A lovely bee and flower themed celebration card made using Stampin' Up! products

Flowers and Bees

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet card featuring flowers and bees, so pretty. I made it using the lovely Honey Bee stamp set.

To recreate the Flowers and Bees card you will need:

Rococo Rose card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic Black – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner x 2
Whisper White 3” by 3”

I die cut a Stitched Circle using the Stitched Shapes dies. The circle was placed onto one of Whisper White panels, slightly overlapping the right side and drew around it lightly with a pencil.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring bees and flowers. Made using Stampin’ Up! products

I inked up the floral sprig using the Old Olive and Lovely Lipstick Markers and stamped it multiple times around the circle.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring bees and flowers. Made using Stampin’ Up! products

A scalloped circle was die cut from the centre of the Basic Black layer using the Layering Circle dies and the stamped panel was adhered to the Basic Black layer before being glued to the Rococo Rose card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring bees and flowers. Made using Stampin’ Up! products

I stamped the sentiment in Old Olive ink onto the stitched Circle die and added a sprig to the right side and a bee on the left. The stamped circle was glued to the scalloped black circle and a sliver trimmed off the right side. The circle was added to the card front with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring bees and flowers. Made using Stampin’ Up! products

I added 2 more bees to the card front and coloured in the stripes with the S Saffron Marker and the wings with the Clear Wink of Stella.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring bees and flowers. Made using Stampin’ Up! products

A bee was stamped on the 2^nd panel of Whisper White and added to the inside of the card. A trio of 2019 – 2021 In Color Faceted Dots added to the card front.

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A lovely golf themed Masculine card made using the Clubhouse Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Clubhouse for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Posted on April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am joining the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop crew where we have a sketch challenge to follow. I love a sketch challenge, it really pushes you out of your comfort zone to try something else. I have chosen to use the Clubhouse stamp set for this hop.

To recreate the Clubhouse cared you will need:

Seaside Spray card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Garden Green – 4⅞” by 2⅞”
Whisper White – 4¾” by 2¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside
Night of Navy – 3¼ ” by ⅜”
Country Club dsp – 5⅞” by 1¼”

I began by adhering the strip if Country Club designer series paper (dsp) to the front of the Seaside Spray card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely masculine card made using the Clubhouse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The golfer was stamped on the smaller panel of Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely masculine card made using the Clubhouse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I used an Aquapainter to colour in the trousers using only the ink I had stamped the image with. Using a little Garden Green ink and the Aquapainter I coloured in the jumper and Real Red to colour the cap and gloves.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely masculine card made using the Clubhouse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The grass from the My Meadow stamp set was stamped in Garden Green ink, I used the same ink with the Garden Green ink and Aquapainter to colour the ground.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely masculine card made using the Clubhouse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The stamped panel was added to the Garden Green layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the whole piece was mounted on the card base with Dimensionals.

I used the Embossing Buddy on the Night of Navy strip then stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool and added it to the card base with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely masculine card made using the Clubhouse stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Such a simple but effective card. I hope you like it.

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A pretty thank you card made using the baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

Tropical Chic with the baby swipe technique

Posted on April 24, 2020April 21, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty card made using the Tropical Chic stamp set and the Tropical Thinlit dies and a piece of Whisper White card that I coloured using the baby swipe technique. This is a technique shared by Barry and Jay of Mitosu Crafts

To recreate the Tropical Chic baby swipe card you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black – 3¾” by 2⅞”
Whisper White – 3⅝” by 2¾”
Scrap Basic Black & Whisper White

The small panel of Whisper White was coloured using the Baby Swipe technique. I folded a baby wipe in half and placed it on an I block. I added 3 drops of Pineapple Punch re-inker, 3 dots of Grapefruit Grove re-inker, 3 dots of Real Red re-inker and a dot of Blueberry Bushel re-inker. I smudged them together using the edge of a smaller block – as demonstrated by Barry. I then swiped the baby wipe, wrapped around the block across the card stock panel. This gives such a cool effect.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

