Cookie Cutter Gingerbread Family

Posted on December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 by Mo Rootes

I have been making some Christmas cards recently and I thought I would share a couple of them with you today. I used the, oh so popular, Cookie Cutter Christmas and the gorgeous gingerbread man.

I stamped 3 gingerbread men in Early Espresso ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and punched them out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. I dressed them up with bows in Real Red and So Saffron and a bow-tie in Soft Sky ink stamped onto Soft Sky cardstock and added them to a Whisper White layer with Dimensionals. I added the tiny snowflake from the Star of Light stamp set. The sentiment, from the Stitched With Cheer stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso and die cut with the Big Shot using the Bunch of Banners framelit dies. The upper right corner of the Whisper White piece was rounded using a We R Memory Keepers ½” corner rounder and added to a panel of Soft Sky cardstock, which also had a rounded corner. The whole piece was added to Thick Whisper White card base, yes I also rounded the top right corner and to finished I added a Basic Rhinestone to each of the little girl’s hair bows. Such a charming card.

For the second card I stamped the gingerbread people in Early Espresso onto Whisper White cardstock and punched them out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. I stamped the large splatter stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set in Pool Party ink onto a panel of Whisper White, I think it looks a little like a map….. and added the gingerbread people either side. I mounted the piece onto a panel of Pool Party cardstock and added it using Tombow to a Thick Whisper White card base. I rounded the upper right and lower left corners of all the pieces using the Project Life Corner Rounder. As a final touch I added a Red Glimmer paper bow and buttons for the bit of sparkle. The sentiment comes from the retired set Festival of Trees and was stamped in Pool Party ink. Love it

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you like the projects. See you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set
Star of Light stamp set
Stitched With Cheer Stamp set
Gorgeous Grunge stamp set
Cookie Cutter Builder Punch
Bunch of Banners Framelit dies
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Soft Sky cardstock
Pool Party cardstock
Red Glimmer Paper
Early Espresso inkpad
Soft Sky inkpad
Pool Party inkpad
Prodject Life Corner Rounder
Big Shot + Magnetic Platform
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks C, B and E
Basic Rhinestones
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

Star of Light – a happy accident

Posted on December 2, 2016December 3, 2016 by Mo Rootes

I just love this card, so happy with the way it turned out and to think it started off as a DVD wrapper that I accidentally scored in the wrong places………aaarrgh don’t you just hate when that happens!!! I was loath to throw the stamped piece away and started to cut it down, and it turned into this fab card.

I saved two 4” by 4” panels which were stamped in Pool Party and Archival Basic Black ink on Whisper White cardstock using the Star of Light stamp set. I mounted one of the panels onto a layer of Basic Black cardstock then layered this piece onto a panel of Whisper White. The second stamped panel I cut into two 1 ¾ “pieces and added them onto the same black and white layers.

Using the Big Shot and the Starlight Framelit dies, I die cut the detailed star 3 times from Whisper White cardstock and layered them, one on top of the other using Tombow to give some dimension. I added the smaller detailed star cut from Black Glimmer paper and topped the star with a White Perfect Accent coloured with a mint green promarker pen. The star was added to the square stamped panel with a dimensional.

I added the panels to a 5½” by 5½” Whisper White card base folded as a modified ‘Z’ fold card. The backing dsp is from a retired pack called Perfectly Artistic. The sentiment was added in Archival Basic Black.

I made an envelope using the Perfectly Artistic dsp, the Envelope Punch Board and the super strong Tear and Tape.

This card is designed for my lovely Mum. Hope she likes it. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Come back soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Star of Wonder stamp set
Starlight Framelits
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Basic Black cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Archival Basic Black Ink pad
Pool Party ink pad
Big Shot + Magnetic Platform and Precision Base Plate
Big Shot Die Brush
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, B and H
Scoring Tool and Stylus
Envelope Punch Board
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Tear and Tape
Envelopes

Stitched With Cheer – making cards with scraps

Posted on November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by Mo Rootes

I was making up some demo cards using the gorgeous Stitched With Cheer kit ready for my December classes. I love that the kit includes kraft envelopes and dsp liners but noticed that a good 3” of the liner was hidden inside the envelope, so I cut it off. I used these off cuts to make simple cards.

