Lovely As A Tree Stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a masculine birthday card

Lovely As A Tree – Stamp ‘N Hop

Posted on April 14, 2018April 18, 2018 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the April Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop and if you have hopped on from the lovely Danielle Kassing I am sure you have loved her crafty share as much as I have. The theme of this month’s blog hop is our favourite item from the current Annual catalogue. So much choice, where to start…………… and that is exactly where I have started.

The first Stampin’ Up! item I ever bought was the gorgeous Lovely As a Tree Stamp set which has been a staple in the catalogue for many, many years. Before the launch of every catalogue I wonder if this is the year the stamp set will be retired from the catalogue, so far this hasn’t happened…..maybe this will be the year……

It is a fantastically versatile stamp set and I have used it for birthday cards, thank you cards, congratulations cards and Christmas cards. The trees and leaves in the set are beautifully drawn and a real pleasure to work with. For this blog hop I chose to re-work one of the first cards I made using this set, at the time I had no other Stampin’ Up! products so used cardstock and dsp from my stash.

Method used

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As A Tree for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I started by colouring the gorgeous ‘oak tree’ image using the Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz and Always Artichoke Marker Pens. This is a great way to add multiple colours to a stamp giving texture and depth to an image. I huffed on the stamp to moisten the ink and stamped onto a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4½” by 2¾”. Taking an Aquapainter I softened and added colour to the image. I used a Soft Sky ink pad and a Sponge Dauber to add colour to the ‘sky’ and to the upper edges of the panel. I tore the bottom of the panel and inked the edge with a Sponge Dauber and Crumb Cake ink before adding the sentiment from the Yay You stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink. I am generally not a great fan of torn or inked edges but feel that it works really well on this card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As A Tree for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I added a length of ¼” Copper Trim and tied it into a bow. This stamped panel was added to a layer of Chocolate Chip cardstock 5” by 2⅞”. I took an 11¾” by 4⅛” piece of Garden Green cardstock and scored it in the middle at 5⅞” to make a tent fold card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As A Tree for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I added a panel of Wood Textures dsp which started out at 5½” by 3⅜” before I tore the bottom. It was added to the card front using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The stamped panel was added on top using Stampin’ Dimensionals. To the inside I glued a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” having stamped the ‘oak leaf’ image in Garden Green ink at the bottom. The same image was stamped on a Whisper White Envelope

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, please hop on to see the gorgeous project Kim Smith has for you.

Kayla Adams
Amy Grendel
Tracie Evans Langley
Cheryl Taylor
Linda Handford
Susan Simpson
Laurie Meier
Christina Walker
Britney Vander Laan
Lisa Kmiec
Melissa Kerman
Kirsten Aitchison
Tracey Gouraud
Rachel Traudt
Ilka Teschke
Danielle Kassing
Mo Rootes
Kim Smith
Courtney Heuston
Jenn Charles
Idonna Miller
Terry Montgomery
Joanne Hodge
Sandra Roberts
Laura Mackie
Mikaela Titheridge

Karen Pearmain
Tracy Lewis

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one. 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
Lovely As A Tree & Yay You
Cardstock
Garden Green, Chocolate Chip & Whisper White
Designer Series Paper
Wood Textures
Ink Pads
Chocolate Chip, Garden Green & Soft Sky
Markers
Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz & Always Artichoke
Tools
Aquapainter, Sponge Daubers, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Blocks
B, D & D
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Grid Paper, Copper Trim & Whisper White Envelope

Stampin' Up!'s Lovely as a Tree at sunset

Autumn colours for Lovely as a Tree

Posted on September 19, 2017September 18, 2017 by Mo Rootes

I love stamping images from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set in Autumn colours and today’s card was inspired by the gorgeous sunsets we are blessed with living on the edge of The Fens. The pinks and peaches look fabulous together.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely as a Tree in Autumn colours

I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock 3½” by 3½” and masked it at ¾” on all 4 sides using Post It notes leaving a 2” by 2” square in the middle of the cardstock. I took a wedge of Stampin Sponge, dabbed it onto the surface of the Peakaboo Peach inkpad to pick up some ink and applied it to the centre of the masked off square. I found I got the best results by rubbing gently in a circular motion bringing the colour out gradually to the edge of the square. I dabbed a 2^nd sponge into the Flirty Flamingo inkpad and started from the edge of the square and worked inwards. When I was happy with the depth of colour I used the Peakaboo Peach sponge to blend the 2 colours together before peeling away the Post It note masks to reveal the inked square.

