Whilst I was at Onstage Live in Amsterdam earlier this month I won a new stamp set called Fabulous Flamingo in a prize patrol. I have to admit, my first thought was ‘what on earth am I going to do with this’. I think my team mates were having very similar thoughts as well………..So today I got the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set out and started to play.

When I have a new stamp set I usually ink up all of the images and stamp them onto scrap paper or the fantastic Stampin’ Up! Grid Paper. This lets me see what the images look like and how they fit together, especially if the image is made of multiple layers. It took me a while to work out how the flamingo builds up and the various options available. Then I was ready to make a card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Fabulous Flamingo by Stampin’ Up!

The first card was pretty straightforward. I stamped the ‘feathery outline’ image from the stamp set using Soft Suede ink onto a panel of Very Vanilla cardstock. I then inked up the ‘solid body’ image with Crushed Curry Ink, stamped it once on my Grid Paper and then onto the ‘feathery image’ give a paler golden shade.  Next I covered the legs of the ‘full flamingo’ image with a post it note, inked up the main body part with the Crushed Curry ink, I didn’t want yellow legs! I removed the post it note and stamped the image, full strength over the top of the images I have previously stamped. I then stamped the separate ‘leg’ image in Soft Suede ink. The flamingo was now complete and looked great.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Fabulous Flamingo by Stampin’ Up!

I added the water using Marina Mist ink, reeds using Garden Green ink and the leafy bough using Crumb Cake ink. I layered the stamped panel onto a strip of Delightful Dijon cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I took a Crumb Cake card base and stamped the ‘leaf’ image down the right hand side using Crumb Cake ink before adding the Flamingo panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals! It looked a little plain so, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the body of the Flamingo after all, everything looks better with a bit of bling.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Fabulous Flamingo stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Check back to see what else I make with this set, I have some great ideas.

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
Fabulous Flamingo
Cardstock
Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla & Delightful Dijon
Ink Pads
Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Marina Mist & Garden Green
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Project Life Corner Rounder, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
B, C, D, D, H & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Grid Paper, Clear Wink of Stella & Very Vanilla Envelope

Today the Moon Baby stamp set was out on my desk and I couldn’t resist having another play with my Watercolor Pencils. This is what I came up with, hope you like it.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the cute floating baby image from the Moon Baby stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a layer of Whisper White cardstock. I added a sprinkling of stars to the top of the panel. I coloured the images in using the gorgeous Watercolour pencils and a Blender Pen. I used Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral pencils.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The Whisper White panel was mounted onto a layer of Melon Mambo cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then added onto a Crumb Cake card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I die cut some clouds from Vellum cardstock using the Up & Away Framelit dies and added them using Mini Glue Dots. Then some stars punched from Gold Glimmer Paper using the Star Confetti punch to make stars.

Such a cute card, I just need to find a baby girl to give it to!

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
Moon Bay stamp set
Dies
Up & Away Framelit dies
Cardstock
Crumb Cake, Whisper White. Melon Mambo, Vellum & Gold Glimmer
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black
Watercolor Pencils
Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay & Calypso Coral
Punches
Star Confetti
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
C, D & E
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals & Mini Glue Dots
Sundries
Whisper White Envelope

Thank you to the lovely ladies who came to my classes this month. We had a great time using the fantastic Beautiful You stamp set with the three gorgeous ladies.

The colour palette I chose was influenced by a card we made at our January team training session. I loved the Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay colour combination. So bright and summery for these cold and gloomy days.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Beautiful You

For the first card we used the lovely Water Colour Pencils along with the Blender Pen to colour in the lady. I chose to add a sentiment from the Weather Together stamp set as ‘wishing you brighter days’ seemed to go so well with the image of the lady with her umbrella.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful You – Stampin’ Up!

The ‘dancing lady’ was stamped onto Shimmery White cardstock as we were going to water colour using ink and an Aqua Painter and the Shimmery White stands up to the water better than regular Whisper White.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful You by Stampin’ Up!

One of the ladies said the third lady reminded her of the stunning Audrey Hepburn and I have to say I agree. This lady was paper pieced, another fab technique, using a piece of the Bermuda Bay dsp from the Brights Paper Stack. The background was created using the Star mask from the Hearts and Stars Decorative Masks. Gorgeous.

I loved all three cards this month, these ladies are so elegant.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, come again soon.

Mo x

Supplies
Stamp Sets
Beautiful You, Weather Together
Dies
Stitched Shapes Framelits & Layering Squares dies
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Shimmery White, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo
Designer Series Paper (dsp)
The Brights Paper Stack
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight & Melon Mambo
Water Color Pencils
Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Pacific Point & Early Espresso
Tools
Blender Pen, Aqua Painter, Sponge Daubers, Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Banner Punch (retired) & Project Life Corner Rounder
Acrylic Blocks
C, D, E & H
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I have been itching to play with the Moon Baby Stamp set from Stampin’ Up! ever since I spotted it in the Spring/Summer catalogue. There are some really cute images in the set and I knew I would love colouring them in. Let me tell the set didn’t disappoint.

www.crafty-rootes.com- Moon Baby – Stampin’ Up!I started with a Shimmery White cardstock layer and stamped the gorgeous baby sleeping on the moon image using the Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad. I added the sentiment from the same stamp set in the right hand corner using the same ink pad and stamped a scattering of little stars around the baby image.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby- Stampin’ Up!

I used an Aquapainter and the inkpads to watercolour the images opting for Delightful Dijon and Daffodil Delight for the moon and stars. Marina Mist for the babygro, Crumb Cake for the baby’s hair and Blushing Bride for his skin. I added some Gold Wink of Stella to some of the stars for a little extra shimmer.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Moon Baby – Stampin’ Up!

The stamped layer was added using Tombow liquid adhesive to a panel of Marina Mist cardstock which was then added to a Delightful Dijon layer. This whole topper was then added on dimensionals to a Thick Whisper White card base.

Love the card……..now I need to find someone having a baby boy that I can give it to.

Thanks you so much for visiting my blog today. If you would like to buy any of the items used please follow the ‘Shop Online’ link at the top of this page.

Hope to see you again soon

Mo x

Supplies used
Moon Baby stamp set
Shimmery White cardstock
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Delightful Dijon cardstock
Marina Mist cardstock
Delightful Dijon ink pad
Daffodil Delight ink pad
Marina Mist ink pad
Crumb Cake ink pad
Blushing Bride ink pad
Aquapainter
Gold Wink of Stella pen
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive
Dimensionals
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, C, and E
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Envelope

I have been making a birthday card today for a friend using the Lift Me Up stamp set from the new Spring/Summer catalogue. I wanted a very clean cut look using some sort of watercolouring technique. After a bit of trial and error this card is what I came up with. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set

I took acrylic block H and pressed it into a So Saffron inkpad making sure that it was well covered with the ink. I then spritzed the inky block lightly with a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with water. I stamped the inky, wet block onto a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock leaving it for about 10 seconds to allow the ink to soak into the cardstock. I left the panel for 10 minutes to dry, it was too dark. So I sprayed the acrylic block with water again, luckily I hadn’t cleaned it, and stamped it down onto another Thick Whisper White panel and left it to dry.  This was much better. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lift Me Up Stamp set – Stampin’ Up!

The medium balloon was then stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut using a Big Shot and the co-ordinating Up & Away Framelit Dies. The smallest balloon was stamped in Perfect Plum and Melon Mambo and die cut using the smallest balloons from the same die set. The sentiment from the Designer Tee stamp set – 1 of the Sale-A-Bration items available until 31st March with a £45 order – was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The whole panel was added to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. This piece was then added to a Thick Whisper White panel using Dimensionals. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Lift Me Up – Stampin’ Up!

Cute card, I love it and hope you do also. Thanks for visiting my blog, hope to see you again soon

 Mo x

Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Designer Tee stamp set
Up & Away Thinlit Dies
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Chocolate Chip cardstock
Chocolate Chip inkpad
Melon Mambo inkpad
So Saffron inkpad
Perfect Plum inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks C, D and H
Stampin’ Spritzer
Big Shot, Magnetic Platform
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

Today I have made another card using the lovely Lift Me Up stamp set. I really wanted to try out the co-ordinating Up & Away Thinlit Dies and I have to say, I love them, especially the large detailed balloon.

I die cut the medium and the small balloon shape from a small panel of Very Vanilla cardstock.  I then stamped the small balloon onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Night of Navy ink and die cut it using the small balloon die. The large detailed balloon was die cut from Night of Navy cardstock. I used the Precision Base Plate with the BigShot and also the die brush to make sure I got a good impression and could get all the little pieces out easily.

I mounted the die cut Very Vanilla panel using Dimensionals onto a piece of dsp from the By The Shore paper pack and backed it with a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, leaving a tiny border. The whole piece was then added to a Soft Sky card base.

The die cut balloons were added with Tombow Liquid Adhesive.The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped on Very vanilla cardstock with Night of Nay ink and cut out using scissors to flag the end

I am really pleased with how this card turned out and I hope you like it as well. Thank you so much for visiting my blog; hope to see you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Up & Away Thinlit Dies
Very Vanilla cardstock
Night of Navy inkpad
By the Shore dsp
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks C, D and D
BigShot, Precision Base Plate
BigShot Die Brush
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes