Golden Honey dsp and the Honey Bee stamp set make a pretty thank you card

Bee Themed Thank You

Posted on March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty bee themed card made using the Honey Bee stamp set. I can’t get enough of this stamp set and the gorgeous Golden Honey dsp. I made this card for the Global Design Challenge #239 where the theme is Flutter and Fly.

To recreate the Bee themed card you will need:

Seaside Spray card Base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left and lower right corners
Basic Black – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left and lower right corners
Seaside Spray – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left and lower right corners
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left and lower right corners
Whisper White – 3” by 3”
Golden Honey dsp – 3⅝” by ½” x 2

I stamped the larger bee randomly over the Seaside Spray panel in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and adhered it to the Basic Black panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet thank you card made using the Honey Bee stamp set and the Detailed Bee dies

The 2 strips of dsp were added across the the panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The panel was then added to the card front with the same adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet thank you card made using the Honey Bee stamp set and the Detailed Bee dies

I stamped the same bee on the square of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The bee was then die cut out using the Stitched Shapes dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet thank you card made using the Honey Bee stamp set and the Detailed Bee dies

The sentiment from the Little Ladybug stamp set was stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink onto the die cut circle.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet thank you card made using the Honey Bee stamp set and the Detailed Bee dies

I coloured in the stripes on the bee with the Daffodil Delight Blends Combo and painted the wings with the Clear Wink of Stella.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet thank you card made using the Honey Bee stamp set and the Detailed Bee dies

A trio of Gold Metallic Pearls completed the card. I hope you like it

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Well Dressed stamp set used for the Inspire create colour challenge #065

Well Dressed for the Inspire. Create challenge #065

Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a masculine card made for the Inspire. Create challenge #035 using the Well Dressed stamp set. This time it is a colour challenge – Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and a colour of your choice, I chose Balmy Blue.

To recreate the Well Dressed card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Night of Navy – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Whisper White – 5¼” by 3½”
Night of Navy – 3½” by 1¾”
Whisper White – 3½” by 1½”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” for the inside
Scrap Whisper White

I placed the panel of Whisper White – 5¼” by 3½” onto the Stamparatus, lined up the patterned stamp and picked it up with the door. I inked the stamp with Balmy Blue ink, moved the door plate over one slot, inked it up and stamped again repeating this across the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made for the Inspire Create challenge #065 using the Well Dressed stamp set

The sentiment from the Birthday Goodness was stamped in Night of Navy ink and the whole panel was added to the larger Night of Navy layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made for the Inspire Create challenge #065 using the Well Dressed stamp set

The collar and tie were stamped in Night of Navy ink onto the smallest piece of Whisper White card stock. The collar was coloured in using the light Balmy Blue Blends Marker. This panel was then added to the smaller Night of Navy piece using the same liquid glue. The same glue was used to glue the whole panel to the Crumb Cake card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made for the Inspire Create challenge #065 using the Well Dressed stamp set

I stamped the hat and shoe in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Whisper White and cut them out using scissors. I coloured both in using the light Crumb Cake Blends Marker. I added them to the small stamped panel with a little of the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made for the Inspire Create challenge #065 using the Well Dressed stamp set

The small stamped panel was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made for the Inspire Create challenge #065 using the Well Dressed stamp set

I love this great masculine stamp set don’t you? It is available free with a £45 order from my online shop until the 31st March.

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Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies makes a lovely masculine birthday card

Mountain Air for a birthday card

Posted on March 6, 2020February 29, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the card made for my son’s birthday using the gorgeous Mountain Air stamp set and the co-ordinating Majestic Mountains dies.

To recreate the Mountain Air card you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Garden Green – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Scrap Basic Black and Whisper White

Taking one of the Whisper White panels, I stamped the detailed mountains with Soft Suede ink. I cleaned the stamp using the Shammy, turned it over, placed it back on the block and stamped the solid mountains in Gray Granite ink.

