Christmas cards and tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

Encircled Christmas card – Christmas Stampathon

Posted on March 8, 2024March 6, 2024 by Mo Rootes

It is Christmas Stampathon time again and the theme for February is cards and matching tags and as per the rules of the Stampathon we have to make multiples. I have used the gorgeous new stamp set called Encircled in Nature, available in my online shop.

Colours used in these cards and tags are:

To recreate the encircled Christmas card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Shaded Spruce card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Balmy Blue card – 3” by ½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Shaded Spruce card

I stamped the wreath image, from the Encircled in Nature stamp set in Pecan Pie ink onto the 5¼” by 3½” panel of basic white card.

Christmas cards made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

Using a Stencil previously die cut using the largest of the circular Stylish Shapes Dies – the negative circle fits beautifully over the stamped wreath – I inked the background in the Balmy Blue ink using a Blending Brush.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

The arc of pine trees were stamped in Shaded Spruce ink inside the stamped ring.

A piece of the gorgeous Copper Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The decorated panel was then glued to the Shaded Spruce layer and then to the Balmy Blue card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

The sentiment, from the Ringed with Nature stap set was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the small piece of Balmy Blue card. I angle cut the ends and added the sentiment over the ribbon, securing it in place with Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

I die cut the larger solid tree and the bigger group of trees from scrap Shaded Spruce card. I added the large tree on Dimensionals to the card front. I then cut off the 3 smaller trees from the group and added the remaining 2 trees inside the circle with glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards for the Christmas Stampathon

Inking only one of the group of stars and crescent moon with Misty Moonlight ink, randomly over the background. A trio of Solid Faceted Gems finished off the card.

To recreate the encircled Christmas tags, you will need:

Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Balmy Blue card – 4” by 3”

Using the large tag from the Merriest Trees Dies, I die cut a tags from both the the Basic White and Balmy Blue card pieces. I made 4 tags in total.

Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

2 tags were placed side by side and the wreath stamped on both in Pecan Pie ink. I used a Blending Brush to add Balmy Blue ink inside the stamped wreath.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The trees were then added in Shaded Spruce and some of the cut off die cut trees added with glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The sentiment was stamped on the tag in Shaded Spruce ink.

The Balmy Blue label was the glued behind the stamped tag, slightly offset.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

A length of Copper Ribbon was then fed through the hole at the top of the tag to finish the tags off.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Encircled in Nature stamp set and dies used to make Christmas cards and tags for the Christmas Stampathon

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The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

Hello card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Posted on February 26, 2024February 20, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a sketch. I found this sketch a bit of a struggle but eventually came up with a card made using the Mini Alphabet Dies.

Challenges crafty colaberators – Feb sketch

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the hello card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Real Red card – 5⅞” by 1⅜”
Basic Black – 4” by 1½” x 4
Gold Foil – 5⅞” by ⅜” x 2
Scrap Basic White, Real Red & Gold Foil

The strip of Real Red card was embossed using the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

I glued the strips of Gold Foil either side of the embossed panel and then glued the whole piece to the front of the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

Using the Stylish Shapes dies, I die cut 4 banners from the pieces of Basic Black card and set them to one ide.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

The Mini Alphabet dies were use with, Basic White, Real Red and Gold Foil to cut out the word HELLO multiple times.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

I arranged the letters and glued them to the Basic Black banners. These were then added to the card front on Black Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

White Classic Matte Dots were added to the end of each banner to complete the card.

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A beautiful thank you card made for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop using the gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Hills of Tuscany card

Posted on January 28, 2024January 28, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card using the stunning Hills of Tuscany stamp set from the ne mini catalogue.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the Tuscany’s hills card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Boho Blue card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 4” by 4”
Flirty Flamingo card – 4⅛” by ¾”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

Using one of the embossing folder from the trio of 3D Embossing Folder available from my online stores, I embossed the 5” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card and adhered it to the Boho Blue layer. The whole piece was glued to the Crumb Cake card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set used to make a beautiful thank you card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

From the 3¼” by 3¼” panel of Basic White card I die cut a stitched circle using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set used to make a beautiful thank you card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

The hill was stamped in, stamped off or 2^nd generation Granny Apple Green ink with the detail added in Garden Green ink. The house was stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink and the roof in Misty Moonlight ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set used to make a beautiful thank you card for the Stamping lwith Friends Blog Hop

I added the trees with Garden Green, the sun in Daffodil Delight before stamping the sky in 2^nd generation Boho Blue ink. The decorated circle was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set used to make a beautiful thank you card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink onto the strip pf Basic White card and die cut it using the new Perennial Postage Dies, I ran the die through twice to make it smaller before adding it to the card front

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Hills of Tuscany stamp set used to make a beautiful thank you card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

A trio of 2023 – 2025 In Color Dots completed the card.

