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A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

Batik Beauty

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I have been playing with my Watercolor Pencils today and have used them to make a Batik Beauty stamp set using the Batik Boutique stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Batik Beauty card, you will need:

Crumb Cake card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper left corner
Melon Mambo card – 5¼” by 3½” – rounded upper left corner
Crumb Cake card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner

 

Using Crumb Cake ink, I stamped the large outline flower onto the Crumb Cake panel and used pencils from both of our watercolor sets to colour in the image. The colours I used were Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point & Whisper White. I love the soft effect the pencils give.

 

A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – A beautiful watercoloured, sending hugs card made using the Batik Beauty stamp set Stampin’ Up! products

I punched a label from the centre of the Melon Mambo panel and the smaller Basic White panel using the Tailored Tag Punch.

 

A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

www,crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful watercoloured, sending hugs card made using the Batik Beauty stamp set Stampin’ Up! products

Using Multicoloured Liquid Adhesive I glued the stamped panel to the Melon Mambo piece and then to the smaller Basic White layer.

 

A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

www,crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful watercoloured, sending hugs card made using the Batik Beauty stamp set Stampin’ Up! products

I wrapped a length of Flowers for Every Season Ribbon around the panel, securing it on the back with Sellotape and glued the whole panel to the Crumb Cake card base.

 

A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

www,crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful watercoloured, sending hugs card made using the Batik Beauty stamp set Stampin’ Up! products

The sentiment from the Eden’s Garden stamp set was stamped in Melon Mambo ink on the punched label. I cut the Melon Mambo label across the middle and glued it to the sentiment. The whole piece was mounted on the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A cute sending hugs card made using watercolour pencils and the Batik Beauty stamp set

www,crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful watercoloured, sending hugs card made using the Batik Beauty stamp set Stampin’ Up! products

I added a bow and a scattering of Subtle Sequins to complete the card.

So pretty, 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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The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

Feels Like Home for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on. I have chosen to use the Feels Like Home stamp set, a free choice from the Sale-A-Bration brochure with a £45 order, and a bit of water colouring.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the feels like home card, you will need:

Blushing Bride card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Gray card – 5⅛” by 3⅝”
Fluid 100 Watercolor card – 5” by 3½”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾”

Using the Stamparatus, I stamped the image in Basic Gray ink. I find I get a better image using the Stamparatus especially on this textured paper.

I like to use the lid of my inkpads as my palette, either by squeezing the pad to the lid or adding a drop of re-inker directly into the lid and adding water.

The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful water coloured card made using the Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Using a Water Painter, I added a light wash of water to the tree, then added Old Olive ink and allowed it to spread. I moved on to paint the wall in the same way with Blushing Bride ink

The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful water coloured card made using the Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The door was painted using Poppy Parade ink and the door surround and decking in Smoky Slate. The window in the door was coloured using Bumblebee ink.

The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful water coloured card made using the Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The plant pots were painted with Misty Moonlight ink and the leaves and flowers added using Old Olive, Blushing Bride and Poppy Parade ink. The basket and seat of the bike were coloured with Soft Suede ink

I used my Soft Suede Stampin’ Write maker to define the door panels and the tree branches and used a Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Write Marker to draw in the bicycle.

The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful water coloured card made using the Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I debated where to place a sentiment and finally decided to stamp it on the inside panel. The sentiment came from the Heartfelt Wishes stamp set, I love the fonts in this stamp set, gorgeous.

The new Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A beautiful water coloured card made using the Feels Like Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

A pretty card, I hope you like it.

Please hop on to see what the lovely Tricia has to share with us today.

Roll Call

Jo Blackman

Libby Fens

Sue McDonald

Jenn Charles

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Kim Price

Laura Mackie

Mo Rootes

Tricia Butts

Gez Carpenter

Karen Egan

Donna Lester

Deb Naylor

Polly Crouch

Cheryl Taylor

Victoria Littlewood

Annette Elias

Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

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A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring stacked ice cream cone

Stacked Ice Cream Cone for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

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You are joining me today for the Stampin INKspirations blog hop where our theme is ‘birthdays’. It is my birthday later this month and with this in mind I have made a sweet stacked Ice Cream cone card using the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and the Ice Cream Builder punch……..love a punch

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate this stacked ice cream card, you will need:

Crumb Cake – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Dandy Garden dsp – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper left corner
Crumb Cake – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Very Vanilla – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper left corner
Dandy Garden dsp – 6” by ⅜” x 2
Scrap Fluid 100 & Soft Suede

Using the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Tasteful Textiles embossing folder I embossed the panel of Crumb Cake card stock. I used Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to add the 2 strips of dsp across the front of the panel and trimmed off the overhang.

