Humming Along

Posted on May 12, 2019May 11, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card using the sweet Humming Along stamp set. This is not a set I have but luckily I was over at one of my oldest friend and downline Jo’s house today and she wanted some tips on using Blends pens and this was the perfect set to demonstrate with.

To recreate the Humming Along card you will need;

Crumb Cake card base 8¼” by 5⅞”
Crumb Cake cardstock 5¼” by 3½”
Poppy Parade cardstock 3¾” by 3” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Thick Very Vanilla cardstock 3⅝” by 2⅞” – rounded upper right and lower left corners
Very Vanilla cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside

The lovely flower was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the small panel of Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, personally I find the blends markers blend more smoothly on the Thick cardstock, my first tip. I used the the Dark Real Red and Dark Poppy Parade Blends for the flower. I usually start with the dark colour then blend it out with the lighter colour, going back when it is dry and adding more dark shading as necessary. The leaves were coloured with Dark Granny Apple Green and Light Old Olive. The stamen was coloured with the Dark Pumpkin Pie and Dark Pineapple Punch.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Humming Along stamp set used with the Crackle Paint stamp set for a sweet card

The sentiment from the Takeout Treats stamp set was stamped in Crumb Cake ink and the panel was added to the Poppy Parade layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Humming Along stamp set used with the Crackle Paint stamp set for a sweet card

I inked up the Crackle Paint background stamp with Crumb Cake ink and stamped on the layer of Crumb Cake cardstock. This layer was then glued to the Crumb cake card base with the same adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Humming Along stamp set used with the Crackle Paint stamp set for a sweet card

The stamped panel was added to the card front on Dimensionals and added a sprinkling of Red Rhinestones.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Humming Along stamp set used with the Crackle Paint stamp set for a sweet card

The inside panel was decorated with an off cut of the stamped Crackle Paint as was the envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Humming Along stamp set used with the Crackle Paint stamp set for a sweet card

I hope you like the card.

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

Mo x

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A lovely Spring wreath card made using the Bitty Blooms Punch pack set from Stampin' Up!

Goodbye to the Bitty Blooms Punch Pack – Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Posted on May 11, 2019May 8, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop where our theme this month is ‘goodbye to the 2018 – 2019 catalogue’. If you have joined me from the talented Laura Mackie’s blog, welcome, I am sure you loved her project. I had real difficulty with this theme as there are so many lovely things retiring that it was hard to make a choice. Eventually I went with the lovely little Bitty Blooms Punch Pack. I was delighted to see them in the Spring/Summer catalogue as I have really missed tiny flowers and I am gutted to see them going so soon. I have also used a lot of other retiring products to make this card; in fact I think the only thing I have used that is carrying over, other than the cardstock is the Sprig Punch.

To recreate the Bitty Blooms card you will need;

Flirty Flamingo card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Early Espresso cardstock 5 ½” by 3 ¾”
Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 3 – 1 for the inside, 1 for the outside
Scrap Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Pear Pizzazz and Basic Gray
Scrap Wood Textures dsp – Retiring

www.crafty-rootes.com – The retiring Bitty Blooms Punch Pack used to make a sweet card for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I used the retiring Swirly Scribbles dies and the Big Shot to die cut the open swirly circle from the Wood Textures designer series paper. I cut three circles and glued them together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to give a bit of dimension. The piece was then added to one of the Whisper White layers using the same glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The retiring Bitty Blooms Punch Pack used to make a sweet card for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

I stamped the image from the Beach Happy stamp set in Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The retiring Bitty Blooms Punch Pack used to make a sweet card for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Using all of the Bitty Blooms Punches and the scrap coloured cardstock I punched out a selection of flowers, leaves and flower centres. I also used the Sprig Punch to get some groups of leaves. I added a little dimension to each flower by curling the petals with my Bone Folder.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The retiring Bitty Blooms Punch Pack used to make a sweet card for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

Mini Glue dots were used to make up the flowers and to attach the leaves and they were then added to the scribbled circle with Mini Glue Dots. The Glue dots give just that little bit of dimension without raising the little flowers up too high.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The retiring Bitty Blooms Punch Pack used to make a sweet card for the Stamp ‘n Hop Blog Hop

The inside panel was stamped with some of the small flowers from the co-ordinating Bloom by Bloom stamp set in Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo and Highland Heather inks. The same colours and images were used to decorate the front of the envelope. I added a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots to complete the card. I love the Spring colour palette of this card. I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what my friend Susan Simpson has to share with us today.

