Bright Stamp set

The bulbs were adhered over the strings with either Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive or Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a Whisper White Baker’s Twine bow with a Mini Glue Dot, to hold the ‘strings’ together.

Such a pretty card. I hope you like it

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

Mo x