When the inked panel was dry I placed it in the Stamparatus and covered it with the 3 leaf stamps from the Tropical Chic stamp set. I picked the stamps up with the clear panel. I inked up the stamps with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped the images onto the panel. I really wanted the leaves to be very black so repeated this step three times.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

This panel was then mounted onto the Basic Black layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

I die cut some of the leaves from crap Basic Black card using the Tropical Thinlits dies. These were added to the front of the Thick Whisper White card base using the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the inked layer was then added to the card front on Dimensionals. I stamped and die cut one of the pretty hibiscus flowers with the Grapefruit Grove ink and added it to the corner with a dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Baby swipe technique and the Tropical Chic stamp set

I hope you like the card and thank you again to Barry and Jay of Mitosu Crafts for the inspiration.

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A pretty delicate card featuring ferns and flowers and using Stampin' Up! products

Positive Thoughts

Posted on April 21, 2020April 18, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sweet card made using the gorgeous Positive Thoughts stamp set and the co-ordinating Nature’s Thoughts dies.

To recreate the Positive Thoughts card you will need:

Granny Apple Green card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5½” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Granny Apple Green – 4½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 4⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner – for the inside
Scrap Whisper White and Basic Gray

I began by stamping the lovely Breathtaking Bouquet background stamp on the 5½” by 3⅝” Whisper White panel. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the Stamparatus as I wanted to make sure I got a good image. The Stamparatus gives the option of being able to stamp the image again. I adhered the stamped panel to the front of the Granny Apple Green card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Positive thoughts stamp set and Nature’s Thoughts dies

The detailed fern image from the Positive Thoughts stamp set was stamped on the smallest Whisper White panel using 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd generation Granny Apple Green ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Positive thoughts stamp set and Nature’s Thoughts dies

The flower from the same stamp set was stamped in 1^st & 2^nd generation Poppy Parade ink onto scrap Whisper White card and both flowers were die cut using the Nature’s Thoughts dies. They were added to the stamped panel using the liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Positive thoughts stamp set and Nature’s Thoughts dies

The stamped panel was then glued to the smaller Granny Apple Green layer with the liquid adhesive and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Positive thoughts stamp set and Nature’s Thoughts dies

I used the Nature’s Thoughts dies to die cut a butterfly from a scrap of Basic Gray card and added it to the card front using the liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty card made using the Positive thoughts stamp set and Nature’s Thoughts dies

I used a trio of Basic Rhinestones to complete the card. I hope you like it.

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Yellow Tulips

Posted on April 19, 2020April 16, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sweet yellow tulip thank you card made using the Timeless Tulips stamp set and Tulip Builder Punch. I made this card for a team challenge, the theme is ‘Use a Punch’

To recreate the yellow tulip card you will need:

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
2019 – 2021 In Color designer series paper (dsp) – ⅜” by 3⅝”
Vellum – 5” by 3¼”
So Saffron – 4⅜” by 2⅝”
Whisper White – 4¼” by 2½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Scrap Whisper White

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive I glued the designer series paper to the Pretty Peacock card base. I used a strip of Tear & Tape in the centre of the dsp panel to adhere the Vellum panel to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using Stampin’ Up! products

I stamped 2 stems onto the small panel of Whisper White using Pear Pizzazz ink and added some leaves in the same colour. The sentiment from the Sending You Thoughts stamp set was stamped at the bottom of the panel in Pretty Peacock ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using Stampin’ Up! products

I stamped the 2 tulips in So Saffron ink onto scrap Whisper White card and punched these out using the Tulip Builder Punch. The 2 leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz and punched out with the same punch.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using Stampin’ Up! products

Using a bone folder I curved the tulips and added them to the stamped panel using a dimensional. The punched leaves were also added using a dimensional.

