A floral, peach blossom thank you card using the Sweet As A Peach stamp set by Stampin' Up, made for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Peach Blossom for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on June 28, 2021June 22, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where our theme is Summertime Florals – I love a floral. I decided to make a peach blossom card using the Sweet as a Peach stamp set, I love the pretty spay of flowers in this stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the peach blossom card, you will need:

Polished Pink card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower right corner
Pale Papaya card – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded lower right corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – rounded lower right corner – one for the outside and one for the inside
Basic White card – 3⅞” by 1”
Pear Pizzazz card – 3⅞” by 1⅛”

Using Post It Tape, I masked off a 1” strip – about 1 ¼” from the top of one of the Basic White panels.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty peach blossom themed thank you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I inked up the trio of flowers from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set in Pale Papaya ink and added a dab of Polished pink ink to the centre of each flower using a dauber. I repeated this above and below the masked off area. The flower centres were added in Polished Pink ink using one of the smaller flowers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty peach blossom themed thank you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The leaves were stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink. I used the large spray of leaves, only inking up 2 or 3 at a time. I added a few of the tiny pair of leaves in the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty peach blossom themed thank you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The trio of tiny flowers was stamped in Polished Pink ink to fill in some of the spaces and the image I used as a flower centre was stamped in Pale Papaya ink. The stamped panel was then glued to the Pale Papaya card layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive before being added on Dimensionals to the Polished Pink card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty peach blossom themed thank you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Ornate Thanks stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink onto the strip of Basic White card. This was mounted onto the strip of Pear Pizzazz card and added to the card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty peach blossom themed thank you card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I added a double Baker’s Twine bow and a trio of 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels to complete the card.

This is one of my favourite card layouts, I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what the lovely Jessica Brigden has to share with us today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

GDPR

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

The Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies used to make a sweet thank you card

Brightly Hand- Penned Flowers

Posted on June 4, 2021May 26, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet brightly hand-penned thank you card made using the Hand-Penned stamp set and Penned Flowers dies and some lovely bright colours.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the brightly hand-penned card you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Magenta Madness – 5⅜” by 3⅝ – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½” – Rounded upper left corner
Scrap Just Jade & Basic Black

I ran the Basic White panel through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Tasteful Textiles Embossing Folder. The embossed panel was then adhered to the Magenta Madness panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely brightly hand-penned flower thank you card made using the Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies

The panel was then added to the Thick Basic White card base using the same liquid glue. I added a ⅛” strip of Magenta Madness card across the front of the panel at an angle.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely brightly hand-penned flower thank you card made using the Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies

The gorgeous floral spray was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Penned Flower dies. I also cut out some extra leaves using the same set of dies from scrap Just Jade card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely brightly hand-penned flower thank you card made using the Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies

I used the in-fill stamps to colour the flowers and leaves with Daffodil Delight ink, Magenta Madness ink and Just Jade ink. Don’t they look gorgeous. The die cut piece was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely brightly hand-penned flower thank you card made using the Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink onto scrap Basic Black, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool. I fussy cut the sentiment using scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A lovely brightly hand-penned flower thank you card made using the Hand-penned Petals stamp set and Penned Flowers dies

To complete the card, I added some of the Matte Black Dots to the flower centres.

Doesn’t this image look great in bright colours.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Using the neagtive die cut space of a fern I created a clean and simple card using Stampin' Up! products.

Negative Fern

Posted on May 28, 2021May 22, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Here is a clean and simple card negative fern card using the negative space from a die cut.

Colours used in this card are:

Evening Evergreen

Soft Succulent

Basic White

To recreate the negative fern card, you will need:

Soft Succulent card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Evening Evergreen card – 5¾” by 4”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Scrap Evening Evergreen

The fern from the Meadow dies was die cut from the large panel of Basic White card using my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

Using a Blending Brush I added soft Succulent ink to the smaller Basic White card panel. I concentrated the colour in the centre of the piece and left darker and lighter areas.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

The die cut panel was added over the top of the inked panel on Dimensionals to give some shadow.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

The panel was then added to the Evening Evergreen layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and to the Soft Succulent card base using the same glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

I stamped the sentiment from the Art Gallery stamp set in Versamark ink onto scrap Evening Evergreen card, covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it using my Heat Tool. I trimmed it down and flagged the end before adding it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

A White Baker’s Twine bow was added along with a trio of 2021-2023 In Color Jewels.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty clean and simple fern themed card featuring the negative die cut space.

