A pretty thinking of you card made for a poorly friend using the 'In the Moment' stamp set by Stampin' Up! and a paper piecing technique

Lady in a Window card

Posted on July 7, 2023June 19, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty ‘lady in a window’ card made, for a friend who is struggling with ill health using the In The Moment stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the lady in the window card, you will need:

Night of Navy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Masterfully Made dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Night of Navy card – 2” by ¼”
Scrap Masterfully Made dsp

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the panel of dsp to one of the larger layers of Basic White card. A length of White Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel before it was glued to the Night of Navy card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The ‘In the Moment’ stamp set and a paper piecing technique used to making a pretty thinking of you card for a poorly friend

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

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The ‘In the Moment’ stamp set and a paper piecing technique used to making a pretty thinking of you card for a poorly friend

I stamped the same image, in the same ink onto scraps of Masterfully Made dsp and fussy cut out the trousers, top and both cushions from various patterns of paper. These pieces were then glued onto the image in the appropriate places.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The ‘In the Moment’ stamp set and a paper piecing technique used to making a pretty thinking of you card for a poorly friend

Blends pens were then used to colour in the rest of the image – Ivory for the skin, Copper Clay for the hair, Fresh Freesia for the mug and Bronze for the window frame. The coloured panel was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The ‘In the Moment’ stamp set and a paper piecing technique used to making a pretty thinking of you card for a poorly friend

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Night of Navy card, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. I added it to the card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The ‘In the Moment’ stamp set and a paper piecing technique used to making a pretty thinking of you card for a poorly friend

A trio of Basic Rhinestones were coloured with a Night of Navy Blends Pen before being added to the card front. A Baker’s Twine bow completed the card.

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A pretty moth themed, thinking of you card made using the Night of Flight stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Night of Flight Moth card

Posted on June 4, 2023May 29, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty card featuring one of the moths from the Night of Flight stamp set.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the moth card, you will need:

Bubble Bath card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Moody Mauve card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White card – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3¾”

I stamped the moth in Pebbled Path ink onto the smaller panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Night of Flight stamp set used to make a pretty moth themed, thinking of you card

Using the following Blends Pens I coloured in the image – Bubble Bath, Moody Mauve, Smoky Slate and Gray Granite

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Night of Flight stamp set used to make a pretty moth themed, thinking of you card

The decorated panel was glued to the Moody Mauve panel and a piece of Sweet Sorbet Open Weave Metallic Ribbon was wrapped around the upper right and lower left corners.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Night of Flight stamp set used to make a pretty moth themed, thinking of you card

The panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Night of Flight stamp set used to make a pretty moth themed, thinking of you card

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

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Night of Flight stamp set used to make a pretty moth themed, thinking of you card

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Daisy Sympathy card

Posted on May 23, 2023May 27, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Today I have been making a sympathy card using the Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper and the Earthen Textures Dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

Basic White

Wild Wheat

Pretty Peacock

To recreate the fresh as a daisy card, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Wild Wheat card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Fresh As A Daisy dsp – 3¼” by 3¼”
Scrap Basic White card

Using the largest stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes dies, I die cut a circle from the Fresh As A Daisy designer series paper (dsp).

A sympathy card made using the Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper and the the Earthen Textures Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper combined with the Earthen Textures Dies to make a sympathy card

I laid the die cut circle onto the smaller panel of Basic White card and stamped the sentiment, from the Something Fancy stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper combined with the Earthen Textures Dies to make a sympathy card

The stamped panel was then glued to the Wild Wheat layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then glued to the Pretty Peacock card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper combined with the Earthen Textures Dies to make a sympathy card

Using the Textured Floral Dies, I cut out one of the leafy sprigs from Basic White card and added it to the die cut stitched circle and the circle was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper combined with the Earthen Textures Dies to make a sympathy card

The card was completed by adding a trio of 2023 – 2025 In Color Dots.

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A pretty floral birthday card made using the gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Purple Textured Flower card

Posted on May 21, 2023May 15, 2023 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing today with the Textured Floral stamp set and have made a pretty, simply stamped purple textured flower card to share today

Colours used on this card are:

To recreate the purple textured flower card:

Parakeet Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 4⅞” by 3⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Gorgeous Grape card – 4¾” by 3” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 4½” by 2¾” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using the larger leafy image, I randomly stamped all around the Parakeet Party card front using Parakeet Party ink. I set it aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

Using Highland Heather ink, I stamped the largest flower in Highland Heather ink in the lower right corner of the smallest piece of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The leafy image was then added below the flower using Parakeet Party ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

The sentiment, from the same Textured Floral stamp set was stamped in the upper left corner in Highland Heather ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the stamped panel to the layer of Gorgeous Grape card and then to the 4½” by 2¾” panel of Basic White card. The whole panel was mounted onto the Parakeet Party card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous new Textured Florals stamp set used to make a pretty floral birthday card

A trio of Glossy Dots completed the card. Love this colour combo.

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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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Mo Rootes – crafty-rootes (UK)
Victoria Littlewood
Annette Elias

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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.