Multiple cards made for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop using the City Sights card kit from Stampin' Up!

City Sights Kit – Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Posted on August 17, 2024August 9, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop where we are showcasing some of our super affordable and versatile kit collection. The City Sights Kit was one of the raffle prizes offered at my recent Stamp-A-Stack and I like to create projects using the raffle prizes to show the versatility and alternative ways to use the supplies.

Colours used in these cards are:

Extra cardstock used for the alternative cards:

Card Bases – Basic Beige, Boho Blue & Pebbled Path
Layers and die cuts – Basic White, Boho Blue, Pebbled Path & Basic Black

These are the cards made up as per the instructions in the kit.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The City Sights card kit from Stampin’ Up used to make multiple cards for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

These are the alternative cards I designed, I hope you like them.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The City Sights card kit from Stampin’ Up used to make multiple cards for the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop

Please hop on to see what kits my crafty friends have been playing with recently.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A pretty thank you card made using the Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper from Stampi' Up!

Frames and Flowers card

Posted on July 30, 2024July 24, 2024 by Mo Rootes

One of my lovely team members gifted me some of the pretty Frames & Flowers dsp and I have used some of it today to make a thank you card.

Colours in this card are:

To recreate the frames & flowers card, you will need:

Lost Lagoon card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Frames & Flowers dsp – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 4⅛” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Petal Pink and Calypso Coral card

The panel of Frames & Flowers dsp was glued to the 5⅝” by 3⅞” piece of Basic White card. This was then glued to the Lost Lagoon card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper used to make a pretty thank you card

I die cut a label from the 4⅛” by 2½” piece of Basic White card using the Nested Essentials Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper used to make a pretty thank you card

The sentiment, from the My Small Business stamp set was stamped in Lost Lagoon ink onto the die cut label and the whole piece was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper used to make a pretty thank you card

From scrap Petal Pink and Calypso Coral card I die cut a selection of the large and small flowers using the Flowers of Beauty Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper used to make a pretty thank you card

The flowers were shaped using the end of my Take Your Pick Tool and added around the sentiment panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Frames and Flowers designer Series Paper used to make a pretty thank you card

To finish the card I added Basic Rhinestones to the centre of each flower.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

A pretty thank you card made using the Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder from Stampin' Up!

Embossed Thoughtful Journey card

Posted on July 21, 2024July 16, 2024 by Mo Rootes

I have been playing with the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder today and have used it to emboss a panel of Thoughtful Journey dsp.

Colours in this card are:

Very Vanilla

Wild Wheat

Mossy Meadow

To recreate the embossed thoughtful journey card, you will need:

Very Vanilla card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Mossy Meadow card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Thoughtful Journey dsp – 5¼” by 3½”
Very Vanilla card – 3” by 2”

Using the Changing Leaves Dies, I embossed the panel of Thoughtful Journey dsp.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder makes a pretty thank you card

The embossed panel was then adhered to the Mossy Meadow panel and wrapped a length of Pecan Pie Centre Striped Ribbon around the panel securing it on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder makes a pretty thank you card

The whole panel was then added to the Very Vanilla card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder makes a pretty thank you card

The sentiment, from the My Small Business stamp set, was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink and die cut using the Unbounded Love Dies. The sentiment was mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder makes a pretty thank you card

A trio of 2023 – 2025 In Color Dots completed the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com -The Thoughtful Journey dsp embossed using the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder makes a pretty thank you card

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

Mo x

Supplies used:

The Delicate Forest stamp set from Stampin' Up! used with the the colour blocking technique to make a thank you card for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Colour Blocked Thank You card – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Posted on June 15, 2024June 1, 2024 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are showcasing a project we have been working on. I saw a video recently using a colour blocking technique and thought I would give it a try. I have used the Delicate Forest stamp set to make my card. Click this link to see the original video from Lynne Dunn of Stamptastic Designs

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the colour blocked thank you card, you will need:

Pebbled Path card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside