Colour lino block attempts

Attempts at the first layer of colour block lino.
I wanted to have a green background for the stem so used card but it really is too fibrous and comes away with the paint too easily so I used regular white paper.
This time I managed to get the roller to work - I rolled the paint until it had warmed up so that it was thin and even.
First two tries - the paint was a little too thin.
Next two tries - used more paint but still not enough and the paper kept sticking to the lino block.
Last two tries - more paint, rolled on several times to build up layers, printed and pulled as quickly as possible - much happier with these although still a way to go. I want to try other papers next to get around this adhering issue.