Hello and welcome to the Vacation Blog Hop where we are thinking about holidays. I know many people can’t wait to start travelling again and are dreaming about where they will go first. I am going to Scotland to see my family in August, they live on the North-East coast and my card reflects the sea and coast. This is a picture of the place where my Mum and Dad are from with the ruined 14th century red sandstone castle on the cliff by the beach……. just beautiful.

Colours used in this project:

 To recreate the vacation card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Pacific Point card – 5⅝” by 3⅞” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – rounded upper right corner – one for the inside

I began by stamping the lighthouse, from the Sailing Home stamp set in Cinnamon Cider ink onto one of the Basic White panels. I stamped the image again on a Post It Note, cut it out to use as a mask. The mask was placed over the stamped image.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sailing Home and Arctic Bears stamp set used to make a card for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

The ‘cliff and beach’ image from the Arctic Bears stamp set was then stamped in Basic Gray ink. The mask was left in place and the sailing boat was added in Basic Gray ink.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sailing Home and Arctic Bears stamp set used to make a card for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

Using a Blending Brush and a piece of ripped printer paper I added Balmy Blue ink to create a sky and Pacific Point to create the sea.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sailing Home and Arctic Bears stamp set used to make a card for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

I used Sponge Daubers to add Granny Apple Green ink to the cliff tops, Cinnamon Cider to the cliff face and base of the lighthouse and So Saffron to the beach area. The boat was coloured using the Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Pacific Point and So Saffron Blends Markers.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sailing Home and Arctic Bears stamp set used to make a card for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

The birds were added in Basic Gray ink before the stamped panel was added to the Pacific Point panel with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. I used the same glue to add the panel to the Balmy Blue card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sailing Home and Arctic Bears stamp set used to make a card for the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop

Pretty card, I hope you like it.

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

Mo x

Supplies used: