Fabulous Guest Designer Marie Johansson

Hello Crafty Souls!

I´m thrilled to be back on the IndigoBlu blog as Guest Designer today.

Kay kindly sent me the Deer Forest A6 stamp to play and I crated these two holiday themed cards using it.

For this first card I stamped and embossed with black fine embossing powder. I fussy cut out the image and added it with 3D stickers on my card. Using black make the Deer´s really pop - it kind of reminds of a forest at night and the animals lid up by a car light.

The Merry Christmas sentiment come from the stamp set Here comes Santa.

This second card was made with the same technique, but instead of black I chose golden embossing powder to achive a more festive look.

I hope you like my projects!

Thank you for stepping by the Indigo Blu blog today.

Best Wishes

Marie Johansson

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Georgie Connelly and Monika Januszewska

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;

Marie Johansson

Georgie Connelly

Monika Januszewska

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

Lost Family Lady Mixed Media Layout

My first project for this month is a layout made with Acrylics, Kroma Crackle, stamps and vintage a vintage photo. 

As background I used a plain white cardstock that I prepped with GeeSso Good Gesso. When dry I added the acrylics blended with water. A bit of stamping with black waterproof ink and a stamp from the Grand Tour II stamp set.

 Kroma Crackle gives an extra effect to the background. Especially when highlighted with at bit of stamp ink.

A bit of flowers, a piece of cheese cloth, a badge and a couple of vintage buttons as decorations fit perfectly with the feeling of the card. 

Sometimes you don´t have the right photo for what you want to accomplish, then don´t hesitate to take a pre made one. I have used one from the Lost Family Paper Pad. 

A process video to take you through the process:

Products from IndigoBlu:

Indigoblu Lost Family Mixed Media Paper Pad

GeeSso Good White

Indigoblu Grand Tour II A5 stamp set

Kroma Crackle

Indigoblu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylics Lemon Maringue, Mulberry Bush, Hunters Green

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Elizabeth Robinson and Monika Januszewska

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;

Marie Johansson

Elizabeth Robinson

Monika Januszewska

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

Love Life Canvas

You can call this piece a spontaneous mix of IndigoBlu love because that is pretty much what it is. I have mixed some of my favourite IndigoBlu products in a totally unplanned way and this small canvas is what came out of it.

The base is a 10x10 cm cheap canvas that I primed with GeeSso Good Gesso. Then I started applying Acrylics randomly over the surface. Both with a really wet and a dry brush.



After the first layer was dry I used the Weird Science stencil as template for my drawings. When finished I felt that the black pattern was to bold so I applied more paint and dabbed with a baby wipe over the drawings to get them a bit viewable under the paint.

After some more drying I applied more of the GeeSso good gesso, but wiped off most of it with another baby wipe. This way I got a milky feeling all over the bright paint.



I finished with painting small white dots by using the Wierd Science stencil again. The bigger white circles was drawn by hand with a white marker and the script stamped with the text stamp from the Tasty Textures stamp set. The wood alphas was painted with yellow acrylics to really pop.



As you can see the canvas shimmer a bit from the Metallic Acrylics I used.

Thank you for your visit today.

Products from IndigoBlu:

Weird Science Stencil
Tasty Textures A5 Stamp Set
English Cottage Artist Acrylic Paints Mashmallow, Lime Marmalade, Lemon Meringue, Costal Walk, Mulberry Bush, Hunters Green.
English Cottage Artist Acrylic Paints Metallic Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Emerald City
GeeSso Good Gesso White

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Zoey Scarpelli, Elizabeth Robinson and Monika Januszewska

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

Before we get started though, there's something exciting to share with you - with inspiration coming from all the International Design Team members over the next three days 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 links here on the IndigoBlu blog for the next three days. The closing date to get those comments done is 31st March 2016.

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

Marie Johansson

Zoey Scarpelli

Elizabeth Robinson

Monika Januszewska

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

Colourful Bezels

I must admit - jewellery making has never been something I intended to start with. I knit, I scrap, I read, I go to the gym - well time is limited. THEN I got the Diamond Resin in my Design Team parcel and I had to change my mind about the whole jewellery making business. This is SO fun! And the possibilities are so many - you can use patterned papers, stamped images, metal pieces, glitter, well maybe even dead insects?

I have used stamped images that I painted with IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paints for all of the bezels I show you today. The ones above was and the one below was cut out from one of stamped images from the Boadieca A5 Stamp set (the bottom stamp). I used pink, lime green and yellow acrylics. As you can see I have applied some sparkle on one of the items - Finnabair Glass Glitter "Crimson Red" - also available in the IndigoBlu shop.

