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Congratulation Alaska incentive trip achiever

Congratulations Alaska Incentive Trip Achiever

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Today, I am sharing a card I made for my lovely upline Mikaela to congratulate her on achieving the Alaska incentive trip. She has put so much time and effort into winning this trip for herself and her family and so deserves it. She is an amazing mentor and team leader. Go Mikaela…………x

Congratulation Alaska incentive trip achiever

www.crafty-rootes.com – Large Letters Dies by Stampin’ Up! for a congratulations card

AS the trip is to Alaska the card had to have an icy theme so I started by using the snowflakes from the, oh so versatile, Colorful Seasons stamp set. I stamped them in Island Indigo ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 7⅞” by 3⅞”. I knew the card base had to be long to accommodate all those letters……….. I took the stamped panel to the Big Shot and die cut the letters A, L, A, S, K, A from the panel using the Large Letter framelit dies. I then ran the same letters through again using lots of scrap Whisper White cardstock until I had a total of 4 of each of the letters – 12 A’s in total…….

Snowflakes and hidden letters featuring Stampin' Up product

www.carfty-rootes.com – Large Letters framelit dies to spell Alaska

Using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I added the stamped layer with the cut out letters onto a panel of the gorgeous, new Champagne Glimmer paper. I took each letter in turn and adhered 3 Whisper White die cuts to the back to form a stack of each letter 4 pieces high; before adding each letter back into the appropriate space on the stamped panel. I love the dimension the stacks of letters give to this project.

Simple Snowflake card

www.crafty=rootes.com – Large Letters Dies by Stampin’ Up! for a congratulations card

I added some of the tiny stars from the Star of Light stamp set in So Saffron ink along the top above the letters and glued the whole panel to an Island Indigo card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I added a 7⅞” by 3⅞” piece of Whisper White cardstock to the inside having stamped down the edge using the snowflakes from the Colorful Seasons stamp set and the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set in Island Indigo, Pacific Point, Marina Mist and Pool party ink. I added the sentiment from the Lift Me Up stamp set which seemed so appropriate in Island Indigo ink. I stamped the envelope using the same stamps and colours.

Pretty snowflake decoration inside a card

www.crafty=rootes.com – Large Letters Dies by Stampin’ Up! for a congratulations card

I really love the simplicity of the card and really hope Mikaela likes it.

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. If you are local please check out my classes and events using the button at the top of the page or leave me a comment.

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
Colorful Season, Lift Me Up & Snowflake Sentiments
Cardstock
Island Indigo, Champagne Foil & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Island Indigo, Marina Mist, Pool Party, So Saffron & Pacific Point
Dies
Large Letter framelits
Tools
Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone Folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, B, C, D & D
Adhesive
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Accessories
Grid Paper & Envelope

Lift Me Up for January Classes

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Last week’s classes saw us using the lovely Lift Me Up stamp set with the co-ordinating Up & Away thinlet dies to make 3 cards.  I wanted to combine the stamps and dies from the Spring/Summer catalogue with the Carried Away Designer Series Paper (dsp) found in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I cut the 12” x 12” papers down to 6”x 6” stacks – 8 stacks from each pack of dsp, each stack containing 6 double sided sheets – and gave each of my ladies a pack to use in the class. What they didn’t use they took home to add to their stash. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Carried Away dsp – Sale-A-Bration

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

I chose the ink colours to match the dsp – Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder, Peakaboo Peach and Mint Macaron. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The first card was very straight forward and involved stamping the smallest balloon randomly onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock in 4 of the colours. The ladies then chose a patterned paper to add behind the stamped panel using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then layered onto a Smoky Slate cardbase using Dimensionals. Simple but very effective. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The second card was CASE’d from the amazing Australian demonstrator Kylie Bertucci. Kylie made this card using all of the dsp options from the Carried Away dsp and you can see them all by following this Youtube link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3w  – she starts showing the cards about 15 mins in. My ladies enjoyed having the chance to select their own dsp for this card. We decided that this card would make a great Valentine card as many of our menfolk don’t appreciate the hearts and flowers, lovey dovey type cards………  

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The last card involved using the Sponge Brayers, a first for many of the ladies who come to my classes. The brayers are super easy to use and each pack contains 4 sponges and 2 handles. After using each sponge you take it off the handle, removed the plastic centre and run it under warm water until the water runs clear and then leave them to air dry. The sponges will become stained but this doesn’t affect them at all.

We used the Peakaboo Peach, Watermelon Wonder and Night of Navy ink pads to colour the background Whisper White panel. The panel initially looks quite mottled but evens out as the ink soaks into the cardstock and dries. The beautiful intricate balloon was die cut from Basic Black cardstock and we die cut some of the dsp to add behind the balloon. The starry night was made using a white gel pen. The whole panel was added to a Thick Whisper White card base.

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I hope you like these projects as much as the ladies who came to the January classes did. Thank you for visiting my blog and come again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Up & Away Thinlit Dies
Carried Away dsp
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Night of Navy cardstock
Smoky Slate cardstock
Night of Navy inkpad
Peakaboo Peach inkpad
Watermelon Wonder inkpad
Mint Macaron inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks B, C, D, G and E
Sponge Brayers
BigShot, Multipurpose Platform, Precision Base Plate, 2 cutting pads
Die Brush
Signo White Gel Pen
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

Lift Me Up – New Goodies

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I have been having such fun today playing with the new Lift Me Up stamp set. This set will be available in the Spring/Summer catalogue which launches on the 4th January 2017. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is that we get to order from new catalogues a month before they go live……and who doesn’t love new goodies.

I kept these first 2 cards very simple but I think they are really effective.

I stamped the smaller balloon from the Lift Me Up stamp set onto a panel of Whisper White cardstock. The image was stamped in rows to give a rainbow effect. The colours I used were Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Garden Green and Perfect Plum. The sentiment from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set was stamped in Melon Mambo ink onto a scrap of Whisper White and punched out using the Classic Label Punch. I punched 2 classic labels from Basic Black cardstock and added these to the back of the punched sentiment and adhered the piece to the stamped panel using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

The whole panel was added to a layer of basic Black cardstock with Tombow then added  to a Thick Whisper White card base using Dimensionals.

The second card is a pared back version of the first. I stamped the balloons onto a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock using first, second, third, fourth and fifth generation Watermelon Wonder ink……..and I could have got a couple more layers if I had had a large enough piece of paper cardstock. The stamped panel was then adhered to a panel of Early Espresso cardstock.

The sentiment from the Crazy About You stamp set was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and backed onto Early Espresso cardstock before being adhered onto a Crumb Cake cardstock card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

I really like both of these cards and let’s face it, you can never have too many thank you cards. Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you like the project. See you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Thoughtful Banners stamp set
Crazy About You stamp set
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Very Vanilla cardstock
Early Espresso cardstock
Basic Black cardstock
Crumb Cake cardstock
Melon Mambo inkpad
Calypso Coral inkpad
Crushed Curry inkpad
Garden Green inkpad
Perfect Plum ink pad
Watermelon Wonder ink pad
Chocolate Chip ink pad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Classic Label Punch
Acrylic blocks B, C and H
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes