Lovely butterfly cards made using the Botanical Butterfly Sale-a-Bration designer series paper and the Butterfly Duet Punch

Butterfly January Classes

Posted on January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the trio of cards made by the ladies who came to the Butterfly January classes this week. The class was designed around the Butterfly Gala Stamp set and co-ordinating Butterfly Duet Punch and was inspired by a card I made for the Inspire Create #032 challenge on the 4^th December 2018. I also wanted to give each lady a 6” by 6” sample pack of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly dsp to use in class and to take the remainder home to add to their stash.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

Emboss Resist Technique

A pretty birthday card made using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist technique

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and embossed resist for a pretty birthday card

The first card we made was the card I designed for the Inspire, Create Challenge involving embossing and adding ink using sponge brayers, such a fun technique. As I have already blogged about this card please follow this link for all the details –

A Little Note card

We started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base, each lady then chose a piece of dsp from their sample pack, cutting it to 5⅝” by 3⅞”. The upper right corner of both the card base and the dsp were rounded using the Detailed trio Punch and the dsp added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Lemon Lime twist ink onto a panel of Whisper White measuring 4⅛” by 2¾”, rounded the upper right corner before adding the panel to a layer of Highland Heather 4⅜” by 3”. This panel was then added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly the ladies selected a large and a small butterfly from the dsp and punched them out using the Butterfly Bouquet Punch. The butterflies were added using Mini Glue Dots and the card was finished with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

Butterfly Birthday card

We started the final card by choosing a piece of dsp and laying it, offset onto the front of a Thick Whisper White card base. I then lifted the corner and applied Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive underneath before trimming away the excess dsp and adhering the rest of the panel. Some of the ladies found it easier to draw around the dsp making it easier to trim off the excess.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet Punch used for classes in January 2019

We stamped a sentiment in Highland Heather ink. Next we punched out 1 large and 3 small butterflies adding them to the card front using Mini Glue Dots and finishing with a scattering of Basic Rhinestones.

I hope you like these cards.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

So Hoppy Together

Posted on January 4, 2019January 10, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I have had fun playing with the sweet new Sale-a-Bration stamp set called So Hoppy Together. This is gorgeous stamp set is one of the free choices available with a £45 order and there are so many lovely things on offer this year.

Making the card

I started by stamping the cute little frog in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a 3” by 3” piece of Whisper White cardstock and die cut it using the Stitched Shapes Framelit dies. Whilst I had the Big Shot out I also cut a slightly larger scalloped circle die from Daffodil Delight cardstock.

ww.crafty-rootes.com – sweet birthday card made using the So Hoppy Together stamp set

I coloured in my frog using the Shaded Spruce Combo, Daffodil Delight Combo & Light Petal Pink Blends Pens. I stamped a few little flies at the top of the circle and added some googly eyes to the frog.

ww.crafty-rootes.com – sweet birthday card made using the So Hoppy Together stamp set

I chose a piece of Garden Impressions dsp, cut it at 5⅞” by 4⅛” and cut it on the diagonal. I added half of the dsp to a Thick Whisper White card base using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I added a ¼” strip of Pacific Point cardstock to the top of the dsp using the same glue.

ww.crafty-rootes.com – sweet birthday card made using the So Hoppy Together stamp set

The sentiment from the Family & Friends stamp set was stamped along the top of the Pacific Point cardstock in Pacific Point ink and added the circle topper on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

These little frogs are so adorable, I think this is going to be a really popular set.

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

Mo x

Supplies Used

Lovely floral card featuring Sale-a-Bration product by Stampin' Up!

Eclectic Expression Flowers – Stamp ‘N Hop

Posted on March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 by Mo Rootes

Welcome, this month for the Stamp ‘N Hop blog hop (try saying that fast when you are tired) we are focusing on the gorgeous items in the 2^nd Sale-a-Bration release. Don’t you just love the chance to earn more amazing free goodies, I know I do.

I have chosen to use the Eclectic Expression stamp set for today’s blog hop. I have to admit this stamp set was not the first item I saw when I opened the brochure. It isn’t as flashy and obvious as the other options but I have come to love these more abstract sets. With a set like this I usually stamp everything out just to see what the images look like and how they relate to each other and here is what I came up with.

Method in my madness

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock 5⅞” by 2¼” and stamped the small spotted circle randomly leaving large gaps between each circle. I initially stamped in Pear Pizzazz ink but ended up changing this to Tranquil Tide. Taking the smaller of the ‘splotchy’ images I stamped around 2 of the spotty circles to form flower petals, slightly overlapping looks better. I repeat this using Daffodil Delight ink then Peakaboo Peach ink rotating the stamp to give the flowers a different look. Having decided I didn’t like the Pear Pizzazz I stamped the spotty circle again in Tranquil Tide ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched them out using the ½” Circle Punch. I added these to the centre of each flower using Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I mounted the stamped panel onto a layer of Calypso Coral cardstock 5⅞” by 2 ½” using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I planned to add this panel to a Thick Whisper White card base but felt there was something missing. After a bit of faffing I took a strip of Daffodil Delight cardstock 5⅞” by ½”, punched it out using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and added it to the right side using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. I added the whole panel to the Thick Whisper White card base using Tombow.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the sentiment from the Badges & Banners Stamp set in Tranquil Tide ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched it out using the Duet Banner Punch. I used the same punch to punch a piece of Tranquil Tide cardstock which I added to the back to give a shadow effect. I added this to the card front using Tombow on the right and a Stampin’ Dimensional on the left. A scattering of Iridescent Sequins finished added a little sparkle to the card.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Eclectic Expression by Stampin’ Up!

I hope you like my card share today. Please hop on and see what the lovely Britney Vanderlaan has to share today. Or hop back to see what Melissa Tennison shared.

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Britney Vanderlaan

Tracie Evans Langley

Eva Pottsova (Crafting With Angels)

Kirsten Aitchison

Mikaela Titheridge

Andre Gordon

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

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Eclectic Expressions & Badges & Banners
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Tranquil Tide & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Daffodil Delight, Peakaboo Peach, Calypso Coral & Tranquil Tide
Punches
Decorative Ribbon Border Punch, Duet Banner Punch & ½” Circle Punch
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
A, B & H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Iridescent Sequins & Whisper White Envelope

Tutti-Frutti Pandas for Team Training Swaps

Posted on February 23, 2018February 18, 2018 by Mo Rootes

Today I’m sharing the swaps Tutti-Frutti Panda cards I have made for tomorrows Team Training Event organised by my lovely Upline Mikaela Titheridge.

wanted to use the absolutely lovely Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes which are one of the free choices with a £45 order in the 2018 Sale-a-Bration brochure. These are so easy to overlook in amongst the more glamourous stamp sets, dsp and dies but they really are lovely, beautiful colours and so versatile. I wanted the pretty card fronts to be seen so looked for a fairly small image for my cards.

www.crafty-rootes.com-Tutti-Frutti-Pandas-For-Team-Training

I settled on the quirky Party Pandas stamp set which is also a free choice from the 2018 Sale-a-Bration brochure. I stamped the sweet panda with the balloon in the lower left corner of a panel of Whisper White cardstock 4” by 2½”. I used Archival Basic Black ink and found I had better results using a stamp positioner such as a Stamparatus with a really well inked pad. I didn’t bother to ink up the balloon as I planned to cover it with dsp balloons. I added the sentiment from the same set in a co-ordinating Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral or Lemon Lime Twist ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com-Tutti-Frutti-Pandas-For-Team-Training

I rounded the upper right corner of the Whisper White cardstock panel using the retired Project life Corner Rounder and added a piece of 3¼” by 1¾” cardstock in either Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral or Lemon Lime Twist behind the lower right corner and added the whole piece to one of the Tutti-Frutti card bases.

www.crafty-rootes.com-Tutti-Frutti-Pandas-For-Team-Training

I punched a selection of large and small balloons from the Bubble & Fizz dsp pack, another free 2018 Sale-a-Bration choice with a £45 order, using the Balloon Bouquet Punch. The smaller balloons were added to the card front with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The larger balloon was added on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Such a cute card and I love that all the items used with the exception of the ink pads were free!!!!

www.crafty-rootes.com-Tutti-Frutti-Pandas-For-Team-Training

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

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Party Pandas
Punches
Balloon Bouquet
Cardstock
Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Lemon Lime Twist & Daffodil Delight
Designer Series Paper (dsp)
Bubble & Fizz
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist & Calypso Coral
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Stamparatus, Project Life Corner Rounder, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals

Bold colours for a musical masculine card

Musical Epic Celebrations

Posted on January 16, 2018January 13, 2018 by Mo Rootes

Getting ready for an epic celebration here with the new Sale-a-Bration Epic Celebration stamp set. This is such a great set for teenagers, young men and women and anyone musical. I couldn’t wait to get it out of the case and start stamping.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Epic Celebrations by Stampin’ Up!

My card today is designed with my cousin in mind; he is a guitarist in a local band. I started by taking Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim and Perfect Plum cardstock and cutting one panel of each at 3⅜” by 1⅝” using my Stampin’ Trimmer.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Epic Celebrations by Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the ‘guitar’ image on each panel using Archival Basic Black ink. I can’t wait for my Stamparatus to arrive in February as I would have liked to re-stamp on the Dapper Denim again as the colour was a little light. I mounted the panels, using Tombow Liquid Adhesive onto a layer of Basic Black cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” starting with the ones on either side, finishing with the middle one. I find this the easiest way to get even spacing between the panels.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Epic Celebrations by Stampin’ Up!

I only wanted the word AWESOME so masked off the word ‘you’re using a Post It Note. I inked up the sentiment with Archival Basic Black ink and removed the Post It Note before stamping onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock. I trimmed the sentiment down with scissors and added it to the panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The whole piece was then added to the front of a Thick Whisper White card base.

Love that this is such a great masculine card, hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you. To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Epic Celebrations
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim, Perfect Plum & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Black
Tools
Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
C &H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Whisper White Envelopes

Bubble Over for January Classes

Posted on January 12, 2018January 11, 2018 by Mo Rootes

For January’s classes we used the very quirky and versatile Bubble Over stamp set and the co-ordinating Bottles & Bubbles Framelit dies, the ladies loved them. As their table gift I gave each lady as 6” by 6” sample pack of the co-ordinating Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper (dsp) which is available as a free Sale-a-Bration item with a £45 order.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bubble Over stamp set and Bottles & Bubbles dies by Stampin’ Up!

We started the first card by die-cutting a large and small bottle from one of the Bubble & Fizz dsp sheets. I love that the dies can be used to cut out the dsp patterns in this way. We stamped the ‘bubble’ image in Lemon Lime Twist ink randomly across the upper third of a strip of Whisper White cardstock 5⅞” by 2½”. The prototype card in the picture shows the bubbles in Daffodil Delight ink but we decided we preferred the Lemon Lime Twist. The sentiment – either Love You or Thank You – from the Baby Bear stamp set was then stamped at the bottom of the panel in Bermuda Bay ink. We took a small piece of Lemon Lime Twist striped ribbon, about 4”, and wrapped it around the white panel securing on the back with Sellotape. The ladies then chose a pattern from the dsp and cut 2 strips each 6” by ½”, they then glued the strips on either side of the Whisper White panel. This panel was then adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The die cut bottles were then adhered to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bubble Over stamp set and Bottles & Bubbles dies by Stampin’ Up!

For the second card the ladies chose a piece of dsp and using the Stampin’ Trimmer cut it to 5⅜” by 3⅝”. This panel was then added at an angle, or catawampus to a Lemon Lime Twist card base. On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock the ladies stamped the larger bottle using Archival Basic Gray ink and a Stampin’ Pierce Mat to get a good image. We also stamped the label in Lemon Lime Twist ink and the sentiment was added on top in Archival Basic Gray ink. These pieces were then die cut using the Big Shot and they also die cut one of the cute little bottle caps. The label and bottle cap were glued to the front of the bottle using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. Taking a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5⅜” by 3⅝” the ladies die cut an oval using the Stitched Shapes Framelit dies. This panel was added to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals and the die cut bottle was added using Stampin’ Dimensionals and Tombow glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bubble Over stamp set and Bottles & Bubbles dies by Stampin’ Up!

Thirdly we made a bottle tag starting with a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock 8¼” by 2½” which we scored using the Stampin’ Trimmer (love that it cuts and scores) at 5½”. Taking a 1¼” Circle Punch we punched a hole roughly in the centre of the smaller side. At the bottom of the longer side we cut a shallow banner using scissors. The ladies then chose a piece of dsp and cut it to 4½” by 2⅜” and adhered it above the banner point. Bubbles were then stamped in either Lemon Lime Twist ink or Bermuda Bay ink across the top and down one side of a piece of Whisper White cardstock 4¾” by 1½” and this piece was added to the tag on top of the dsp. Taking a scrap Whisper White cardstock the ladies stamped the larger bottle in Archival Basic Gray ink, the label in Calypso Coral ink and the sentiment in Archival Basic Gray. These pieces were then die cut using the Bottles and Bubble Framelit dies along with one of the cute straws. The labels and straw were then added with Tombow Liquid Adhesive to the die cut bottle and the bottle added with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the bottle tag.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Bubble Over stamp set and Bottles & Bubbles dies by Stampin’ Up!

To finish off the projects the ladies added some of the mini sequins taken from the Silver Sequin Trim using the Fine-Tip Liquid Adhesive.

The ladies loved the projects and I want to thank them for all the fun, laughter and chat this week.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Bubble Over & Baby Bear
Dies
Bottles & Bubbles, Stitched Shapes Framelits
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Bermuda Bay, Lemon lime Twist, Basic Gray & Calypso Coral
Punches
1¼” Circle Punch
Tools
Big Shot, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, B, C &H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Fine-Tip Glue Pen & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Lemon Lime Twist Striped Ribbon, Mini Silver Sequin Trim, Whisper White Envelopes

A simply Beautiful Peacock

Posted on January 9, 2018January 6, 2018 by Mo Rootes

OMG I am in love with a Beautiful Peacock. It comes from the aptly named Beautiful Peacock stamp set which is one of the free choices with a £45 order from the new Sale-a-Bration brochure.

I stamped the body of the peacock in Bermuda Bay ink onto a panel of Whisper White cardstock 5” by 3¼”. Using Lemon Lime Twist ink I stamped the image of a ‘spray of feathers/leaves’ twice to form the tail of the bird. I then stamped the ‘flourish’ style image in Bermuda Bay ink to give the effect of a full, luxurious tail.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Peacock by Stampin’ Up! for Sale-a-Bration

I stamped the dotty image in Pacific Point ink before randomly stamping the ‘tiny flower’ image in the same Pacific Point ink. The sentiment from the same stamp set was added in Lemon Lime Twist ink. I felt the peacock needed ‘grounding’ and added a swipe of Smoky Slate using the light Stampin’ Blend.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Peacock by Stampin’ Up! for Sale-a-Bration

I added the stamped panel to a layer of Pacific Point cardstock 5⅛” by 3⅜” using Tombow Liquid Adhesive before adhering the whole panel to a Thick Whisper White card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beautiful Peacock by Stampin’ Up! for Sale-a-Bration

I think this card is gorgeous, loving those 3 colours together. Let me know what you think.

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

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Beautiful Peacock & Bird Banter
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Pacific Point & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Bermuda Bay, Lemon lime Twist & Pacific Point
Stampin’ Blends
Light Smoky Slate
Punches
Corner Rounder
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, B, C, G &H
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Whisper White Envelopes