I added small word stickers on top of my stamped images on two of my bezels before I covered them with Diamond Resin.

On this one I have combined yellow & green on the butterfly from the Floral Fantasy A5 stamp set.

I hope I could inspire you to make some jewellery. The Diamond Resin is really easy to use so I really recommend you try it our!

Products from IndigoBlu:

IndigoBlu Floral Fantasy A5 Stamp Set

IndigoBlu Boadieca A5 Stamp Set

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylic Paint "Banana Custard"

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylic Paint "Cinderella" (metallic)

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylic Paint Lime Marmalade

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylic Paint Mulberry Bush 

IndigoBlu Diamond Resin Kit

Various Bezels

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Marie Johansson

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Zoey Scarpelli, Elizabeth Robinson and Monika Januszewska

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;

Marie Johansson

Zoey Scarpelli

Elizabeth Robinson

Monika Januszewska

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

Cartography LOVE canvas

Today we are entering the moth of love. February is also the Heart Disease awareness month in many countries around the world. Since I work as a nurse specialising in Heart Intensive Care  I wanted to celebrate February by making a canvas with a heart as the focus.

I have used a chunky canvas that I first painted with white GeeSso Good gesso and then covered with strips of a paper from the Cartography A6 Mixed Media Paper Pad.

I cut out a heart by hand from a piece of white card stock, painted it with Postbox Red paint and then before the paint was dry I applied Black GeeSso Good gesso - the end result was a brown-red almost rust like finish.

The pattern was made by using Mega Flakes (Eaton Mess) and the new texture stamp from the Teeny Background stamp set. The alphas were also painted with Copper Metallic paint and then when dry I just dabbed on some Flitter Glu on and applied Mega Flakes. Love how they turned out!

I dabbed FlitterGlu and added flakes on the edges of the canvas as well.

Hope I could inspire you today!

Products from IndigoBlu;

IndigoBlu Mega Flakes Eaton Mess

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Postbox Red

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist´s Acrylic Paint Metallic Copper

IndigoBlu GeeSso Good Gesso Black & White

IndigoBlu Cartography A6 Mixed Media Paper Pad

IndigoBlu Teeny Background Stamp Set

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Zoey Scarpelli, Elizabeth Robinson and Monika Januszewska

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;

Marie Johansson

Zoey Scarpelli

Elizabeth Robinson

Monika Januszewska

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

And don't forget - you've got just over 2 days to get your projects submitted for the latest IndigoBlu Challenge!!!

Welcome to the year of 2016

Hi! It's Marie here. Are you prepared for a new year filled with possibility? Have you made any new years resolutions? I haven´t - I stopped years ago - never keep them.... One thing I try to do each new year is to find a word to live by. Sort of a guideline to strive agains. This year my word will be evolve! 

So today I want to share a couple of projects that I made that represent a skill I have evolved this past year. One thing I am proud of and think I have accomplished is my cardmaking skills. From making flat and pretty boring cards I now make 3 dimensional ones with a lot of details.

For this card I have used a patterned paper from the coming soon "After Morris" Mixed Media Paper collection. On it I have stamped and embossed the "Colour This Peony" (also coming soon). 

To create extra dimension I have applied a mix of modeling paste and IndigoBlu Fine Glitter on the edges. Some black stamping with the script stamp from the "Tasty Textures" stamp set add even more interest. Flowers, chipboard and other embellishments ties it all together.

I have used the same paper for the tag below. The card and tag works perfect together as a set.

I cut out a piece of the flower from the patterned paper and applied to the plane tag. As you can see I have painted and embossed on the side where the patterned paper does not cover. For this I used IndigoBlu Acrylics and one of the new background stamps from the Lights and Sound stamp set that will be released in January.

The "ART" word is stamped and embossed with a stamp from the Sarah's Choice A5 stamp set.

Thank you for stepping by today! I hope I inspired you to create!

Products from IndigoBlu:

IndigoBlu "After Morris" 12x12 Mixed Media Card Stack

IndigoBlu Red Rubber Stamp "Color This Peony"

IndigoBlu "Tasty Textures" Stamp Set

IndigoBlu "Lights and Sound" Stamp Set

IndigoBlu "Sarah's Choice" A5 Stamp Set

IndigoBlu Superfine Flitter Glu Glitter "Faded Green"

IndigoBlu English Cottage Paint "Peppermint Tea"

IndigoBlu English Cottage Paint "Pink Iced Gem"

IndigoBlu English Cottage Paint Metallic "Goldfinger"