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A pretty New Year card made for the New Year Blog Hop using the lovely Light in the Sky stamp set by Stampin' Up! and an emboss resist technique

Fireworks New Year card for the New Years Celebrations Blog Hop

Posted on January 8, 2024January 6, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the New Year Celebrations Blog Hop where we are celebrating…….. you’ve got it, the new year. I love to see the fireworks on New Years Eve and have used the Light the Sky stamp set and some embossing to make colourful fireworkd card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the fireworks card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Berry Burst card – 5⅝” by 3⅜”
Starry Sky card – 5½” by 3¼”
Scrap Starry Sky card

Using a Blending Brush I added Starry Sky ink around all four sides of the card, leaving the centre un-inked. Using the same Blending Brush I added Night of Navy ink in all 4 corners of the card. I then set the card aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The lovely Light in the Sky stamp set and the emboss resist technique to make a pretty New Year card for the New Year Blog Hop

When the panel was dry I stamped three of the firework images a number of times in Versamark ink. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The lovely Light in the Sky stamp set and the emboss resist technique to make a pretty New Year card for the New Year Blog Hop

Using the following Blends Pens I coloured over the White Embossing – Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Berry Burst, and Pretty Peacock.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The lovely Light in the Sky stamp set and the emboss resist technique to make a pretty New Year card for the New Year Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment onto the panel – it was squint……… don’t you hate it when that happens. So I stamped it again in Versamark ink onto scrap Starry Sky card, I embossed it with White Embossing Powder and die cut it using the Stylish Shapes Dies

www.crafty-rootes.com -The lovely Light in the Sky stamp set and the emboss resist technique to make a pretty New Year card for the New Year Blog Hop

I rolled the edges in Whisper White ink to give some separation and added it, over the squint attempt using Black Dimensionals. The whole piece was glued to the Berry Burst panel and then to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The lovely Light in the Sky stamp set and the emboss resist technique to make a pretty New Year card for the New Year Blog Hop

A scattering of Adhesive-backed Sequins completed the card.

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A pretty card made for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop using the adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp by Stampin' Up!

Toucan card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

Posted on December 28, 2023January 5, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a sketch. I have used the adorable toucan from the new Jungle Pals stamp set to make my card. This stamp set will be available as one of the Sale-a-Bration items available from the 4^th January 2024 in my online store.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Toucan card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
One Horse Open Sleigh dsp – 5½” by 3⅞”
One Horse Open Sleigh dsp – 5½” by 1½”
Petal Pink card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

The larger panel of One Horse Open Sleigh designer series paper (dsp) was glued to the Crumb Cake card front. The smaller panel of One Horse Open Sleigh dsp was then glued to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp used to make a pretty card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The toucan image from the Jungle Pals stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the square of Basic White card. I die cut the image using the Stylish Shapes Dies. I die cut the same sized stitched square from the square of Petal Pink card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp used to make a pretty card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The image was coloured in using the following Blends Pens – Petal Pink, Real Red, Lemon Lolly, Crumb Cake. The sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp used to make a pretty card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

The coloured image was then glued, off set, to the Petal Pink stitched square and and mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp used to make a pretty card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

A Linen Twine bow and a trio of solid gems completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The adorable Jungle Pals stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration 2024 choice and the One Horse Open Sleigh dsp used to make a pretty card for the Ink & Inspirations Blog Hop

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The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set used to make a trio of tags for December classes

Stars At Night classes

Posted on December 15, 2023December 13, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today, I am sharing the hanging ornament and trio of tags I designed for my December classes. I used the Stars At Night stamp set and dies to make the projects.

Colours used in the projects are:

Hanging Ornament

Gold Hoop – mine was about 4”
2 Circles of card stock or dsp which fit inside the gold hoop – I used the Shining Brightly dsp
Scrap Basic White card
Gold Ribbon

The ribbon was wrapped from the top to the bottom of the hoop, wrapped around and brought up to the top where it was wrapped around again and then tied in a double knot. The ends of the ribbon were then knotted to form a loop to hang the hoop.-

The Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp by Stampin' Up!used to make a hanging ornament for December classes

www.crafty-rootes.com – A hanging ornament made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Shining Brightly dsp for December classes

We slipped one die cut circle – I used the Stylish Circle dies to cut these from the Shining Brightly stamp set – behind the hoop and under the ribbon. The second circle was glued on top, sandwiching the ribbon in the middle.

We used the Stamparatus – any stamp positioner would work – to stamp 3 large stars which I had die cut using the Stars at Night Dies.

The stamped stars were then folded in half from top to bottom. We used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the stars down the centre line to make the folding easier.

The 3 stars were then glued together, one in the middle and one half of the other 2 glued on either side of the middle star. The back of the multiple star piece was then glued to the middle of the dsp inside the hoop.

Star at Night Tags

3 Starry Sky tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
3 Basic White tags – cut using the Merriest Trees Dies
Scrap Basic White and Gold Foil to die cut stars

Using a Blending Brush we added Starry Sky ink around the edges of 2 of the Starry Sky tags. The third tag was inked around the edges using another Blending Brush and Whisper White craft ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

When the first 2 tags were dry we added Whisper White ink to the centre of both tags.

When the tags were dry We stamped the rays of light image in the centre of 1 of the tags and a scattering of snowflakes around the edges of the other 2.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

From scrap Basic White and Gold Foil we die cut a selection of stars. The larger stars were glued to the inked tags and the smaller gold tags were added on top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

The white tags were then stamped with ‘To and From’ from the Sending Cheer stamp set and adhered to the back of the Starry Sky tags, slightly offset.

We used Simply Elegant Trim to make the ties for the tags.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A trio of tags made using the Stars At Night stamp set and Dies and the Sending Cheer stamp set for December classes

We had great fun making these. I hope you like them.

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A card made for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Night Divine Dies by Stampin' Up!

Mary Did You Know? – Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Posted on December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we sharing projects inspired by sounds of the season. I have used the gorgeous Night Divine Dies to create a card inspired by one of my favourite Christmas songs ‘Mary Did You Know’ – follow this link to hear the song

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the Mary Did You Know card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Starry Sky card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”
Scrap Basic White & Copper Foil

From a scrap panel of Basic White card, I die cut a circle using the Stylish Shapes Dies. This was placed over the 5⅛” by 3⅜” panel of Basic White to act as a mask.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Night Divine Dies used to make a card for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

I used a Blending Brush to add Night of Navy ink inside the circle, covering about ¾ of the circle. Another Blending Brush added Crumb Cake ink to the lowest ¼” of the circle. The mask was then removed.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Night Divine Dies used to make a card for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The inked panel was glued to the Starry Sky layer and then to the Crumb Cake card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Night Divine Dies used to make a card for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The nativity scene was die cut from Copper Foil card using the Night Divine Dies. The vignette was mounted onto the card with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Night Divine Dies used to make a card for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The star was die cut from Copper Foil using the Stars At Night Dies. It was also added to the card front with a Mini Dimensional.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Night Divine Dies used to make a card for the Sounds of the Season themed Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

A double bow, made from Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine was tucked under a corner of the die cut image and secured with a Mini Glue Dot.

To see what seasonal music has inspired my crafty friends please hop on. Next up is the lovely Aurelie

Roll Call

Angie McKenzie ● Leonie Stuart

Jan Musselman ● Mo Rootes

Aurélie Fabre ● Karen Henderson

Tricia Butts ● Danielle Kassing

Teri West ● Kim Fee

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The Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp by Stampin' Up! used to make a thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Ho

Daisies card made for a Crafty Challenge

Posted on November 27, 2023November 20, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we are creating projects based on a sketch. I used the Cheerful Daisies dies to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

Basic White

Fresh Freesia

Pretty Peacock

To recreate the card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 10” by 5” scored at 5”
Masterfully Made dsp – 3¾” by 4”
Masterfully Made dsp – 3” by 3”
Masterfully Made dsp – 5” by ⅜”
Pretty Peacock card – 2⅛” by ¾”
Scrap Basic White card

The largest panel of Masterfully Made designer series paper (dsp) was embossed using the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder. It was the glued to the Thick Basic White card front.

The ⅜” strip of dsp was then added to the card front.

The Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp by Stampin' Up! used to make a thank you card for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty thank you card made using the Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

The stitched square was die cut from the square of dsp using the Stylish Shapes Dies. This was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty thank you card made using the Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp for the Crafty Challenge Blog Ho

The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink onto scrap Basic White card. I die cut it usig a label from the Stylish Shapes Dies, I ran it through twice as I wanted it slightly shorter. I glued the sentiment label to the Pretty Peacock scrap and trimmed it down before gluig it to the card front.

From scrap Basic White card I die cut the large daisy piece from the Cheerful Daisies Dies. Using Scissors, I separated the flowers and leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty thank you card made using the Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Using Sponge Daubers I added Fresh Freesia ink to the flower centres and petal edges. I then shaped the petals with a Bone Folder. The leaves were edged with Pretty Peacock ink. All these pieces were then added to the card front using Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty thank you card made using the Cheerful Daisies Dies and Masterfully Made dsp for the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Blooming Pearls were added to the flower centres and a couple of extras added to the card front.