I love it, such a pretty card.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

The Artistically Inked stamp set combined with the Playful Alphabet Dies by Stampin' Up! makes a lovely thank you card.

Artistically Inked Thanks

Posted on May 25, 2021May 18, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Here is a gorgeous thank you card featuring the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Artistic dies and Playful Alphabet Dies.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Artistically Inked Thanks card, you will need:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Poppy Parade – 4⅞” by 3¼”
Basic White – 4 ¾” by 2½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic Black – 4” by 1¼” x 2
Scrap Basic White & Poppy Parade

Taking the Poppy Parade layer, I cut the scalloped border using the Penned Flower Dies and my Cut and Emboss Machine.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A thank you card made using the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Playful Alphabet Dies.

I inked up the long image with Poppy Parade ink and stamped it across the small panel of Basic White. I repeated this until the whole panel was covered. I love the way the image interlinked so easily. I used liquid adhesive to glue the stamped panel to the Poppy Parade panel. The panel was then added to the Smoky Slate card base

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A thank you card made using the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Playful Alphabet Dies.

The rose was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Poppy Parade card and die cut using the Artistic Dies. I stamped the leaves in Just Jade ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut them using the same dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A thank you card made using the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Playful Alphabet Dies.

I die cut the letters T. H. A. N. K. S. from the strips of Basic Black card using the Playful Alphabet dies. I stacked the letters on top of each other to raise them up. They were added to the card base with glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A thank you card made using the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Playful Alphabet Dies.

The rose was added with glue to the corner of the stamped panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A thank you card made using the Artistically Inked stamp set and the Playful Alphabet Dies.

I added a trio of Red Rhinestones to complete the card.

This set is stunning, I hope you like the card.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A sweet card thank you card made with the Simply Succulent stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies by Stampin' Up!

Succulents in a Pot

Posted on May 23, 2021May 17, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet thank you card featuring succulents in a pot made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and the co-ordinating Potted Succulent Dies.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Succulents in a Pot card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 3½” by 3½”
Rich Razzleberry – 4” by 1” x 2
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2
Scrap Basic White, Old Olive, Smoky Slate and Rich Razzleberry

I die cut the lovely large intricate die from the Potted Succulent Dies using one of the larger Basic White panels. This was used as a stencil to add colour (Pool Party) with a Blending Brush to the Pool Party card Base. I used the same stencil and ink to add colour to the small Basic White layer.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

Using the Be Mine Dies I cut 2 scalloped borders from the strips of Rich Razzleberry card and added them with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the top and bottom of the inked white panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

I stamped the pot and a selection of succulent plants onto scrap Basic White card in Basic Gray ink and die cut them out using the Potted Succulent Dies. I also die cut some foliage from scrap Smoky Slate and Old Olive card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

The following Blends Markers were used to colour in the succulents and the pot. Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Highland Heather.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

The pot and succulents were added to the inked panel on Dimensionals and added the foliage behind using liquid glue. The panel was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry ink onto scrap card and die cut it using the Tasteful Label dies. I also die cut a label from Rich Razzleberry card and added it behind the stamped sentiment. The sentiment was then tucked behind the raised panel on Dimensionals. A White Bakers Twine bow was added to the pot and a trio of Pastel Pearls was added.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Succulents in a pot thank you card made using the Simply Succulents stamp set and Potted Succulent Dies.

Pretty card, I hope you like it.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

The Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty card

Shabby Chic Meadow

Posted on May 14, 2021May 10, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made for a recent team challenge where our theme was ‘Shabby Chic’. This is so out of my comfort zone. I like clean and simple cards, bright colours so this topic was enough to bring me out in a rash……..

Colours used in this project are:

Blushing Bride

Crumb Cake

Very Vanilla

To recreate the shabby chic meadow card, you will need:

Blushing Bride card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Crumb Cake – 5½” by 3¾”
Blushing Bride – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Very Vanilla – 5½” by 3¾”
Very Vanilla – 2¼” by 1¾”
Scrap Very Vanilla & Crumb Cake

Using 2^nd generation Blushing Bride ink, I stamped the flower randomly all over the Blushing Bride panel. I added the scripty stamp using 2^nd and 3^rd generation Crumb Cake ink. Whilst I had the ink out I stamped in Crumb Cake ink in opposite corners of the Blushing Bride card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty shabby chic card made using the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies

I ripped down the right side of the stamped panel – quite enjoyed it once I got started…… I inked around the edge of the stamped panel with a Sponge Dauber and Crumb Cake ink. I ripped down the right side of the Crumb Cake panel, stamped down the side with the speckled stamp before inking around the panel using the Dauber and Crumb Cake ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty shabby chic card made using the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies

Using a Bone Folder, I broke down the fibres in the upper left corner of both the Crumb Cake panel and the Blushing Bride panel. This allowed me to pull the layers apart and curl the corner. The layers were then adhered together using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty shabby chic card made using the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies

I wrapped some of the gorgeous and sadly retired Blushing Bride Metallic Ribbon around the panel before adding the panel to the Blushing Bride card base.

I die cut a Very Vanilla Label from scarp Very Vanilla card using the Tasteful Labels dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set in Blushing Bride ink. I added the scripty image on the label in 2^nd & 3^rd generation Crumb Cake ink and inked around the edges in Crumb Cake ink and added it over the ribbon on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty shabby chic card made using the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies

Using the Meadow dies I die cut 2 flowers from scrap Very Vanilla card. I stamped the speckled image over the die cut flowers and adhered them to the card front with liquid glue.

To complete the card, I tucked a strip of Lace Trim under the sentiment label and added a trio of Champagne Rhinestones.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty shabby chic card made using the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow Dies

I actually really like this card when it was finished. I hope you like it also.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A really simple cookie themed thank you card for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

Thank You Cookies for the Kylie Bertucci Demonstrator Training Blog Hop

Posted on May 10, 2021May 4, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Kylie Bertucci Demonstrator Training Blog Hop where we are sharing the thank you cards made for our customers. You are currently with Mo Rootes from near Cambridge in the UK. This month I have made a thank you cookies card using the lovely Nothing’s Better Than stamp set. Who can resist a cookie?

Colours used in this project are:

Crumb Cake

Early Espresso

Basic White

To recreate the Thank you Cookies card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Early Espresso – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – rounded upper right corner
Basic White – 3” by 1¾”

Taking one of the larger panels of Basic White I drew around the inside of one of the Tasteful Label Dies in the centre of the panel. This gave me a frame around which I could stamp the image.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A simple thank you card made using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

I stamped the image of the cookie onto 2 Post It Notes and cut them out using sharp scissors. I used these as masks when stamping the images.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A simple thank you card made using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

Using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the first cookie. I placed a mask over the stamped image and stamped again in 2^nd generation Early Espresso ink. I continued stamping and masking around the pencil shape.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A simple thank you card made using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

Using the in-fill stamp I coloured the images in 1^st and 2^nd generation Crumb Cake ink, masking in the same way. The stamped panel was added to the Crumb Cake card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The same glue was used to add the panel to the Crumb Cake card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A simple thank you card made using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

The sentiment from Ornate Thanks stamp set.was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the smaller Basic White panel and die cut it out using the same die from the Tasteful Labels Dies. Tis was added to the stamped panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A simple thank you card made using the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set for the Kylie Bertucci Demo Blog Hop

I completed the card by adding a trio of Champagne Rhinestones.

Enjoy hopping on to see what my talented demo friends have to share today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A pretty thank you card made using the Flowers of Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Flowers And Friendship card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty thank you card made using the new Flowers of Friendship stamp set which is available in the new Annual Catalogue which launched earlier this week. This was made for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where our theme is ‘All Things Floral’.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the friendship thank you card, you will need:

Daffodil Delight card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 4⅛”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Granny Apple Green & Basic White

I mounted both of the small leaves onto the same acrylic and randomly stamped them around the edge of the Daffodil Delight card front in Daffodil Delight ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Flowers of Friendship stamp set used for a pretty thank you card

The spray of flowers was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the wider panel of Basic White card. I cleaned the stamp and used a Post It Note to mask off the stem, flower and leaf to the right of the centre stem, inked up with the Early Espresso ink, removed the Post It Note and stamped to the left of the original image.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Flowers of Friendship stamp set used for a pretty thank you card

I used Blends Markers to colour in the flowers and leaves – Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Flowers of Friendship stamp set used for a pretty thank you card

Using the lovely Scalloped Contour Dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to cut out the coloured flower panel. This was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Flowers of Friendship stamp set used for a pretty thank you card

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap strip of Basic White card. I used the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch to punch the sentiment out and punch a slightly larger label for a strip of Granny Apple Green.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Flowers of Friendship stamp set used for a pretty thank you card

The labels were glued together and a piece of White Bakers Twine was wrapped around and tied in a small bow. The label was added to the card on Dimensionals. I added a scattering of Artistry Bloom Sequins to complete the card.