I cut the 3” strips of dsp in half to give me 6 pieces 1½” by 5½”. Using the Triple Banner Punch I pennanted the ends of all the strips. I then cut the strips into different lengths.

For the first card I sewed the strips together at the top with gold baker’s twine and tied a bow on the right side. I added the sewn piece, using dimensionals, to a Whisper White card base and added a sentiment from he Stitched With Cheer stamp set in Emerald Envy ink. This card was then entered into our monthly team challenge – this month’s theme is ‘stitching’.

I wrapped some Emerald Envy Bakers Twine at the top of the remaining 3 strips and tied a bow before adding to a Crumb Cake card base. The same sentiment and ink colour was used.

We all have off cuts from pieces of dsp that we can’t bear to throw away, crafters are notoriously thrifty!!!

I hope you like these projects and thank you for stopping by. Come again soon

Mo x

Star of Light Christmas Class

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by Mo Rootes

The November classes featured the gorgeous Star of Wonder stamp set and co-ordinating Starlight Thinlit Dies and non-traditional Christmas colours. I don’t know about you but I get a bit tired of red and green after a while and fancied something a little more modern and decided that Elegant Eggplant, Pool Party, Whisper White and Copper Foil would look amazing.

The first card involved die cutting the solid star shape from a panel of Whisper White cardstock. This panel was then adhered to the Pool Party cardstock layer which was then added to an Elegant Eggplant card base. We then inset the detailed star die cut from Copper Foil and looking sensational especially when we added a large Basic Rhinestone to the centre. We added a sentiment from the same stamp set using Elegant Eggplant ink and called the card finished.

For the second card we stamped the fantastic ‘swoosh’ stamp along with the smaller single star onto the Whisper White panel using Versamark Ink covered it with Copper Embossing Powder then melted it using the Heat Tool and yes I did use the Embossing Buddy before stamping…… go me! We then added random stars using Pool Party ink. The whole piece was added to a layer of Copper Foil with Tombow glue. This panel was then added to a Pool Party card base. We die cut the solid star from Elegant Eggplant cardstock and topped it with one of the smaller die-cut detailed Copper stars and added a Rhinestone to the centre before adhering it to the front of the card.

Top Tip – we die cut the detailed stars for all three projects from this layer, no one will know once the stamped panel is adhered over the top and it makes the best use of expensive, speciality cardstock.

The DVD holder was based on a YouTube video by Tracey May – Bedlam and Butterflies – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWzqbertbQs

We covered a 10¾” square of Whisper White cardstock in randomly stamped ‘swoosh’s’ in Pool Party ink and the tiny trio of stars in Elegant Eggplant ink. The belly band was made using Elegant Eggplant cardstock with strip of Pool Party Stitched Satin Ribbon along the centre. I took the solid Whisper White star, saved from the first card and added a large detailed star cut from the Pool Party cardstock and topped it with a Copper Foil star and added the whole star to a label die cut from the Lots of Labels Framelit dies and used this to close the belly band as the sides don’t quite meet.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the projects I shared and that you will drop by again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Star of Light stamp set
Starlight Thinlit Dies
Lots of Labels Framelit Dies
Big Shot + Magnetic Platform and Precision Base Plate
Elegant Eggplant cardstock
Pool Party cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Copper Foil
Elegant Eggplant ink pad
Pool Party ink pad
Versamark ink pad
Copper Embossing Powder
Embossing Buddy
Stampin Up Heat Tool
Basic Rhinestones
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, C and E
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Tombow adhesive
Envelopes

Cookie Cutter Christmas Class

Posted on November 16, 2016November 16, 2016 by Mo Rootes

October went by so quickly I forgot to show the projects the ladies made during the October classes. We used the fabulous Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and the co-ordinating Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. This bundle has turned out to be so popular.

crafty-rootes.com – Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas

For the first card we stamped the sweet little Rudolph image using Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake cardstock. We rounded the top right corner using the Project Life Corner Rounder. The panel was then added to a Real Red cardstock layer with a rounded upper right corner and the whole piece added to a Thick Whisper White card base. A piece of retired Bermuda Bay dsp was added – you could use the current Brights Designer Paper Stack – to the front of the card. We stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Real Red ink onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock and added this onto the Bermuda Bay piece. The Rudolph image was stamped again in Crumb Cake onto a scrap of Whisper White and punched using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch along with the small bow which was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink and added using Tombow adhesive. The Gold Wink of Stella Pen gave Rudolph shimmery antlers and we gave him a Red Glimmer red nose. A small Red Glimmer star was punched out using the Star Confetti Punch and added to the sentiment.