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

Mo x

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A gorgeous thank you card in Spring colours made using the Beautiful Promenade stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Beautiful Promenade emboss resist technique

Posted on May 10, 2019May 6, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made using the Beautiful Promenade stamp set…….I am addicted to this set at the moment, it is so versatile – and the emboss resit technique.

To Recreate the Beautiful Promenade card you will need;

Thick Whisper White card base
Whisper White cardstock 5⅞” by 2”
Highland Heather 5⅞” by ⅜” x 2
Scrap of Whisper White
Scrap of Flirty Flamingo

I began by rubbing the Embossing Buddy down the strip of Whisper White cardstock to remove any static or oils from the cardstock. I inked up the stripey ‘inner flower’ with Versamark ink and stamped it randomly down the length of the cardstock. The panel was then covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Flowers from the Beautifil Promenade embossed and ink for a sweet thank you card

I used Sponge Daubers to apply the ink over each of the flowers – Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight and Highland Heather and wiped off the excess ink using a tissue.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Flowers from the Beautifil Promenade embossed and inked for a sweet thank you card

I glued the strips of Highland Heather either side of the stamped panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added it to the Thick Whisper White card base with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Flowers from the Beautifil Promenade embossed and inked for a sweet thank you card

The sentiment from the Beach Happy stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink onto a scrap of Whisper White The ends were flagged with my Banner Triple Punch and added a slightly longer and thinner strip of scrap Flirty Flamingo cardstock behind with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The sentiment was then added to the card front with the same adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Flowers from the Beautifil Promenade embossed and inked for a sweet thank you card

I stamped the same image in Flirty Flamingo ink on the inside of the card and the front of the envelope. I coloured a trio of Basic Pearls using my Dark Flirty Flamingo Blends Pen and added them to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Flowers from the Beautifil Promenade embossed and inked for a sweet thank you card

I love the fresh colours of this card. I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

The free as a bird stamp set and layered leaves embossing folder makes a lovely birthday card

Free As A Bird for the Global Design Project #188

Posted on May 7, 2019May 6, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made for the Global Design Project Challenge #188 – CASEing the designer – in this case the super talented Brian King. To make the card I used the Make & Take supplies from the recent OnStage. I am always too busy chatting to make up the projects on the day…….. ho hum..

To recreate the Bird Ballard card

Pool Party card base 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored and folded at 4⅛”
Pool Party cardstock 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White 5½” by 3 ¾” – for the inside
Whisper White 4¼” by 2½”
Bird Ballard dsp 4” by 3”
Scrap Poppy Parade for die cutting
Scrap Whisper White for the sentiment

I had stamped the bough of birds in memento Tuxedo Black ink whilst at OnStage; I love this image and can’t wait for my stamp set to arrive. I coloured the image in using the following Blends – Crumb Cake combo, Old Olive combo, Poppy Parade combo, Daffodil Delight combo and the Colour Lifter.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Free as a bird stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a sweet birthday card

I ran the Pool Party panel through the Big Shot using the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder and glued it to the Pool Party card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I ran a strip of Snail in the centre of the embossed panel and added the strip of Vanilla Lace.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Free as a bird stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a sweet birthday card

The stamped and coloured piece was adhered to the dsp layer with the Liquid Adhesive and mounted it onto the card front with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Free as a bird stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a sweet birthday card

I die cut the word ‘wishes’ from the Well Written set of dies three times from scrap Poppy Parade cardstock and glued them one on top of the other to give some dimension to the sentiment. The dies cut piece was then added to the card front with same liquid adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Free as a bird stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a sweet birthday card

The word ‘birthday’ was stamped in Old Olive ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock. The piece was then cut down and one end flagged. It was glued onto the card front with the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -Free as a bird stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for a sweet birthday card

I really like this take on the card. I hope you like it too.

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

Mo x

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A gorgeous birthday card made using the Lovely As A Tree stamp set and ink blending

Lovely As a Tree – retiring!

Posted on May 5, 2019May 4, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made for the latest team challenge – the theme is the retiring list. It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I have chosen the Lovely As A Tree stamp set. This was the first stamp set I bought and I have used it many, many times.

To Recreate the Lovely As a tree card you will need;

Lovely Lipstick card base – rounded upper right corner
Basic Black 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Wood Textures dsp 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside – rounded upper right corner
Basic Black – 1⅛” by ¼”
Wood Textures dsp 6” by ¼” x 2