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The Rocking Horse stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pile of presents Christmas card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Pile of Presents card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on November 27, 2023November 20, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where we are sharing projects with a Winter or Holiday theme. I have made my card using the pile of presents from the Rocking Horse stamp set.

Colours In this project are:

To recreate the pile of presents card, you will need:

Misty Moonlight card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner
Walk in the Forest dsp – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Misty Moonlight card – 3½” by 3½”
Basic White card – 3¼” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner

The panel of designer series paper was glued to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Christmas card made using the pile of presents image from the Rocking Horse stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

A length of Iridescent Ribbon was wrapped around the same panel and secured on the back with Tear ‘n Tape. The whole piece was the glued to the Misty Moonlight card front

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Christmas card made using the pile of presents image from the Rocking Horse stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Using the Stylish Shapes Dies I die cut a stitched circle from the square of Misty Moonlight card and a smaller stitched circle from the square of Basic White card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Christmas card made using the pile of presents image from the Rocking Horse stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The pile of presents were stamped in Pebbled Path ink onto the Basic White circle. I added the ‘ground’ image from the Trucking Along stamp set. The following Blends Pens were used to colour in the presents – Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Misty Moonlight & Smoky Slate.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Christmas card made using the pile of presents image from the Rocking Horse stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Cottage Wreaths stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A Christmas card made using the pile of presents image from the Rocking Horse stamp set for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

A Blending Brush was used to add Balmy Blue ink around the presents before gluing the decorated circle to the Misty Moonlight circle. I used a trimmer to slice the right side of the decorated circles. The whole piece was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

A ribbon bow and a trio of Iridescent Rhinestones completed the card

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Gorgeous Christmas cards made using the Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp by Stampin' Up! and used for my November 2023 classes

Beary Cute Christmas cards for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on November 18, 2023November 12, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing anything Christmas. I love Christmas crafting and have chosen to share the cards I designed for my November classes using the Beary Cute stamp set, Beary Cute Punch and the gorgeous Beary Christmas dsp.

Colours in these cards are:

Circle Hinge card

Balmy Blue card base – 7¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Balmy Blue – 3½” by 1” – scored at ¾”
Basic White – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – for the inside
Balmy Blue – 5⅞” by 3⅛”
Balmy Blue – 3¼”” by 3¼ ” – Die cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies
Stargazing dsp – 3¼” by 3¼” – Die cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies
Basic White – ½ a stitched circle
Scrap Basic White

We embossed the 5⅞” by 3⅛” piece of Balmy Blue card using the Timeworn Type embossing folder and glued it to the card front.

We folded the 3½” by 1” piece of Balmy Blue card and glued the smaller tab to the inside of the back of the card base to form the hinge. The hinge was then covered with the Basic White inside panel. We stamped the smaller snowflake in the upper right and lower right corners of the inside panel in Misty Moonlight ink, 1^st and 2^nd generations.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

The card was closed and the die cut Balmy Blue circle, placed face down on the front of the card and the hinge glued to it’s back. The die cut circle of Stargazing dsp was then glued over the top to hide the workings ogf the hinge.

A wavy top was cut across the half stitched circle to form a snowbank for the bear to stand on, it was then glued to the bottom of the stargazing dsp circle.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

The polar bear was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Basic White card and punched out using the Beary Cute Punch. It was glued to the stitched circle.

We stamped the sentiment, from the Merry & Bright stamp set onto scrap Basic White card in Balmy Blue and Misty Moonlight ink and fussy cut them out before adding them to the card. Iridescent Pearls completed the card.

Negative Circle Card

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 4⅛” by 4”
Adhesive Sheet – 4⅛” by 4”
Beary Christmas dsp – ⅜” strips
Scrap Basic White

The 4⅛” by 4” panel of Basic White was covered by the Adhesive sheet and the backing removed.

The strips of Beary Christmas dsp were then adhered, on the diagonal to the sticky panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

A stitched circle was then die cut from the centre of the striped panel. We placed the negative piece onto the Thick Basic White card front and stamped the small snowflake in the negative space in Balmy Blue ink.

The sentiment was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink below the stripped panel. The striped panel was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

The polar bear was stamped in Night of Navy ink and the scarf added in Misty Moonlight before the bear was punched out and tucked inside the negative circle. The head was raised on a dimensional with a front leg coming over the edge as though he was climbing out.

Iridescent Pearls completed the card.

Striped Circle card

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Scrap Basic White

The striped circle, left over from the previous card was mounted to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

The bear was stamped in Misty Moonlight, punched out and added to the card front with liquid glue and Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink and a trio of Iridescent discs added to finish the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beary Cute stamp set and Punch teamed with the Beary Christmas dsp used to make gorgeous Christmas cards for my November classes

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