A pretty thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using the Timeless Tulips stamp set and Tulip Builder Punchh

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using Stampin’ Up! products

The decorated panel was then glued to the So Saffron layer with the liquid glue and the whole piece added to the card front with the same glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely thank you card featuring yellow tulips made using Stampin’ Up! products

I used the dark So Saffron Blends Marker to colour a trio of Basic Pearls and added these to complete the card.

Such a pretty card, I hope you like it.

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A pretty garden themed card made using Stampin' Up! products

Garden Gateway card

Posted on April 17, 2020March 18, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made using the Grace’s Garden stamp set and co-ordinating Garden Gateway dies. I love, love this bundle, the flowers are gorgeous and I love the gate.

To recreate the Garden Gateway card you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left and right corners
Real Red – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left and right corners
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left and right corners x 2
Whisper White – 4 ½” by 3”
Scrap Whisper White

I stamped the hollyhocks on the right side of the Whisper White panel in Old Olive ink and the medium cluster of flowers in the same ink on the left side. I added the small flowers in Mossy Meadow ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring the Garden Gateway dies and Grace’s Garden stamp set

The flowers were coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Old Olive combo, Calypso Coral combo, dark Flirty Flamingo, dark So Saffron, dark Highland Heather & light Granny Apple Green.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring the Garden Gateway dies and Grace’s Garden stamp set

Using a sponge I added Balmy Blue ink to the background and around the flowers. I added Crumb Cake ink to the bottom of the card in the same way.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring the Garden Gateway dies and Grace’s Garden stamp set

The gate was die cut from the smaller Whisper White panel and added to the card front using Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring the Garden Gateway dies and Grace’s Garden stamp set

I stamped the spray of roses on scrap Whisper White, coloured then in using light Real Red and light Old Olive Blends. The image was die cut and attached to the gate with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty floral card featuring the Garden Gateway dies and Grace’s Garden stamp set

The sentiment was stamped in Basic Gray ink inside the garden gate. I added some of the tiny birds from the Mountain Air stamp set in Basic Gray ink to complete the card.

Gorgeous, I hope you like it.

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A pretty daisy thank you card made using Stampin' Up! product.

Ornate Daisy

Posted on April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I have made an ornate daisy card using the stunning Ornate Garden suite and oh my goodness I love it all.

To recreate the Ornate Garden card you will need:

Poppy Parade card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Basic Gray – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner x 2
Poppy Parade – 3½” by 2”
Whisper White – 2½” by 1¼”
Scrap Whisper White

I started by running one of the Whisper White layers through the Big Shot with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. This folder is so intricate, it is gorgeous.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A daisy thank you card made using the Ornate Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies

I added the embossed panel to the Basic Gray layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. A strip of Poppy Parade ribbon was wrapped around the embossed piece and adhered on the back with Sellotape. The piece was then glued to the Poppy Parade card base with the liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A daisy thank you card made using the Ornate Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies

I die cut one of the Rectangle Stitched dies from the smallest piece of Whisper White and stamped the daisy flower in Basic Gray ink onto the die cut piece.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A daisy thank you card made using the Ornate Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies

The daisy was coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Poppy Parade combo, Pineapple Punch combo and Old Olive combo.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A daisy thank you card made using the Ornate Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies

I die cut one of the gorgeous ornate frames from the small Poppy Parade panel using the Ornate Layers dies. The stamped piece was then adhered to the ornate die cut frame.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A daisy thank you card made using the Ornate Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies

The whole panel was mounted on the card front on Dimensionals. The sentiment from the Label Me Bold stamp set was stamped in Basic Gray ink on scrap Whisper White card and trimmed out using scissors. It was added to the panel with Dimensionals.

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Crocuses feature on a pretty Easter card using products by Stampin' Up!

Easter Promise

Posted on April 12, 2020April 6, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet Easter card made using the images of crocus’ from the Easter Promise stamp set.

