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Wednesday, 1 February 2017

February 2017 Challenge - Love is all you need

Good morning,

So.. things have changed slightly, you may have noticed a date change for the challenge, we are now launching on the 1st of the month, with our reminder post coming out on the 21st. So technically, February is the first IndigoBlu challenge this year. Our theme had to be valentine related of course, so we'd like to see you interpret 'Love is all you need'.

To be in with a chance of winning a prize, you MUST include IndigoBlu stamps in your entry. And it's one entry per person. Other than that, you have free reign, and we'd love to see your makes, whether it's a card, or ATC, mixed media or clean and simple.

First we have the important task of announcing the winner of Decembers challenge, Snow Snow Snow.

Our winner each month gets the choice of stamps from IndigoBlu as follows:

3 options to choose from:

1: 2 Large stamp plates (A5)

2: 4 Small stamp plates (A6)

3: 1 Large and 2 small plates

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!

Our random winner is:

Congratulations Tracey, we will be in touch shortly to arrange your prize.

And our Top 3 as chosen by the DT are:

1. No 5, Inky Bliss Creations2. No 10, Ana Sa3. No 9, Craft Away

Congratulations all, we will contact you shortly to discuss a Guest spot!

So our winner of December's challenge, Sarah, has waited very patiently to be our Guest Designer today, here is her piece and what she had to say:

I used what is fast becoming my favourite IB stamp the 'Script!' Used horizontally on the background and then vertically on the mdf heart! It really is a good multi-tasking stamp.

I feel rather nervous as although I've been crafting for years I am new to showing my work off, so hope it comes over ok! My other other half has treated me to one of those pop up light box studio's which has made a fantastic difference to the quality of my photo skills, so fingers crossed!

I'm sure you'll agree Sarah has done a fantastic job for us, please pop to her blog and leave her some love too.

Now it's our fab DT's turn, all returning for another year on the Challenge team, we really couldn't do this without them!

Sue

Lydia

Wenda

A stunning job by all our DT I'm sure you'll agree. You can see HOW they created their pieces over on their individual blogs.

All that's left is to wish you a Happy Valentine's day, or Happy February, and hope you can join in the challenge this month.

Warmest Wishes,

IndigoBlu Challenge DT

& IndigoBlu Guest Designer.

An InLinkz Link-up

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

December Challenge Reminder - Snow Snow Snow

Morning everyone,

Today is challenge reminder day, and we'd love to show you our Inspirational DT's work once more, I hope it inspires you to join in!

I love this fab piece by Rachel, it just shows that snow doesn't have to mean white!

Rachel

A beautiful snow scene by Wanda:

Wenda

Absolutely love this Stag by Lydia too!:

Lydia

A perfect wintery scene from Claire:

Claire

And a gorgeous Robin hanger by Sue:

Sue

You can hop across to the team's blog to check out how they made their pieces, but don't forget to come back and enter yourself!

We have fab prizes each month, Indigoblu stamps of your choice as follows:

3 options to choose from:

1: 2 Large stamp plates (A5)

2: 4 Small stamp plates (A6)

3: 1 Large and 2 small plates

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 theDesign Team in the tabs on the sidebar.

So all that's left is to say Happy New Year from the Challenge DT and thank you to all our Guest Designers through 2016, we look forward to meeting more of you in 2017.

Best Wishes,
IndigoBlu Challenge DT.

An InLinkz Link-up

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

December Challenge - Snow Snow Snow

Good morning,

Well here it is, the last challenge of 2016. First we have the important task of announcing the winner of last month's challenge, Sparkle & Glisten.

Our random winner is:

Congratulations Craft Away, we will be in touch shortly to arrange your prize.

And our Top 3 as chosen by the DT are:

1. No. 11 - Shelagh's Crafty Concepts
2. No. 9 - Lyn Marlow
3. No. 4 - Carolyn's Creations

Congratulations all, we will contact you shortly to discuss a Guest spot!

This month's theme is 'Snow, Snow, Snow' and here is our lovely winner from last month, Chris, with her inspiration piece for you.

Chris said:

I was incredibly lucky to have won the 'Monochrome' challenge and not only have I won some awesome stamps, I also get the chance to be a Guest Designer - thank you so much IndigoBlu!. As the theme is 'Snow, Snow, Snow, I went for Christmas and used the truly fabulous Bare Forest 1 stamp which I received as part of my prize! I am honoured to be sharing my card on the IndigoBlu blog, though it's scary being showcased amongst such talented designers! Thank you for letting me join you! xxx

You can see Chris's full make over on here blog HERE. Please hop across and check it out.

And our DT have made these beautiful pieces, I hope it inspires you to join in!

Sue

You can check out all the DT's work and how they made them, by clicking the link on their names.

Don't forget we have fab prizes up for grabs too, Indigoblu stamps of your choice as follows:

3 options to choose from:

1: 2 Large stamp plates (A5)

2: 4 Small stamp plates (A6)

3: 1 Large and 2 small plates

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 theDesign Team in the tabs on the sidebar.

All that's left is to wish you a peaceful and Happy Christmas, and Best Wishes for 2017. Hope you can join in the challenge this month.

Warm Regards,

The IndigoBlu Challenge DT
& Winner.

An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

September Challenge Reminder - Autumn Wildlife

Morning all,

Today is reminder day for the IndigoBlu challenge, we have a lovely make by Carolyn Lakin to show you, she made this beautiful autumnal butterfly piece for us.

You can see Carolyn's full make on her blog, please hop across and leave her some love, we think this is stunning! You can check out how she made it too!

We also have the lovely Leanne, who has made this gorgeous card for us:

Isn't this just fab! Remember to hop over to Leanne's blog and see how she made this, and leave her some love if you can.

And of course a reminder from our fabulous DT makes:

Julie

Sue

We have prizes up for grabs each month, 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

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 theDesign Team in the tabs on the sidebar.

So all that's left for you to do is... well... get playing and enter!

Best Wishes,

The IndigoBlu Challenge DT Team

Enter HERE:

Sunday, 21 August 2016

August Challenge - All things Bright & Beautiful

Good morning everyone,

Well the July challenge was just fab! We had some gorgeous entries. I'm hoping you can stun us this month with your makes too. First let's congratulate our Random winner!

Sheila it's you! Congratulations, we will be in touch shortly to arrange your prize.

And our top 3 for July as chosen by the DT are:

1. No. 6 - Furry Log & Badger
2. No. 1 - Kimbo's Cards & Cats
3. No. 14 - DebsCraftytime

Congratulations all, we will be in touch to see if you would like to do a Guest Design piece for us. It's always amazing seeing the art that we get from you guys, and I know it inspires so many others.

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)

2: 4 Small stamp plates (A6)

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.

Our winner from the last challenge, Mariette is our Guest Designer this month, and has made this beautiful card for us on this month's challenge theme ' All things Bright & Beautiful'.

Mariette had this to say:

I have used distress inks for the bright part and for the beautiful part of this challenge I used all of the IndigoBlu stamps I chose for my winning prize. You can see more over on my blog.

Next it's our brilliant DT's inspiration for the new challenge, you can't fail to be inspired by this bunch :) They also happen to be some of the nicest people too, and we are very proud to have them as a team. Hop across to their blogs and leave them some love if you have time.

Rachel

Wenda

Sue

Julie

Maxine

Lydia

Giovanna

Wow! I think you will agree these are all stunning, and what inspiration! Don't forget you can hop over to our team's blog's to see how they made these too, just click on their names above the pictures.

So all that's left is for you to join us - and show us your Summer Florals! If you have any questions about entering, or don't have a blog, please leave us a comment and we will come back to you, we can help you enter, all you need is Indigoblu stamps in your project.

Happy creating!

Best Wishes,
Indigoblu Challenge Design Team

Enter the Challenge Here:

Monday, 21 March 2016

March Challenge - Yellow, Pink and Green

Good morning everyone,

With Spring (and Easter) in the air, we thought we'd go for a colour palette befitting for our March challenge, so the theme is 'Yellow, Pink and Green'. All we ask is that you use Indigoblu stamps in your work.

We also have on offer a fabulous prize of Indigoblu stamps of your choice as follows:

As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1: 2 Large stamp plates (A5)

or
2: 4 Small stamp plates (A6)

3: 1 Large and 2 small plates

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 on the sidebar.

Our random winner of the February challenge, 'A touch of Red', is: Mo Stokes

Congratulations Mo, 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. No. 17 - Aartje
2. No. 12 - Mrs T Craft Blog
3. No. 22 - Jannette

Congratulations all, we will be in touch shortly.

Our winner from the last challenge, .................., has joined us as Guest Designer this month, and has this amazing piece to share with us:

Irmgard had this to say about her inspiration for us:

For some time, IndigoBlu stamps are one of my favorites. So I was over the moon when I found myself not only a winner but also was asked for an inspiration post as a guest designer. For that again many thanks to IndigoBlu; I love to be a part of the challenge and I hope, a can give a little inspiration! :)

And of course we have our amazing DT's inspiration for you, please stop by their blogs to see how they made their inspiration for you, they'd love your visit!