Challenge 32 - September 2015 - Autumn Days

Hi everyone,

It's time for the new challenge.  Now, we are not saying that summer is over.... but we'd love to see your rich Autumn colours!

All we need is something that makes YOU think of autumn, and of course, using your Indigoblu stamps.  For me it's falling leaves, bright oranges and reds, berries in full fruit, but it could be something completely different for you, we'll let you interpret it, a wild windy beach perhaps?

You can see some fab inspiration below from our hugely talented Design team, but first... the winners from Challenge 31 - Frame It, are:

Random Winner:

Congratulations Esther.  Please contact anna.leone@indigoblu.com to arrange your prize and don't forget to grab your winner's badge from the badges tab above.

The fabulous winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by our lovely DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

You’ll find all the information on how to enter the challenge,  the rules (don’t worry, there’s not that many) and get to meet the Design Team in the tabs above.

This month’s Top 3 from the 'Frame It' challenge, as chosen by the DT are...

1.  No. 15 - Meliri
2.  No. 2 - Cathryn
3.  No. 8 - Karen

Well deserved congratulations to you all, and don't forget to grab your Top Three badge from the Badges tab above.

This months challenge is...'Autumn Days'

Our winner from last month, Linda, has created this for us:

She had this to say:

Hi All,

I was so lucky to win the August challenge and was asked to be guest designer for September.

I love autumn and enjoyed making this card using IndigoBlu stamps with my autumnal coloured Distress Inks.

The stamps I used were my prize and can be found on the website, Discover your Passion and Dragonfly Dinkie.

I have stamped the leaves and dragonflies onto vellum and love this sentiment.  

You can see Linda's make HERE in full.

Thank you Linda, it's a pleasure to have you with us this month.  And now for our Design Team's inspiration, they've blown me away as usual (no leaf jokes there)..

                                                                             Julie

Giovanna

Wenda

Rachel

Cheremane

Joanie

Claire

Emmy

Kay

Lydia

Maxine

I think you'll agree in saying these are stunning pieces, I hope they inspire you to join us this month.

Don't forget to hop across to the ladie's blog's by clicking on their names below their pics, you can see how they made these in more detail.

Check out the Rules and join us, you could win some fab stamps, and a guest spot on the DT for the next challenge!  Our top 3 also get to join us for an inspiration post, it's so nice to see your work!

Good luck,

Best Wishes,

The Indigoblu Challenge DT.

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Challenge 31 - Top 3 Winners Reminder - 'Frame It'

Morning everyone,

Today brings our lovely top 3 winners of the Indigoblu challenge number 30, Precious Metals, to show their inspiration for our current challenge, 'Frame It'.

We are honoured that they have joined us as Guest DT member's for this challenge, and here is their inspiration.

First up it's Beverley:

Beverley had this to say:

I am thrilled and excited to be asked to do an Inspirational Piece for the current 'Frame It' challenge.

I have used The 'Under The Sea' stamp set and have used several techniques to do the card.

After a few sleepless nights and finalising on an idea I had fun making the card.  I have more details and photos over on my blog if you need anymore information.

I am a huge fan of IndigoBlu and love their stamps and all their products.

Thank you for inviting me to do the piece...I loved it!

  

And second it's Kelly:

Kelly had this to say:

I was so excited to see my name in the chosen 3! I am new to paper crafting and this was my first ever attempt at Flitter Flakes and acetate!!! I was very impressed with how easy the Flitter flakes were to use and the spectacular results. The photo doesn’t really do the products justice.

For my Inspirational piece for ‘Frame it’ I made the frame using MDF and covered this with Modge Podge, tissue paper, Distress stain and aqua and gold gilding wax.

For the main picture I created a background using distress inks and a mask for the moon. I used Nature 1 Stamps (tree and clouds). I then used the Snow Globe tree and towers, and finished it off with chunky white embossing enamel. I was hoping for a Dickensian Christmassy piece – I hope you all like it. x

Many thanks for the honour and opportunity to partake in the blog challenge

Our third lady couldn't make it this time, but we will ask her to join us at a later date.

I think you will agree these are two fantastic pieces, thank you so much for joining us ladies!

Now, you can enter the current challenge HERE.

The prizes this month are:

your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by our lovely DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

We'd love you to join us, it's a fab project for you, all we need you to incorporate is framing your item in some way, and of course, Indigoblu stamps.

Hope you have fun creating!

Best Wishes,

Indigoblu Challenge DT, Demonstrator's, & Top 3.

Challenge 31 Demonstrator's Reminder - 'Frame It'

Hi all,

Today we have for you some extra inspiration from our lovely Indigoblu demonstrator's for the latest challenge, Number 31 - Frame It.

 Have a look at our lovely teams fabulous work then join in the fun of the challenge!

The fabulous winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by our lovely DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

It's a nice challenge too, frame whatever you want, as long as you are using Indigoblu Stamps we'd like to see it.

The girls have worked hard this month as always, here is their inspiration:

Cheremane

Lydia

Lisa

Wow!  Beautiful inspiration here, hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the team's work and don't forget to hop over to their blogs, they'd love to hear from you and you can find out how they made it!

Now it's your turn, you can enter the challenge HERE.  The guidelines can be found HERE too.

Good luck!


Best Wishes,

The IndigoBlu Demonstrator Team.