Springtime Impressions thinlits coloured with inks and used as a stencil

Springtime Impressions Thinlits used 2 ways

Posted on June 26, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

I’ve been having such fun today playing with the gorgeous Springtime Impressions Thinlit dies and lots of lovely Spring/Summer colours. This fab die set is available as a bundle with the Abstract Impressions stamp set at a 10% discount in my online shop. For the cards today I have only used the Springtime Impressions Thinlit Dies.

Card 1

I began by taking the large, detailed floral corner die and running it through my Big Shot. I used Whisper White cardstock and following Stampin’ Up’s! latest advice I ran it through the Big Shot with the cutting side facing up and It cut like a dream and was so much easier to get out of the die.

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I then took a panel of Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” and laid the intricate die cut on top and slightly overlapping the bottom left corner. I then opened up my Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, Powder Pink, Highland Heather, So Saffron and Granny Apple Green ink pads and using a Sponge Dauber for each colour I coloured in the flowers and leaves making sure to tap the ink on and not to rub at all. I held the die cut firmly in place with a finger as I didn’t want it to move. When I lifted the die cut piece away it revealed a gorgeous stencilled image. I just love these colours together. I then rounded the upper right corner with the Detailed Trio Punch.

I added a strip of Flirty Flamingo ruched ribbon which has retired and adhered it to the back using Sellotape. The sentiment comes from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and was stamped on scrap Whisper White cardstock in Granny Apple Green ink and I die cut using one of the sweet labels from the Lakeside Framelits. I die cut one end then the other to give a shorter banner. I repeated this technique with a scrap of Granny Apple Green cardstock and adhered the 2 together with Tombow Liquid Adhesive and adhered over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This panel was then added to a layer of Granny Apple Green cardstock 5½” by 3¾” after rounding the upper right corner and added to a Thick Whisper White card base with Tombow having again rounded the upper right corner.

Card 2

For the second card I took the coloured in die cut and added it to a Whisper White panel 5⅜” by 3⅝” using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. As the die cut is so detailed I like to add the glue to the back with a small piece Stampin’ Sponge. I add a blob of glue to my Silicon Craft Sheet and pick it up with the sponge then dab the glue all over.

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I stamped the same sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink and rounded the lower right corner with the Detailed Trio Punch. I added this layer to a panel of Flirty Flamingo cardstock 5½” by 3¾” with a rounded lower right corner using Tombow. The whole panel was then added to a So Saffron card base, also with rounded lower right corners, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love these pretty feminine cards, hope you like them.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

Delicate filigree butterfly by Stampin' Up! for an Anniversary card

Springtime Impressions Butterfly

Posted on June 1, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card I made using the gorgeous new Springtime Impressions dies. You can purchase these in a bundle with the pretty Abstract Flowers stamp set with 10% discount but today I am only using the dies.

To Make the Card

Using my Stampin’ Trimmer I cut a panel of Petal Pink cardstock at 5⅜” by 3⅝”. This is one of our new colours and is such a soft and delicate colour. I placed the large detailed butterfly from the Springtime Impressions dies in the lower left hand corner and ran it through my Big Shot. I also ran a 4½” by 2½” piece of Vellum through the Big Shot with the same butterfly die.

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I then inserted the upper right corner of the Petal Pink layer into the Lovely Floral Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot. Love the delicate texture this gives to the card.

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I stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set in Calypso Coral ink in the lower right hand corner before mounting the panel onto a layer of Calypso Coral cardstock 5½” by 3¾” using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

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I adhered the centre of the Vellum butterfly into the negative space in the Petal Pink Layer using Mini Glue Dots and layered the Petal Pink butterfly on top. So pretty………

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To finish off I added some of the Grapefruit Grove Faceted Dots to the butterfly body and stamped the butterfly from the Painted Glass stamp set on the inside of the card and on the envelope.

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I love this pretty card, hope my friends love it.

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
Beautiful Bouquet & Painted Glass
Dies
Springtime Impressions dies
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Vellum & Petal Pink
Ink Pads
Calypso Coral
Tools
Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors (Paper Snips)
Block
B & C
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Mini Glue Dots
Accessories
Faceted Dots, Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelopes

Wine related masculine cards using the Half Full stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Half Full for May Classes

Posted on May 11, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

For this week’s class I have focused on the Half Full stamp set. This set originally featured in the Autumn/ Winter 2017 catalogue and was carried over and we now know it will be in the new Annual Catalogue which launches on the 1^st June. This wine related set has great images and sentiments which will take you throughout the whole year.

Card Number 1- Row of Glasses

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We started with a Whisper White panel 4⅛” by 1⅞” and stamped the ‘small row of glasses’, twice in Archival Basic Gray ink. When the ink was dry we coloured in all but one of the glasses using the So Saffron Marker. The final glass was coloured using the Rich Razzleberry Marker pen. Over the top of the Rich Razzleberry we added a layer of Fine-Tip Glue to add shine and dimension to the card before setting the piece to one side for the glue to dry. When the glue had dried we added a ½” strip of Basic Gray cardstock to the top and bottom of the panel with Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

We stamped a ‘row of bottles’ across the bottom of a Rich Razzleberry card base using Rich Razzleberry ink. We stamped the sentiment in Archival Basic Gray ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Tailored Tag Punch. We also punched a tag using the same punch from So Saffron cardstock. The 2 were glued together with Tombow Liquid Adhesive with a small border of the So Saffron cardstock showing at the bottom. We added the sentiment piece to the 4⅛” by 1⅞” stamped panel with Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

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This whole panel was then added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. We added a layer of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” to the inside of the card and stamped the row of glasses on the bottom and also onto the front of a Whisper White envelope.

Card Number 2 – Three Panel card

Tri-panel card using the Half Full Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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For the 2^nd card we stamped the ‘bottle’ image onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock 5” by 1¾” using Archival Basic Gray ink. Using the same ink we stamped the ‘large wine glass’ onto a 3” by 1¾” piece of Tranquil Tide cardstock and the ‘row of small glasses’ onto a 1¾” by 1¾” piece of So Saffron cardstock. The sentiment was stamped in Archival Basic Gray ink onto a 2” by ⅝” scrap of Whisper White cardstock.

We wrapped a small piece of ribbon Basic Gray Shimmer Ribbon around the top of the Rich Razzleberry panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape we then added a bow in the same ribbon to the front with a Mini Glue Dot.

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The 3 stamped panels were then added to a 5¼” by 3¾” piece of Whisper White cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The sentiment was then added on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the whole panel added to a Thick Whisper White card base with Tombow.

Card Number 3 – Gate-Fold

We started the card with a panel of Tranquil Tide cardstock 8¼” by 5⅞” which I had scored at either end, on the long side, at 2¹⁄₁₆”. We folded and burnished the score lines then stamped either the ‘wine bottles’ or ‘large glasses’ onto both front panels in Tranquil Tide ink.

Wine related, gate-fold masculine cards using the Half Full stamp set by Stampin' Up!

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The ladies then chose a sentiment from the Half Full, Thoughtful Banners or Beautiful Bouquet stamp sets and stamped these in either Archival Basic Gray or Tranquil Tide ink onto a 3¼” by 3¼” piece of Whisper White cardstock. They stamped the ‘bottle’ and the ‘large glass’ onto the same panel using the Archival Basic Gray ink.

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Using the new Detailed Trio Punch they punched one corner of the Whisper White panel and the same corner on a panel of Basic Gray cardstock 3⅜” by 3⅜” and glued the 2 together with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. Stampin’ Dimensionals or glue was then added to the left had side of the panel which was then added to the left hand flap of the card front.

A layer of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” was stamped with the ‘wine bottle’ or ‘large glass’ and added to the inside of the card and the same image was stamped on the bottom of a Whisper White envelope.

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We all really enjoyed making these great male cards this month. Hope you like them.

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
Half Full, Beautiful Bouquet & Thoughtful Banners
Punches
Tailored Tag & Detailed Trio
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry, Tranquil Tide, So Saffron & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Gray, Rich Razzleberry & So Saffron
Stampin’ Blends
Light & dark Rich Razzelberry, Light & Dark Smoky Slate
Stampin’ Write Markers
Rich Razzleberry & So Saffron
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors (Paper Snips)
Blocks
B, B, C, D, G, G & H
Adhesives
Fine-Tip Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
¼” Basic Gray Shimmer Ribbon (retired), Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelopes

Beautiful Bouquet Classes

Posted on February 16, 2018February 15, 2018 by Mo Rootes

We have had a fab time over the last week in my February classes playing with the gorgeous Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and the co-ordinating Bouquet Bunch dies. This set contains 21 dies and 37 stamps including some lovely scripted sentiments.

The first card we made was very simple. We started with a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock 3⅞” by 3⅛” and stamped our chosen sentiment, either from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set or the Mother’s day sentiment from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set, at the bottom of the panel using Berry Burst ink. Above that we stamped the flower stems in Wild Wasabi ink. Next we added flowers in Calypso Coral ink, So Saffron Ink and Night of Navy ink. We stamped 2 flowers in Berry Burst ink onto scrap Very Vanilla cardstock and die cut these using the Big Shot and the Bouquet Bunch dies and added them to the stamped layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The stamped layer was added to a piece of Berry Burst cardstock after corner rounding the upper left corners with the retired Project Life Corner Rounder using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. Taking a small strip of Night of Navy cardstock, 4⅛” by ¼” and a pair of scissors we cut a banner end and glued the piece to a Thick Very Vanilla Card base with Tombow. The stamped layer was then added to the card front on Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish off we added some Basic Pearls to the 2 largest flowers.

For the second card we started with a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock 5½” by 3¾”. We began by stamping the largest of the flowers in Calypso Coral ink on the right side of the panel. We added flowers in So Saffron ink, the Night of Navy ink and Wisteria Wonder ink. The leaves were added in Wild Wasabi ink. I always start with the larger images and use the smaller images to fill in the gaps. Taking a layer of Night of Navy cardstock 5⅝” by 3⅞” and punched out a label using the Pretty Label Punch, I love doing this, no one will ever know there is a piece missing behind the stamped panel. I corner rounded the upper left and lower right corners of the stamped panel and the Night of Navy panel. We added a piece of Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon to the panel securing it to the reverse with Sellotape, before adhering the two layers together with Tombow. The panel was then added to a Calypso Coral Card Base. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy onto scrap Very Vanilla cardstock and die cut using the Layering Circles dies and added to the punched label. This was added over the ribbon on Stampin’ Dimensionals and Basic Pearls added to a few of the flowers and the label.

The final card began with a layer of Very Vanilla cardstock 5⅞” by 4⅛” and a Paper Trimmer. We lined the upper left hand corner up with the cutting track and the lower right hand corner roughly 1 – 1½” up the right side and cut. Keeping the upper left hand corner in the cutting track we swung the panel to the right and cut again about 1 – 1½” on the bottom edge. This leaves 2 triangles and a piece that looks like a man’s tie. Setting the triangles to one side we placed the ‘tie’ shaped piece onto the front of a Thick Very Vanilla card base with the thin piece in the upper left corner and the wider piece in the lower left corner and drew a light pencil line down both sides. This defines the area we needed to fill with our stamped images. We started again with the largest images and worked through to the smallest image using Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Berry Burst, Night of Navy, Wild Wasabi and Wisteria Wonder inks and erased the pencil marks when we had filled the area. We stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy ink on the left hand panel before adding the left and right hand panels using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. We stamped the largest and smallest flowers onto scrap Very Vanilla and die cut them using the Big Shot and the Bouquet Bunch dies. We also die cut leaves from Wild Wasabi cardstock and flowers from So Saffron cardstock. All of these elements were added to the top of the stamped diagonal panel using Tombow or Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The ladies loved the cards and I loved the colours, so bright and cheerful. Hope you like them.

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
Beautiful Bouquet & Thoughtful Banners
Dies
Bouquet Bunch dies & Layering Circle framelit dies
Punches
Pretty Label & Project Life Corner Rounder (retired)
Cardstock
Thick Very Vanilla, Berry Burst, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi & Very Vanilla.
Ink Pads
Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Berry Burst, Night of Navy, Wild Wasabi and Wisteria Wonder
Tools
Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder, Pencil, Eraser and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, A, B, B, B, B, B, H & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Basic Pearls, Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon, Very Vanilla Envelope

Beautiful Bouquet Spray for an anniversary

Posted on February 6, 2018February 4, 2018 by Mo Rootes

We are using the gorgeous Beautiful Bouquet for classes this month and I have been using the set over the last few days to make some samples for my inspiration table. I love the versatility of the set, it is so easy to make a clean and simple card or you can go mad with layering for a totally different look. I also love the many sentiments this set comes with; the font is so dainty, just beautiful.

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I wanted to make a card featuring a floral spray rather than a bouquet and with a very simple colour palette. My starting point was the 2 circles which were left over from another project, one in Champagne Foil and the other from the Wood Textures dsp!

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I inked up the flower stamp with Night of Navy ink and stamped it 4 times onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock without re-inking. I love that we can get 3 or 4 different shades of the same colour from an ink pad. I did the same thing with Bermuda Bay ink and then die cut all of the flowers using the co-ordinating Beautiful Bunch dies. I love Lemon Lime Twist with both Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy and chose to die cut the leaves from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. I added a ½” strip of Night of Navy cardstock and a ⅜” strip of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock to ground the circles which I had adhered slightly off centre.

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I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy ink onto a Thick Whisper White cardstock and added the leaves and flowers using a combination of Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals. I wanted to add a little more shimmer to the card but could find something I liked; then I spotted some Champagne Foil scraps and used these to punch out small ⅛” and ¼” circles using the Hand Held Circle punches. I glued these down with Tombow.

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Love this card so much. Hope you like it as well.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you. To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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
Beautiful Bouquet
Dies
Beautiful Bunch dies & Layering Circle dies
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Champagne Foil, Lemon Lime Twist, Night of Navy and Whisper White.
Ink Pads
Night of Navy and Bermuda Bay
Tools
Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, ⅛” Hand Held Circle Punch, ¼” Hand Held Circle Punch (retired), Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B & D
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Whisper White Envelope

Triangular boxes holding mini Toblerones

Beautiful Bouquet for OnStage swaps

Posted on November 10, 2017November 5, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Twice a year Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have the opportunity to get together at an event called OnStage for training and the opportunity to network. It is always such fun; we get to see the up-coming new catalogue, to try out some of the new product and to get some business tips and ideas and come away with some freebies……..Whoop Whoop.

As part of the fun many of us design and make swaps to share with other demonstrators and this time I opted for a 3D swap using some of the Brights colour collection – Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Real Red. I knew I wanted to use mini Toblerones , love these………. so I searched Pinterest and Youtube for ideas on packaging and stumbled across an video by Linda Parker – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrV6TkIV5qg featuring a box she made to hold 2 mini Toblerones. I adapted her measurements and came up with this cute little triangular box.