Gorgeous jewl colours for a good luck card

Banners For You makes a good luck card

Posted on October 6, 2017October 5, 2017 by Mo Rootes

I have been using the Banners For You stamp set today to make a good luck card for a friend.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Banners For You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I started with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock 4 ½” by 3” which I die cut using the Big Shot and the 2^nd largest die from the Lots of Labels framelits. I then took 2 of the leaf images from the Banners For You stamp set and the smallest leaf from the Colorful Seasons stamp set and randomly stamped them onto the die cut label using Old Olive, Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler inks. To get a depth of colour I used 1^st & 2^nd generation stamping. To fill in some of the gaps I used the dotty image from the Banners For You stamp set and Pumpkin Pie ink. I die cut a 2^nd label in the same size from Crushed Curry cardstock, cut it across the middle with my Paper Trimmer and glued it to the stamped piece using Tombow Liquid Adhesive with the some of the colour showing at the top and the bottom.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Banners For You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I ran a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” through the Big Shot with the Layered Leaves Textured Embossing Folder before adhering the piece to the front of an Old Olive card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Banners For You stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the banner from the Banners For You Stamp set in Old Olive ink onto a scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and die cut it out using the Bunch of Banners framelits. I then stamped the greeting from the same stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink onto the die cut banner. I die cut the banner again from a scrap of Old Olive cardstock and glued the 2 together slightly off set. The banner was then added to the stamped label using Stampin’ Dimensionals before the whole piece was added to the card front using Tombow. To finish the card of I added a scattering of Glitter Enamel Dots.

Love the Autumn colours of this card. I hope my friend likes it and that it brings her luck.

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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
Banners for You & Colorful Seasons
Cardstock
Old Olive, Very Vanilla & Crushed Curry
Ink Pads
Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Pumpkin Pie
Dies
Lots of Labels & Bunch of Banners
Embossing Folder
Layered Leaves
Tools
Big Shot , Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone Folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, B, B, H & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Glitter Enamel Dots, Grid Paper & Very Vanilla Envelope

Amsterdam Onstage Live – here we come……….

Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Every 6 months Stampin’ Up! holds an event known as Onstage Live or Onstage Local in its 3 world markets – USA/Canada, Australia/New Zealand or Europe – UK, Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands. Onstage Live is a 3 day extravaganza held once every 18 months in each of the 3 markets. Co-ordinating with this event there are multiple 1 day Onstage Local events in Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Onstage is where we demonstrators get together to drool over a new catalogue, watch demonstrations of new product, play with new product, have business related training sessions, get lots of freebies and network with other demos, sharing ideas and tips. It is always great fun and we all go home buzzing with ideas and inspiration

This week Onstage Live is happening in Amsterdam and I am going – whoop whoop – along with my lovely upline Mikaela and 4 other team members – we are going to have sssoooooo much fun.

One of the things many of us do at Onstage is called swapping – basically we bring along something we have designed and swap it for something made by someone else. It is a great way to come home with new ideas. We have to use current Stampin’ Up! product and often people make a card front rather than a full card. People also make bookmarks, boxes, bags, decorated clips etc……. you would not believe how ingenious and versatile peoples swaps can be. We also put a ‘recipe’ on the back of each with our name.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Swirly Bird by Stampin Up for Onstage swaps

This year I have made 60 card fronts as my swaps, easier to take on a flight than the little bags I made for November’s Telford swaps. I cut strips of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped 3 – 4 kites using the Swirly Bird stamp set on each using a mixed variety of the colours listed below – no 2 card fronts are the same. I added a strip of either Chocolate Chip or Peakaboo Peach cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive to the left hand side of the stamped piece and adhered this to a layer of Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo or Sweet Sugarplum cardstock.

The greeting comes from the Banners For You stamp set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock before being die cut using the Bunch of Banners framelit dies and added to the card front using Stampin Dimensionals.

Can’t wait to start swapping with other demo’s in Amsterdam, hope like like my swaps.

If you would like to come to the next Onstage in November 2017 then contact me for information about joining my team or click on the ‘Shop Online’ button and follow the ’Join the Fun’ link. I would love to have you in my team.

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
Swirly Bird & Banners For You
Dies
Bunch of Banners
Cardstock
Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo & Sweet Sugarplum
Ink Pads
Chocolate Chip, Peakaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo & Sweet Sugarplum
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot and Magnetic platform, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A,B & D
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid & Stampin’ Dimensionals

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

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