Chameleon Friend Fridays Blog Hop with IndigoBlu - Week Four

Welcome back to the fourth and final week of this series (if you missed out the first week was HERE, the second HERE and the third HERE). We were really excited when Chameleon Pens approached IndigoBlu to join in with their Friend Friday Blog Hop series. Each Friday during June two of our designers have been sharing projects they've made using Chameleon Color Tones 5 Pens Sets and the IndigoBlu stamps, stencils, paints, mixed media papers and flakes you are all familiar with.

Make sure you hop over to see the projects created by the Chameleon Pens Design Team HERE.

First up from IndigoBlu we have a fabulous mixed media project by Elizabeth Robinson;

And now we share a gorgeous IndigoBlu project from Kay Molyneux;

Hello and welcome to the blog share with Chameleon Pens and IndigoBlu. There have been some fabulous projects this month.

This is my second make. I've had a play with the Primary Colour Set; my last make used just the black and blue but this time they all were used!

I've called this technique 'masked & scribbled' as that is what was done. On IndigoBlu stamping card I masked a strip with Scotch Magic Tape, primed the green pen and starting at the top scribbled horizontally towards the centre. This was repeated but from the bottom up. The mask was moved across, slightly overlapping the previous strip and the process repeated with yellow pen. The masked moved again and the red pen used, then again with the blue. This pattern was repeated across the paper. As I used the magic tape some of the colour from the previous colouring sometimes was picked up and incorporated but I think it added to the effect.

Stylized flowers, the Create sentiment and the butterflies from Floral Fantasy were stamped in black Memento ink, and the panel trimmed, edged in blank ink and adhered to the base card (15x 18cm). The same butterflies were then stamped again onto more stamping card in black Memento, coloured with the black Chameleon pen, cut out and glued on top of the butterflies on the card.

I had fun with this card and enjoyed playing with the Chameleon pens!
Take care, Kay M x
I'm sure you'll agree the ladies have created some beautiful projects here by combining their Chameleon Pens and IndigoBlu products. Thank you to all the designers who've contributed to this fun blog hop throughout June and don't forget to hop over to the Chameleon Pens blog to see how they've used their IndigoBlu stamps!

June Challenge - Brown & Teal

Morning everyone,

It's new challenge day here, and it's a fab one.  I think this is a favourite colour combination of most of us, definitely one of mine, it's 'Brown & Teal'.  Kay chose this month's theme, and the team have stepped up!

Our winner from the last challenge, SunshinePen, agreed to be our Guest DT member for today, and has created a beautiful piece to share with you:

Penny said: 

I was thrilled to be asked by Nikki from Indigoblu to be a Guest designer for the latest challenge "Brown and Teal"  I used one of my new winning stamps -Elsie -I think she is so beautiful and just right for this challenge. I hope I have inspired you and  I look forward to viewing your work.  For more details about my card please pop over to my blog.

We have some fantastic news this month too, the lovely and very talented Sue Ralph has agreed to join us at Indigoblu on the Challenge Design team, so I hope you'll enjoy her artwork as much as we do, and welcome her to the team.  Her first piece of inspiration is below, I think you'll agree it's stunning!

Our awesome team have some fantastic inspiration to get your creative mojo working, but first, here are our winner's from May's challenge - May all your dreams come true.

Our random winner of the stamps prize this month is:

Congratulations Glennis, we will be in touch shortly to arrange your prize.  Our Top 3, who get a Guest Designer spot, as picked by the DT are:

1. Lesley
2. SewPaperPaint
3. Shelagh's Crafty Concepts

Congratulations all, we will be in touch shortly.

You too could win - Our prizes are Indigoblu stamps of your choice as follows:

3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates (A5)

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates (A6)

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 reminder post that 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 on the sidebar.

Here is the long awaited inspiration from the team, please hop across to their blogs to check out how they made these beautiful pieces for us.

Sue

Lydia

Rachel

Giovanna

Cheremane

Claire

Kay 

Wenda

Julie

Wow!  Hope you can come and join in the challenge, all we ask is you use just IndigoBlu stamps in your creation, the rest is down to your imagination!  