To recreate the Easter Promise card you will need:

Old Olive – 5½” by 3⅜” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3¼” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper right corner – for the inside
Whisper White 5” by ½”

I began by stamping the sentiment from the Welcome Easter stamp set in Soft Suede ink onto the smallest panel of Whisper White card stock.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty Easter card card featuring gorgeous spring crocuses

The group of crocuses was the stamped twice across the same panel using the same ink. I used the following Blends markers to colour in the flowers – Daffodil Delight combo, Purple Posy combo. Highland Heather combo and Old Olive combo.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty Easter card card featuring gorgeous spring crocuse

The stamped panel was glued to the Old Olive layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the twine from the Magnolia Lane ribbon combo was wrapped around both panels and secured to the back with Sellotape.

I added a bow in the same twine using a Mini Glue Dot.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty Easter card card featuring gorgeous spring crocuses

The pretty decorative border from the Arts & Crafts dies was cut from the Whisper White strip and added to the bottom of the stamped layer. The whole panel was then added to the Purple Posy card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty Easter card card featuring gorgeous spring crocuses

The card was completed by the addition of a trio of Iridescent Sequins.

Such a sweet card, I hope you like it.

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A beautiful poppy themed card made using Stampin' Up! products

CASE from Pinterest

Posted on April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the April Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop where our theme is ‘CASE from Pinterest’. If you have joined me from Annette welcome, I am sure you enjoyed her lovely project.

I have chosen to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card made by the very talented Su Mohr using the Poppy Moments dies. I hope you and she like it.

To recreate the CASE from Pinterest card you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Flirty Flamingo – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 3
Scrap Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam & Soft Suede

I began by taking the ‘smudge’ stamp, inking it up with Flirty Flamingo ink and stamping it randomly across one of the Whisper White panels. This step was repeated using So Saffron ink and Petal Pink ink until the whole layer was covered in ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

Using the Poppy Moments dies I die cut the detailed flower from the stamped panel. I die cut the same image and the full blank flower from Whisper White card stock. I mounted the White die cut flower outline onto the White flower blank with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and carefully fitted in the inked die cut pieces. Doesn’t the flower look fab……..I love bit of paper piecing.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

I added a soft Sea Foam centre and a Soft Suede centre.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

At this point I went way off piste….. I die cut the solid leaf spray and the solid single leaf from scrap Whisper White card stock.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

.The detailed leaf spray and the detailed larger leaf were die cut from Soft Sea Foam card stock. I glued the pieces together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

I used a Sponge and Soft Sea Foam ink to ink one of the remaining Whisper White panels. I concentrated the colour in the lower right corners fading it out as I worked up the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

The panel was added to the Flirty Flamingo layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and glued to the Soft Sea Foam card base with the same adhesive.

The flower and leaves were then arranged on the card front with either glue or Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty multicoloured poppy card made using the Peaceful Poppies and Poppy Moments dies

I stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set in Flirty Flamingo ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock. I trimmed it out and flagged the end with Scissors.

The card was completed with a trio of Iridescent Sequins..

I hope you like my take on Su’s lovely card. Please hop on to see what Susan Simpson has to share with us today.

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A multicoloured umbrella card perfect for a showery April day

Shower of Umbrellas

Posted on April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a cute shower of umbrellas card made using the Under My Umbrella card with lots of gorgeous umbrellas. Perfect for a showery day.

To recreate the Shower of Umbrellas card you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded lower right corner
Basic Black – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded lower right corner x 2

I stamped the open umbrella randomly onto one of the Whisper White panels in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added the handles in the same ink using a PostIt note to mask off the umbrellas.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet shower of umbrellas card made using the Under my umbrella stamp set

The umbrellas were coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Pool Party combo, Mango Melody combo, Pineapple Punch combo and Poppy Parade combo.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet shower of umbrellas card made using the Under my umbrella stamp set

The raindrops were added in Pool Party ink around the umbrellas.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet shower of umbrellas card made using the Under my umbrella stamp set

The stamped panel was then mounted onto the Basic Black layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. This was then added to the Pool Party card front using the same glue.