Happy Birthday Balloon Adventure

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 by Mo Rootes

I have been using the Balloon Adventures stamp set today as I needed to make a quick birthday card. I stamped a variety of balloons using the solid, spotty and striped balloons from the stamp set onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. I had more balloons than I needed and I put the spares into small Ziploc bags and store these inside the stamp set box to use on other projects.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Balloon Adventure by Stampin’ Up!

I took a layer of Whisper White cardstock and stamped a number of balloons randomly using the same colours as I used for the punched balloons, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Crushed Curry, in the top half of the panel and added strings using Archival Basic Black Ink. Using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I added a strip of retired Cherry on Top dsp, you could use any dsp that co-ordinates with your colour palette. I then added a thin piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock to cover the ends of the balloon strings. I added 3 of the punched balloons onto the topper using Stampin’ Dimensionals to give some height to the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birthday card using Balloon Adventures stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock using Archival Basic Black ink and punched out using the Classic Label Punch. It was added to the topper using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The whole topper was then added to a Tempting Turquoise card base.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you. 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.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Balloon Adventure stamp set
Punches
Balloon Bouquet & Classic label
Cardstock
Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise
DSP
Cherry on Top (retired)
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry & Real Red
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
C & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Whisper White Envelopes

Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies make gorgeous beach huts

Posted on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by Mo Rootes

I have been starting to think about the display items for my upcoming Stamp-a-Stack on the 6^th May. The theme of the day is ‘Summer’ and what is more summery than going to the seaside. In the UK some of the seaside resorts have a row of really cute Beach Huts, no bigger than a large garden shed, where you can change into you swimming costumes, eat your picnic, store all your beachy items and get a little shade or shelter from the rain! The huts are usually right next to the beach and are often painted in lovely colours.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I set to work to create 3 of these huts using the Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and the co-ordinating Sweet Home stamp set.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

For the 1^st one I die cut 2 of the large hut builder pieces using So Saffron cardstock. I die cut the opening door from the front panel then stamped the door image from the Sweet Home stamp set in Garden Green ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out using the die. I adhered the door panel onto the opening door part and added a tiny retired metal brad as a door handle. The door frame was cut from Crumb Cake cardstock and added using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I die cut a window on each side of the hut and at the back and added a Crumb Cake die cut window frame on top. I then folded and burnished all the score lines and add Tear and Tape adhesive on all the tabs to put the hut together. I added a die cut Whisper White banner to the front of the hut as a finishing touch. I die cut the roof shingles from Crumb Cake cardstock, 6 for each side and glued then on starting at the bottom of the roof slope and working my way to the top, overlapping and offsetting each layer. To finish it off I added a small strip of Crumb Cake cardstock, scored down the middle to cover the top of the roof.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The 2^nd hut was made from Pool Party cardstock which was stamped repeatedly with the 3 line image from the Sweet Home stamp set in Pool Party ink giving a wood panelled effect. The door was also stamped in Pool Party ink and a Pool Party Enamel shape was added as a door handle. The door frame and windows were cut from Whisper White cardstock and the roof was made using some retired White Corrugated card. The hut was adhered together in the same way.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies and Sweet Home Stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The 3^rd hut was made using Pink Pirouette cardstock with a Smoky Slate cardstck door and door frame and Whisper White windows. A Pink Pirouette enamel shape was added to the door as a handle. The roof was made using strips of Very Vanilla cardstock, cut part way up using the (retired) Fringe Scissors.

I think the huts look fantastic and I can’t wait to start putting my display together.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Sweet Home
Dies
Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies
Cardstock
Whisper White, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla & Corrugated White (retired)
Ink Pads
Garden Green, Pool Party & Smoky Slate
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot, Platform and Cutting Pads, Bone folder, Paper Piercer, Fringe Scissors (retired) and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Tear & Tape
Accessories
Subtle Enamel Shapes & Mini Brads (retired)

Flower Patch makes a beautiful set of One Sheet Wonder cards

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Here are the gorgeous cards we made in class this week using the One Sheet Wonder technique and the Flower Patch stamp set.

gave them each an A4 sheet of Whisper White cardstock and they stamped a variety of flower and leaf images from the Flower Patch stamp set randomly all over the paper. Having said that, some of the ladies really struggle with ‘random’ stamping but they all looked fab.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Flower Patch stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The colours we used were Peakaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Cucumber Crush, Sweet Sugarplum, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray and the trick to a One Sheet Wonder is to start by stamping with the largest image first, then the second largest and so on until you get to the smallest, filling in as much of the white space as possible until the whole sheet is covered. When everyone was happy with their stamped piece we set about cutting the sheet apart using the Stampin’ Trimmer.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Flower Patch stamp set by Stampin’ Up! – One Sheet Wonder

The cutting is actually quite straight forward if you follow the template and number the pieces as you cut them. We used some Peakaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo cardstock to back or edge the stamped pieces before adding them to card bases made of Thick Whisper White cardstock. We made 4 cards in class and the ladies had the pieces to make another 4 at home.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Flower Patch stamp set by Stampin’ Up! One Sheet Wonder

The ladies all loved this technique which is really versatile and I hope they will go home and try it with some of the stamp sets in their crafty stashes.

I made some really cute table gifts for the ladies using the same colour cardstock and a belly band cut from the same A4 sheet.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Flower Patch stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Flower Patch
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Peakaboo Peach & Flirty Flamingo
Ink Pads
Peakaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Rose Red, Sweet Sugarplum, Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush & Basic Gray
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A,B, C & D
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals

Envelope Punch Board boxes to hold little treats from Amsterdam for my team

Posted on April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Oops meant to post this yesterday but seem to have got my days muddled up………don’t you hate when that happens……….Still better late than never. Here are some cute little boxes I made to hold some choccy treats for my team members as they were unable to come with me to Onstage in Amsterdam. I had to share the love and chocolate always hits the spot.

I divided the chocolates so that all my team members had the same number – don’t want any fighting, measured the pile of chocolate to work out the size of paper I needed to make the box and after a lot of head scratching I decided to use the Envelope Punch Board. I went to a fantastic site – http://thecraftyowl.co.uk/boxbuster – entered the measurements and the amazing calculator told me that I needed a piece of dsp measuring 5¼” by 5¼” – I used the retired ‘Inside The Lines’ dsp for to make my boxes but any dsp would work. The box buster is such an amazing tool created by Joanne James aka The Crafty Owl and I was lucky enough to meet her, along with her team mate Helen whilst at Onstage. We are also going to be sharing team training with Joanne’s team in May which should be fun.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Envelope Punch Board project using Stampin’ Up! product

Using the Envelope Punch Board I punched and scored at 1 ½” and 2 ½” then turned the dsp 90⁰, matched up the 2 score lines, punched and scored again and repeated all the way around.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Envelope Punch Board project using Stampin’ Up! product

Then I folded and burnished the score lines and cut up the 4 tabs on the long sides before adding glue (Fast Fuse Adhesive) to the tabs and adhering them to the short sides forming the base of the box. I popped in the chocolates and folded the 2 small side tabs in, one of the large tabs then folded inwards with the tip tucked in. The remaining side then folded over to close the top. It is slightly domed and the point is folded down and held closed with a Mini Glue Dot.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Envelope Punch Board treat boxes made using Stampin’ Up! products

Once closed, I wrapped a length of twine, I used retired stock, 3 times around the box and tied in a bow. I stamped the sentiment from the Banners For You stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut it using a sweet little tag from the Cutie Pie Thinlet dies and tied it on using White Baker’s Twine.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Banners For You
Dies
Cutie Pie Thinlits Dies
Cardstock
Whisper White
Ink Pads
Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon – all retired colours
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Envelope Punch Board, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Multipurpose platform, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B
Adhesives
Fast Fuse & Mini Glue Dots
Sundries
White Baker’s Twine & Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon Twine – retired

Easter Cards using Letters for You

Posted on April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Having had a fab time with my team mates at Onstage Live in Amsterdam over the last few days it was back to the real world today as I got my Easter cards ready to post. Here is how i made them.