We look forward to seeing your entries,

Best Wishes,

The IndigoBlu Challenge DT

& Winner & Top 3.

An InLinkz Link-up

Chameleon Friend Fridays Blog Hop with IndigoBlu - Week Three

Welcome back to the third week of this series (if you missed out the first week was HERE and the second HERE). We were really excited when Chameleon Pens approached IndigoBlu to join in with their Friend Friday Blog Hop series. Each Friday during June two of our designers will be sharing projects they've made using Chameleon Color Tones 5 Pens Sets and the IndigoBlu stamps, stencils, paints, mixed media papers and flakes you are all familiar with.

Make sure you hop over to see the projects created by the Chameleon Pens Design Team HERE.

First up from IndigoBlu we have a fabulous mixed media project by Cheremane Smith;

Hi, I'm over the moon to share with you my second creation using the fabulous IndigoBlu products teamed with Chameleon pens. The depth you get from just one pen is amazing which means you don't need loads of different shades as it all in just one pen. 

I started with an 8 x 8 box canvas and gave it a coating of White GeeSso Good once dry I watered down Pheasant Bronze & Wimberry Pie IndigoBlu Acrylic Paints and dribbled the paint down the top of the canvas and added a few little splashes. Whilst that was drying I stamped several flowers and a butterfly from the Floral Fantasy IndigoBlu Stamp Set with Black Archival Ink and then coloured them with Purple Grape & Aqua Marine Chameleon Pens before fussy cutting them out. To finish off I stamped one of the sentiments from the Floral Fantasy Stamp Set and cut it into strips before distressing the edges of the IndigoBlu Stamping Card and then edged them with black ink.

I really am hooked on these pens and will be trying more sets as they work so perfectly with the IndigoBlu Stamps.

Chameleon Pens Used: Cool Tones 5 Pen Set

Stamps Used: IndigoBlu Floral Fantasy

IndigoBlu Paints Used: Pheasant Bronze, Wimberry pie,White GeeSso Good Gesso

And now we share a gorgeous IndigoBlu project from Nikki Killinger;

This is my second project with the Chameleon pens, and I love them! The tones you can get from just one pen are brilliant, and they are really easy to use. For this project I have used the brand new Rose Dinkie from IndigoBlu, released for our 5th birthday, and our very own Diamond Resin.

First I stamped the Rose Dinkie onto IndigoBlu perfect stamping card, and coloured with the blue Chameleon pen from the primary set. I fused the pen around 2 to 3 seconds for each petal, and coloured from one side to the other to give light and shade. This was cut out to fit inside my bezel from my own stash. The card is then sealed both sides and edges with Slap it On Gloss, and glued into the bezel, and sealed again for good measure. The Diamond Resin is then mixed according to instructions, and poured using a lolly stick to reach a natural dome on top of the bezel. Once set this is rock hard jewellers grade resin, and is fantastic for all sorts of projects. The pens and resin are a match made in heaven!
Chameleon Pens used: 5 pen Primary set - Blue
IndigoBlu Rose Dinkie stamp
Indigoblu Slap it On Gloss
Indigoblu Diamond Resin


I'm sure you'll agree the ladies have created some beautiful projects here by combining their Chameleon Pens and IndigoBlu products. Make sure you join for the last in this series next Friday 24th June to see what our other designers have in store and don't forget to hop over to the Chameleon Pens blog to see how they've used their IndigoBlu stamps!

Chameleon Friend Fridays Blog Hop with IndigoBlu - Week Two

Welcome back to the second week of this series (if you missed out the first week was HERE). We were really excited when Chameleon Pens approached IndigoBlu to join in with their Friend Friday Blog Hop series. Each Friday during June two of our designers will be sharing projects they've made using Chameleon Color Tones 5 Pens Sets and the IndigoBlu stamps, stencils, paints, mixed media papers and flakes you are all familiar with.

Make sure you hop over to see the projects created by the Chameleon Pens Design Team HERE.

First up from IndigoBlu we have a fabulous mixed media jewellery project by Nikki Killinger;

Hi, I was thrilled to be asked to join in with the Chameleon Pens blog, and to get to play with the pens and see for myself how great they are, as I'd heard about how good they were. And they are! Really easy to use and play with, loved the primary colours as you still have complete control over how it comes out, so you can go from pastel to primary with just one pen.

I decided to very simply stamp one of the cats from Kevin's Gang, onto old dictionary paper, and use the chameleon pens in blue and green, to colour. I stamped a few, to see which I liked for this piece. Once dry, I covered my images with Slap it on Matte, to protect the colouring, so my resin didn't seep through once applied. I used Indigoblu's new Diamond Resin, mixed as instructions, and applied to the cats using an old paintbrush and lolly stick, to add a coat to the top of them, without going over the edges. This was left to dry overnight, and then repeated twice, to make the cats sturdy enough for jewellery pieces. I then punched a small hole in the cats top and bottom, to add jump rings and chain, to make a simple necklace.

I really enjoyed the chance to work with the pens, and will definitely be using more!
Chameleon Pens used: Primary Tones - yellow, green and blue.
Stamps used: Kevin's Gang.
& Indigoblu's Diamond Resin.


And now we share a gorgeous IndigoBlu project from Jenny Marples;

Having taken the time to play with these lovely Chameleon Pens I decided to showcase a couple of uses for them on this mixed media canvas. Opting to stick with blue/green tones I stamped the Dinkie Dragonfly onto watercolour cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black and blended the colours across the wings and body. Once dry I blended a little Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink across them for a more vintage look and added Glossy Accents for added shine. The die cut flowers were created with the same watercolour papers, pens and inks, this time with all over colouring that would be great on a background and stamping with the map image from the A5 Grand Tour II set. After layering up lots of stamped textiles, surfaces, texture paste and gesso, dilute puddles of IndigoBlu Acrylic paints were applied. It didn't take long to get to grips with these wonderful pens and I enjoyed seeing what they could do.

Chameleon Pens used; Cool Tones 5 Pen Set
Stamps used; Dinkie Dragonfly, Grand Tour I, Grand Tour II
IndigoBlu Paints used; Kingfisher Blue, Hunter Green, Townhouse Teal, Sleeping Beauty, Lime Marmalade, Pheasant Bronze.

I'm sure you'll agree the ladies have created some beautiful projects here by combining their Chameleon Pens and IndigoBlu products. Make sure you join us again next Friday 17th June to see what our other designers have in store and don't forget to hop over to the Chameleon Pens blog to see how they've used their IndigoBlu stamps!

May Challenge Reminder - May.. All your dreams come true

Good morning everyone,

It's our challenge reminder today, and we bring you some fabulous inspiration from our Top 3 Winners of last month's challenge, and our lovely Design Team. 

Firstly I'd like to point out our new stamps on the website, have you seen our lovely 'Colour Me' Images, and our Kibble Cats & Dogs?  Are you a Kevin's Gang or a Duke's Gang member?  And how about our 'Weird Science' range?  And our special 'Dinkie Rose' stamp for Indigoblu's 5th birthday!  This leads you to all the new range to see for yourself!   Remember by entering, you can win some of these for yourself.  Our prizes are: 

You have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates (A5)

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates (A6)

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

To enter couldn't be simpler, just use Indigoblu stamps in your entry, and only one entry per person please.  

You can find more details about the current challenge and our guidelines HERE, and meet our Design Team HERE.

Here is this month's reminder inspiration for you:

DT Member - Rachel

DT Member - Cheremane

Top 3 Winners:

First up we have Sam:

Sam had this to say:

Thank you for asking me to make an inspiration piece. Delighted to have been chosen for the top 3 this month. I really wanted to use my new stamps and some bright cheerful colours. Flower stamps are my favourite and these are so versatile. I liked the word HOPE and hope all your dreams come true. 

Next up it's Ellie:

Ellie said:

I was so honoured to be chosen as 1 of the Top3 in the previous challenge. I've enjoyed playing with IndigoBlu stamps again, and I have chosen to make an art journal page. 

