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

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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The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

Paper Circles for the Share It Sunday Blog Hop

Thank you for joining me for the Crafty Collaboration Share It Sunday Blog Hop, we are sharing a project we have been working on and I couldn’t resist one last play with the gorgeous Paper Blooms designer Series Paper (dsp) before Sale-A-Bration ends tonight. This time I have gone a bit rogue and teamed the paper with the Circle Celebration stamp set to make a sweet paper circles card.

Colours used in today’s project are:

To recreate the Paper Circles card, you will need:

Rococo Rose card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Night of Navy – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper right corner
Paper Blooms dsp – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White – 2½” by 1½”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner

I mounted a number of the stamps from the Circle celebration stamp set onto acrylic blocks, inked them up and stamped them into the coloured circles on the piece of Paper Blooms dsp. I really liked the effect this gave.

The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com – An unusual, pretty all occasions card made using the Paper Blooms dsp and Circle Celebration stamp set for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

To pull the design together I added the small floral image overlapping some of the circles.

The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com – An unusual, pretty all occasions card made using the Paper Blooms dsp and Circle Celebration stamp set for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

Next, I ran the stamped panel of dsp through the Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine in the Tasteful Textiles Embossing Folder, Love the effect this gives, it really pulls the image together.

The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com – An unusual, pretty all occasions card made using the Paper Blooms dsp and Circle Celebration stamp set for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

The embossed panel was glued to the Night of Navy layer using the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.  I wrapped some of the White Snail Mail Twine around the panel and tied a bow. The panel was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com – An unusual, pretty all occasions card made using the Paper Blooms dsp and Circle Celebration stamp set for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Today’s Tiles stamp set was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut out using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  It was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

The Share it Sunday Blog Hop paper crcles card using Stampin' Up! products

www.crafty-rootes.com – An unusual, pretty all occasions card made using the Paper Blooms dsp and Circle Celebration stamp set for the Share it Sunday Blog Hop

I used some 2019 – 2021 In Color Faceted Gem, sadly retired, s to complete the card.

Please hop on to see what the other crafters in the hop have to share today. Next up is Helen Read 

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A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

A Touch of Ink

Here is a pretty card made using a stamp set called A Touch of Ink. This set is one of this years Sale-A-Bration level 2 offerings, available with a £90 order.

To recreate the touch of ink card, you will need:

Pretty Peacock card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” c
Whisper White – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded lower right corner
Oh So Ombre dsp – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded lower right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded lower right corner
Dsp – 3¾” by 1”
Scrap Whisper White

I stamped the outline of the leaves onto the panel of Oh So Ombre dsp before gluing the panel to the larger piece of Whisper White. The panel was then added to the Pretty Peacock card base.

A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Touch of Ink stamp set used to make a sweet best wishes card. A Sale-A-Bration stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I added a 1” strip of co-ordinating dsp from my stash towards the bottom using the same Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Touch of Ink stamp set used to make a sweet best wishes card. A Sale-A-Bration stamp set by Stampin’ Up

The pretty hummingbird was stamped on scrap Whisper White card using Basic Gray ink. I used the following Blends Markers to colour in the bird – Petal Pink, Pool Party. Pretty Peacock and Basic Black. The bird was then fussy cut using Scissors and added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Touch of Ink stamp set used to make a sweet best wishes card. A Sale-A-Bration stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink onto scrap Whisper White card and the end flagged with scissors. I trimmed off the scallops from a piece of scalloped Linen Ribbon and added it to the back of the sentiment. The piece was added to the card front on Dimensionals.

A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Touch of Ink stamp set used to make a sweet best wishes card. A Sale-A-Bration stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I added a trio of Elegant Faceted Gems to complete the card. Isn’t it pretty?

A pretty hummingbird card made using the A Touch of Ink Sale-A-Bration stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A Touch of Ink stamp set used to make a sweet best wishes card. A Sale-A-Bration stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

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An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

Pretty Perennial

Today I am sharing a sweet pretty perennial, all occasion, floral card made using the new Pretty Perennials stamp set which will be available from the 5th January 2021.

To recreate the Pretty Perennial card, you will need:

Rococo Rose card base – 8¼ by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛” – Rounded upper right corner
Soft Suede – 5½” by 3¾ – Rounded upper right corner
Whisper White – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2 – Rounded upper right corner
Soft Suede & Whisper White scrap

I started by taking one of the Whisper White panels and stamping the largest flower from the Pretty Perennials stamp set in So Saffron ink. I like to start with the largest flower, it makes it easier to fit in all the other flowers.

An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and bright summery colours

The next size flower was stamped in Rococo Rose and the smallest flower in Highland Heather. The leaves were stamped in Mint Macaron ink, 1st and 2nd generation. I used Soft Suede ink to stamp the centre in the largest flowers and also used it to infill the empty spaces.

An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and bright summery colours

The stamped panel was added to the Soft Suede layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and bright summery colours

I wrapped a piece of Scalloped Linen Ribbon around the stamped panel securing it on the bac with Sellotape. The whole panel was then glued to the Rococo Rose card front using the same liquid glue.

An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and bright summery colours

The sentiment from the Many Messages stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink onto scrap card and die cut using the Messages die and the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I backed it with a scrap piece of Soft Suede card and added it to the card front on Dimensionals.

An floral all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and summery colours

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty all occasion card made using the Pretty Perennial stamp set and bright summery colours

I added Gold Metallic Pearls to the smaller flower centres to complete the card.

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