The Sailing Home and Oceanfront stamp sets by Stampin' Up! used for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

Lighthouse card for the Crafty Collaborations Challenge Blog Hop

Posted on February 28, 2022February 22, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop where we have a sketch challenge to work with. I have made a card featuring a lighthouse for this challenge using the Sailing Home stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the lighthouse card, you will need:

Cinnamon Cider card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅝” scored at 4⅛”
Pacific Point card – 4⅝” by 2⅞”
Basic White card – 4 ½” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 4⅛” by ⅞”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Basic White & Basic Gray

Using the Oceanfront stamp set I stamped the ‘sky’ in Balmy Blue ink. The sky was added in Pacific Point ink and the ground in Sahara Sand ink. The seagulls were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lighthouse card made using the Sailing Home stamp set for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

I added grasses using Mossy Meadow ink and glued the stamped panel to the Pacific Point layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lighthouse card made using the Sailing Home stamp set for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

The lighthouse from the Sailing Home stamp set was stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut out using the Smooth Sailing Dies and the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I coloured the image with Cinnamon Cider and Balmy Blue Blends Markers and mounted it onto the stamped panel with Dimenionals. I added a couple of boulders stamped in Sahara Sand ink and fussy cut them out, they were added to the base of the lighthouse on Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lighthouse card made using the Sailing Home stamp set for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

The Basic White strip was glued to the Cinnamon Cider card base and the decorated panel added over top.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lighthouse card made using the Sailing Home stamp set for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

The sentiment from the On the Horizon stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic White card. I trimmed it out using sharp Scissors and added it to the card front. The anchor was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap Basic Gray ink and die cut it using the Smooth Sailing Dies. The anchor was added using Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lighthouse card made using the Sailing Home stamp set for the Crafty Collaborations Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

I added a trio of Peebles to complete the card.

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A pretty sailing diaroma made using Stampin' Up! products for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Sailing Diorama card for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Posted on August 8, 2021August 3, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Colour Combo blog hop where I have made a sailing diorama using this months colours which are:

Gray Granite

Gorgeous Grape

Bermuda Bay

And I have added a tiny bit of Daffodil Delight for the light of the lighthouse

Daffodil Delight

To recreate the Sailing Diorama card, you will need:

Bermuda Bay card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Gray Granite card – 5½” by 3¾”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White card

I began by using the Layering Diorama dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to cut the centre from the 5⅜” by 3⅝” panel of Basic White. I put the centre piece to one side.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Sailing Diorama card made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop and using the Sailing Home and Mountain Air stamp sets

Using Blending Brushes, I added Gray Granite ink to the bottom of the outer panel and Bermuda Bay ink to the upper part of the outer panel. I added some texture to the bottom using the dotty image from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and Gray Granite ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Sailing Diorama card made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop and using the Sailing Home and Mountain Air stamp sets

Taking the inner piece I stamped the mountains, from the Mountain Air stamp set in Gray Granite ink and muddied the bottom using the small ‘cloud’ image from the Mountain Air stamp set in 2^nd and 3^rd generation Gray Granite. The sea and sky were both inked with Bermuda Bay ink, I just went lighter with the sky and added a 1” circle mask for the moon. The sea texture was added using a stamp from the Arctic Bears stamp set in Bermuda Bay. I place the 2 pieces of inked card together and stamped some birds, from the Mountain Air stamp set, randomly in the sky.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Sailing Diorama card made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop and using the Sailing Home and Mountain Air stamp sets

The inner piece was then glued to the Gray Granite panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. And the outer piece added on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Sailing Diorama card made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop and using the Sailing Home and Mountain Air stamp sets

Using the Stamparatus, I stamped the lighthouse, from the Sailing Home stamp set in Gray Granite ink and repeated the step to get a slightly darker colour. I used a Blender Pen to add ink and to smooth out the colour a little. I also added a little Daffodil Delight ink as a lighthouse is nothing without a light! The lighthouse was added with glue and Dimensionals overlapping the inset panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Sailing Diorama card made for the Colour Combo Blog Hop and using the Sailing Home and Mountain Air stamp sets

The smaller boat from the Sailing Home stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and coloured with the Blender Pen and ink. The boat was added onto the inset layer with liquid glue.

Such a sweet card. I hope you like 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 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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Lovely sailing themed masculine card using Stampin Up product.

Sailing Home for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where our theme this month is ‘Masculine cards’. If you have joined me from the lovely …….. welcome, my name is Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. Like many others I find making cards for the men in my life a bit of a challenge and I am really looking forward to seeing what my fellow blog hoppers have to share with us.

To recreate the Sailing Home card you will need;

Seaside Spray card base 8¼” by 5⅞” scored and folded at 4⅛”
Seaside Spray cardstock 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White cardstock 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Whisper White cardstock 5” by 3”
Night of Navy cardstock 3½” by ½” x 2
Scrap Whisper White

I ran the panel of Seaside Spray cardstock through my Big Shot with the Subtles Embossing folder to give it a little texture before adhering the panel to Seaside Spray card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I cut a label using the Stitched Nested Label dies and stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy towards the bottom. The smaller boat was then stamped twice in the Night of Navy ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

The larger boat was stamped in the same ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and die cut using the Smooth Sailing dies and coloured using the Seaside Spray combo, light Balmy Blue & light Night of Navy Blends Markers.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Using the 1” Circle Punch I punched circle from a PostIt Note and stuck it to the top of the stitched label. I sponged on some Blamy Blue ink using a Sponge Dauber then removed the punched circle and added some So Saffron ink again using a Sponge Dauber.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I added the 2 strips of Night of Navy cardstock to the card front having flagged the ends. The Stitched Label was then added over the top using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and the lager boat added on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing dies makes a masculine card for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

I stamped the larger boat in Night of Navy ink onto the Whisper White panel and added it to the inside of the card. The same image was stamped onto the front of the envelope.

Please continue to hop on and see what the lovely Deb Naylor has to share with us.

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

Mo x

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Gorgeous cards made at a Stamp-a-Stack featuring the Bird Ballard designer series paper

A Bird Ballard Stamp-a-Stack

Posted on July 21, 2019July 18, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made by the ladies who came to my Bird Ballard Stamp-a-Stack yesterday. On arrival each lady was given a kit bag containing a pack of the Bird Ballard designer series paper (dsp), a pack of the Iridescent sequins, 20 co-ordinating card bases, 20 envelopes and all the pre-cut layers to make 20 cards; 2 each of 10 designs. They also had a little chocolate treat to keep them going.