A pretty rainbow tree themed card made using the Beauty of Friendship stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Rainbow Trees

Posted on May 11, 2021May 7, 2021 by Mo Rootes

I am sharing a sweet card featuring a row of rainbow trees and made using the Beauty of Friendship stamp set.

The colours used in this project are:

To recreate the rainbow trees card, you will need:

Bermuda Bay – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic Black – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner x 2
Scrap Basic Black

I placed one of the Basic White card panels onto the base of the Stamparatus, lined up the bare tree and stamped the trees using the hinge step method.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beauty of Friendship stamp set used for a sweet rainbow tree card

I used Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Flirty Flamingo inks for the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beauty of Friendship stamp set used for a sweet rainbow tree card

The ‘ground’ was stamped under every tree using 2^nd generation Smoky Slate ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Beauty of Friendship stamp set used for a sweet rainbow tree card

The stamped panel was added to the Basic Black layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I wrapped some White Bakers Twine around the panel and tied it in a bow. The panel was added to the Bermuda Bay card base with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Beauty of Friendship stamp set used for a sweet rainbow tree card

The sentiment was from my stash. It came from the Many Messages stamp set and had been stamped in Versamark ink onto a panel of Basic Black, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool. It was die cut using the Messages Dies and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Beauty of Friendship stamp set used for a sweet rainbow tree card

I added a trio of Metallic Pearls to complete the card.

I love it, hope you do too.

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A pretty aptmospheric Christmas card made using the In the Pines stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Misty Trees

Posted on December 15, 2020December 11, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a pretty Christmas card featuring misty trees made using the In The Pines stamp set and Pine Woods Dies.

To recreate the misty trees card, you will need:

Misty Moonlight card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Silver Foil -4½” by 3½” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Shaded Spruce – 4¼” by 3¼” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Whisper White – 4” by 3” – Rounded Upper Left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – Rounded Upper Left corner – for the inside
Soft Sea Foam & Whisper White

I stamped the row of trees across the smaller Whisper White panel in Misty Moonlight ink. I used first and second generation in, i.e. full strength and stamped off once. I added the ‘ground’ image in the same ink. Using a wedge of Sponge, I lightly added Misty Moonlight ink over the panel to suggest a misty day.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A Christmas card made using the In The Pines stamp set and featuring a row of misty trees

My Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine was used to die cut 3 of the tall trees. The Soft Sea Foam tree was cut from scrap card. The Shaded Spruce and Silver Foil trees were cut from the middle of the 2 layering pieces – no-one will ever know……

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A Christmas card made using the In The Pines sta

The stamped layer was then added to the Shaded Spruce layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then added to the Silver Foil layer on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A Christmas card made using the In The Pines stamp set and featuring a row of misty trees

Using the snow image and Misty Moonlight ink I stamped around the edge of the Misty Moonlight card base before adding the topper piece to the card front with the liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A Christmas card made using the In The Pines stamp set and featuring a row of misty trees

The 3 die cut trees were then added with liquid adhesive to the card front. The sentiment was stamped onto scrap Whisper White card and trimmed out with scissors before being added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A Christmas card made using the In The Pines stamp set and featuring a row of misty trees

I added a trio of pretty Silver Pearls to complete the card. I hope you like it

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Stampers Showcase blog hop featuring a snowy tree scene using the In The Pines stamp set

Snowy Trees – Stampers Showcase Blog Hop

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Thank you for joining me today for the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop where our theme is ‘heat or dry embossing’. If you have hopped over from Melissa Seplowitz, welcome. You are currently visiting Mo Rootes and I live near Cambridge in the UK. I saw a beautiful card on Pinterest by one of our talented Artisan Design Team Members, Tammy Wilson – I loved it so much I decided to CASE it.

To recreate the Snowy Trees card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Highland Heather – 4⅛” by 3⅛”
Whisper White – 4” by 3”
Silver Foil – 4⅛” by ¼”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – for the inside

Using Versamark ink I stamped the in-fill tree image, from the In The Pines stamp set, multiple times onto the smaller Whisper White panels. I covered the stamped trees with White Embossing Powder and heat set it using my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snwy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snowy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

I punched a 1” circle from a piece of Post It tape and stuck it to the small panel of Whisper White card over one of the trees.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snowy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

Using a piece of Sponge I added Pool Party ink to the bottom of the embossed panel. I moved to Highland Heather ink for the top of the panel and peeled away the mask to reveal the ‘moon’.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snowy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

I stamped the snow onto the stamped panel in Pool Party ink and glued the stamped panel to the Highland Heather layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The strip of Silver Foil was added roughly in the middle of the stamped piece with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snowy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

The snow image was stamped in the upper right and lower left corners of the Pool Party card base and the stamped panel added on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty embossed snowy tree card made for the Stampers Showcase blog hop

The sentiment from the In The Pines stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and die cut using the Layering Circles dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I backed it with one of the pretty die cut shapes from the Stitched So Sweetly die set. This was added to the card front with liquid glue. To complete the card I added a Whisper White Polka Dot Ribbon to the card front on a Mini Glue Dot.

I love my take on Tammy’s pretty card. I hope you like it. Please hop on to see what the talented Wendy Lee has to share with us today

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Good Man

Posted on October 23, 2020October 20, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made for my son in law Dom’s birthday. He and my daughter are lucky enough to live on the edge of the Peak District in the UK and they love to get out to walk or climb as often as possible. I have used the stamp set called A Good Man and teamed it up with my favourite Mountain Air stamp set.

To recreate the Good Man card, you will need:

Thick Whisper White card base –- 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Misty Moonlight – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner x 2
Whisper White ¼” strip

I started by stamping the man in the deckchair using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped it again onto a large Post It note and cut it out using scissors. I wanted the man in the deckchair to be in the foreground of the picture and used the cut out as a mask.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty mountain scene and a man in a deck chair for a birthday card

With the mask in position I stamped the mountains in Misty Moonlight ink, the detailed image in full strength ink and the background reverse image in 2^nd generation.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty mountain scene and a man in a deck chair for a birthday card

I stamped the row of trees in Garden Green ink and the water in Balmy Blue ink. The ‘ground’ from the Snow Front’ stamp set was stamped in 1^st and 2^nd generation Sahara Sand ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty mountain scene and a man in a deck chair for a birthday card

I peeled the mask away and coloured in the image using the following Blends Markers – Poppy Parade, So Saffron. Just Jade, Crumb Cake and Ivory.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty mountain scene and a man in a deck chair for a birthday card

The stamped panel was glued to the Misty Moonlight panel using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The whole panel was added on Dimensionals to the Thick Whisper White card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty mountain scene and a man in a deck chair for a birthday card

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set was stamped onto a ¼” strip of Whisper White in Misty Moonlight ink and cut it down using Scissors. It was added with liquid glue to the card front.

I hope Dom likes the card.

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A beautiful card featuring a Spring garden and made using the My Meadow stamp set

My Meadow in Spring

Posted on May 1, 2020April 26, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Here is a card featuring My Meadow in Spring and made for a team challenge a while ago. I love this colour combo, the pop of Poppy Parade really lifts the other more muted colours.

To recreate the My Meadow in Spring card you will need:

Pear Pizzazz card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Poppy Parade – 4 ¼” by 3”
Whisper White – 4 ¼” by 3”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝”

I die cut the largest Stitched So Sweetly scalloped rectangle from the small Whisper White layer. I stamped the ground in Pear Pizzazz ink and added the trees using Gray Granite ink onto the die cut panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring themed card made using the My Meadow stamp set

The blossom was stamped in Blushing Bride ink and the leaves on the larger tree in Pear Pizzazz ink.

The base of the wheelbarrow was stamped in Gray Granite ink and the bucket part added in So Saffron ink. I added the leaves and pants in Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade inks.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring themed card made using the My Meadow stamp set

I stamped some tulips in the foreground in Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade inks. The birds were stamped in Gray Granite ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring themed card made using the My Meadow stamp set

Using a sponge I added some Balmy Blue ink to the sky. The stamped panel was then glued to the Poppy Parade layer with Multicoloured Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring themed card made using the My Meadow stamp set

I stamped the larger trees to the left and right of the Pear Pizzazz card base and added the stamped panel added over the top on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty Spring themed card made using the My Meadow stamp set

Such a pretty card. I hope you like it.

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Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies makes a lovely masculine birthday card

Mountain Air for a birthday card

Posted on March 6, 2020February 29, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the card made for my son’s birthday using the gorgeous Mountain Air stamp set and the co-ordinating Majestic Mountains dies.

To recreate the Mountain Air card you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Garden Green – 5½” by 3¾”
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2
Scrap Basic Black and Whisper White

Taking one of the Whisper White panels, I stamped the detailed mountains with Soft Suede ink. I cleaned the stamp using the Shammy, turned it over, placed it back on the block and stamped the solid mountains in Gray Granite ink.

Moutain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies makes a lovely masculine birthday card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

I stamped the detailed trees in Garden Green ink below the mountains. The stamp was cleaned, reversed, inked up in the same ink, stamped off and then stamped onto the stamped panel in 2^nd and 3^rd generation ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

I turned the tree stamp upside down and stamped the detailed side in Balmy Blue ink and the solid image in 2^nd and 3^rd generation Balmy Blue ink to give the appearance of water.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

The sun was stamped in Sahara Sand (detailed image) and So Saffron ink on the reverse. The birds were added in Soft Suede ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

Taking a Sponge I added Balmy Blue to the sky with a halo of So Saffron around the sun and a little of the yellow between the mountains. The stamped panel was added with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the Garden Green layer then to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A masculine birthday card made using the Mountain Air stamp set and Majestic Mountains dies

The sentiment from the Clubhouse stamp set was stamped on scrap Whisper White in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and trimmed out with scissors. The trees were die cut using the Majestic Mountains dies and added to the card front with the liquid glue.

I hope he likes it.

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Grandma’s House

Posted on October 25, 2019October 13, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Here is a sweet new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set and some lovely subtle colours.

To recreate the Grandma’s House New Home card you will need:

Purple Posy card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower right corner
Mint Macaron 4” by 2⅝”
Whisper White 3 ¾” by 2 ½”
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded lower right corner

www.crafty-rootes.com -a gorgeous new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set

The quirky image of the house and trees was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the smaller Whisper White panel and die cut using the Rectangle Stitched dies. The image was coloured in using the following Blends Markers – Mint Macaron combo, Purple Posy combo, Granny Apple Green combo, Crumb cake combo and dark Poppy Parade.

www.crafty-rootes.com -a gorgeous new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set

The sentiment which came from my stash was stamped in mint Macaron ink. The die cut panel was mounted on the Mint Macaron panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I wrapped a length of Mint Macaron ribbon aound the panel securing it on the back with Sellotape.

www.crafty-rootes.com -a gorgeous new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set

The whole panel was added to the Purple Posy card base with Dimensionals. I added a bow in the same ribbon using a Mini Glue Dot.

www.crafty-rootes.com -a gorgeous new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set

The Basic Pearls were coloured using the dark Mint Macaron Blend Marker and added to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com -a gorgeous new home card made using the Grandma’s House stamp set

Such a pretty soft card. I hope you like it.

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A pretty sympathy card made for the Inspire Create #051 challenge using the Snow Front stamp set

A sympathy card for the Inspire Create Challenge #051

Posted on September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card mae for the Inspire. Create #051 challenge the theme of which is ‘Sympathy’. I have chosen to make my card using the gorgeous new Snow Front stamp set and some sponging.

To recreate the Sympathy card you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Early Espresso – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper left corner
Whisper White 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – rounded upper left corner

I masked off an area of one Whisper White panel using PostIt Notes and sponged on Balmy Blue ink and Highland Heather ink using Sponge daubers. I love the soft effect sponging gives.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the Snow Front stamp set used to make a sympathy card for the Inspire Create #051 challenge

Having peeled off the Postit Notes I stamped the large tree from the Snow Front stamp set, half on and half off the sponged area using Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the Snow Front stamp set used to make a sympathy card for the Inspire Create #051 challenge

I added the birds from the Sailing Home stamp set in Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the Snow Front stamp set used to make a sympathy card for the Inspire Create #051 challenge

The stamped panel was mounted on the Early Espresso layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and then added to the Balmy Blue card front using the same glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the Snow Front stamp set used to make a sympathy card for the Inspire Create #051 challenge

The sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings was stamped in Early Espresso ink before being punched out with the Classic Label Punch. To give a bit of dimension I inked around the label with a sponge dauber and Hightland Heather ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com -the Snow Front stamp set used to make a sympathy card for the Inspire Create #051 challenge

The tree was stamped in Early Espresso on the remaining piece of Whisper White and glued inside the card. The same image was used to decorate the front of the envelope.

Pretty card, I hope you like it.

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Mo x

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Gingham Gala dsp for the May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

Gingham Gala dsp for the May Stamp-a-Stack

Posted on May 19, 2019May 17, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing the projects made by the lovely ladies who came to the Gingham Gala Stamp-a-Stack yesterday. On arrival each lady was given a kit bag containing a pack of the Gingham Gala designer series paper (dsp), a pack of the Gingham Gala sequins, 20 co-ordinating card bases, 20 envelopes and all the pre-cut layers to make 20 cards; 2 each of 10 designs.

Rooted in Nature cards

Lovely tree themed cards for the May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature’s Roots dies used for May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

Country Home cards

Country Home floral cards for the May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – The jug and floral image from the Country Home stamp set used for May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

Daisy Delight cards

Daisy cards for the May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Daisy Delight stamp set and co-ordinating Daisy Punch used for May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

Piece of Cake cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Piece of Cake stamp set and co-ordinating Cake Builder Punch used for May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

Tea Together cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Tea Together stamp set and co-ordinating Tea Time Dies used for May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

We had a lovely day crafting and chatting. I hope you like the projects.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Gingham Gala dsp for the May 2019 Stamp-a-Stack

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The inked block technique used with the Sheltering Tree stamp set for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

Sheltering Tree for the GDP #183 challenge

Posted on April 3, 2019April 2, 2019 by Mo Rootes

Today I am sharing a card made using the Sheltering Tree stamp set for the Global Design Project #183 challenge, this week’s theme is ‘A Day in the Park’

Making the card

You will need;
Balmy Blue card base
Granny Apple Green 5” by 3⅝”
Early Espresso 4⅝” by 3¼”
Whisper White 4⅜” by 3”
Whisper White 4⅛” by 3”
Whisper White 4⅛” by ½”
Whisper White scrap for the sentiment

I began by taking acrylic block H which is long and thin and inking it by pressing the bottom ⅓ onto a Pear Pizzazz ink pad and the upper ⅔’s onto a Balmy Blue ink pad. Once inked I used a Spritzer filled with water and sprayed the inked block with water until it was wet but not running. The block was then placed on a panel of Whisper White, face down and left for a couple of minutes to let the watery ink soak into the cardstock.

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Sheltering Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

Once dry I placed the panel onto the platform of the Stamparatus and positioned the tree image from the Sheltering Tree stamp set, half on and half off the inked panel, I stamped the tree in Early Espresso and used the Stamparatus as it allowed me to stamp the image multiple times to achieve a really dark impression.

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Sheltering Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

I used a Post It note to mask off the left side of the panel along the edge of the inked block impression. I then inked up the tree canopy with Pear Pizzazz and stamped it using the Stamparatus. The Post It note ensured that ‘leaves’ were only stamped on the right side of the tree. I wanted to show the tree changing from Winter to Spring. I repeated the stamping with Granny Apple Green ink to give a two-tone effect to the leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Sheltering Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

I stamped the ‘ground’ image in Pear Pizzazz ink and added ‘grass’ on the right side of the panel. A couple of falling leaves were added to cover a smudge!

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Sheltering Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

I rounded the upper right corner with the Detailed Trio Punch and added the stamped layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to a panel of Early Espresso with a rounded upper right corner. This was then glued with the same glue to a panel of Granny Apple Green cardstock, with a rounded corner.

I adhered a strip of Whisper White cardstock to the front of a Balmy Blue card base using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added the stamped panel to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – the Sheltering Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Global Design Project #183 Challenge

The sentiment from the Fable Friends stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap Whisper White cardstock and punched out with a 1¼” Circle Punch. It was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

I stamped the tree and canopy onto the layer of Whisper White for the inside of the card and the envelope.

An interesting technique. I hope you like the card.

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

Mo x