A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring tacked ice cream cone

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and Ice Cream Builder Punch makes a sweet birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive, I glued the embossed panel to the large piece of dsp and the whole panel to the front of the Crumb Cake card base.

A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring tacked ice cream cone

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and Ice Cream Builder Punch makes a sweet birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I stamped the ice cream scoop from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set onto scrap Fluid 100 water color paper using 2nd generation Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron and So Saffron inks. Using one of the water painters I coloured over the stamped scoops to blend the ink a little.

A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring stacked ice cream cone

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and Ice Cream Builder Punch makes a sweet birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I stamped the cone in 2nd generation Cinnamon Cider ink adding the waffle marks in full strength Cinnamon Cider ink. The scoops and cone were then punched out using the Ice Cream Builder Punch. I added the scoops one on top of the other using Mini Glue Dots and glued them to the cone in the same way.

A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring stacked ice cream cone

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and Ice Cream Builder Punch makes a sweet birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I stamped the ‘flake’ in Sot Suede ink onto Soft Suede card and trimmed it out using scissors. It was added to the cone of ice cream with a Mini Glue Dot. The whole piece was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A pretty birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop featuring stacked ice cream cone

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and Ice Cream Builder Punch makes a sweet birthday card for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto Soft Suede card, covered with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I trimmed it out with Scissors. I added it to the card front on Dimensionals.

Yum, looks good enough to eat. I hope you like it.

Please continue on the hop to see what Libby Fens has to share today.

Roll Call this month:

Angie McKenzie
Leonie Stuart
Alejandra Gomez
Danielle Kassing
Annette Ball
Kirstie Pattrick
Linda Moore
Mo Rootes – You are here
Libby Fens
Tricia Butts
Jan Musselman
Aurélie Fabre
Narelle Fasulo
Sandra Mastello
Karen Henderson
Susan Simpson
Susan Webster
Melissa Faust
JoAnn Pollock
Gez Carpenter
Jo Blackman
Jill Chapman
Rochelle Laird-Smith
Melissa Gifford
Terry Hamilton
Deb Macdowell
Satomi Wellard
Shel Anderson
Elaine de Montmorency
Ann Krucek
Chris Smith
Cheryl Hamilton
Teri West

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

Mo x

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A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

Smooched Hydrangea

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A sweet card featuring a gorgeous smooched Hydrangea made with the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies and some watercolour ink smooching. Love a bit of smooching.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the smooched Hydrangea card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – Rounded lower right corner
Flirty Flamingo – 5¾” by 3¼” – Rounded lower right corner
Fluid 100 – 5” by 5½” – Cut down to 5” by 3” after inking – Rounded lower right corner -the remnant used to die cut the individual blooms
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” Rounded lower right corner
Scrap Fluid 100 & Soft Sea Foam

I began by taking my large F Block and pressing the Blushing Bride ink pad onto it. I then dabbed Highland Heather ink in random spots on the block. I then used a Spritzer to spray the inked bloc with water. I laid the panel of Fluid 100 water color paper on top of the wet ink and allowed it to soak into the paper. This was then set aside to dry.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I mounted the Hydrangea image onto my Stampartus plate inked it up with Versamark ink, then inked it again with Memento Tuxedo Black ink before stamping it down onto scrap Fluid 100 paper. I used the stamparatus to do this as it can be difficult to get a good, clear stamped image on textured water colour paper and doing it this way would allow me to re-stamp if I needed too. I then covered the stamped image with Clear Embossing Powder and Heat set it using my Heat Tool. This image was then die cut using the Hydrangea Dies. I cut off the bloom using scissors.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I repeated the same process to stamp the image on the dried water coloured panel. The die cut stalk and leaves were then glued to the panel over top of the stamped image.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

I die cut the strip of flower blossoms a number of times from the left-over inked water coloured card, used a bone folder to curl the petals. The flowers were then added to the head of the hydrangea with Mini Glue Dots.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

The decorated panel was added to the layer of Flirty Flamingo with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I then wrapped some of the lovely Blushing Bride Snail Mail Twine around the panel and tied a bow. The panel was then added to the Soft Sea Foam card base on Dimensionals.

A gorgeous water colour Hydrangea bloom featuring the smooched ink technique and the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A smooched Hydrangea card made using the Hydrangea Haven stamp set

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Old Olive ink, die cut using the sweet tag from the Hydrangea dies. The tag was added to the card front with a Mini Glue Dot. I used the Flirty Flamingo Blends Markers to colour some Basic Pearls and added them to the centre of each small petal cluster to complete the card.

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

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  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. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

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

Mo x

Supplies used: