Guest Designer Mike Deakin has created a fabulous Steampunk inspired project using the gorgeous new metallic paints. You can check out the tutorial over at the IndigoBlu YouTube Channel HERE
Showing posts with label Kingfisher Blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kingfisher Blue. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Guest Designer Mike Deakin - Lost and Found for IndigoBlu
Guest Designer Mike Deakin has created a fabulous Steampunk inspired project using the gorgeous new metallic paints. You can check out the tutorial over at the IndigoBlu YouTube Channel HERE
Monday, 16 May 2016
Roses on Fabric
Hello, Kay Molyneux here. Today I would like to share my painting on fabric project with you. I used calico material instead of a blank canvas and painted, stencilled and stamped it with the IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic paints, then attached it to an old photo frame to display it. As this was a bit of an experiment there are not any step by step photos but I'll talk you through what I did.
Two lengths of calico fabric, one big enough to cover the photo frame, the other for the sentiments and was painted with Townhouse Teal, Kingfisher Blue and Snow White paints an blended together with water to produce a wash. When dry, Snow White paint was stencilled through the Floral Fantasy stencil on the main panel. The leaves were stencilled through the Laurel Leaves stencil with Hunters Green and Lime Marmalade paints mixed together in different ratios.
Mulberry Bush paint was mixed with a little fine textured paste then applied through the Roses stencil and left to dry. Mulberry Bush was painted over the roses, the stencil was then replaced and Snow White paint applied, I used my finger for this. An extra rose was produced with spare fabric in the same way and cut out.
To finish, the panel was attached to the old photo frame, the sentiments added, the cut out rose attached. Gems just added a little 'bling'.
I had a lot fun experimenting and do hope you feel inspired to have a go too!
Until next time, take care, Kay M
Two lengths of calico fabric, one big enough to cover the photo frame, the other for the sentiments and was painted with Townhouse Teal, Kingfisher Blue and Snow White paints an blended together with water to produce a wash. When dry, Snow White paint was stencilled through the Floral Fantasy stencil on the main panel. The leaves were stencilled through the Laurel Leaves stencil with Hunters Green and Lime Marmalade paints mixed together in different ratios.
Mulberry Bush paint was mixed with a little fine textured paste then applied through the Roses stencil and left to dry. Mulberry Bush was painted over the roses, the stencil was then replaced and Snow White paint applied, I used my finger for this. An extra rose was produced with spare fabric in the same way and cut out.
Words from Word Block #1 stamp set were stamped onto the
remaining painted fabric with Raven Black paint and mounted onto card.
To finish, the panel was attached to the old photo frame, the sentiments added, the cut out rose attached. Gems just added a little 'bling'.
I had a lot fun experimenting and do hope you feel inspired to have a go too!
Until next time, take care, Kay M
Friday, 6 May 2016
Butterflies and Blooms Cushion Covers
Hi it's Elizabeth here sharing some of the cushion covers I made for Jenny Marples show on Hochanda last Monday. If you missed the shows they are still available on catch up on the Hochanda page, but be quick!
I kept the designs quite simple to show that you don't have to cover the entire piece, just a corner or centre if that's what you would prefer.
As you can see I love using the Dinkie Butterfly, it's such a beautiful stamp and the image stays true when stamping with the IndigoBlu paints.
The Lilac blossoms were stamped up using Mulberry Bush and Marshmallow, which are perfect colours for these flowers. The Lime Marmalade and Hunter Green blended together to stamp out the Laurel Leaves stamps beautifully.
These Dinkie DragonFly's were stamped out onto scrap fabric with the Kingfisher Blue, cut out and attached using the Fabric Slap It On, which is a fabulous product. I love the Lime Marmalade paint alongside the Kingfisher Blue and Hunter Green it really comes alive.
And last but not least my favourite cover made using the Dinkie Butterfly and the beautiful half Doily from the Floral Fantasy stamp set, along with Lime Marmalade, Kingfisher Blue and Pheasant Bronze paints, and a little splattering.
So Tomorrow (Saturday 7th May) the cushions will be at Port Sunlight for the Happy Stampers Show if you would like to have a closer look, or have any questions about the products used, the team will be happy to help. I'll pop a list of products used at the end of this post.
Happy Crafting and hope to see you at Port Sunlight,
Elizabeth x
Marshmallow Cottage Garden Paint
Mulberry Cottage Garden Paint
Pheasant Bronze Metallic Paint
Kingfisher Metallic Paint
Lime Marmalade Cottage Garden Paint
Raven Black Metallic Paint
Hunter Green Cottage Garden Paint
Dinkie Butterfly
Dinkie Dragonfly
Laurel Leaves Stamps
Floral Fantasy Stamps
I kept the designs quite simple to show that you don't have to cover the entire piece, just a corner or centre if that's what you would prefer.
As you can see I love using the Dinkie Butterfly, it's such a beautiful stamp and the image stays true when stamping with the IndigoBlu paints.
The Lilac blossoms were stamped up using Mulberry Bush and Marshmallow, which are perfect colours for these flowers. The Lime Marmalade and Hunter Green blended together to stamp out the Laurel Leaves stamps beautifully.
These Dinkie DragonFly's were stamped out onto scrap fabric with the Kingfisher Blue, cut out and attached using the Fabric Slap It On, which is a fabulous product. I love the Lime Marmalade paint alongside the Kingfisher Blue and Hunter Green it really comes alive.
And last but not least my favourite cover made using the Dinkie Butterfly and the beautiful half Doily from the Floral Fantasy stamp set, along with Lime Marmalade, Kingfisher Blue and Pheasant Bronze paints, and a little splattering.
So Tomorrow (Saturday 7th May) the cushions will be at Port Sunlight for the Happy Stampers Show if you would like to have a closer look, or have any questions about the products used, the team will be happy to help. I'll pop a list of products used at the end of this post.
Happy Crafting and hope to see you at Port Sunlight,
Elizabeth x
Marshmallow Cottage Garden Paint
Mulberry Cottage Garden Paint
Pheasant Bronze Metallic Paint
Kingfisher Metallic Paint
Lime Marmalade Cottage Garden Paint
Raven Black Metallic Paint
Hunter Green Cottage Garden Paint
Dinkie Butterfly
Dinkie Dragonfly
Laurel Leaves Stamps
Floral Fantasy Stamps
Friday, 15 April 2016
Paint Effect Lantern
Hello and welcome, it's Kay here. Today I would like to share a
paint and Mega Flakes experiment; I used it to upgrade a cheap lantern to look like
weathered metal, replacing the glass with handmade paper treated with Diamond Resin as it gives a lovely translucent effect.
The glass panels, base and handle were removed. A piece of Phat Foam was loaded with FlitterGlu and applied all over the lantern body, base and handle. The broken down Stainless Steel Mega Flake was used to cover FlitterGlu and buffed up with a Scoochy, at this point it didn't seem to matter if the flakes are a little lumpy as it added to the effect. A little Raven Black Paint was dabbed over the flake using a sponge, when dry a little Kingfisher Blue was then applied similarly and when that was dry Pheasant Bronze was dabbed over both with a sponge. This process was repeated until I was happy with the result, a final light sponging with Snow White was then applied to highlight.
The replacement glass panels were cut to the same size from handmade mulberry paper, a butterfly from the Floral Fantasy stamp set was inked with StazOn and stamped 4 times without re-inking on each panel. The paper panels were placed on a craft mat, 10ml of each Diamond Resin part was made up to the instructions on the packaging and sponged over all 4 panels and left for 8 hours. I found that the panels needed an extra coating of Diamond Resin, I applied this and left them to cure for 3 days.
One of the great advantages of Mega Flakes is the large size
of the flakes - hence their name! - but even Mega Flakes do break down eventually and
become unusable (until now!) This is what I used on the lantern along with
the fabulous new Metallic Paints.
The glass panels, base and handle were removed. A piece of Phat Foam was loaded with FlitterGlu and applied all over the lantern body, base and handle. The broken down Stainless Steel Mega Flake was used to cover FlitterGlu and buffed up with a Scoochy, at this point it didn't seem to matter if the flakes are a little lumpy as it added to the effect. A little Raven Black Paint was dabbed over the flake using a sponge, when dry a little Kingfisher Blue was then applied similarly and when that was dry Pheasant Bronze was dabbed over both with a sponge. This process was repeated until I was happy with the result, a final light sponging with Snow White was then applied to highlight.
The replacement glass panels were cut to the same size from handmade mulberry paper, a butterfly from the Floral Fantasy stamp set was inked with StazOn and stamped 4 times without re-inking on each panel. The paper panels were placed on a craft mat, 10ml of each Diamond Resin part was made up to the instructions on the packaging and sponged over all 4 panels and left for 8 hours. I found that the panels needed an extra coating of Diamond Resin, I applied this and left them to cure for 3 days.
I put the lantern back together and was very happy with the
result, hope you also like the effect and will be making you own experiments
soon!
Until next time, happy creating, Kay M x
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