Using the Letters for You stamp set I stamped the letters E, A, S, T, E and R in Calypso Coral, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder ink onto Whisper White cardstock. I think these soft, subtle colours go so well for projects with Spring themes. I then die cut the letters using the co-ordinating Large Letter Framelit dies. I wanted the letters to have some dimension and achieved this by die-cutting 2 extra letters from Whisper White cardstock for each stamped letter and gluing them using Tombow Liquid Adhesive, one on top of the other so that the letters are raised up.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Letters For You stamp set, Large Letter Framelits and Sprinkles of Life by Stampin’ Up!

I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock 6¼” by 2¾” and using the stems stamp from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set I stamped along the bottom using Pear Pizzazz ink. I added the tiny flowers from the same set using Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Letters For You stamp set, Large Letter Framelits and Sprinkles of Life by Stampin’ Up!

The letters were adhered above the flower border using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. A tiny flower was punched in co-ordinating card using the Tree Builder Punch and added to a letter with a Mini Glue Dot and a Basic Rhinestone added for some interest.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Letters For You stamp set, Large Letter Framelits and Sprinkles of Life by Stampin’ Up!

I layered the topper onto a co-ordinating colour cardstock – Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Marina Mist or Calypso Coral and added the whole piece to a DL size Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Letters For You stamp set, Large Letter Framelits and Sprinkles of Life by Stampin’ Up!

I absolutely love these cards, they look so fresh and Spring like. Hope you like them.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Letters For You & Sprinkles of Life
Dies
Large Letters Framelit Dies
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder
Ink Pads
Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder
Punches
Tree Builder
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Multipurpose platform, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B & D
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals & Mini Glue Dots
Sundries
Basic Rhinestones

Gorgeous elegant card using the Beautiful You stamp set

Posted on April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Today I have been making a card using the gorgeous Beautiful You stamp set, I think this is my favourite set from this years Spring/ Summer catalogue.

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

I stamped the lovely, elegant lady using Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut her out using the Stitched Shapes framelits. I stamped the lady again onto a piece of Floral Boutique dsp and cut out the dress using a pair of scissors. I glued the dsp dress onto the die cut lady using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I coloured the ladies hat using a Pink Pirouette Marker.

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

I die cut a scalloped oval from Pink Pirouette cardstock and a plain oval from Night of Navy cardstock using the Layering Oval framelits. I used Tombow Liquid Adhesive to adhere the stamped piece to the Pink Pirouette oval and added them to the Night of Navy oval.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful You by Stampin’ Up!

I took a Whisper White panel and placed my chosen mask on top. Using a Sponge Dauber and the Pink Pirouette ink pad I inked randomly through the mask to create a spotty background effect. I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy ink in the lower left hand corner. I wrapped some Thick Night of Navy Baker’s Twine 3 times around the Whisper White layer adhering the twine with sellotape at the back. I added the Whisper White panel to a layer of Pink Pirouette cardstock with Tombow Liquid Adhesive before adding the whole piece to a Night of Navy card base. I added the oval piece on top of the Baker’s Twine using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This is such an elegant looking card, I love Night of Navy and Pink Pirouette together.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Beautiful You
Dies
Stitched Shapes framelits & Layering Oval dies
Cardstock
Whisper White, Night of Navy & Pink Pirouette
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black ink, Night of Navy & Pink Pirouette
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Magnetic platform, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B & D
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Sundries
Sponge Daubers, Night of Navy solid Baker’s Twine, Seasonal Decorative Masks, Whisper White Envelope

Amsterdam Onstage Live – here we come……….

Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Every 6 months Stampin’ Up! holds an event known as Onstage Live or Onstage Local in its 3 world markets – USA/Canada, Australia/New Zealand or Europe – UK, Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands. Onstage Live is a 3 day extravaganza held once every 18 months in each of the 3 markets. Co-ordinating with this event there are multiple 1 day Onstage Local events in Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Onstage is where we demonstrators get together to drool over a new catalogue, watch demonstrations of new product, play with new product, have business related training sessions, get lots of freebies and network with other demos, sharing ideas and tips. It is always great fun and we all go home buzzing with ideas and inspiration

This week Onstage Live is happening in Amsterdam and I am going – whoop whoop – along with my lovely upline Mikaela and 4 other team members – we are going to have sssoooooo much fun.

One of the things many of us do at Onstage is called swapping – basically we bring along something we have designed and swap it for something made by someone else. It is a great way to come home with new ideas. We have to use current Stampin’ Up! product and often people make a card front rather than a full card. People also make bookmarks, boxes, bags, decorated clips etc……. you would not believe how ingenious and versatile peoples swaps can be. We also put a ‘recipe’ on the back of each with our name.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Swirly Bird by Stampin Up for Onstage swaps

This year I have made 60 card fronts as my swaps, easier to take on a flight than the little bags I made for November’s Telford swaps. I cut strips of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped 3 – 4 kites using the Swirly Bird stamp set on each using a mixed variety of the colours listed below – no 2 card fronts are the same. I added a strip of either Chocolate Chip or Peakaboo Peach cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive to the left hand side of the stamped piece and adhered this to a layer of Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo or Sweet Sugarplum cardstock.

The greeting comes from the Banners For You stamp set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock before being die cut using the Bunch of Banners framelit dies and added to the card front using Stampin Dimensionals.

Can’t wait to start swapping with other demo’s in Amsterdam, hope like like my swaps.

If you would like to come to the next Onstage in November 2017 then contact me for information about joining my team or click on the ‘Shop Online’ button and follow the ’Join the Fun’ link. I would love to have you in my team.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Swirly Bird & Banners For You
Dies
Bunch of Banners
Cardstock
Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo & Sweet Sugarplum
Ink Pads
Chocolate Chip, Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo & Sweet Sugarplum
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Magnetic platform, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A,B & D
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid & Stampin’ Dimensionals

Jar of Love and Nailed It for a masculine card

Posted on March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Mo Rootes

I have had an idea rattling about in my head for the last week or so, but no time to actually try it out until this morning. I knew that the Jar of Love and Nailed It stamp sets would make a fab shaker card and in the right colours it makes a great masculine card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Jar of Love and Nailed It stamp sets by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the largest jar from the Jar of Love stamp set in Archival Basic Black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Using the Big Shot and Multipurpose Platform I die cut the jar out using the co-ordinating Every Day Jars framelits, also cutting out the centre leaving just the rim of the jar. From a scrap of Window Sheet I die cut the largest jar shape again and glued it onto the back of the rim of the jar using Tombow Liquid Adhesive and set it aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Jar of Love and Nailed It stamp sets by Stampin’ Up!

While I was waiting I die cut a number of bolts and screws from the from Silver Foil cardstock using the Build It framelits, these will be the shaker pieces inside my jar. When the jar piece was dry I added the Foam Adhesive Strips to the back making sure to leave no gaps for the bits to fall through.

I chose a piece of Seaside Shore dsp with a love blue ombre pattern and adhered it to a piece of Basic Black cardstock with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I placed the bolts and crews onto the dsp in a single layer, removed the backing tape from the Foam Adhesive Strips and add the jar over the top pressing down firmly. I then added the entire piece to a Pacific Point card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Jar of Love and Nailed It stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment, from the Nailed It stamp set, was stamped in Archival Basic Black ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock and cut into a small flag shape using Scissors. It was stuck to the card front using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I really liked the card but wondered if it needed another pop of colour. With this in mind I stamped the jar lid from the Jar of Love stamp set in Real Red ink and die cut it out using the Every Day Jars framelits.

