Birthday card with balloons made using Stampin' Up products

Hand Delivered Balloons for a Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop

Stamp 'N Hop blog hop by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome back to another Stamp ‘N Hop. I am joining you from a village 10 miles outside the beautiful city of Cambridge in the UK. In this hop we are teasing you with some of our favourite pre-order items from the new Annual Catalogue which will be available from the 1st June 2018.  If you have hopped over from Tracie Marie Lewis I am sure your loved her project, as did I.

For this month’s blog hop I have chosen the  Hand Delivered Stamp Set. This sweet stamp set is a hostess only purchase and has so many quirky images which can be used for many different occasions and I especially like the ‘to the graduate’  and the ‘hope you feel better soon’ sentiments.

Making the card

I started with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 3⅞” by 2⅞” which I adhered to the bottom left hand corner of a Whisper White card base using a little Snail Adhesive. I stamped the skirt and legs of the girl onto the panel  using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and added the top of the girl holding the balloons, deliberately stamping off the edge onto the card base. I then lifted the stamped panel off the card base which I set aside.

Birthday card with balloons made using Stampin' Up products

www.crafty-rootes.com – Hand Delivered stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking the following Stampin’ Blends Pens I coloured in the girl and the balloons – light & dark Rich Razzelberry, light & dark Pink Pirouette, light & dark Pool Party, light Bermuda Bay and the Colour Lifter.

Birthday card with balloons made using Stampin' Up products

www.crafty-rootes.com – Hand Delivered stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Using the Detailed Trio Punch I rounded the upper left corner of the stamped and coloured panel and added it to a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock 4” by 3” with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I used the same punch to round the corner. I added this piece to the card base on Stampin’ Dimensionals taking care to match up the balloons.

Birthday card with balloons made using Stampin' Up products

www.crafty-rootes.com – Hand Delivered stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzelberry ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and trimmed it out using scissors. I added it to the card front with Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

I absolutely love the simplicity of this set and I really wish there was a male version.

I am so enjoying being part of this amazingly talented group of demonstrators from around the world. To carry on hopping click on the button below or click on the link to the lovely Linda Handford and see what she has chosen to share with us this month.

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  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

Terry Montgomery

Tracey Gouraud

Tracie Evans Langley

Idonna Miller

Kimberly Smith

Danielle Kassing

Kayla Adams

Britney Vanderlaan

Bobbi Miller

Mikaela Titheridge

Rachel Traudt

Melissa Kerman

Tracy Marie Lewis

Mo Rootes

Linda Handford

Susan Simpson

Joanne Hodge

Sandra Roberts

Jennifer Charles

Sharon Dalton

Amy Grendel

Cheryl Taylor

Joyce Whitman

Laura Mackie

Supplies used:
Stamp Sets
Hand Delivered
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black & Rich Razzelberry
Stampin’ Blends
Light & Dark Pool Party, Light & Dark Pink Pirouette, Light & Dark Rich Razzelberry and Light Bermuda Bay, Color Lifter
Tools
Detailed Trio Punch, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors (Paper Snips)
Blocks
B, D, E & G
Adhesives
Snail Adhesive, Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelopes

Lovely floral card featuring Sale-a-Bration product by Stampin' Up!

Eclectic Expression Flowers – Stamp ‘N Hop

Stamp 'N Hop blog hop by Mo Rootes

Welcome, this month for the Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop (try saying that fast when you are tired) we are focusing on the gorgeous items in the 2nd Sale-a-Bration release. Don’t you just love the chance to earn more amazing free goodies, I know I do.

I have chosen to use the Eclectic Expression stamp set for today’s blog hop. I have to admit this stamp set was not the first item I saw when I opened the brochure. It isn’t as flashy and obvious as the other options but I have come to love these more abstract sets. With a set like this I usually stamp everything out just to see what the images look like and how they relate to each other and here is what I came up with.

Method in my madness

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock 5⅞” by 2¼” and stamped the small spotted circle randomly leaving large gaps between each circle. I initially stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink but ended up changing this to Tranquil Tide. Taking the smaller of the ‘splotchy’ images I stamped around 2 of the spotty circles to form flower petals, slightly overlapping looks better. I repeat this using Daffodil Delight ink then Peakaboo Peach ink rotating the stamp to give the flowers a different look. Having decided I didn’t like the Pear Pizzazz I stamped the spotty circle again in Tranquil Tide ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the ½” Circle Punch. I added these to the centre of each flower using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

Lovely floral card featuring Sale-a-Bration product by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I mounted the stamped panel onto a layer of Calypso Coral cardstock 5⅞” by 2 ½” using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I planned to add this panel to a Thick Whisper White card base but felt there was something missing. After a bit of faffing I took a strip of Daffodil Delight cardstock 5⅞” by ½”, punched it out using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and added it to the right side using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I added the whole panel to the Thick Whisper White card base using Tombow.

Lovely floral card featuring Sale-a-Bration product by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Badges & Banners Stamp set in Tranquil Tide ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Duet Banner Punch. I used the same punch to punch a piece of Tranquil Tide cardstock which I added to the back to give a shadow effect. I added this to the card front using Tombow on the right and a Stampin’ Dimensional on the left. A scattering of Iridescent Sequins finished added a little sparkle to the card.

Lovely floral card featuring Sale-a-Bration product by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I hope you like my card share today. Please hop on and see what the lovely Britney Vanderlaan has to share today. Or hop back to see what Melissa Tennison shared.

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Idonna Miller 

Tracey Gouraud

Kayla Adams

Joanne Hodge

Sandra Roberts

Melissa Tennison

Mo Rootes

Britney Vanderlaan

Tracie Evans Langley

Melissa Kerman

Georgia Gaydos

Shannon Cole

Lisa Kmiec 

Amy Grendel

Jenn Charles

Laura Mackie

Eva Pottsova (Crafting With Angels)

Rachel Traudt

Laurie Meier

Susan Simpson

Kimberly Smith

Tracy Lewis

Karen Pearmain

Christina Walker

Bobbi Miller

Danielle Kassing

Kirsten Aitchison

Sharleen Luciano

Rebecca Fellows

Arden Dougan

Linda Handford

Sharon Maranich

Mikaela Titheridge

Andre Gordon

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  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
Eclectic Expressions & Badges & Banners
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Tranquil Tide & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Daffodil Delight, Peakaboo Peach, Calypso Coral & Tranquil Tide
Punches
Decorative Ribbon Border Punch, Duet Banner Punch & ½” Circle Punch
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
A, B & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Iridescent Sequins & Whisper White Envelope