An easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop made using the Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies by Stampin' Up!

Grassy Grove Easel card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on October 31, 2022October 24, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where we are sharing Autumn or Halloween themed Projects. I have chosen to share a card made for my son-in-law’s birthday made using the Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the grassy grove easel card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 5½ by 8¼” – scored at 4⅛” and 2 and 1/16”
Early Espresso card – 5¼” by 3⅝”
Pool Party card – 5⅛” by 3½”
Fluid 100 card – 5⅛” by 3½”
Early Espresso card – 5⅜” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Scrap Early Espresso

I used a Water Painter to dampen the panel of Fluid 100 paper. I then added Garden Green ink to the top and Soft Suede ink to the bottom and set it aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Once the panel was dry, I die cut it using the Grove Dies. I added Mossy Meadow ink to the tree canopy using the Water Painter and Soft Suede ink to add shadows to the tree trunks. The ground was added with Garden Green ink. I die cut 2 deer from scrap Early Espresso card and added them to the panel on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Using pieces of Dimensionals I added the watercolor piece to the Pool Party layer. The whole piece was then mounted onto the 5¼” by 3⅝” piece of Early Espresso. The panel was then glued to the front of the card base using liquid glue only on the bottom of the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I die cut the number 3 and 0 from scrap Early Espresso card, I repeated it until I had three of each. Each number was glued to its mates and then glued to the panel of Basic White card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The word ‘today’ was stamped in Early Espresso ink next to the 30 and trees stamped next to it in Garden Green ink. A trio of Brushed Metallic Dots completes the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Cute card. I hope you like it.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Grassy Grove stamp set and Grove Dies used to make an easel card for Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

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The Vintage Bottle Punch and Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin' Up!used with the Marker to stamp technique for classes in July 2022

Bottled Happiness cards for July Classes

Posted on July 15, 2022July 8, 2022 by Mo Rootes

We used the beautiful Bottled Happiness stamp set in this week’s classes and made three pretty floral cards.

Colours used in these projects are:

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

Bottle Shaker card

Petal Pink card base 8 ¼ by 5⅞”
Calypso Coral – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Mint Macaron

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

Glue the smaller Basic White panel to the Calypso Coral layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. Insert the bottom into the Vintage Bottle Punch as far as it will go and punch through both layers.

Colour the larger flowers using the Petal Pink Stampin’ Write Marker, colour the remaining flowers with a Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Marker and the leaves with a Mint Macaron Marker. I huffed on the image to re-moisten the ink and stamped onto the punched panel, above the bottle aperture.

We turned the panel face down and inserted the bottle into the negative space. We added a large pinch of the Effervescent bubble to the bottle. We punched another bottle using the same punch from scrap Mint Macaron card and stamped randomly over the bottle with Mint Macaron ink. The stamped bottle was inserted into the panel to close the back.

The whole piece was glued to the Petal Pink card front and Basic Rhinestones added to the largest flower centres.

The sentiment, from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set was stamped in Calypso Coral ink onto the die cut label – from the Hydrangea Dies. It was added to the bottle neck with a White Baker’s Twine Bow.

Bottles Easel card

Sweet Sorbet card base 11¾” by 4⅛” scored at 5⅞” & 2¾”
Mint Macaron – 4⅞” by 3½”
Basic White – 5” by 3¾” – die cut using the Deckled Rectangle Dies
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

Using Sweet Sorbet ink, we stamped the smaller bottle across the bottom panel of the card front.

We stamped the smaller bottle onto the Deckled Rectangle in Petal Pink ink. It was stamped again in Calypso Coral ink onto scrap Basic White card and trimmed out with Scissors. The larger bottle was stamped in Sweet Sorbet ink onto scrap Basic White card and punched out using the Vintage Bottle Punch.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

The sprig of leaves were then stamped onto the deckled rectangle where the bottles would be placed and the bottles were then added with either Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive or Dimensionals.

The birthday sentiment, from the Go To Greetings stamp set was stamped in Mint Macaron ink at the top of the panel and this was then added to the Mint Macaron panel and then to the bottom panel of the of the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

We stamped an extra small bottle in Petal Pink, trimmed it out with Scissors and added it on Dimensionals to the inner Basic White panel. The sentiment for the inside was stamped in Sweet Sorbet ink.

Trio of Basic Rhinestones completed this card.

Floral Thanks

Calypso Coral card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Petal Pink – 5¼” by 3½”
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Mint Macaron – 2⅝” by ¾”
Basic White 2½” by ⅝”

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

Using a Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Marker I coloured the larger flowers. The smaller flowers were then inked with a Sweet Sorbet Marker and the leaves with a Mint Macaron Marker. I huffed on the image and stamped onto the smaller Basic White panel.

We repeated this step to add flowers to the other side of the panel. The stamped layer was then added to the Petal Pink panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A length of 2022- 2024 In Color Twine was wrapped around the panel before it was adhered to the Calypso Coral card base.

The sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set was stamped in Mint Macaron ink onto the strip of Basic White card, added it to the piece of Mint Macaron card and added it onto the card front on Dimensionals.

A bow and a trio of Basic Rhinestones completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The gorgeous Bottled Happiness stamp set and Vintage Bottle Punch by Stampin’ Up! used for July 2022 Classes

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Gorgeous trio of cards using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Blended Seasons Classes

Posted on August 17, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the cards we made during this month’s classes. We used the gorgeous Blended Seasons stamp set and the co-ordinating Stitched Seasons dies. This set is only available until the 31^st August or while stocks last so if you like it don’t wait to buy it. I decided to use this set to do a masterclass in colouring using Blends, Watercolor Pencils with Blender Pens and ink pads with Aquapainters.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

Card 1 – Blossoms

The first card was very straight forward but to ensure everyone got a crisp stamped image we mounted the stamp onto the Stampartus. We stamped onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The ladies then chose a duo of Blends Pens to colour the flowers and a second set to colour the leaves. The sample used the Cherry Coober duo for 2 flowers and the Poppy Parade duo for the 3^rd flower. I used the Granny Apple Green duo for the leaves.

Gorgeous floral card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

Using the Detailed Trio Punch we rounded the upper left corner of the stamped panel and a panel of Basic Gray measuring 5½” by 3¾” and adhered the two together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We stamped the sentiment in Momento Tuxedo Black ink. Using the Blends pens we coloured some pearls to co-ordinate with the coloured image and added them to the panel before adhering it to a Thick Whisper White card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Card 2 – Christmas!!!!!

In my opinion it is never too early to make Christmas cards and thankfully my ladies were prepared to indulge me! We began by taking a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and die cutting the middle stitched shape from the gorgeous Stitched Seasons dies. These are lovely dies used on their own but absolutely stunning when layered together.

Gorgeous Christmas card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We stamped the sentiment and the holly boughs in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto the die cut Shimmery White piece and coloured them in using the lovely Watercolor Pencils from the original set and the set currently available until August 31^st. We then blended the colour with Blender Pens.

Taking a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock 5¼” by 3½” we stamped the sweet leaf image in the left upper and right lower corners using Garden Green ink and adhered the label to a Thick Whisper White card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. We added a strip of Cherry Cobbler 5⅞” by ⅜” across the centre and added the coloured panel on top using Stampin’ Dimensionals. We added a scattering of coloured Basic Pearls to the panel.

Card 3 – Autumnal Easel

We started making this card by die cutting the lovely stitched frames using the Big shot. The largest shape was cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the medium size from Shimmery White cardstock. We also die cut the sweet leaf shape from the Stitched Seasons dies from Copper Foil Paper.

Gorgeous Autumnal Easel card using Blended Seasons Stamp set by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We stamped the gorgeous leaf image in Versamark ink onto the Shimmery White die cut piece and covered it with Copper Embossing powder which we heat set with the Heat Tool……….and yes most of us remembered to use the Embossing Buddy.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Blended Seasons stamp set used for August classes

We used Cherry Cobbler ink pad, Pumpkin Pie ink pad, Crushed Curry ink pad and Garden Green ink pad and Aquapainters to colour in the image. Love the effect watercoloring gives and the fact that you can layer up the colour to get a rich, intense colour. WE stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink before adhering the stamped layer to the Cherry Cobbler layer.

We added the panel to a card base of Thick Whisper White 11¾” by 4⅛”, scored at 2 15/16ths and 5⅞”. You need to make sure you only add glue to the bottom half of the panel or the card fold won’t work properly. The copper leaf is then added to the inside of the card on Dimensionals to act as a stopper. We added coloured Basic Pearls to finish the card.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Masculine Apron for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

Posted on August 10, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to this month’s Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop where the theme is Masculine cards. My name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. If you have hopped over from the lovely Eva Pottsova I am sure her projects have given you some welcome inspiration, please continue to hop on and see what the other hoppers have to share with us this month.

So many of us struggle with making cards for the boys and men in our life, myself included. Today I have chosen to share a card I made for a friend who loves a good barbeque.

Making the card

I started by choosing a piece of designer series paper (dsp) from the gorgeous Tropical Escape dsp stack. I wanted something muted and more masculine looking as I wanted to stamp on it. Having selected my paper I took it to the Big Shot and die cut an apron using the Apron Builder Framelit dies. I also die cut a pocket, a neck band and some utensils from scraps of Whisper White, Granny Apple Green and Blueberry Bushel cardstock.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine apron for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

Next I took the Make a Difference stamp set and using the individual letters stamped out ‘BBQ’ in Shaded Spruce ink onto the die cut apron. I stamped the word ‘King’ onto the Whisper White apron pocket in the same ink. I then assembled the apron adding the neck band, pocket and BBQ tools with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I stamped the tiny leaves from the Apron of Love stamp set on the pocket in Granny Apple Green ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine apron for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I choose another bolder pattern from the Tropical Escape dsp stack and cut it to 5⅜” by 3⅝”, rounded the upper left and lower right corner using the Detailed Trio Punch and added it to a panel of Granny Apple Green cardstock, 5½” by 3¾” with identically rounded corners.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine apron for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I added the apron using Stampin’ Dimensionals to a piece of Vellum cardstock 4⅝” by 3⅞” with identically rounded corners. This was added to the panel with Multipurpose Adhesive which was only applied under the apron where it would not be seen.

Taking a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock 11¾” by 4⅛” I scored it at 5 ½” and 2 and 15/16ths to make an easel card. The card topper was then added to the front by apply Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the bottom half of the panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine apron for the Stamp ‘N Hop Blog Hop

I die cut the oven glove twice from the dsp and twice from Granny Apple Green cardstock and glued the 2 together with Multipurpose glue to make them a little sturdier and added them half way up the inside of the card to hold the easel in place.

I am really happy with how the card turned out. I hope you like it. Please hop on the see what Anastasia Radloff has to share with us.

Kaylee van Es
Karen Pearmain
Jenn Charles
Laura Mackie
Eva Pottsova
Mo Rootes – you are here
Anastasia Radloff
Tracy Marie Lewis
Sue McDonald
Terry Montgomery
Susan Simpson
Cheryl Taylor
Vicky Wright
Joyce Whitman
Linda Handford
Andre Gordon

Supplies Used

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

Mo x

Gorgeous card trio using the Petal Palette Stamp Set and Petals and More dies by Stampin' Up!

Petal Palette for April Classes

Posted on April 13, 2018April 11, 2018 by Mo Rootes

For April’s classes we used the gorgeous Petal Palette Stamp Set, Petals & More Dies and one of the Petal Pair Embossing Folders to create 3 summery looking cards including an easel card. The ladies who came loved the set and the cards we made.

