Category Archives: Sending Love

Sending Love dsp makes gorgeous Red and White Matchbook Favours

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Over the weekend my husband set off on a business trip to China, somewhere neither of us has been and even more exciting because I will be flying out to join him for a short holiday at the end of the month……..whoop whoop. He was advised to take some small token gifts with him to hand out whilst he is there. The gifts have to be small, pack-able, fairly robust and not likely to melt as it is very hot in Beijing at the moment. That ruled out chocolate and biscuits which are the things I would usually go for in this situation. After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing he decided on Earl Grey teabags. For my inspiration I turned to a swap I received at Team Training last week from my friend Susan – aka Crafty Ducky Doodah – https://craftyduckydoodah.blogspot.co.uk/   check out her 14th May blog to see the original. In typical CASEing  (copy and selectively edit) fashion I took Susan’ idea and made it wider and slightly shorter, used different clours and decoration.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sending Love DSP by Stampin’ Up!

I wanted to use the colour Red which is considered to be very lucky in China so chose the Sending Love dsp stack to decorate the matchbook covers. I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to 7” by 2¾”, scored it using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool at ½” and 3¾” on the long side.

I folded on my score lines and burnished with my Bone Folder to get a crisp edge. Using the Handheld Stapler, sadly now retired I stapled the ½” piece in the middle to make the flap which holds the Teabag in position. I cut a panel of Sending Love dsp to 3” by 2½” for matting on the front panel and another at 2½” by ¼” to mat on the narrow flap. I used Tombow Liquid Adhesive to adhere the dsp.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sending Love DSP by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Eastern Beauty stamp set using Real Red ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and die cut it using my Big Shot and the smallest stitched oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies and added it to the front panel using Tombow. I punched a Bitty Butterfly from Vellum cardstock and added it to the sentiment piece using a Mini Glue Dot and finished off by adding a Basic Rhinestone.

I think these are really cute, hope you do too.

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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
Eastern Beauty
Cardstock
Whisper White & Vellum
DSP
Sending Love
Ink Pads
Real Red
Dies
Stitched Shapes Framelits
Punch
Bitty Butterfly
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Big Shot + platform and cutting plates, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Handheld Stapler (retired), Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Block
B
Accessories
Grid Paper & Basic Rhinestones

Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Mini Glue Dots

 

Custom Tee used for a thank you card

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The Custom Tee stamp set with its co-ordinating T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies was one of the first bundles that caught my eye in the new Spring/Summer catalogue. I have 2 runners in the family and a daughter who is sport mad and this is such a versatile set for sports fans and so much more.  It would make great hen party invites.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Custom Tee stamp set and T-shirt Builder diesI chose a Crumb Cake card base for today’s card. I stamped the girly style T-shirt onto 3 different patterned pieces all from the Sending Love 6” x 6” designer paper stack. The colour palette for this paper stack is Real Red and Whisper White and although the set is ‘Valentine’ themed, the papers can be used for lots of other occasions.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Custom Tee stamp set and T-Shirt Builder diesThe T-shirts were stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut using the T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies. I inked around the edges with a Sponge Dauber and the Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I mounted the 2 paler T-shirts onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive, one at either end. The darker T-shirt was mounted in the middle using Dimensionals.

I added a strip of Real Red cardstock at the top and bottom of the Whisper White panel. The Basic Black cardstock strip was added to hide a booboo with the Tombow!!! Luckily I really liked how it looked. There is almost always something you can do to cover a mistake…….ask me how I know………

 I stamped the sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and adhered the Whisper White cardstock panel to the card base using Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’Up! – Custom Tee stamp set

For the inside of the card I stamped a Whisper White panel with the T-shirt image and added some of the tiny flowers included in the set, using Real Red ink. I stamped the same image onto the envelope to complete the project.

 I am really happy with how the card looks. Clean, simple and very effective. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Please drop in again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Custom Tee stamp set
Thankful Thoughts stamp set
T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies
Crumb Cake cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Real Red cardstock
Basic Black cardstock
Sending Love dsp stack
Real Red inkpad
Momento Tuxedo Black inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks D and H
Big Shot, Magnetic Platform
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes