A fabulous star themed graduation card made for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop using the Beautiful Balloons Dies by Stampin' Up!

You’re A Star Graduation Card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

Posted on May 11, 2023May 2, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing projects celebration a graduation. I have made my card using star shape from the Beautiful Balloons Dies.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the you’re a star card, you will need:

Azure Afternoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Real Red card – 4¾” by 3”
Basic White card – 4½” by 2¾”
Basic Black card – 3” by ¾”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”
Scrap Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Azure Afternoon

I began by die-cutting the large and small stars using the dies from the Beautiful Balloons die set and scrap Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Azure Afternoon card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Balloons Dies used to make a fabulous graduation card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

The die cut stars were then laid out onto the small panel of Basic White card to work out the positioning. Once I had them arranged, I lifted them one at a time and glued them in place using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Balloons Dies used to make a fabulous graduation card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

The overhanging pieces of stars were trimmed off with scissors and the layer was glued to the Real Red panel which was added to the Azure Afternoon card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Balloons Dies used to make a fabulous graduation card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

I tucked strips of Basic White, Daffodil Delight and Real Red card under the lower right-hand corner.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Balloons Dies used to make a fabulous graduation card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Charming Sentiments stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Basic Black ink, covered it with White Embossing Powder and used my Heat Tool to set it. I flagged the ends before adding it to the card front on Mini Glue Dots as I did not want to add anymore height to the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Balloons Dies used to make a fabulous graduation card for the Stampin Dreams Blog Hop

A trio of Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins completed the card.

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A brewed for your birthday masculine card made using the Brewed Tor You stamp set by Stampin' Up!

A Brewed For You Birthday Beer themed Card

Posted on May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet beer themed card made using the Brewed For You stamp set.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the brewed for your birthday beer card, you will need:

Pecan Pie card Base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Very Vanilla card – 4½” by 3”
Calypso Coral card – 2⅛” by 2⅛”
Pebbled Path card – 2” by 2”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using the Pebbled Path ink, I stamped the sentiment from the Brewed For You stamp set at the bottom of the smaller Vert Vanilla panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The brewed for you stamp set used to make a brewed for your birthday masculine card

The three glasses were then stamped above, the outline and foaming top in Pebbled Pink ink and the infill (beer) image in Pecan Pie ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Brewed For You stamp set used to make a brewed for your birthday masculine card

Using a Paper Trimmer I cut the Calypso Coral and Pebbled Path squares in half on the diagonal and adhered the triangles together using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive,

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Brewed For You stamp set used to make a brewed for your birthday masculine card

The whole piece was then added to the Pecan Pie card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Brewed For You stamp set used to make a brewed for your birthday masculine card

A trio of Classic Matte Dots in the upper right-hand corner completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Brewed For You stamp set used to make a brewed for your birthday masculine card

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A card made using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set

Bare Tree Sympathy card

Posted on April 8, 2023April 7, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where we are sharing ‘Simple Stamping’ projects. This means that we are only using stamps, ink and paper only. I have used the bare tree image from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set to make a sympathy card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the bare tree card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Evening Evergreen card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾”

The watercolor rectangle from the Watercolor Shapes stamp set was stamped in 2^nd generation Pool Party ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The bare tree was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink and the ‘ground’ was added in 2^nd generation Gray Granite ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment, from the Seaside Bay stamp set in Evening Evergreen ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The stars from the Greatest Journey stamp set were added in Gray Granite ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

To complete the card, I added a trio of Festive Pearls.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Beauty of Friendship stamp set used to make a sympathy card using the simple stamping technique for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Very simple but quite striking.

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A pretty thinking of you card made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop using The Beautiful Thistle stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Beautiful Thistle Thinking of You card

Posted on February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where we are sharing Thinking of You projects. As a proud Scot, I have chosen the Beautiful Thistle stamp set to make my card.

The colours used to make this card are:

To recreate the thistle thinking of you card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Fresh Freesia card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner

The large thistle image was stamped In Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Thistle stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I used the Fresh Freesia and Soft Sea Foam Blends Pens to colour in the image. To ground the image, I outlined it using the Light Pool Party Blends Pen and feathered the edges using the Color Lifter.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Thistle stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Thistle stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The panel was then glued to the Fresh Freesia panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then to the Pool Party card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Thistle stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

A White Baker’s Twine bow and a trio of 2021 – 2023 In Color Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Beautiful Thistle stamp set used to make a pretty thinking of you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

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Striped Sympathy card

Posted on February 19, 2023February 8, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I have made a sympathy card using scraps of By the Bay designer series paper left over from making my February class table gifts.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the striped sympathy card, you will need:

Mint Macaron card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅞” by 3”
Night of Navy card – 6” by 1½”
Night of Navy – 6” by ½”
Basic White card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – For the inside
By the Bay dsp strips a minimum of 4½” long and of varying widths

I applied strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive to all 4 sides of the 5⅞” by 3” piece of Basic White card. The backing from the adhesive tape was removed and I began laying the strips of By the Bay dsp from top to bottom, making sure to over lap the top and the bottom. I continued with this until the panel was completely covered.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty striped sympathy card made using scrap strips of By the Bay designer series paper and the Something Fancy stamp set

The excess dsp was then trimmed off using sharp scissors. A length of White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty striped sympathy card made using scrap strips of By the Bay designer series paper and the Something Fancy stamp set

The ½” strip of Night of Navy card was glued to the top of the striped panel. I ran the 1½” strip of Night of Navy through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with one of the Basic Borders Dies and adhered the resulting decorative edge to the bottom of the striped panel. The whole piece was then added to the Mint Macaron card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty striped sympathy card made using scrap strips of By the Bay designer series paper and the Something Fancy stamp set

I stamped the sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set in Night of Navy onto the square of Basic White card and die cut it out using the Stylish Shapes Dies. It was added to the card front on Dimensionals. I love the pretty font of this stamp set.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty striped sympathy card made using scrap strips of By the Bay designer series paper and the Something Fancy stamp set

A trio of Milky Dots and a ribbon bow completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty striped sympathy card made using scrap strips of By the Bay designer series paper and the Something Fancy stamp set

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A pretty, scenic Valentine's card made for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop using the Picturesque stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Picturesque Valentine card for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on February 18, 2023February 10, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing some of our favourite products from the January – April Catalogue. I am sharing the Valentine’s Day card I made for my husband using the Picturesque stamp set.

Colours use in this project are:

To recreate the picturesque Valentine card, you will need:

Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 3¼” by 3¼” x 2
Soft Succulent card – 3⅛” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 2¼” by 1”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using the Stylish Shapes Dies, I die cut a square from one of the 3¼” by 3¼” pieces of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Picturesque stamp set used to make a pretty, scenic Valentine’s card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

I inked up the larger tree image using Night of Navy ink and stamped it along the bottom of the stitched square. I added the smaller tree image in Soft Succulent ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Picturesque stamp set used to make a pretty, scenic Valentine’s card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

A masked ‘moon’ was added to the sky area and the larger sky image stamped twice in Pool Party ink. The mask was then removed. The horizon line was then stamped in Soft Succulent ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Picturesque stamp set used to make a pretty, scenic Valentine’s card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

The stamped panel was then glued to the Soft Succulent layer and then to the Basic White square. The whole piece was then mounted onto the Night of Navy card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Picturesque stamp set used to make a pretty, scenic Valentine’s card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Love for You stamp set, was stamped in Night of Navy ink along the bottom edge of the 2¼” by 1” strip of Basic White card. This was tucked under the mounted panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Picturesque stamp set used to make a pretty, scenic Valentine’s card for the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop

Two Festive Pearls were then added either side of the sentiment to complete the card.

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A special thinking of you card made using the Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!

Seaside Bird card

Posted on January 29, 2023January 18, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing today with the Seaside Bay stamp set and co-ordinating dies along with the By the Bay Designer Series Paper and have come up with a pretty thinking of you card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Seaside Bird card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
By the Bay dsp – 5⅞” by 2”
By the Bay dsp – 5⅞” by ½”
Balmy Blue card – 2½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 2¾” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 2½” by ½”

I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to glue the 2 pieces of Bay the Bay dsp to the Thick Basic White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper used to make special thinking of you card

The large sandpiper was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the square of Basic White card, I added the sandy shore with the seashells in Crumb Cake ink along the bottom. The image was then die cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper used to make special thinking of you card

I used the same liquid glue to add the stitched square to the Balmy Blue square and mounted it on the card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper used to make special thinking of you card

The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the strip of Basic White card, trimmed it down and tucked it under the raised panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper used to make special thinking of you card

A trio of Milky Dots finished the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Seaside Bay stamp set and Dies along with the By The Bay Designer Series Paper used to make special thinking of you card

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A pretty, muted sympathy card made using the large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Seaside Bird

Posted on December 16, 2022January 6, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing with the Seaside Bay stamp set today, It is one of the new sets coming in the January to June Mini Catalogue.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the seaside bird card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic Gray card – 5⅛” by 3⅜ – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5” by 3 ¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – ¾” strip
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner

I stamped the sweet sandy shore image in Balmy Blue ink across the bottom of the Balmy Blue front and set it aside.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty, muted sympathy card.