Card 1

Double layered stamping using the Petal Palette Stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Petal Palette Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!

I wanted to show the ladies the double layer stamping technique and this stamp set was just perfect. We started with a Thick Whisper White card base and added a panel of Whisper White 4¾” by 3” to the centre with a little temporary adhesive. We inked up the large group of roses using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped it in the upper left hand corner making sure to overlap the edge of the layer. The sentiment was stamped in the same ink at the bottom right corner of the Whisper White panel.

We then took the Melon Mambo Watercolor Pencil and scribbled colour onto the roses using a Blender Pen to soften and blend the colour. We used the Lemon Lime Twist Watercolor Pencil to add colour to the leaves and added a little depth with the Old Olive Watercolor Pencil. The Blender Pen was used again to mix the colours.

The Whisper White layer was then separated from the card base, the upper right corner rounded with a ½” WRMK Corner Rounder and added to a Basic Black cardstock layer with an identically rounded corner. The panel was then added to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. We then added Basic Rhinestones to add a little sparkle.

Card 2

Sweet card using the Petal Palette Stamp set and Petal Pairs embossing folder

www.crafty-rootes.com – Petal Palette Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!

We stamped the same rose image onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock and coloured it in with the Watercolor Pencils as before. Using the Petals & More dies and the Big Shot we cut out the stamped and coloured image.

Using the Big Shot again we embossed a strip of Whisper White cardstock 5⅞” by 2¼” using one of the embossing folders in the Petal Pair set. We wrapped a length of Black Shimmer Ribbon around one edge and used Mini Glue Dots to secure the ribbon on the back. This panel was then added to the front of a Lemon Lime Twist card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The die cut roses were then added to the right side of the card front.

We stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Banners stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and trimmed it down. We added a scrap strip of Melon Mambo cardstock to the bottom of the sentiment and ticked the end under the flowers and finished with some Basic Rhinestones.

Card 3

Easel card using the Petal Palette Stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Petal Palette Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!

We began by folding and burnishing the Thick Whisper White card base which I had cut at 11⅞” by 4⅛ and scored at 2 15/16” and 5⅞”. We then set this aside.

We stamped the lovely dotted image onto the bottom of a Whisper White panel 4¾“by 3”, about 1” from the bottom using the Momento Tuxedo Black ink stamped off to give a lighter shade. We then added the leaf image in Lemon Lime Twist ink above using both first and second generation ink. I absolutely love this image, so versatile as well.

Onto scrap Whisper White cardstock we stamped the sweet little bird in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and 3 flowers in Melon Mambo ink and die cut them out using the Petals & More dies and the Big Shot. Using the Watercolor Pencils we coloured in the bird………..so cute.

We die cut the label from the Petals & More dies then stamped the sentiment in Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I find it easier to position the sentiment onto the die cut piece rather than stamping and then die cutting – personal preference. The sentiment was added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The bird was added with its feet resting on the die cut sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals. We added one of the sweet Petal Passion Embellishments to the sentiment strip.

We rounded the upper corners of the stamped Whisper White panel, the Basic Black/Basic Gray panel and the Melon Mambo Panels and glued the 3 together using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. We added the whole panel to the card front using Tombow Liquid Adhesive on the lower part only. The die cut flowers were then added to the inside panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals to support the card front when the card is open.

The ladies really enjoyed making these projects. Hope you like them as well.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon. 3½”

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Petal Palette & Birthday banners
Dies
Petals & More
Embossing Folder
Petal Pair
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Basic Gray & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Momento Tuxedo Black, Archival Basic Black, Melon Mambo & Lemon Lime Twist
Water Color pencils
Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist & Old Olive
Tools
Blender Pens, Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, WRMK Corner Rounder, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, Paper Piercer and Scissors
Blocks
A, C, E, H & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Removable Adhesive
Accessories
Black Shimmer Ribbon, Petal Palette Embellishments, Basic Rhinestones, Grid paper, Whisper White Envelope