Inspiration from International Design Team Members Carolyn and Ksenija

Good Morning and welcome to day three of inspiration from the International Design Team.

Carolyn

Ksenija

Hello Autumn

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

Today Ksenija is here, and I am happy to share with you a new project as a part of September inspiration from International DT.

I would like to demonstrate the way to use big stamps for Clean and Simple cards. For my card I am combining Lollipop Tree and Dreams Come True stamp sets with Megaflakes. Clean and Simple (CAS) cards should have a lot free (white) space and preferably one focal image. To comply with CAS style rules I suggest stamping the big image over the crease line.

I started with cutting the card base to 5 1/2" by 6 1/4" and folding it vertically at 2". Then stamped the tree in soft grey archival ink down to a soft grey card base. I did not center it, but moved the stamp to the right to get the stem of the tree on the front panel.

Then partially applied FlitterGlu to the tree stamp and made the second impression, which I covered with Winter Dawn Megaflakes. Winter Dawn - is a mix of silver foils with blue greens and shiny golds.

I cut a white card panel to size 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" and stamped down Hello script from Dreams Come True set. To bind visually the grey card base and this panel I heat embossed one heart in silver powder.

To assemble the card I folded it at 2" and adhered the white panel under the narrow side of the card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope, you enjoy this card and you will play with IndigoBlu stamps and Megaflakes this week. Have a great start of the week!

IndigoBlu Supplies Used:
Lollipop Tree Stamp
Dreams Come True Stamp Set
FlitterGlu
Winter Dawn Megaflakes

Love Is The Honey...

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

Today Ksenija is here, and I am happy to share with you a new project as a part of May inspiration from International DT.

I am featuring Victorian Garden in combination with Megaflakes. This set will be released soon and is available now for pre-order at IndigoBlu online store.

I started with stamping down a beautiful quote from Victor Hugo and a grass silhouette in black archival ink directly to a card base.

Then die cut a square from a piece of card stock and blended in a mix of Distress inks to create ombre effect from bright yellow to dark green.

Using FlitterGlu stamped down the grass to the square panel a bit off the edge and covered the impression with Chariot of Fire Megaflakes. These Megaflakes come in a pure bright gold shade and stand out beautifully on a green-blue background.

Finally stamped down a bee from the same stamp set in black archival ink and mounted the square to the card base using foamed tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope, you enjoy this Summer card and you will take a look at the new release of IndigoBlu stamps.

IndigoBlu Supplies Used:

Victorian Garden Red Rubber Stamp Set

FlitterGlu

FlitterGlu Kit

Chariot of Fire Megaflakes

Discover New Oceans

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

Today Ksenija is here, and I am happy to share with you a new project as a part of March inspiration from International DT.

I am featuring Under the Sea stamp set in combination with Megaflakes.

I started with stamping the bubbles in black archival ink down to a white card stock base.

Then I coloured the impressions with watercolour markers.

The next step was to create a panel with a focal element. I cut a panel by 2 cm smaller than the size of the standard card. Stamped down the sentiment from the same set in black ink and then a seashell in soft grey ink. I applied FlitterGlu to the upper edge of the shell and stamped it down repeatedly. Winter Dawn Megaflakes look gorgeously in combination with soft grey inks.

To assemble my card I adhered the panel to the card base using a piece of foam for additional dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope, you enjoy this card and you will play with IndigoBlu stamps and Megaflakes this week.

IndigoBlu Supplies Used:
Under the Sea Stamp Set
FlitterGlu
Winter Dawn Megaflakes

Breathe! It's Spring!

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

Today Ksenija is here, and I am happy to share with you a new project as a part of March inspiration from International DT.

I am featuring Live Laugh Love stamp set in combination with other IndigoBlu stamps and products.

I started with stamping this gorgeous flower from Live Laugh Love set in scarlet dye ink and repeatedly in embossing ink. To make dye ink watercolour resistant I covered the image with fine clear embossing powder and heat set it.

