A pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set, Sweetest Star Punch and the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp from Stampin' Up!

Gingerbread Couple card

Posted on December 6, 2024November 24, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Here is an adorable card featuring a gingerbread couple made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and some non-traditionally Christmas dsp.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the gingerbread couple card, you will need:

Pecan Pie card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – one for the inside
Country Lace dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Country Woods dsp – 5⅜” by 1”
Basic White card – 4½” by ⅜”
Scrap Basic White card

The Country Lace dsp was adhered to one of the 5½” by 3¾” panels of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and co-ordinating Sweetest Star Punch used with the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp to make a pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card

The strip of Country Woods dsp was then added over top, and a length of White Baker’s Twine wrapped around the panel. The whole piece was then glued to the Pecan Pie card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and co-ordinating Sweetest Star Punch used with the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp to make a pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card

Two gingerbread shapes were stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap Basic White card. These were punched out using the Sweetest Star Punch.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and co-ordinating Sweetest Star Punch used with the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp to make a pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card

I used the following Blends to colour in the images – Light Pecan Pie and Dark Melon Mambo for the lady and Dark Pecan Pie and Dark Boho Blue for the man. These were added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and co-ordinating Sweetest Star Punch used with the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp to make a pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card

The sentiment was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the thin strip of Basic White card. I flagged the ends with Scissors and added it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and co-ordinating Sweetest Star Punch used with the Country Woods and Country Lace dsp to make a pretty gingerbread themed Christmas card

A Twine bow and a trio of Iridescent Faceted Gems completed the card.

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A set of Christmas tags made for the Christmas Stampathon using the gorgeous Humble Home stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Humble Home Tags – Christmas Stampathon

Posted on November 27, 2024November 26, 2024 by Mo Rootes

For November’s Christmas Stampathon Challenge we have been tasked with making tags. I have used the Humble Home stamp set to make my tags.

Colours in these tags are:

To recreate the humble home tags, you will need:

Scrap Basic White card
Scrap Country Woods dsp

I die cut 4 tags from scrap Basic White card using one of the Something Fancy Dies and stamped down the left-hand side with the snowflakes from the Reindeer Fun stamp set.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Humble Home stamp set used to make a set of Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

Using the same die, I die cut 4 strips – approximately ½” wide from the scrap Country Woods dsp and glued them along the bottom of each tag.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Humble Home stamp set used to make a set of Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The brick house was stamped, 4 times in Smoky Slate ink on scrap Basic White card. I added the roof onto each house with Cherry Cobbler ink. These were punched out using the Humble Home Punch.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Humble Home stamp set used to make a set of Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

The windows and doors were stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink onto the scarp Basic White card. I fussy cut them out using scissors and added them to the houses. The houses were added to the tags on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The gorgeous Humble Home stamp set used to make a set of Christmas tags for the Christmas Stampathon

I punched a hole in each tag using a hole punch from my stash and looped a piece of Cherry Cobbler and Gold ribbon through the hole to finish the tags.

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A Yuletide Village themed card made for the Stampin' With Friends Blog Hop using the Yuletide Village and Peaceful Seasons stamp sets and the Greetings of the Seasons Dies, all from Stampin' Up!

Yuletide Village card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on September 7, 2024August 27, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are using product from the new September to December Mini Catalogue. I have chosen to use the adorable Yuletide Village stamp set to make my card.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the yuletide village card, you will need:

Shaded Spruce card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Country Woods dsp- 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 4½” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

The piece of Country Woods dsp was glued to the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White card and then to the Shaded Spruce card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Yuletide Village and Peaceful Seasons stamp sets and the Greetings of the Seasons Dies used to make a Yuletide Village themed card for the Stampin’ With Friends Blog Hop

From the 4½” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card, I die cut a tag using the Greetings of the Season Dies. I also die cut the bottom of the same tag, twice from scrap Basic White card and tore the piece in two and set them aside.

I placed a ¾” circle, cut from a Post It Note near the top of the label and used a Blending Brush to add Pool Party ink to the top ¾ of the tag. The Post It circle was then removed and a little of the same ink added to reduce the blinding whiteness. Using the same ink and Blending Brush, I added the remaining ink to the torn edge of the tag pieces.

The pretty house was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic White card. I coloured it in using light and dark Petal Pink, light Lemon Lolly and light Crumb Cake. The house was the fussy cut using my sharp Scissors.

The tree was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the tag and coloured with the light Shaded Spruce Blends Pen. The torn layers were the added to the bottom of the tag on Dimensionals. The house was added to the card front on Dimensionals with the bottom tucked behind the snowbanks. The tag was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

The sentiment, from the Peaceful Season stamp set was stamped onto scrap Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. This was then die cut using one of the tags from the Greetings Of The Season Dies. I ran it through the Cut and Emboss Machine twice to make the tag smaller and lose the hole. The sentiment label was then glued to the card front.

A bow, made using Sheer Ribbon, was added to the top of the tag with a Mini Glue Dot and a scattering of White Loose Snowflakes completed the card.

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A card made for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop using the Coffee With Friends stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Coffee with Friends card – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Posted on August 8, 2024August 4, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop where we are sharing summer fun themed projects. In the summer, I love nothing more than sitting in the garden, with a friend and a drink in my hand and have used the Coffee With Friends stamp set to create my card.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the coffee with friends card, you will need:

Basic Beige card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5⅝” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Country Woods dsp – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 4” by 4”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside – rounded upper right corner
Basic Black card – 2” by ⅜”

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the piece of Country Woods dsp to the Basic Black panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Coffee With Friends stamp set used to make a card for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

A length of Checked ribbon was wrapped around the panel, secured on the back with Sellotape. The whole piece was then glued to the Basic Beige card front,

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Coffee With Friends stamp set used to make a card for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

I used the Perennial Postage Dies to die cut a label. I ran it through twice to make it smaller.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Coffee With Friends stamp set used to make a card for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The image of the two girls on the bench was stamped onto the die cut piece using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image was then coloured using the following Blends Pens – Petal Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Lemon Lolly, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Medium Light combo, Medium combo, Medium Deep combo & Deep combo. The coloured piece was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Coffee With Friends stamp set used to make a card for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

The sentiment, from the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set was stamped on the small strip of Basic Black card with Versamark ink. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I added it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Coffee With Friends stamp set used to make a card for the Summer Fun themed Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

A trio of Rainbow Dots and a ribbon bow completed the card.

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A birdhouse window sheet card made for the Stamping With Friends Blog using the Garden Birdhouse Dies from Stampin' Up!

Birdhouse Window Sheet card – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on July 6, 2024June 20, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop where we are sharing Window Sheet cards. These are such fun to make but it can be tricky to get a clean look without seeing things you want hidden. After a lot of thought I chose the Country Birdhouse Dies to make my card.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the birdhouse window sheet card, you will need:

Window Sheet – 11½” by 4⅛” – scored at 5¾”
Scrap Country Woods dsp, Basic Beige, Calypso Coral, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green & Early Espresso

Onto two Pieces of Country Woods dsp, I stamped the large birdhouse from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and trimmed them out with scissors. I then ran them both through the die cutting machine to cut the hole for the bird.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Garden Birdhouse dies used to make a birdhouse window sheet card for the Stamping With Friends Blog

From scrap Basic Beige and Early Espresso card I die 2 of the roof parts for each birdhouse. The main roof piece of the birdhouses, the bottom pieces, the perches and the two stands were die cut from the scrap Country Woods Paper. These were then glued to each of the birdhouses.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Garden Birdhouse dies used to make a birdhouse window sheet card for the Stamping With Friends Blog

I began by adding the stand to the card front with Mini Glue Dots. The birdhouse was added on top with Mini Glue Dots. I stuck down the curly bits of the stands with a tiny bit of liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Garden Birdhouse dies used to make a birdhouse window sheet card for the Stamping With Friends Blog

The second birdhouse and stand were then added to the back of the panel, making sure to line everything up so it couldn’t be seen from the front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Garden Birdhouse dies used to make a birdhouse window sheet card for the Stamping With Friends Blog

I die cut 2 more birdhouses from Basic Beige card. I stamped a sentiment on one and adhered it to the inside of the card making sure to line it up with the birdhouses on the front panel so it wouldn’t be seen. The second birdhouse was adhered to the back of the card to hide the back of the sentiment piece and to provide additional space for writing a message.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Garden Birdhouse dies used to make a birdhouse window sheet card for the Stamping With Friends Blog

A selection of flowers and leaves were die cut from scrap Calypso Coral, Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green card and they were used to decorate the birdhouses.

Such a fun card but a nightmare to photograph!

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A card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop using the Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp from Stampin' Up!

Everyday Details card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Posted on July 6, 2024June 10, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are creating projects inspired by a sketch. I have chosen to use the Everyday Details stamp set to make my card. I adjusted the measurements of the sketch to accommodate our UK A4 cardstock.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the everyday details card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Country Woods dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
2024 – 2026 In Color dsp – 4⅛” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 3” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Basic Black card

The piece of Country Woods dsp was glued to the Basic Black panel and then to the Pool Party card base. The piece of 2024 – 2026 In Color dsp wa inks then glued overtop.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp used to make a card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

The pretty teacup was stamped on the square of Basic White card in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image was die cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp used to make a card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

I coloured in the image using Pool Party, Petunia Pop and Granny Apple Green Blends Pens. The die cut circle was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp used to make a card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in Petunia Pop ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut it using the Stylish Shapes dies. I also cut a banner from scrap Basic Black card and cut it down to 1”. I glued the 2 banners together and added them to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp used to make a card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

A trio of 2024 – 2026 In Color Shimmer Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Everyday Details stamp set and Country Woods dsp used to make a card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

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A pretty thank you card made using the gorgeous Country Birdhouse stamp set and Country Birdhouse dies from Stampin' Up!

Country Birdhouse card

Posted on May 28, 2024May 20, 2024 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing with the new Country Birdhouse stamp set and dies and have made a pretty thank you card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the country birdhouse card, you will need:

Misty Moonlight card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Smoky Slate card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Country Woods dsp, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, Granny Apple Green, Misty Moonlight, Smoky Slate & Basic Black

The sentiment, from the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set was stamped at the bottom of the 5¼” by 3½” panel of Basic White card in Misty Moonlight ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The gorgeous Country Birdhouse stamp set and Country Birdhouse dies used to make a pretty thank you card

From scrap pieces of Country Woods dsp I die cut the whole birdhouse and the bottom panel of the birdhouse. I die cut the hole in the birdhouse and glued a scrap of Basic Black card behind the whole.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The gorgeous Country Birdhouse stamp set and Country Birdhouse dies used to make a pretty thank you card

I stamped the pieces of the roof from scrap Basic White, Smoky Slate and Misty Moonlight card. The pieces were placed together and held in place with Dimensionals. I added them over the top of the dsp birdhouse. The bottom panel was added to the base of the birdhouse on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The gorgeous Country Birdhouse stamp set and Country Birdhouse dies used to make a pretty thank you card

The birdhouse stand was die cut from scrap Smoky Slate card. This was glued to the Basic White panel and the birdhouse glued on top.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The gorgeous Country Birdhouse stamp set and Country Birdhouse dies used to make a pretty thank you card

A selection of flowers and leaves were die cut from scrap Basic White, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly and Granny Apple Green card. These were added to the card front with Mini Glue Dots and/or liquid glue.