Moutain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies makes a lovely masculine birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

I stamped the detailed trees in Garden Green ink below the mountains. The stamp was cleaned, reversed, inked up in the same ink, stamped off and then stamped onto the stamped panel in 2^nd and 3^rd generation ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

I turned the tree stamp upside down and stamped the detailed side in Balmy Blue ink and the solid image in 2^nd and 3^rd generation Balmy Blue ink to give the appearance of water.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

The sun was stamped in Sahara Sand (detailed image) and So Saffron ink on the reverse. The birds were added in Soft Suede ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

Taking a Sponge I added Balmy Blue to the sky with a halo of So Saffron around the sun and a little of the yellow between the mountains. The stamped panel was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Garden Green layer then to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

The sentiment from the Clubhouse stamp set was stamped on scrap Whisper White in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and trimmed out with scissors. The trees were die cut using the Majestic Mountains dies and added to the card front with the liquid glue.

I hope he likes it.

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A beautiful butterfly themed thank you card made using Stampin' Up! products

Umbrella Butterfly card

Posted on March 3, 2020February 26, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a quirky umbrella butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and the Umbrella Builder Punch. This card was inspired by a card I saw on YouTube by Gail O’Neill

To recreate the Umbrella Butterfly card you will need:

Poppy Parade – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper left corner x 2
Tropical Oasis dsp 5¼” by 3½” – Rounded upper left corner
Scrap Whisper White & Basic Black

I adhered the Tropical Oasis dsp to one of the Whisper White panels using Multipurpose liquid Adhesive. The panel was then adhered using the same glue to the Poppy Parade card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and Umbrella Builder Punch

I stamped the open umbrella image twice onto scrap Whisper White card stock and punched the images out using the co-ordinating Umbrella Builder Punch.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and Umbrella Builder Punch

The Umbrellas were then coloured in using the Poppy Parade combo Blends Markers and glued together using the same liquid glue to form the wings of the butterfly.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and Umbrella Builder Punch

I punched out an ornament using the Small Ornament Punch and some scrap Basic Black card. The centre of the ornament was trimmed out using scissors and added over the butterfly forming the body. The butterfly was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and Umbrella Builder Punch

The sentiment from the Little Ladybug stamp set was stamped in Poppy Parade ink onto scrap Whisper White and trimmed out and flagged with Scissors before being added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty butterfly card made using the Under My Umbrella stamp set and Umbrella Builder Punch

I added some of the Poppy sequins to complete the Umbrella Butterfly card.

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A pretty floral get well card made using Stampin' Up! products

Happy Hugs card

Posted on March 1, 2020February 23, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet Happy Hugs get well soon card made using the Healing Hugs and Happy Birthday to you stamp sets.

To recreate the Happy Hugs card you will need:

Flirty Flamingo card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Old Olive – 4¼” by 3¼”
Whisper White – 4” by 3½”
Scrap Whisper White, Smoky Slate and Vellum

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well soon card made using old and new Stampin’ Up! products

Using the sprig stamp from the Healing Hugs stamp set I stamped randomly across the front of the Flirty Flamingo card base in Flirty Flamingo ink.

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink onto the smaller Whisper White panel and I used to Rectangle Stitched Dies to die cut the shape. I die cut the next size up rectangle from the Old Olive panel and adhered the two rectangles together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well soon card made using old and new Stampin’ Up! products

This panel was then mounted onto the Flirty Flamingo card base using Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well soon card made using old and new Stampin’ Up! products

I stamped the cake from the Happy Birthday To You stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card stock and die cut the flowers using the Happy Birthday Dies. The flowers were coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Flirty Flamingo combo, Daffodil Delight & Old Olive

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well soon card made using old and new Stampin’ Up! products

The foliage was die cut from scrap Smoky Slate and Vellum card stock. The die cut flowers were added to the card front with liquid glue and the foliage pieces tucked in behind to give a fuller effect. I added the dots in the Flirty Flamingo ink to break up the white panel. I used the dark Daffodil Delight Blends Marker to colour in a trio of Basic Pearls and added them to the card front. The flowers were then given a coat of Clear Wink of Stella.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well soon card made using old and new Stampin’ Up! products

The sprig of foliage was stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink onto the remaining Whisper White panel and adhered inside the card. The same image was used to decorate the envelope.

I loved taking a a new stamp set and mixing it up with a stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. I hope you like it.