I added light colouring to the flower with watercolour markers. To create a soft shading around the image I masked off the flower with masking paper and blended in Distress ink in Salty Ocean. Then I stamped a dotted splatter image from Butterfly Collector set using FlitterGlu and covered the impression with one of my favourite Megaflakes - Chariot of Fire. 
At the end I stamped down Breathe from Plume set in black ink and mounted the panel to scarlet card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope, you enjoy this card and you will play with IndigoBlu flower sets during this weekend.

IndigoBlu Supplies Used:
Live Laugh Love Stamp Set
Butterfly Collector Stamp Set
Plume Stamp Set
FlitterGlu
Chariot of Fire Megaflakes

Treasure box

Hello Ladies and Guys! Monika here. Today I want to show you my mixed media box.

I played with MegaFlakes and with paints. First I applied coat of GeeSso Good! Gesso - Black. Then I stamped the doily stamp from Floral Fantasy set using my favourite Mega Flakes Chocolate Box. 

I also used metallic paints: Gold, Sleeping Beauty, Copper as you can see, they are perfectly working together. At the end I applied thin coat of Slap It On Gloss to add some shine.

I love experimenting with paints, and you? Please share yours works with IndigoBlu paints in the comments below. I would love to see them!

Have a great weekend!

Monika xx

I used:

Indigoblu Floral Fantasy A5

Indigoblu Tiny Background

Indigoblu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Metallic Gold

Indigoblu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Metallic Copper

Indigoblu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Sleeping Beauty

GeeSso Good! Gesso - Black

Indigoblu IndigoBlu FlitterGlu Kit in a Box

Indigoblu IndigoBlu Megaflake Chocolate Box

Indigoblu IndigoBlu Slap It On Gloss

Weird Science...Beautiful Mind

Hello, Kay Molyneux here. I'm so pleased to share this canvas board using the Weird Science Series of stamps. It started out as a part completed project that's been in my craft room for ages. It was going to be a portrait meadow scene, the grasses had been applied using texture paste and paper shapes but I had a brain wave - turn it to landscape and paint it all over with white Gee-Sso-Good gesso mixed with a little black.

To add some colour, English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Burning Bonfire was mixed with the new Slap-It-On Gloss giving a lovely orange glaze and the same was done with Cinderella both were painted as shown and also used to give some paint splatters.

The Periodic Table of Elements and images from A5 Light and Sound Borders and A5 Chemistry Lab sets were stamped with StazOn on to tissue paper, torn out and applied using Slap-It-On Matt.

The butterflies were made by stamping the Calculus with white Gee-Sso-Good gesso onto IndigoBlu Black Stamping Card then over stamping with the butterfly images using FlitterGlu and applying Copper Kettle Mega Flakes.

The test tubes from Chemistry Lab were stamped onto acetate and coloured from behind and mini glass bottles were filled with beads, paint and Mega Flakes and labelled from the Periodic Table of Elements stamp applied with Slap-It-On Matt.

Sentiments from the Chemistry Lab and A5 Beautiful Mind sets were stamped onto kraft card and cut out and some beakers from Chemistry Lab were stamped onto shrink plastic, these were added to the canvas. These were used to frame the little girl studying from the A6 Lost Family Mixed Media Paper Pack.

I do hope this has inspired you to play with the fabulous Weird Science Series stamps!

Until next time,
Kay M

Products used;

English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paints
Gee-Sso Good! Gesso - white and black
A6 Periodic Table of Elements
A6 Calculus
A5 Chemistry Lab
A5 Beautiful Mind
A5 Light and Sound Borders
A6 Lost Family Mixed Media Paper Pack
A6 Big Butterfly
Dinkie Butterfly
A5 Floral Fantasy
IndigoBlu Black Stamping Card
Clear Heat Resistant Acetate
FlitterGlu
Copper Kettle Mega Flakes

I Believe in You Card

Hello Everyone!

Zoey here today to show you the last card I made using IndigoBlu products! I had fun playing with the new Cartography Mixed Media Card Stack and Mega Flakes! The card collection is awesome and the Mega Flakes are just the best thing ever! Perfect to add just the right shine to all your projects!

I choose one patterned paper from the Mixed Media Paper Pad 6x6 Cartography and covered the sides with tape and then IndigoBlu Gee-Sso Good - White to tie everything together. I let it dry and mixed in a bit of IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Goldfinger and IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Postbox Red.

To add some more interest to the background I stamped here and there with StazOn Mini Jet Black and Indigoblu Grand Tour I.

I stamped IndigoBlu Flutterby Dinkie with StazOn Mini Jet Black over a piece of card stock and then I used Indigoblu FlitterGlu to stamp again the IndigoBlu Flutterby Dinkie. I covered it with Indigoblu Mega Flakes Lancashire Rose and removed the excess. LOVE the result!

I stamped the sentiment over another piece of card stock always using StazOn Mini Jet Black and a text from IndigoBlu Boadicea. I love to be able to stretch stamps to get the sentiment I want!

Finally I glued the sentiment, stitched around the sides and attach my background to the card base.
And here's the final result!

Stay happy stay creative, till next time!
Ciao, Zoey


Products Used :

• IndigoBlu Flutterby Dinkie
• IndigoBlu Grand Tour I
• IndigoBlu Boadicea
• IndigoBlu FlitterGlu
• IndigoBlu Megaflake Lancashire Rose
• IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Goldfinger
• IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Postbox Red
• IndigoBlu Gee-Sso Good - White
• StazOn Mini Jet Black
• Cartography Collection Mixed Media 6x6 Paper Pad

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

The Biggest Adventure

Hello Everyone and Welcome! Ksenija is here today and I am sharing a clean and simple project today.

I am highlighting Clumber Park and Grand Tour III stamps sets by IndigoBlu.

I created an encouraging card by sponging a card stock panel with a mix of Distress Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberries and Seedless Preserves). I splattered clean water with a brush over the distressed panel, counted to 20 and rolled a paper towel roll across to pick up some diluted inks, and heat set the colour.

To add more interest to the panel I distressed the edges lightly with Black Soot Distress Ink and heat set it.

The sentiment is from IndigoBlu Grand Tour III stamps set and the flying birds are from Clumber Park. I stamped down the sentiment first and then the birds in Jet Black Archival Ink.

I added a compass image from IndigoBlu Grand Tour III stamps set to the lower right corner by stamping it down first in Seedless Preserves Distress Ink, heat setting and then stamping it down with FlitterGlu and covering with IndigoBlu Chocolate Box Megaflakes.

How beautiful is the combination of the migrating birds and the encouraging sentiment? I hope you enjoyed this quick and elegant card and I inspired you to create a project to play along at IndigoBlu Challenge "Anything Goes" this month.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

IndigoBlu Supplies used:
Grand Tour III Stamps Set
Clumber Park Stamps Set
Chocolate Box Megaflakes
FlitterGlu Kit

Mega Flakes Cottage

Good day! Candy here.

When I first discovered how Mega Flakes works, I find myself looking all around to figure out what I can cover with it and I do not mean just a little part, more like the whole thing. So when I saw this chipboard house, I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it.

A whole lot of Mega Flakes and some IndigoBlu paint and I have my own unique chipboard house. The colors match perfectly with my home decor.

I covered the main portion of the house in the IndigoBlu Lancashire Rose and Copper Kettle Mega Flakes. I then used Eton Mess Mega Flakes to create the bottom base to look like concrete. I created the roof with IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint "Goldfinger" and created the chimney look with burgundy ink.

 Look at the concrete effect I made with the silver flake, love this color;

I hope you enjoyed this project.  Can't wait to see what others do with this amazing product!

Craft On,

Candy Rosenberg

www.AVintageGirl.com