The same image was stamped across the bottom of the smaller Basic White panel in Basic Gray ink. I added the large bird using the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty, muted sympathy card.

I used Blending Brushes to add So Saffron ink to the bottom of the panel and Balmy Blue to the top of the panel. The birds in flight from the Mountain Air stamp set were stamped in Basic Gray ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty, muted sympathy card.

Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam Blends were used to add colour to the seashells and Crumb Cake Blends were used to colour the bird. The decorated panel was glued to the Basic Gray layer and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty, muted sympathy card.

I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink onto the strip of Basic White card, trimmed it down, inked the edges with Balmy Blue ink and added it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The large bird from the Seaside Bay stamp set used to make a pretty, muted sympathy card.

A trio of flat backed pearls completed the card.

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A sweetly pretty new baby card made using the Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin' Up! and some paper piecing

Places in my Heart Baby card

Posted on December 13, 2022January 6, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I have been making a sweet baby card using the Places in my Heart stamp set for a friend who is about to become grandmother to a sweet baby girl.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the places in my heart card, you will need:

Blushing Bride card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Fitting Florets dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Fitting Florets dsp

I stamped the adorable image in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the 4” by 3” panel of Basic White card. The same image was stamped again, using the same ink, onto two pieces of Fitting Florets dsp, one pink and one blue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a pretty new baby card

The ladies’ top was fussy cut from the Balmy Blue pattern of the Fitting Florets dsp and the Babygro from the Blushing Bride pattern. These were then glued to the stamped image. I used one of the oval dies from the Framed Florets Dies to cut out the entire image.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a pretty new baby card

I used the following Blends Alcohol Pens to colour in the rest of the image – Petal Pink, So Saffron and some of the Natural Collection.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a pretty new baby card

The same set of dies were used to cut the oval heart border from the Piece of dsp and the piece was then glued to the Basic White card panel. I wrapped a length of White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon around the panel before adhering it down to the Blushing Bride card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a pretty new baby card

The decorated oval was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals and a bow of the same ribbon added with a Mini Glue Dot. I added 3 of the hearts from the die cut oval to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -The Places in the Heart stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used to make a pretty new baby card

The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Layering Circle Dies. It was added to the card front on a Dimensional.

Isn’t the card sweet?

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A pretty card made for the Stamping Dreams 'In Memoriam' Blog Hop using the Painted Poppies stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Field of Poppies for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Posted on November 10, 2022November 2, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where our theme is ‘In Memoriam’. My son is in the British Army and Remembrance Sunday is very important to us a family and I have chosen to make a field of poppies themed sympathy card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the field of poppies card, you will need:

Petal Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Poppy Parade card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2
Poppy Parade card – 2¼” by 2¼”
Basic White card – 2¼” by 2¼”

Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the group of poppies, twice across one of the Basic White panels.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Poppies stamp set used to make a pretty card for the Stamping Dreams ‘In Memoriam’ Blog Hop

I used a Post It note to mask off the ½” strip where the poppy stems were stamped. I used a Blending Brush to apply Granny Apple Green ink between to strips of Post Of Note. The sticky strips were then moved up and Petal Pink ink was brushed on over the poppy flowers. Finally, I masked off a ½” strip above the flowers and coloured this in with Pool Party and a Blending Brush.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Poppies stamp set used to make a pretty card for the Stamping Dreams ‘In Memoriam’ Blog Hop

I wrapped a length of Black Baker’s Twine around the stamped panel securing it on the back with Sellotape. The panel was then glued to the Poppy Parade layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I used the same liquid glue to add the panel to the Petal Pink card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Poppies stamp set used to make a pretty card for the Stamping Dreams ‘In Memoriam’ Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the square or Basic White card. This was die cut using the Beautiful Shapes Dies. A slightly larger circle was cut from the square of Poppy Parade card using one of the Layering Circle Dies. The sentiment was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Poppies stamp set used to make a pretty card for the Stamping Dreams ‘In Memoriam’ Blog Hop

A Baker’s Twine bow was added with a Mini Glue Dot and a trio of Classc Matte Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Painted Poppies stamp set used to make a pretty card for the Stamping Dreams ‘In Memoriam’ Blog Hop

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