And finally we have Jane:

Jane had this to say:

I am thrilled to have been chosen for the top three once more as I love all IndigoBlu products.  I decided to use a stamp set that I have had for a little while as I think the sentiment fits with the theme well, you often need to take a risk if you want your dreams to come true!  The images were easy to cut out and so were ideal to use on this plaque.

Thank you to our Top 3, we think you are amazing!

If you would like to enter, see the full challenge blog here, and our Challenge Design Team's inspiration, and you can find the links at the bottom of the post to enter, or enter HERE.

Thank you for joining us, please share us with all your friends too, we'd love it if you could help us make this challenge something special for everyone, and spread the Indigoblu love!

Best Wishes,

Indigoblu Challenge DT & Top 3 Winners.

Chameleon Friend Fridays Blog Hop with IndigoBlu - Week One

We were really excited when Chameleon Pens approached IndigoBlu to join in with their Friend Friday Blog Hop series. Each Friday during June two of our designers will be sharing projects they've made using Chameleon Color Tones 5 Pens Sets and the IndigoBlu stamps, stencils, paints, mixed media papers and flakes you are all familiar with.

Make sure you hop over to see the projects created by the Chameleon Pens Design Team HERE.

First up from IndigoBlu we have a fabulous mixed media project by Kay Molyneux;

Hello, I would like to share an altered photo frame with you today.

I acquired a basic photo frame for very little and it screamed out for attention.

I stencilled texture paste through the Roses stencil over all the frame. When dry I painted over it all with White Gee-Sso-Good gesso, then Snow White metallic paint and finally a light spray with dilute Kingfisher Blue metallic paint.

From my favourite A5 Poppy Meadow stamp set, a number of large and small poppies were stamped in black Memento. Then I had great fun in playing with the CHAMELEON pens; the BL6 Royal Blue made fantastic blue poppies - I love blue poppies! The stamens were added with Banana Custard acrylic paint. A few leaves were stamped from the A5 Live, Laugh, Love stamp set and coloured with a blend of GR3 Grass Green and YG3 Summer Sun. The poppies and leaves were cut out, the edges treated with BK4 Deep Black, shaped and layered.

The poppies and leaves were arranged and then adhered around the frame and an image from the Lost Family A6 Mixed Media Paper pack was placed into a heart shaped photo mount that I cut out.

I so enjoyed making this frame and hope I've given you some ideas for your projects with your IndigoBlu products and these wonderful Chameleon Pens.

Take care, Kay x

And now we share a gorgeous IndigoBlu project from Cheremane Smith;

Hello, today I'm sharing a CAS card with you for my inspiration.

I started with a piece of Indigoblu Perfect Stamping Card and cut it to a 6" square and then made a mat for it slightly bigger with Indigoblu Coal Black Stamping Card.

I then took the Indigoblu Giant Peony A5 stamp and stamped it twice off the edge using archival black ink, whilst making sure I had enough of a gap to stamp the Indigoblu Dragonfly Dinkie in between them.

Now it was time for colouring, the 5 pen set I had to play with was the Chameleon Cool Tones which are beautiful. I coloured the Indigoblu Giant Peony with PR4 Purple Grape and the Indigoblu Dragonfly Dinkie with BG4 Aqua Marine,

I finally added the sentiment from Indigoblu Aloysius Happy Birthday, then scuffed up the edges of the card with the Indigoblu Paper Distresser and added some super fine clear glitter to the Indigoblu Dragonfly Dinkie to make it twinkle whilst still being able to see the pen colour through it.

Indigoblu stamps are perfect for colouring with the Chameleon Pens, I hope my card has inspired you to give it a try.

Crafty Hugs

Cheremane


I'm sure you'll agree the ladies have created some beautiful projects here by combining their Chameleon Pens and IndigoBlu products. Make sure you join us again next Friday 10th June to see what our other designers have in store and don't forget to hop over to the Chameleon Pens blog to see how they've used their IndigoBlu stamps!