International Design Team 2016/17 Brand Ambassadors

Today we would like to welcome two familiar faces who are now Brand Ambassadors for IndigoBlu please give a big warm welcome to Candy Rosenberg and Georgie Connelly.

Candy Rosenberg – USA

Candy Rosenberg is based in the USA and is a well known designer and respected artist, working in the industry for over ten years. She has been featured in many publications and is well known for her amazing dress forms and three dimensional creations with a Vintage and Steampunk style.

Candy has recently taken on a position as a CHA Trends Report Contributing Columnist for the Colours and Textiles section over at CHA  America, where she will be bringing  years of experience in the Craft & Hobby Industry with her great insight into COLOUR and TEXTILES that are trending this year.

She loves playing with new textures and looking forward to inspiring new creations with the wonderful Indigoblu products.
Candy’s blog is http://www.avintagegirl.com/

Georgie Connelly UK

 

Georgie is an artist based here in the UK and can be found on a regular basis in many craft publications.

Her love of all things crafting started at a very young age, and has a passion for all things arty. Mixed media, altered art, drawing, jewellery pieces and even cake decorating. She believes that everything is a blank canvas!!!

Georgie's blog is  http://littlebluecraftbox.blogspot.co.uk/

Inspiration from Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more from the team tomorrow!

Mixed Media Canvas with Paint, Stamps and Stencils

Mixed Media Canvas by

Welcome to my little creative corner. I got my mixed media on for this project and got inky and painty hands to prove it and one messy desk! Mixed media allows us to do whatever we are feeling and it is ok. Use any product, any technique..just make art. It is very liberating and IndigoBlu makes it easy with so many great paints, stencils, papers and more. Plus, I got to use up a bunch of my scrap IndigoBlu Mixed Media Papers, too!

Supplies Used:Indigoblu:  English Cottage Acrylic Paint, "Park Lane"  Grand Tour  III Stamp Set, Texture 6" x 6" Stencil, Roman Numeral 6" x 6" Stencil, Mixed Media Papers, various, Slap It On.
Other:  Tattered Angels: Baseboard in Ivory, Glimmer Mist in Viva Pink and 8" x 10" canvas, Ranger Archival Black Ink, Tombow ABT N15 black brush pen, Faber Castell PITT Pen in Magenta, White Gesso.

Start with your paper scraps, apply the Slap On and adhere to the canvas randomly. We will be covering it with gesso so do not worry about placement.

Cover the paper with white gesso without covering all the images. Keep a hint of the images.

Using a stencil, add heavy texture paste and allow to dry.

Add some of the Park Lane paint to the front over the edges and front texture portions.  Water it down a bit so that it is not too overpowering on the paper.

Sprtized the Glimmer Mist and Baseboard and spread with a paint brush. Using your pens outline some of the squares from the stenciled portion. Add a stamped image to give it its final piece.

Enjoy!  Thank you for coming by.

Candy Rosenberg

www.AVintageGirl.com

Inspiration from Jenny Marples, Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Jenny Marples

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more!

Antiquated Pencil Box

"An Antiquated Pencil Box"

Good day from the USA, everyone!

Candy here with a fun little pen holder. I have been obsessed with pens and paper all of my life.

Sadly, I believe I have taken out many forests of trees in my time on this earth. I recently got a cool little box with a monthly maker kit that I just adored. Alas, it had to be covered and what better than the gorgeous IndigoBlu papers!

IndigoBlu Supplies: English Cottage Acrylic Paint "Miss Moneypenny," Cartography Mixed Media Paper, Roman Numerals Stencil 6" x 6." Other Supplies: Beacon Adhesive 3-in-1, Prima La View Antiques Cloches, bare pencil box, paintbrush.

This fun pencil box lent itself to covering with this beautiful "Cartography" mixed media paper.

The beautiful copper color went really well on the paper and with its luxurious thickness it works so well with stencils.

Add the Miss Moneypenny to the outside of the box to complete the look.

Here I added the La View Antique Cloche, gives it a great three dimensional look.

I hope that you have been inspired to dress up any bare box you got lying around!

www.AVintageGirl.com

Inspiration from Jenny Marples, Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from another four of our International Design Team.

Before we get started though, a quick reminder that there's something exciting to share with you - with inspiration coming from all the International Design Team members over three days this week we are celebrating by giving you the chance to win some Blog Candy by way of a Blog Hop!!!

Up for grabs is the complete set of 'Colour Me' florals stamps!!! To win all you need to do is leave a comment on each of the posts the Design Team members are sharing on their blogs this week. You can find the other links on yesterday's IndigoBlu blog post HERE. The closing date to get those comments done is 31st March 2016.

Now for the next set of those projects - follow the links to the DT blogs to find out more about how their fabulous creations;

Jenny Marples

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more! Join us again tomorrow for more inspiration from the final members of the Design Team.

A Mini Piece of Art- Chipboard Artist Trading Card by Candy

Mini Piece of Art by Candy Rosenberg

I am on an ATC kick these days, they are limitless little pieces of art that you can use anything and everything to create one! Small 3.5 x 2.5 inch trading card size artist trading cards. I started with a precut, rounded chipboard ATC card and just started grab stamps, stencils, paints, buttons and a pen!

Supply List

IndigoBlu: TreeMendous A6 Red Rubber Stamp, Roman Numeral 6" x 6" Stencil, English Cottage Metallic Paints: Emerald City, Cinderella, Silver, Copper
Buttons Galore: Spring Bird/Nest. Other: pen, beads, ink

Start with your TreeMendous stamp. I inked with Imagine Crafts green and brown inks directly on the leaves and tree trunks to create the background to follow with paint.

Outline the tree trunk and start painting in with the Metallic Copper. Then using the Roman Numeral Stencil using the small flowers and Cinderalla Metallic paint to create the flower blossoms.

Paint slightly over the lines that you drew to make it blend giving it a painted look. Add whisps of colour where the trunks are.

Add the Emerald City green on the leaves giving them more dimension. Cut the backs of the nest and bird buttons and adhere directly to the tree to finish the look. Don't forget to add a few beads as the centre of the flowers.

The final Artist Trading Card with little added lines on the flowers and some inspirational words.

To learn more about ATCS, click here at Wikipedia.

Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I created to inspire you to get creative!

Candy Rosenberg
www.AVintageGirl.com

Inspiration from Jenny Marples, Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Jenny Marples

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more!

An Altered Cigar Box with Indigoblu

I love cigar boxes, there are so many ways to alter them.  This small La Capitana box is 7" x 6" x 5," and is a fun box size to play with.  Lets see how I altered this beauty with IndigoBlu Slap It On, Red Rubber Stamps, Mega Flakes and Stencils.

I started with a piece of vintage sewing pattern laid out flat.  Using the Splattered Heart Dinkie stamp by Limor Webber, I stamped it once in an open area with no imagery on the pattern, this is on purpose for later in the project.

Once you have stamped the heart, using the same ink and the Indigoblu 6" x 6" Texture stencil, ink the entire pattern sheet covering the whole surface.

 Prepare the surface of the cigar box.

I got my first chance to use the IndigoBlu Slap It On medium to apply the stenciled and stamped sewing pattern directly to the box.

Doing one side at a time, cover with Slap It On (matte).  Add torn pieces of the pattern that will cover the entire surface, then pull off the excess all the way around.  As you move around the box, just push down the excess paper around the edges using the Slap It On.

SPECIAL NOTE:  Remember the Dinky Heart we stamped earlier, use that portion of the pattern on the top of the box.

Now we are going to cover a white chipboard pocket watch with Mega Flakes.  Prepare the surface with FlitterGlu, let stand for a moment then cover with Chocolate Box Mega Flakes and scour to complete the finish.

Once completed, I started to assemble the front of the box by adding a 1920s photo in the pocket watch (you could use a vintage image from the A6 Lost Family Mixed Media Paper collection), a Prima flower, some beads and chain along with burlap to give it all a vintage feel. Have fun putting it all together.

Add some stamped butterflies from the new A5 Floral Fantasy set around the box.

 I also stamped a butterfly onto the sewing pattern, cut it out and added it to the front ribbon flower.

I hope you give these techniques a try.  Feel free to visit my blog at www.AVintageGirl.com for more IndigoBlu inspiration.

Candy Rosenberg

www.AVintageGirl.com