Lovely as a Tree with an autumnal sunset

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely as a Tree in Autumn colours

When the ink was dry I added the ‘oak tree’ image in Early Espresso ink to the lower right corner overlapping the inked square. This is such a simple technique but the results look amazing.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely as a Tree in Autumn colours

I added the stamped and inked layer to a piece of Peakaboo Peach cardstock using Tomow Liquid Adhesive. I took a larger panel of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” and wrapped a piece of Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon (retired) around it securing the ends on the back using sellotape. I added the stamped panel on top of the ribbon using Stampin’ Dimensionals and added the sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set to the right using Peakaboo Peach ink before adding a bow with a Mini Glue Dot. The whole piece was then added to a Flirty Flamingo card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

I added a Whisper White panel 5⅜” by 3⅝”, to the inside of the card and stamped the tree again in the bottom right hand corner and stamped the same image again on the front of the Whisper White envelope. I love the way this card looks, hope you like 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
Lovely As A Tree, Beautiful Bouquet
Cardstock
Flirty Flamingo, Peakaboo Peach Chip & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Peakaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo & Early Espresso
Tools
Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone Folder and Scissors
Acrylic Block
B & G
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Flirty Flamingo Ruched ribbon (retired), Grid Paper & Whisper White Envelope

Feeling Autumnal with Lovely as a Tree

Posted on August 29, 2017August 27, 2017 by Mo Rootes

Isn’t it typical? It has been cold and wet most of the summer and as soon as I come up with a definitely autumnal card, using the fabulous Lovely As A Tree stamp set, out comes the sun and it turns lovely and hot. If I’d known that sooner……….

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As a Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I took a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock 2¾” by 2¾”, inked up the top of the tree using the So Saffron ink pad. I then took the Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Garden Green and Early Espresso Markers and added colour to the canopy of the tree using the ‘thumping technique’. Basically you hold the marker on its side between your thumb and middle finger and thump the brush end randomly down adding spots of colour.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As a Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I used the Early Espresso Marker to colour in the trunk of the tree. When I had finished adding colour I huffed on the stamp to re-moisten the ink and stamped it down. Love the effect this technique gives, simple but gorgeous. I die cut the tree using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Dies and layered it, using Tombow Liquid Adhesive, onto an Early Espresso scalloped circle die cut using the largest scalloped die from the Layered Circle Framelits.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As a Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I took a Crumb Cake card base and stamped the oak leaf image around the edge using Crumb Cake ink. I ran a panel of Crumb Cake cardstock through the Big Shot with the Seaside embossing folder (meant to use the woodgrain folder but didn’t notice that I’d got the wrong one until later!!!!) and added it to the right side of the card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive, leaving an even border around three sides.

I stamped the sentiment from the Eastern Beauty stamp set in Early Espresso ink onto a scrap strip of So Saffron cardstock. I adhered this to the front of the embossed panel using Tombow and added thin strips of Cajun Craze and Old Olive cardstock either side of the sentiment piece.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lovely As a Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The stamped circle was added to the front of the card, overhanging the right hand side, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The overhanging portion was then trimmed off using Scissors.

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
Lovely As A Tree, Eastern Beauty
Cardstock
Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Old Olive & Very Vanilla
Ink Pads
Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Markers
Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Old Olive & Garden Green
Dies
Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circle Framelits
Embossing Folder
Seaside
Tools
Big Shot, Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone Folder and Scissors
Acrylic Block
D & G
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Grid Paper & Very Vanilla Envelope