I hope you like the card.

Please hop on to see what the other demos have to share with us today.

Angie McKenzie
Libby Fens
Jo Blackman
Karen Henderson
Jan Musselman
Mo Rootes – You are here
Terry Hamilton
Tricia Butts
Deb Macdowell
Leonie Stuart
Narelle Fasulo
Danielle Kassing
Shel Anderson
Teri West
Vicki Milyard
Jill Chapman
Melissa Faust
Rebecca-Jo Unwin
Susan Webster
Gez Carpenter
Annette Ball
Susan Simpson
JoAnn Pollock
Melissa Gifford
Linda Moore
Cheryl Hamilton
Rochelle Laird-Smith
Satomi Wellard
Alejandra Gomez
Sharon Hashimoto Burkert
Ann Krucek
Aurélie Fabre
Elaine de Montmorency

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Simply Hand-penned for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hog

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where the theme is ‘simple stamping’. If you have hooped on from the lovely Gez Carpenter I am sure you loved her project. I usually find simple stamping a bit of a challenge, can’t resist using lots of layers and bling. I made s simply hand-penned card using the lovely new Hand-penned Petals stamp set and it was so easy to create a sweet but simple card with this set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the simply hand-penned card, you will need:

Soft Succulent card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2

I stamped the sweet image in Evening Evergreen ink onto one of the smaller Basic White panels.

A beautiful simply stamped floral image for the Stamp 'n Hop Blog Hop. Makes a great birthday card.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Hand-Penned stamp set used for a #simplestamping card fro the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Using the in-fill stamps I coloured the large flower with Polished Pink ink, the smaller flower with Pale Papaya ink and the leaves in Soft Succulent ink. I love these new colours.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Hand-Penned stamp set used for a #simplestamping card fro the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink. I love this font, don’t you?

www.crafty-rootes.com -Hand-Penned stamp set used for a #simplestamping card fro the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I added the stamped layer to the larger panel of Basic White with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive then added to the Soft Succulent card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Hand-Penned stamp set used for a #simplestamping card fro the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

To complete the card, I added a trio of Gold Glitter dots which have now sadly retired.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Hand-Penned stamp set used for a #simplestamping card fro the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Such a cute card, I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what the lovely Rebecca-Jo Unwin has to share with us today.

Order goodies/Join My Team

GDPR

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

Stampin' Up! Meadow Dies coloured with Sponge Daubers to make a stunning thank you card

Colorful Meadow for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing a colouring technique. I have made a lovely Colorful Meadow card using the Meadow Dies. You are currently with Mo Rootes from near Cambridge in the UK.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the colourful meadow card, you will need:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4 ⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Poppy Parade – 5” by 3 ¼” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 4⅞” by 3⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded upper left corner
Scrap Basic White

Taking the smaller Basic White panel and the spotty stamp from the Quiet Meadow stamp set I randomly stamped in Smoky Slate ink. I die cut a number of the Meadow Dies from scrap Basic White.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The stunning Meadow Dies used with Sponge Daubers to make a pretty thank you card

Using Sponge Daubers, I added colour to each flower. I used Old Olive and Just Jade inks for the stems and leaves. The larger flower was coloured using Poppy Parade and Cherry Cobbler and the smaller flower coloured with Bumblebee and Poppy Parade. I dabbed the colour on and carefully and lightly sponged it over the die cut taking care not to bend or tear the fragile die cut pieces.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The stunning Meadow Dies used with Sponge Daubers to make a pretty thank you card

The flowers were added to the stamped background using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive which I applied using my Silicon Mat and a piece of Sponge.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The stunning Meadow Dies used with Sponge Daubers to make a pretty thank you card

The stamped layer was added to the Poppy Parade layer with the same liquid glue. I wrapped a piece of Linen Thread around the layers tying it in a bow. The panel was then mounted onto the Smoky Slate card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The stunning Meadow Dies used with Sponge Daubers to make a pretty thank you card

I stamped a sentiment from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set in Poppy Parade ink onto scarp Basic White card. I die cut it using the sweet little label from the Meadow Dies and added it to the card front.