Inspiration from Solange Marques, Ksenija Rizova and Georgie Connelly

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;

Solange Marques

Ksenija Rizova

Georgie Connelly

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

Inspiration from Jenny Marples, Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

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;

Jenny Marples

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

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

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!

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

Bright fun textures with Beck BT

Hi Everyone, it's Beck Beattie here today to share with you a scrapbook page I created full of colour and fun using so many of the fun IndigoBlu textures!

The process:

• I created the page by first selecting the different textures I wanted to use.

• I then chose a different colour ink pad for each texture.  

• I layered each of the colours trying to achieve a little balance from one side to the other

• After all my stamping was complete I matted my photo with black card stock

• I then set about to finish off the page with a contrasting title and embellishments and colour splatter in colours to match the various stamped coloured textures.  

The products:

These are the yummy texture stamps I chose to use for my page;

So you can get up close and personal with all that yummy texture here are some more pictures!

I hope you enjoyed my share today and I've inspired you to do some home decorating of your own.

Happy Creating!

xxxBeck BT

 

An Altered Cigar Box with Indigoblu

I love cigar boxes, there are so many ways to alter them.  This small La Capitana box is 7" x 6" x 5," and is a fun box size to play with.  Lets see how I altered this beauty with IndigoBlu Slap It On, Red Rubber Stamps, Mega Flakes and Stencils.

I started with a piece of vintage sewing pattern laid out flat.  Using the Splattered Heart Dinkie stamp by Limor Webber, I stamped it once in an open area with no imagery on the pattern, this is on purpose for later in the project.

Once you have stamped the heart, using the same ink and the Indigoblu 6" x 6" Texture stencil, ink the entire pattern sheet covering the whole surface.

 Prepare the surface of the cigar box.

I got my first chance to use the IndigoBlu Slap It On medium to apply the stenciled and stamped sewing pattern directly to the box.

Doing one side at a time, cover with Slap It On (matte).  Add torn pieces of the pattern that will cover the entire surface, then pull off the excess all the way around.  As you move around the box, just push down the excess paper around the edges using the Slap It On.

SPECIAL NOTE:  Remember the Dinky Heart we stamped earlier, use that portion of the pattern on the top of the box.

Now we are going to cover a white chipboard pocket watch with Mega Flakes.  Prepare the surface with FlitterGlu, let stand for a moment then cover with Chocolate Box Mega Flakes and scour to complete the finish.

Once completed, I started to assemble the front of the box by adding a 1920s photo in the pocket watch (you could use a vintage image from the A6 Lost Family Mixed Media Paper collection), a Prima flower, some beads and chain along with burlap to give it all a vintage feel. Have fun putting it all together.

Add some stamped butterflies from the new A5 Floral Fantasy set around the box.

 I also stamped a butterfly onto the sewing pattern, cut it out and added it to the front ribbon flower.

I hope you give these techniques a try.  Feel free to visit my blog at www.AVintageGirl.com for more IndigoBlu inspiration.

Candy Rosenberg

www.AVintageGirl.com

Be the person...

Hi everyone and welcome! I've been having fun with the new Kibble Pups and Duke's Gang stamp sets and some fun new paint colours for this shadow box project.

The new English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint colours used here have the yummiest of names; Lemon Meringue, Lime Marmalade, Marshmallow and Mulberry Bush. And they coordinate beautifully with Townhouse Teal for this project. With a more translucent quality to them they are perfect for colouring in these super new designs. Here are some close ups of the finished shadow box...

Battersea Dogs Home has nothing on me with this today!!! And there's an idea - wouldn't these new stamps make the most wonderful fund raising cards for your favourite pet charity! (remember, there are cat versions too).

There are plenty more new projects to come from me and all the International Design Team using the new stamps (now released and available to purchase on the website HERE). And don't forget to enter the latest 'Anything Goes' challenge HERE to be in with a chance of winning your choice of stamps (including those new ones!!!)

For now take care of yourselves, Jenny xx

Products used;

A6 Duke's Gang stamp set

A6 Kibble Pups background stamp

English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paints

Gee-Sso Good! gesso