For the second card we embossed a piece of Real Red Cardstock using the Cable Knit Embossing Folder, this gives such a cool 3D effect, gorgeous. The gingerbread people were stamped in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and punched out using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. We stamped the bows in Real Red and Bermuda Bay onto scraps of Whisper White before punching. 2 of the punched Red Glimmer stars were added as buttons to the Crumb Cake image. The gingerbread people were added to a Delicate White Doily. The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink onto Whisper White cardstock and added to the bottom of the card…….gorgeous.

The 3^rd project is a hanging gift card holder which will look great on the Christmas Tree. The gift card is die cut using the Gift Card Envelope Framelit and the Big Shot. We stamped all over the die cut piece using the snowflake stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set and 2^nd generation Bermuda Bay ink. The Santa image was stamped in Archival Basic Black ink and coloured in using Real Red, Blushing Bride and Basic Black markers. The buckle was added with the Gold Wink of Stella Pen before punching out the image with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. We die cut a circle from Pool Party Cardstock and a scalloped circle from Real Red cardstock using the Layered Circle Dies. The Pool Party circle was stamped with 2^nd generation Bermuda Bay ink before adding to the Real Red layer and the santa added with dimensionals. The Top flap of the gift card holder was punched with the ¼” Hand Held Punch, Linen Thread looped though with a strip of Gold Sequin Trim added for a bit of bling. We added a strip of retired gold washi tape and some punched Red Glimmer stars.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the project I shared and that you will drop by again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set
Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set
Crumb Cake cardstock
Thick Whisper White Cardstock
Real Red Cardstock
Pool Party Cardstock
Red Glimmer Paper
Brights Designer Series Paper Stack
Crumb Cake Ink pad
Real Red Ink pad
Bermuda Bay Ink pad
Archival Basic Black Ink pad
Early Espresso Ink pad
Real Red Marker
Basic Black marker
Blushing Bride marker
Cookie Cutter Builder Punch
Project Life Corner Rounder
Star Confetti Punch
¼” Hand Held Punch
Cable Knit Embossing Folder
Gold Wink of Stella Pen
Delicate White Doilies
Linen Thread
Gold Sequin Trim
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Big Shot with the Big Shot Platform and 2 Cutting Plates
Gift Card Envelope and Trims Thinlits
Layering Circles Dies
Acrylic blocks A, C and D
Scissors
Bone Folder
Tombow adhesive
Dimensionals
Envelopes

Totally Trees – Thinking of You

Posted on November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 by Mo Rootes

October hasn’t been a great month for my family. One of my lovely uncles died after a long battle with cancer and the day before his funeral we were told another uncle and his younger son have also been diagnosed with this horrible disease. I wanted to send my uncle and cousin a message of support as they start their chemotherapy journeys.

I had recently seen a YouTube video by Jenny Hall (of jennystampsup.com) using the Painter’s Palette stamp set with the set called Sheltering Tree – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCuv7CyCeho – I decided to CASE (copy and share everything) the card using the Totally Trees stamp set which was still out on my table.

I stamped the artist’s easel from the Painter’s Palette stamp set using Archival Basic Black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. A square of Very Vanilla, exactly the same size as the interior of the easel was die cut using the Layering Squares Framelit dies.

The trees were stamped in Soft Suede ink onto this small Very Vanilla panel. I added the autumnal leaves by stamping the tiny spray of leaves in Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Delightful Dijon inks. I added the ground at the base of the trees using 3^rd generation Garden Green ink. The stamped panel was added to the easel using dimensionals.

The sentiment comes from the Rose Wonder stamp set and was stamped using Archival Basic Black ink below the easel. The whole panel was added to a layer of Basic Black cardstock leaving a ⅛” border, then added to the Crumb Cake card base using Tombow adhesive.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the project I shared and that you will drop by again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Totally Trees stamp set
Painter’s Palette stamp set
Rose Wonder stamp set
Crumb Cake cardstock
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Basic Black Cardstock
Archival Basic Black Ink pad
Delightful Dijon Ink pad
Soft Suede Ink pad
Garden Green Ink pad
Cherry Cobbler Ink pad
Cajun Craze Ink pad
Pumpkin Pie Ink pad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, C, D and E
Scissors
Bone Folder
Tombow adhesive
Dimensionals
Envelopes

Totally Trees – Happy Anniversary

Posted on October 30, 2016October 30, 2016 by Mo Rootes

Totally Trees is a gorgeous stamp set from the Autumn/Winter catalogue which totally passed me by on my first look through. How did that happen……. To be honest I probably got side-tracked by all the gorgeous Christmas stuff….

This week I needed to make an anniversary card for some friends. They love their garden and are big fans of being outdoors so Totally Trees seemed like a perfect choice.

The 4 trees were stamped in a line in Chocolate Chip Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. I stamped trees 1 and 4 first as this gave me better spacing for trees 2 and 3. I wanted to show the tree in all seasons, starting with spring I planned to

Tree 1 – Spring, the leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink and tiny blossoms were added using the small spray of leaves and Pink Pirouette ink. Tree 2 – Summer, the leaves are stamped using Cucumber Crush ink. In hindsight I would probably use Garden Green which is less bright. Tree 3 – Autumn, I used the small spray of leaves again and Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie Inks. Tree 4 – Winter, as many trees are deciduous I left this tree leafless.

I ‘grounded’ the trees using 3^rd generation Chocolate Chip Ink and stamped the sentiment, which comes from the Banners For You stamp set, using Delightful Dijon ink. The stamped piece was then added to a mat of Delightful Dijon cardstock and this panel was added with dimensionals to a Thick Whisper White card base.

I loved this card and this stamp set. I have so many ideas for Totally Trees again. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the project I shared and that you will drop by again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Totally Trees stamp set
Banners For You stamp set
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Delightful Dijon Cardstock
Chocolate Chip Ink pad
Pear Pizzazz Ink pad
Pink Pirouette Ink pad
Cucumber Crush Ink pad
Delightful Dijon Ink pad
Garden Green Ink pad
Cherry Cobbler Ink pad
Pumpkin Pie Ink pad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, C, H and I
Scissors
Bone Folder
Tombow adhesive
Dimensionals
Envelopes

Stitched With Cheer

Posted on October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 by Mo Rootes

In this years’ Autumn – Winter Catalogue there is a great kit called the Stitched With Cheer Project Kit containing 18 cards to make each including an element of hand stitching which is so fashionable this year. In addition to the kit there is an accompanying stamp set.

Today, I decided to have a play with this set, also called Stitched With Cheer. It contains lots of lovely seasonal sentiments and many small images including snowflakes, stars, trees and holly leaves.

I used Crumb Cake cardstock for all 3 card bases and stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock using the 3 snowflake images from the set. I used Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon (1st and 2nd generation) and Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the images.

In the 1st card I layered the Very Vanilla stamped piece onto a panel of Delightful Dijon cardstock before adhering it to the card base using Tombow Glue. The sentiment was die cut using the Bunch of Banners framelits and added with dimensionals and added some of the Gold Metallic Enamel Shapes.

I added a panel of retired Bohemian dsp to the Crumb Cake card base with Tombow. The stamped panel of Very Vanilla was added with dimensionals and after wrapping some of the gold metallic thread from the Bakers Twine Trio Pack around and tying it into a small bow with long tails.

To the 3rd card base I added a strip of Gold Glimmer card and a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock to the left hand side. The Very Vanilla stamped panel was added with Tombow after adding a wrap of the gold bakers twine.

I am really happy with these cards and can’t wait to try the 3 small tree stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the projects I shared and that you will drop by again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Stitched With Cheer stamp set
Bunch of Banners Framelit Dies
Crumb Cake Cardstock
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Delightful Dijon Cardstock
Chocolate Chip cardstock
Gold Glimmer Paper
Crumb Cake Ink pad
Delightful Dijon Ink pad
Chocolate Chip Ink pad
Bakers Twine Trio Pack
Gold Metallic Enamel Shapes
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Bigshot + Multipurpose Platform
Acrylic blocks B,B, C, A and A
Scissors
Bone Folder
Tombow adhesive
Dimensionals
Envelopes

Happy Anniversary Vintage Leaves

Posted on October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 by Mo Rootes

Today is my husband David and I’s anniversary, 32 years and it was a day very similar to today, cool and crisp but very sunny with beautiful light. Not that I was particularly aware of that on the day, I just remember being so thankful it wasn’t raining.

David loves nature and likes simple cards, nothing mucked about with. With that in mind I got out the Vintage Leaves stamp set and Leaflets Framelit dies and set about making him a card. I took as my inspiration a card made by the fabulous Dena Rekow of The Creativity Cave which involves a technique called ‘faux watercolour’. Here is the link to her technique video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVMJStokKwQ

I stamped the leaves onto the lower ⅔’s of a piece of Watercolour cardstock in Wild Wasabi ink. To give different shades of the same colour I stamped again without re-inking and then again to get three progressively light shades of the same colour, this technique is called first, second and third generation stamping. Whilst each leaf was still damp I painted over it with an Aquapainter filled with plain water. Love the soft, subtle effect this gives to the leaves.

I added a piece of retired Wild Wasabi seam-binding ribbon to the stamped panel and mounted the panel onto a piece of the gorgeous Copper Foil cardstock then onto a Wild Wasabi card base. Carrying on the Copper theme, I stamped two of the leaves in Versamark ink, added Copper Embossing Powder and used my heat tool to melt the powder. The leaves were then die cut using the Leaflet Framelit dies. I added some Linen Thread to tie the stems of the leaves together and added them to the ribbon with a small wooden leaf from the retired Into The Woods elements. The sentiment comes from the Banners For You stamp set.

I am really happy with this card. Thank you for the inspiration Dena.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Hope you like the project I shared and that you will drop by again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Vintage Leaves stamp set
Banners For You stamp set
Leaflets Framelits Dies
Wild Wasabi Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock for the inside panel
Watercolor Cardstock
Cooper Foil cardstock
Wild Wasabi Inkpad
Versamark Ink pad
Copper Embossing Powder
Heat Tool
Wild Wasabi Seam-binding ribbon
Into The Woods wooden elements
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Linen Thread
Stampin Trimmer
Bigshot + Multipurpose Platform
Acrylic blocks H & H
Scissors
Bone Folder
Tombow adhesive
Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots

Number of Years – 95

Posted on October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 by Mo Rootes

Today I have been making a very special card for a very special person. My father in law, Basil will be 95 in early Nov, though you would never think it to look at him. He still lives independently and manages really well with a little help from my sister in law Kate and nephew Chris. He loves his Jazz music, reads a lot, walks his dog and is looking forward to his party.

I wanted to do a special card for him and was trawling through Pinterest looking for ideas when I came across a card designed by Amanda Bates of The Crafty Spa – http://thecraftspa.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/number-of-years-double-z-joy-fold-card.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheCraftSpa+(The+Craft+Spa)

I loved the elegant look of the card and thought it looked great in masculine colours, so I got out my Number of Years stamp set and the co-ordinating Large Number Framelit dies and started to look through my dsp. I really liked the Dapper Denim papers in the By The Shore dsp pack and chose the thick stripes and the ombre blue paper pattern for my panels.

I made the card base using Soft Sky cardstock. The stamped panels are Very Vanilla and the main stamped panel is layered onto Dapper Denim.

The numbers 9 and 5 are stamped in Dapper Denim ink onto Very Vanilla and die cut using the Large Number dies. I stamped the ‘look whose turning’ sentiment, from the same stamp set, using the same ink colour. I though this looked a little plain so added the star banner from Tin of Tags stamp set in Soft Sky and Dapper Denim ink. I used the same banner image on the 2 smaller panels of Very Vanilla and added the ‘Happy Birthday’ from the Confetti Celebration stamp set to finish the card off. I made an envelope for the card using the same pack of dsp and the Envelope Punch Board.