A festively decorated Advent Calender made using Stampin' Up! products

Christmas Countdown Advent and Alternative

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

Oh my goodness I love the gorgeous new Christmas Countdown Project Kit. It makes a super cute Advent Calender with a sturdy frame and pull out boxes which are a really good size – inside dimensions are 2” by 2” by 2”. Even better the kit comes with most of the elements you need to complete the calender.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous Advent Calender made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

There is a co-ordinating stamp set which I do not have to add a little customization to the decoration. I used stamp sets I already have to do this.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous Advent Calender made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

The calender was so quick and easy to put together as well.

A alternative non Christmas look to the Christmas Countdown Project Kit

www.crafty-rootes.com -A gorgeous project made using the Christmas Countdown Project Kit and Bird Ballard dsp

The other fantastic thing about the calender is that each box has 4 faces – I turned the boxes 180⁰ and decorated them all using the lovely Bird Ballard dsp. Each square of dsp was cut to a shade under 2” by a shade under 2” and a semicircle punched out with the 1” circle Punch. So many possibilities……..

I think I might use mine to store embellishments in.

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

Mo x

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A sweet man and child card made using the stamp set - A Good Man and summery colours

A Good Man – man and child

Posted on August 9, 2019August 3, 2019 by Mo Rootes

The card I am sharing today features the gorgeous A Good Man stamp set. This set makes stunning masculine cards which can be adapted for any occasion.

To recreate the A Good Man card you will need;

Thick Whisper White card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Bird Ballard dsp 4⅛” by 3”
Old olive 2⅞” by 2⅞”
Whisper White 2¾” by 2¾”

I chose the sweet image of the child riding on the mans’ shoulders was stamped on the Whisper White square using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. This image reminds me so much of when my children were small, they loved to be carried on their fathers shoulders like this.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A sweet masculine card made using the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The stamped image was then coloured using my fabulous Blends markers in the following colours – Old Olive combo, Pool Party combo, Calypso Coral combo, Petal Pink combo, Crumb Cake light and Ivory.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A sweet masculine card made using the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The coloured square was glued, using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Old Olive square. I love the bright summery colours of this dsp.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A sweet masculine card made using the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The panel of Bird Ballard dsp was glued to the front of the Thick Whisper White card base leaving a small slip of White visible on the left hand side. The image was then added over top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A sweet masculine card made using the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The image of the man an child was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the inside of the card and on the envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com -A sweet masculine card made using the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment in Old Olive ink on the lower right hand corner of the card front and called the card done. I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A team colour challenge card made using A Good man stamp set by Stampin' Up!

A Good Man for a team challenge

Posted on July 30, 2019July 23, 2019 by Mo Rootes

This is a card made for our latest team challenge. This time it is a colour challenge; we need to make something using 3 or these 4 ink choices – Brown, Green, Purple or Yellow. I was initially sure I would be using a purple…….turned out I was wrong!

To recreate the Good Man card you will need;

Thick Whisper White card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Bird ballard designer series paper (dsp) 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Daffodil Delight 3⅜” by 2⅞” – rounded upper right corner
Whisper White 3 ¼” by 2 ¾” – rounded upper right corner
Daffodil Delight 2” by 2”
Whisper White 2” by 2”