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A quirky Easter card showin a row of bunnies with carrots and made using Stampin' Up! products

Easter Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Posted on February 29, 2020March 1, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop where our theme is Easter. If you have joined me from Jennifer Downey’s blog, welcome and I hope you enjoy the inspiration we have to share with you today.

I have chosen to make my card made using the Cuckoo For You stamp set and the co-ordinating Cuckoo Clock dies.

To recreate the Cuckoo For You Easter card you will need:

Whisper White – %⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 4⅛” by 2 ¼”
Purple Posy – 5” by ½”
Scrap Whisper White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet Easter card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

I began by stamping the ‘hydrangea’ image from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set randomly across the Pool Party card base in Pool Party ink. I love the texture this stamp gives to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet Easter card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

Using scrap Whisper White card stock I stamped the sweet little rabbit image from the Cuckoo To You stamp set five times in Early Espresso ink. The rabbits were then coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Petal Pink combo, Pool Party combo, So Saffron combo and Purple Posy combo. The noses were added with the dark Crumb Cake Blend Marker. The carrots were coloured in using the Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green combo. The images were then die cut using the Cuckoo Clock dies.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet Easter card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink along the bottom of the strip of Whisper White and added the rabbits across the panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet Easter card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

I die cut the adorable lacy border from the Arts & Crafts dies using the strip of Purple Posy card stock and adhered it to the bottom of the decorated Whisper White strip and added the whole piece to the Pool Party card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A sweet Easter card for the Hopping Around the World Blog Hop

To complete the card I added a trio of Iridescent Sequins. I love this card, it is so pretty. I hope you like it.

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A mountain themed double Z fold card made using Stampin' Up! product.

Mountain Air for a special birthday

Posted on February 28, 2020February 21, 2020 by Mo Rootes

I am sharing today the double Z fold card I made for my brothers special birthday. I used the Mountain Air combined with the Snow Front and My Meadow stamp sets.

To recreate the Mountain Air double Z fold card you will need:

Shaded Spruce – 11” by 5½” – scored and folded on the long side at 2¾” and 5½”
Country Club dsp – 5¼” by 5¼”
Country Club dsp – 5 ¼” by 2½” x 2

Night of Navy – 9¼” by 4¼” – scored and folded on the long side at 2¾” and 5½”
Whisper White – 4” by 3½”
Whisper White – 4” by 2½” x 2
Whisper White – 3⅞” by 3⅜”
Whisper White – 3⅞” by 2⅜” x 2
Night of Navy – 5¼” by 5¼”
Whisper White – 5” by 5”

I began by folding and burnishing the Shaded Spruce card base. I glued the panels of Country Club designer series paper to the Shaded Spruce card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

I lined up the following Whisper White panels – The 2 panels measuring 3⅞” by 2⅜” and the 3⅞” by 3⅜” panel. I inked up the detailed Mountain stamp with Night of Navy ink. I repeated this step on all the panels. I cleaned the stamp with the Shammy and turned it over. I inked it up again with Night of Navy ink, stamped off the first layer of ink – 2^nd generation – on my grid paper the stamped again on the Whisper White panels, slightly above the original image. I cleaned the stamp again and inked up in Highland Heather. This was stamped off twice before stamping on the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

The detailed line of trees was inked in Shaded Spruce ink and stamped below the mountains. The stamp was cleaned and turned over, inked up with the same ink, stamped off then stamped between the original trees in the lighter shade.

I stamped the small house from the Snow Front stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added ‘ground’ using a stamp from the same stamp set and Early Espresso ink in 2^nd and 3^rd generation ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

The water was stamped using the Snow Front stamp set and Balmy Blue ink. I used Shaded Spruce ink and a sponge to colour in the rest of the ground.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

Using a ¾” Circle Punch I punched a circle from PostIt note paper, adhered it to the largest stamped panel. Using a sponge I added Balmy Blue ink to the sky. The birds were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Back ink. The inked layers were then added to the slightly larger Whisper White panels and these were added to the Night of Navy card base.

The Night of Navy panel was the added to the Shaded Spruce card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

The 60 from the Family Party stamp set was stamped onto the large Whisper White panel with Shaded Spruce ink. The rest of the sentiment was added in Night of Navy ink. The birds from the My Meadow stamp set were added in Night of Navy ink and the panel was glued to the Night of Navy panel then to the back of the largest Night of Navy panel to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -Mountain Air stamp set used to make a double Z fold card for a special birthday

I really hope my brother likes the card.

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A pretty pink tulip get well soon card featuring Stampin' Up! products

Lovely Tulips

Posted on February 25, 2020February 18, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a pretty get well lovely tulip card made using the gorgeous Timeless Tulips stamp set and the co-ordinating Tulip Builder Punch..

To recreate the Timeless Tulips card you will need:

Lovely Lipstick card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Mint Macaron – 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5¼” by 3½” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – – Rounded upper right corner for the inside
Whisper White – 4” by ½”
Scrap Whisper White

I started by stamping the stems for the tulips onto the smaller Whisper White panel using Mint Macaron ink. I added the leaves in the same ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well card featuring lovely pink tulips.

The smaller tulip flowers were stamped in the background with Lovely Lipstick ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well card featuring lovely pink tulips.

I stamped 3 of the large tulips onto scrap Whisper White card in Lovely Lipstick ink and punched them out using the Tulip Builder Punch. I do love a stamp/punch combo…..

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well card featuring lovely pink tulips.

The tulip flowers were shaped using my Bone Folder before bing added to the Whisper White panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well card featuring lovely pink tulips.

The decorated layer was glued to the Mint Macaron layer then to the Lovely Lipstick card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty get well card featuring lovely pink tulips.

The sentiment was stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink onto the strip of Whisper White which was then trimmed down and the ends flagged before being added to the card front with the liquid adhesive. A trio of faceted dots completed the card.

I hope you like the card.

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A card made using the Lovely Lilypad stamp set and Lily Pad dies from Stampin' Up!

Bermuda Bay Lily

Posted on February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me today for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop where our theme is Sale-a-Bration. I have made a lovely Bermuda Bay Lily Pad card using the gorgeous Lovely Lily Pad stamp set and co-ordinating Lily Pad dies .

To recreate the Bermuda Bay Lily card you will need:

Bermuda Bay card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper left corner
Pool Party 5½” by 3¾” – Rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded upper left corner x 2
Mossy Meadow 5½” by 1”
Scrap Bermuda Bay and Whisper White

The Pool Party layer was glued to the Bermuda Bay card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – a pretty lily card in shades of aqua and green

I die cut the border from the strip of Mossy Meadow and the open flower from the scrap Bermuda Bay card. The border was glued across the middle of the Whisper White panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – a pretty lily card in shades of aqua and green

The lily was stamped on scrap Whisper White card and coloured in using the Pool Party combo Blends Markers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – a pretty lily card in shades of aqua and green

The open flower was glued to the card front and dimensionals added to the back of the coloured Lily before it was added on top.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – a pretty lily card in shades of aqua and green

The sentiment was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink and a trio of Woven Threads Sequins added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – a pretty lily card in shades of aqua and green

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A quirky birthday card featuring a gang of adorable meerkats

Birthday Meerkats

Posted on February 23, 2020February 16, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is an adorable birthday card featuring the cute group of Meerkats and made using the Sale-a-Bration stamp set, The Gangs All Meer. This is one of the items you can chose for free with a £45 order.

To recreate the Birthday Meerkats card you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Granny Apple Green – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – – Rounded upper right corner x 2

I stamped the adorable group of Meerkats in Early Espresso ink onto one of the Whisper White panels. The cactus plants were added in Granny Apple Green ink.

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I used the Crumb Cake combo Blends Markers to colour in the Meerkats and the Granny Apple Green combo to colour in the cactus plants with the Lovely Lipstick combo used to colour the cactus flowers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A cute Meerkat themed birthday card featuring Stampin’ Up! product

The ground was added using the Light Petal Pink Blends Marker and the sky with the Light Seaside Spray Blends Marker. The stamped panel was then added to the Granny Apple Green layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A cute Meerkat themed birthday card featuring Stampin’ Up! product

I wrapped some of the thick Nature’s Roots Twine around the top of the pane, secured it on the back with Sellotape and added a bow using a Mini Glue Dot.