A masculine seaside themed card featuring a lighthouse and a blended background.

Masculine Lighthouse themed card

Posted on March 7, 2021March 2, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a masculine lighthouse themed birthday card made for my son’s birthday.

He has recently bought a house in a small fishing village on the northeast coast of Scotland, where incidentally a branch of my Mothers and a branch of my Fathers families lived from the at least the 1690’s. In fact, the house he has bought was owned by my 3 great aunts the last of whom died there in the mid 1990’s. Yes, family history is one of my passions……. My son loves the sea and as the house is about 50 feet from the harbour, he is a s happy as the proverbial pig. So….. his card had to be seaside themed. I got the idea for this card from a fellow demonstrator Priscilla – I adapted her design and made it my own.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the masculine Lighthouse card, you will need:

Balmy Bay card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Misty Moonlight – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Pacific Point – 5½” by 3¾”
So Saffron – 5½” by 3¾”
Balmy Blue – 5½” by 3¾”
Misty Moonlight – 5½” by 3¾”
Misty Moonlight – 3¾” by 2⅝”
Basic White – 3¾” by 2⅝”

I took the four panels of card stock measuring 5½” by 3¾” and cut them into thin strips, wider at one end than the other. Taking the strips, I added them to one of the larger Basic White panels using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive leaving a small strip of white visible between the strips. I trimmed off any excess when the whole panel was covered.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A striking lighthouse themed birthday card made using card stock scraps and blending brushes by Stampin’ Up!

The striped panel was then added to the Misty Moonlight layer with the same liquid glue and then to the Balmy Blue card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A striking lighthouse themed birthday card made using card stock scraps and blending brushes by Stampin’ Up!

Using the lovely new Blending Brushes, I added Balmy Blue ink to the top and bottom of the small Basic White panel. I added So Saffron ink to the middle of the panel. I stamped the ‘sea’ image in Balmy Blue ink at the bottom of the panel and birds in Basic Gray at the top of the panel. Using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and my Mini Cut & Emboss Machine I cut a scalloped rectangle from the inked panel. This was glued to the small panel of Misty Moonlight and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A striking lighthouse themed birthday card made using card stock scraps and blending brushes by Stampin’ Up!

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the image of the lighthouse onto scrap Basic White card. I wanted the image to be quite dark and the Stamparatus gave me the ability to stamp multiple times to get the depth of colour I wanted.

I cut the lighthouse out using the Smooth Sailing Dies. I added light to the windows using So Saffron Blends Marker and used a Blender Pen to soften the colour of the lighthouse.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A striking lighthouse themed birthday card made using card stock scraps and blending brushes by Stampin’ Up!

The lighthouse was added to the card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A striking lighthouse themed birthday card made using card stock scraps and blending brushes by Stampin’ Up!

I love how this card came out. I hope my son likes it.

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

Mo x

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A Lighthouse at High Tide

Posted on March 6, 2019February 26, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the birthday card made for my lovely son. He loves the sea so the Lighthouse from the High Tide stamp set was perfect for his card.

Making the High Tide card

A lighthouse at High Tide for a lovely seaside themed masculine birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

I began by taking a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅛ by 2” and stamping the ‘ground’ image in 1^st and 2^nd generation Sahara Sand ink. I then placed the piece of cardstock in my Stamparatus as I find the lighthouse images much easier to line up using this stamping tool. The lighthouse was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Real Red ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

The tufts of grass were then added in Mossy Meadow ink and the birds in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The stamped panel was added to a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock measuring 4⅛” by 2⅛”.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

Next I stamped the ‘water’ image from the High Tide stamp set in Blueberry Bushel ink onto a Balmy Blue card base. I added more birds using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

I stamped the boats from the Lilypad Lake stamp set onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut them using the Lakeside framelit dies and the Big Shot. The boats were then coloured using Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover, Real Red and Crumb Cake markers.

The Lighthouse panel was added to the Balmy Blue card front on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the boats were then added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A masculine birthday card featuring the High Tide stamp set

The ‘water’ image was then stamped on a layer of Whisper White cardstock measuring 5⅜” by 3⅝” and a trio of boats were added. This panel was then glued inside the card with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The same images were stamped on the front of a Whisper White envelope.

I really, really like this card and I hope my son like sit as well.

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

Mo x

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Bokeh Dots and Birds

Posted on August 3, 2018January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a sweet card featuring Bokeh Dots and birds. The card was made using the gorgeous Bokeh Dots stamp set, I used the more ‘starburst effect image’ and the lovely flying birds from the High Tide stamp set.

Making the Bokeh Dots card

I began with a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅜” and placed it into the corner of the Stamparatus. The starburst image was stamped in Balmy Blue ink. I then stamped the flying birds in Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I repeated this step twice more as I wanted the image to be really dark, love that you can do this on the Stamparatus.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bokeh Dots and Birds for a thinking of you card

The sentiment from the Apron of Love stamp set was stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black in at the bottom of the image.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bokeh Dots and Birds for a thinking of you card

I rounded the upper left corner of the panel with the Detailed Trio Punch and adhered the Whisper White panel to a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock 5½” by 3¾” with an identical rounded corner. I wrapped a piece of Blueberry Bushel ⅛” ribbon around both layer and tied it in a simple knot before adhering the whole piece to a Balmy Blue card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I added a Whisper White panel 5⅜” by 3⅝” to the inside of the card and decorated it with the stamped flying birds.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bokeh Dots and Birds for a thinking of you card

This is a really simple card but so effective. I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

High Tide meets Colorful Seasons

Posted on July 3, 2018June 26, 2018 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card I made recently for one of the lovely ladies in my book club that had a special birthday earlier this month and it had to be large enough to for us all to sign.

I knew that Sue had spent her actual birthday with her family and friends on the beach at Southwold so I chose to make the card using the High Tide stamp set and the sweet deckchair from the Colorful Seasons stamp set.

Ingredients to make the High Tide card

Blueberry Bushel cardstock – 10” by 5½” scored at 4¼” and 8½” on the long side
Blueberry Bushel cardstock -7” by 3½” scored at 3½” on the long side
Whisper White cardstock – 5¼” by 4” x 3 – 2 for the inside and one for the back panel
Whisper White cardstock – 5⅜” by 4⅛” for the outside
Whisper White cardstock – 5⅜” by 1⅜” for the outside
Whisper White cardstock – 3¼” by 3¼” x 3 for the mini card
Pineapple punch cardstock – 5⅜” by 4⅛” for the back panel
Pineapple punch cardstock – 3⅜” by 3⅜” for the mini card
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I began by taking the 3 – 3¼” by 3¼” panels of Whisper White. I stamped the ‘sand’ along the bottom of each panel in 2^nd and 3^rd generation Pineapple Punch ink. I added the deckchair frame in Basic Gray ink and seat in Blueberry Bushel ink.