Which version do you like – with the Real Red lid or without? Let me know.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Jar of Love & Nailed It
Dies
Every Day Jars & Build It
Cardstock
Pacific Point, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Window Sheet and Silver Foil
DSP
Seaside Shore
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black & Real Red
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Multipurpose platform, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B & E
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid & Foam Adhesive Strips
Sundries
Very Vanilla Envelope

Moon Baby for a precious baby girl

Posted on March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Today the Moon Baby stamp set was out on my desk and I couldn’t resist having another play with my Watercolor Pencils. This is what I came up with, hope you like it.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the cute floating baby image from the Moon Baby stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a layer of Whisper White cardstock. I added a sprinkling of stars to the top of the panel. I coloured the images in using the gorgeous Watercolour pencils and a Blender Pen. I used Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral pencils.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The Whisper White panel was mounted onto a layer of Melon Mambo cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then added onto a Crumb Cake card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I die cut some clouds from Vellum cardstock using the Up & Away Framelit dies and added them using Mini Glue Dots. Then some stars punched from Gold Glimmer Paper using the Star Confetti punch to make stars.

Such a cute card, I just need to find a baby girl to give it to!

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Moon Bay stamp set
Dies
Up & Away Framelit dies
Cardstock
Crumb Cake, Whisper White. Melon Mambo, Vellum & Gold Glimmer
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black
Watercolor Pencils
Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay & Calypso Coral
Punches
Star Confetti
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
C, D & E
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals & Mini Glue Dots
Sundries
Whisper White Envelope

Papillon Potpourri for a Mother’s Day Box card

Posted on March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 by Mo Rootes

One of my oldest friends Jo Law – http://www.facebook.com/Jospapercrafts/?fref=ts – who is also one of my downline, has been on a roll making gorgeous box cards and I was inspired to make my own version for my Mum as her Mother’s Day card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Papillion Potpourri stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I chose Soft Sky cardstock for the box and cut a piece 12” by 6 ½” and scored it at 2¾”, 5½”, 8¼” and 11” the turned it 90⁰ on my Simply Scored Scoring Tool and scored at 2¾”. A second piece of Soft Sky 5¾” by 2” was scored on the long side at 1” and 4¾” then turned to the short side and cut into 2 1” strips. I cut some Rose Red cardstock into 4 pieces measuring 2½” by 2½” and 1 piece at 6¼” by 2½”. I stuck the layers together with Tombow Liquid Adhesive and added them to the Soft Sky panels.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Inside the Lines dsp and Papillion Potpourri stamp set from Stampin’ Up! makes a lovely Mother’s Day card

I chose to use the gorgeous Inside the Lines dsp – one of the Sale-a-Bration free choices with a £45 order until the 31^st March 2017 – for my decorative panels and cut 4 pieces at 2¼” by 2¼” and one at 6⅛” by 2¼” . I used Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette, Island Indigo and So Saffron markers to partially colour the dsp before adding them to the Rose Red panels on the box.

I cut up each of the smaller, square panels and removed the small tab at the end. I folded and burnished 3 of the 4 cut squares leaving one intact to act as the back of the box. I then folded and burnished all of the side panels using my Bone Folder and adhered the box together using Fast Fuse Adhesive. I then folded the ends of the two 1” strips and added them to the inside of the box using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

I stamped lots of butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set in Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette and Soft Sky onto Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the Elegant Butterfly and the Bitty Butterfly punches.

I cut some thin strips of Window Sheet and stuck the butterflies on using Mini Glue Dots and added them to the supporting strips inside the box so that they appear to be flying out. I added some Basic Rhinestones to give a bit of sparkle to this gorgeous card. The sentiment comes from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set and was stamped in Rose Red ink and punched out using the Classic Label Punch. It was added to the front panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I am really pleased with this card, it looks fabulous. I hope Mum likes it.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Papillon Potpourri & Thoughtful Banners
Cardstock
Soft Sky, Whisper White, Rose Red and Window Sheet
Designer Series Paper (dsp)
Inside the Lines
Ink Pads
Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette & Soft Sky
Markers
Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette, Island Indigo, So Saffron & Soft Sky
Punches
Bitty Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly & Classic Label
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, C, D and H
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals & Mini Glue Dots
Sundries
Basic Rhinestones