Encouraging Card and Secret Message Tags

“She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She  walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.”

This fabulous quote is by Ariana Dancu and can be found in the Indigoblu Mindfulness #2 Stamp Set. 

This card is perfect for someone going through difficult times, or who just needs an encouraging, positive word. I wanted to include a pocket on the front of this card for tags to hold secret  messages or even a gift card or two!

Mindfulness #2

My colour scheme for this pretty feminine card was Marshmallow Pink and Grandmas Teacup Blue. I watered down these acrylic paints and created a background. Acrylic paints can also be used directly onto  the stamps, so I used a makeup sponge to dab the colours onto the Circle Dots stamp. I washed them afterwards before the paint dried on the stamp as they would be a little more difficult to clean!

I stamped the Circle Dots  onto the edges of the card 

Caitlin this stamp comes with a wonderful quote by A.A.Milne.

I stamped the beautiful Caitlin onto my background using a black versafine ink pad. I added some colour to her face and  gave her pink and blue hair which I thought was fabulous.I would love to have that colour combination of hair! 

I also stamped her on some copy paper which I cut out to use as a mask.Once she was safely masked I stamped the wings onto her shoulders, the wings are also  from the Mindfulness #2 stamp Set.

 I stamped the brilliant quote underneath her, and also gave her some bling on her wrist and ear, and to the centre of some of the circles. I used pretty sequins and little gems. 

To make the pocket I used foam tape on the back of the picture, and measured the depth of the tags. I laid a line of foam tape under the tag depth so they would not disappear all the way down behind the picture. My card blank was 7x7 inches.

I made the tags in the same way, only this time I thought I would try embossing the Circle Dots Stamp.  I adhered the picture to the base card, and after tying some pretty ribbons to the tags I slid the tags inside the pocket. 

Encouraging, loving words could be added to the tags. Receiving a  handmade card and a written note can mean so much.

Thank you for popping by today. I hope I have inspired you with this card.

Have fun xx

Peony Flower Mother's Day Card

Hi Everyone, Mike here!

It's Mother's Day here in the UK and I thought I'd share the card I made for my Mum using IndigoBlu stamps and acrylic paints.

So for this 6"x6" Mother's Day card, I've used:

Peony Stamp Set

Marshmallow Acrylic Paint

Banana Custard Acrylic Paint

Pink Iced Gem Acrylic Paint &

Olive Waistcoat Acrylic Paint.

I filmed my entire creation process so you can watch how I created the whole thing from start to finish, simply click the IndigoBlu YouTube link below.

Please remember to give the video a thumbs up as it really does help spread the word about IndigoBlu, share the video with your friends and subscribe to the IndigoBlu YouTube channel for more videos featuring IndigoBlu products, just like this one!

Pegasus

Hello, Jannet here today to wish you a magical, happy, and above all a healthy 2018! I wanted to begin this new year with a magical and hopeful card featuring the gorgeous Pegasus He is already to take off on his first flight of the year.

I used versamarker on his wings and heat embossed in silver. I then coloured the wings with Porcelain luscious which I had already  mixed with a little water. It gives such a lovely sheen, just perfect for wings!

Pegasus

After stamping the gorgeous Pegasus I added colour to him with Pink, Porcelain, and Poseidon Blue Luscious.

My favourite colour is pink so I chose Mulberry Bush and Marshmallow Paints for the  background colours. Of course not everyone is a lover of pink, so they can be any colour of your imagination. 

I selected the word Hope from the Faith  stencil, as I thought this was the best word to start a new year with. I used fine texture paste in the stencil and painted over it with what else but Pink luscious !

I added some Wishing Stars from the Stars stencil, and some random circles from the Texture stencil 

I added the Numbers stamp to represent the count down to the new year and also for the days to come in this new year.

I added Pegasus and his wings to the background with 3d sticky pads. I curved the larger wing forwards a little.

The Luscious. coloured some dried flowers very nicely.

I added some Fine Texture Paste mixed with a little Mulberry Bush paint at the base of the picture, and added a selection of clear beads and tiny stars which reflect light .A new year is often a time for reflection.. 

May all your hopes come true in 2018 xxx

Friendship

Good morning and welcome from Elizabeth with the first of the posts from the new International Design Team for 2017/18.

I absolutely adore the new Big Butterfly #2 and combined with the new A6 Peony  it's just perfect.

I started by making a master board using Coastal Walk, Marshmallow, Olive Waistcoat and Lime Marmalade Cottage Garden Paints 

I stamped out the Butterfly once, and the Peony and Ferns a couple of times in Black Versafine. Then heat embossed them using a fine detail clear embossing powder. After they had cooled, I cut out all the elements.

I then diluted some of the gorgeous Blue Luscious Powder and brushed over the top of the Ferns, the Butterfly wings and to create shadows on the Peony's.

Once the Luscious had dried it was just a case of creating a design with the pieces onto a C5 card blank that had been covered with a piece of vintage music paper.

I added glitter to the centre of the Peony's, splashes of diluted Blue Luscious and of course I can't resist a few sequins.

I hope you enjoyed the process and have found a little inspiration.

Elizabeth x

Mixed media canvas

Hello Everyone! Monika here with a new juicy inspiration for you. I used this time Floral Fantasy, Word Blocks and Light and Sound Borders to create colourful, mixed media canvas. In the center of my canvas I placed lilac stamp from Floral Fantasy set.
I also stamped doily stamp from the same set using StazOn Gothic Purple ink and I coloured them with Distress Inks.

I used some IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paints: Wimberry Pie,

Cinderella, Townhouse Teal and the newest colours Marshmallow and my favourite Mulberry Bush.

Product used:

IndigoBlu A5 Floral Fantasy

IndigoBlu A5 Word Blocks

Indigoblu Light and Sound Borders

IndigoBlu GeeSso Good! Gesso

Kroma Crackle

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Wimberry Pie

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Mulberry Bush

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Marshmallow

IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Cinderella (Metallic)

Indigoblu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Townhouse Teal

Have a nice day,

Monika xx

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

Celebrate Family

Hello and welcome to my blog post. It's Kay here to start the week.

I came across this love frame and it cried out for attention; the A6 Lost Family Mixed Media paper stack was the perfect starting point!

For texture, the lace stamp from the A5 Floral Fantasy set was stamped over the frame in VersaMark and heat embossed in clear powder. Texture paste was then applied through the Laurel Leaves stencil and left to dry.

For colour, the frame was primed with white Gee-Sso-Good gesso, then painted with Iced Pink Gem English Cottage Acrylic Paint. When this was dry Mulberry Bush and Marshmallow and Snow White Acrylic Paints were blended onto the frame. A wooden family sentiment was painted with the same colours and black Gee-Sso-Good gesso.

The images from the Lost Family Mixed Media paper stack were chosen and stuck to the back of the frame. 

A sheet of copy paper was painted on both sides with Mulberry Bush and Marshmallow Acrylic Paints. When dry, flower shapes were die cut from it, then the A6 Colour Me Anemone image was stamped with FlitterGlu and flaked with Chocolate Box Mega Flakes. Celebrate from the A5 Word Blocks #1 set was also stamped, flaked and trimmed. The flowers, sentiments and tie were adhered to finish.

Hope you have enjoyed this project and have been inspired to upgrade a frame yourself!

Take care until next time,  Kay M