A pretty card for the Technique Tuesday colouring Blog Hop made using the Calm & Quiet stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Calm & Quiet card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing colouring techniques. I have used the lovely Calm & Quiet stamp set to make a water-coloured card.

The Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the calm & quiet card, you will need:

Pool Party card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Pecan Pie card – 5⅛” by 3⅝”
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper – 5” by 3½”
Pecan Pie card – 2⅛” by ⅜”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside

Using StaZon Jet Black ink I stamped the large lakeside image onto Fluid 100 Watercolor card.

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I took an Aquapainter and coloured the image in. I used Pool Party for the water, Pecan Pie for the jetty and Boho Blue for the chair.

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The bullrushes were coloured with Shaded Spruce and Pecan Pie, the greenery in Garden Green and the rocks in Pebbled Path ink.

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A little touch of Poppy Parade ink coloured in the mug and Balmy Blue ink for the sky.

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The coloured panel was added to the Pecan Pie panel using Multipurpose Liquid glue. The panel was added to the Pool Party card base on Dimensionals.

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The sentiment, from the Earthen Textures stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the scrap of Pecan Pie card. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool before adding it to the card front.

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A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Framed Florets Water-coloured for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Posted on April 4, 2023March 26, 2023 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing projects using water coloring techniques. I have used the pretty Framed Florets stamps set to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the framed florets water-coloured card, you will need:

Soft Sea Foam card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Sweet Sorbet card – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Fluid 100 card – 5” by 3¼”
Fluid 100 card – 2½” by 2½”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾”

I mounted the sentiment from the Framed Florets stamp set onto the plate of the Stamparatus, inked it up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped down on the 2½” by 2½” piece of Fluid 100 card. I repeated this step to get a nice dark image. This was then die-cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The double flower image was the mounted onto the Stamparatus Plate, inked up with StaZon Jet Black ink and stamped onto the panel of Fluid 100 card. I repeated the step then moved the image and stamped again onto the same panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

When the StaZon ink was dry I began to watercolour the images, beginning with the leaves. I used my Water Painters to add a little water to the leaves, this helps the ink to flow on the card. I added a drop of Granny Apple Green re-inker to the lid of the Granny Apple Green inkpad, loosen the ink with a little water and painted in the leaves.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The flowers were painted in the same way with Daffodil Delight ink and a little Sweet Sorbet ink in the centre, allowing it to bleed out a little. I left the piece to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

When the ink was dry I added Soft Sea Foam around the stamped and coloured images, using water to blur the ink giving a faded look. When the panel was completely dry I glued it to the Sweet Sorbet layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. A length of Sweet Sorbet and white Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel and the whole piece then added to the Soft Sea Foam card front using the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A lovely water-coloured card made for the Technique Tuesday blog Hop using the Framed Florets stamp set

The sentiment panel was then mounted over the twine on Dimensionals. A double Twine bow and a scattering of Glossy Dots and 2022 – 2024 In Color Dots completed the card.

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The Scenic Garden stamp set, by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water-coloured card

A Scenic Garden card

Posted on February 12, 2023February 4, 2023 by Mo Rootes

The lovely Scenic Garden stamp set was used to make this pretty water-coloured birthday card.

Colours used in this card are:

To recreate the scenic garden card, you will need:

Soft Suede card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Sweet Sorbet card – 5⅛” by 3⅝”
Fluid 100 card – 5” by 3½”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Soft Suede card

I mounted the image stamp onto one of the plates from my Stamparatus, inked it up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and stamped it down onto the panel of Fluid 100 paper. Because the water colour card so textured I find I need to stamp two or three times to get a good impression and the Stamparatus makes this so easy to do.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty water-coloured card made using the Scenic Garden stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration offering from Stampin’ Up!

Using a Water Painter and inkpads I coloured in the image. I used Soft Suede ink for the bench, Granny Apple Green for the grass and foliage, Sweet Sorbet for the flowers, Smoky Slate for the ground and finally Balmy Blue for the sky and to pull the whole image together.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty water-coloured card made using the Scenic Garden stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration offering from Stampin’ Up!

When it was dry, I glued the water-coloured panel to the Sweet Sorbet layer using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I wrapped a length of Linen Thread around the panel before mounting it onto the Soft Suede card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty water-coloured card made using the Scenic Garden stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration offering from Stampin’ Up!

The sentiment, from the Amazing Year stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto scrap Soft Suede card, covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it using my Heat Tool. I cut the sentiment apart and added it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty water-coloured card made using the Scenic Garden stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration offering from Stampin’ Up!

A trio of Red Rhinestones and a Linen Thread bow completed the card. I hope you like it.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty water-coloured card made using the Scenic Garden stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration offering from Stampin’ Up!

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The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin' Up! used to make a pretty water coloured card for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Water-coloured Wash card for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Posted on May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Colour Combo Blog Hop where we are sharing projects made using the following colours:

To these I added:

To recreate the water-coloured card, you will need:

Blushing Bride card base – 8¼” by 5⅝” scored at 4⅛”
Polished Pink card – 5½ by 3¾”
Shimmery White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Shimmery White card – ½” strip
Very Vanilla card – 5½ by 3¾”

Using the larger Water Painter, I laid some water down onto the larger Shimmery White layer.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A water-coloured wash card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

When the layer was quite saturated, I added Polished Pink ink to the lower third, then added Crushed Curry ink in the middle and finished with Blushing Bride ink. I laid the panel aside to dry.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A water-coloured wash card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

The large image from the Blessings of Home stamp set was inked up with StaZon Black ink and stamped the image over the water-coloured panel.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A water-coloured wash card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

I glued the water-coloured panel to the Polished Pink layer using Seal + and added the panel to the Blushing Bride card base on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A water-coloured wash card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

The sentiment was stamped in the same black ink onto the strip of Shimmery White card. I masked off the part of the sentiment I didn’t want. The end was flagged and the sentiment added to the card front with Multicoloured Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A water-coloured wash card made using the Blessings of Home stamp set for the Colour Combo Blog Hop

Using a Polished Pink Blends Pen, I coloured in a trio of Basic White Rhinestones and added them to complete the card.

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Little Lizzy’s Crafts – Elisabeth Pirolt (AT) – you are here
Moore Fun Stamping – Linda Moore (USA) – https://moorefunstamping.com/may-color-combo-blog-hop
Sandra Roberts (UK) https://sandrascraftstudio.com/2022/05/summer-floral-handmade-card-with-colour-combo
Sue Allen (Aus) https://sueallensimplycraft.blogspot.com/2022/05/colour-combo-blog-hop-may-2022.html
Rebecca-Jo Unwin (AUS) https://rebecca-jounwin.blogspot.com/2022/05/colour-combo-blog-hop-may-2022.html
Kristie Wilson (US) https://mypaperlife.com/…/colour-combo-blog-hop-may-2022/
Mo Rootes (UK) – https://wp.me/p73ZP5-2vE
Tricia Butts (US) – https://triciastampingcreations.blogspot.com/2022/05/colour-combo-may-blog-hop.html
Annette Elias – De Kijkkast (NL) – https://dekijkkast.blogspot.com/2022/05/volop-tuinplezier-colour-combo-bloghop.html

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A cute little bauble from the Bright Baubles stamp set used for a watercoloured Christmas card and made for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Water-coloured Bauble for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Posted on December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 by Mo Rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop where our theme is ‘Sounds of Christmas’ I have chosen the pretty song -Oh, Christmas Tree- and a Christmas tree is not properly dressed with out a bauble. I have water-coloured my bauble which I stamped using the Bright Baubles stamp set.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the water-coloured bauble, you will need:

Smoky Slate card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5⅛” by 3⅜” – rounded upper left corner
Smoky Slate card – 5” by 3¼” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper left corner
Basic White card – ⅜” strip

I stamped the pretty bauble in Basic Gray ink onto the Smoky Slate panel and added the string using a ruler and the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty watercoloured bauble Christmas card made using the Bright Bauble stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

Watercolour pencils were used to colour in parts of the bauble. I used pencils from both sets – White, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler.

The stamped layer was added to the smaller panel of Basic White using Multicoloured Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty watercoloured bauble Christmas card made using the Bright Bauble stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

A length of Silver Mesh Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and tied in a bow on the front. The whole panel was then added to the Smoky Slate card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty watercoloured bauble Christmas card made using the Bright Bauble stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink onto the strip of Basic White card, trimmed it down and added it to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty watercoloured bauble Christmas card made using the Bright Bauble stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

A trio of Basic Rhinestones completes the card. I love the subtle look, don’t you?

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty watercoloured bauble Christmas card made using the Bright Bauble stamp set for the Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop

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Angie McKenzie ● Libby Fens ● Leonie Stuart

Mo Rootes ● Gez Carpenter

Rochelle Laird-Smith ● Tricia Butts ● Elaine de Montmorency

Jill Chapman ● Jo Blackman ● Jan Musselman

Annette Ball ● Karen Henderson ● Teri West

Danielle Kassing ● Terry Hamilton ● Susan Simpson

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A gorgeous Christmas card featuring a cute robin, made using the Happy Holly-Days and stamp set

Christmas Robin

Posted on September 10, 2021August 30, 2021 by Mo Rootes

My Mum loves a Christmas Robin and I made this card for her. Sadly she has dementia and no longer recognises us when we visit but I hope this cheerful robin will bring a smile to her face.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Christmas Robin card, you will need:

Old Olive card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Soft Suede card – 4⅝” by 3⅛”
Fluid 100 watercolor card – 4½” by 3”
Poppy Parade card – 5⅞” by 2⅛”
Very Vanilla card – 5½” by 3¾”
Very Vanilla scrap

We Brits. are so happy to have a Robin stamp, it is such an iconic bird here is the UK and especially so at Christmas. I mounted the lovely robin image onto one of the Stamparatus plates, inked it up with Sahara Sand ink and stamped in onto the small panel of Fluid 100 watercolor card. Because this card has a textured surface, I like to use the Stamparatus in case I need to stamp the image a second time.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty traditional robin themed Christmas card made using the Happy Holly-Days stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I used the following colours to watercolor the robin – Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Gray Granite, Old Olive & Poppy Parade. I added a little of each colour to an acrylic block and used a Water Painter to pick up the ink and apply it to the bird. Doing it this was means that I can blend inks together to achieve different shades of colour.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty traditional robin themed Christmas card made using the Happy Holly-Days stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

The eye of the bird was outlined using a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Maker and I used a Chalk Marker to add the highlight to the eye.I flagged both ends of the Poppy Parade strip and added it to the Old Olive card base with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty traditional robin themed Christmas card made using the Happy Holly-Days stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Using the Stamparatus again, I stamped the sentiment from the Christmas to Remember stamp set in Poppy Parade ink. I repeated the inking and stamping to get a darker colour. The stamped panel was then added to the Soft Suede layer with the same liquid glue. The topper was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty traditional robin themed Christmas card made using the Happy Holly-Days stamp set by Stampin’ Up

I tied a large bow using the Gold Elegant Trim and added it to the card front using a Dimensional. The holly was stamped in Old Olive ink and coloured using Old Olive and Poppy Parade ink and my Water Painters. The coloured image was then fussy cut using scissors and added over the bow using Mini Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty traditional robin themed Christmas card made using the Happy Holly-Days stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I love this card; I think my water colouring needs a bit of work but the bird is so pretty. I hope you like it

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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

Posted on August 14, 2021August 12, 2021 by Mo Rootes

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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A water coloured seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Seaside Notions for the Joy of Sets Blog Hop

Posted on June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 by Mo Rootes

Welcome to the June Joy of Sets Blog Hop where our theme is ‘Splish Splash’. This is an ideal theme for a sweet seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set and a bit of water colouring. You may have hopped over from the lovely Fiona Whitehead and you are currently visiting Mo Rootes.

To recreate the Seaside Notions card you will need:

Terracotta Tile card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Pacific Point – 4 ¼” by 2 ⅞”
Shimmery White card – 4” by 2⅝”
Whisper White – 5⅜ by 3⅝”
Scrap Shimmery White card stock

The gorgeous seahorse image from the Seaside Notions stamp set was stamped in Terracotta Tile ink onto scrap Shimmery White card and fussy cut using my sharp scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set

I used the Aqua painter to colour in the Seahorse using Terracotta Tile ink, Mango Melody ink and Gorgeous Grape ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set

When the water coloured panel was dry I stamped the coral image in Pacific point ink and added some speckles using the same ink. The seahorse was mounted onto the panel with Dimensionals. The whole panel was glued to the Pacific Point layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set

I stamped the coral image along the bottom of the Terracotta Tile card front, the stamped layer was added to the card front with the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set

I added a trio of Basic Rhinestones to complete the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk -A pretty seahorse themed card made using the Seaside Notions stamp set

I hope you like it.

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