Butterfly Tag

 Cheremane here with you today, let me take you for a walk through a Victorian Garden with some stunning new IndigoBlu goodies.

I started with a little resin frame I had in my stash and painted it with the New Junk and Disorderly paint Olive Waistcoat.

I mixed 1 part paint to 4 parts water to make a spritz with Warm Tan, another of the new paint colours, then spritzed a Junk and Disorderly tag and let it dry before stamping one of the sentiments from the new Victorian Garden stamp set. I added some Steam Whistle paint eekkk another new colour to some phat foam.

 I then used the Steam Whistle and the phat foam to stamp the lovely grasses from Victorian Garden stamp set. Stamping with the Indigoblu paints is so effective but make sure you clean your stamp straight away.

I added some of the Warm Tan to phat foam and stamped one of the butterflies from Victorian Garden, I also spritzed the paper roses with the Warm Tan and Olive Waistcoat paint to coordinate with the other elements.

To finish off I edged the tag with Steam Whistle then I attached the roses and butterfly with glue gel, added some green micro beads and some grey ribbon. There we have it a beautiful Victorian Garden walk.

Thank you so much for stopping by be sure to pop back again soon to be inspired by the team.

Crafty Hugs

Cheremane x

A Springtime Hello Circle Card

Autumn with you today to share a bright springtime creation with you.  I took artistic liberty with the Popycock stamp set for this pink and lime circe card.

I created the circle card from an XL circle die using watercolor paper.  I dipped my panel into a mix of green watery inks until I was happy with the look.

I created some more inky paper with pink inks and stamped the Poppycock stamps repeatedly onto the paper.  I used the remaining paper to cut the sentiment die.  For fun and dimension I added Art Stones to the center of my main flower.

I cut a variety of greenery dies and tucked them between my layers, letting them overflow the perimeter of the card for depth.  I hope this bright spring make encourages you to ink up your IndigoBlu flower stamps today!  Thank you for visiting!

Find the Poppycock stamp set HERE!

Waiting for Mr Darcy.....

Hi there it's Elizabeth here with another page from my Junk and Disorderly Journal. Jane is daydreaming of Mr Darcy with thoughts flying around her head like birds.

I started by stamping the lace from the Mr Darcy Stamp Set across the bottom of a Bockingford tag,  using Versamark ink, Wow fine black embossing powder, and heating it. Once cool I trimmed across the edge to create a scalloped finish.

I carried on adding more stamping and built up a design using Jane and also the birds. These were also embossed.

I coloured Jane and the rest of the tag, using a selection of the gorgeous Luscious Powders leaving each colour to dry completely before adding another, otherwise the colours would blend together like watercolours.

Whilst the tag was on one sie drying out, I stamped out a background using the Lace stamp, this time using a black Versafine ink. I added splatters of Cinderella Metallic  paint, and created a shelf for the tag to sit on using a piece of bright pink Sari Silk.

I added more of the same Pink Sari Silk to the tag, before adding it onto the journal page.

To finish off the page I added more birds, die cut from a Tim Holtz strip die.

So Jane sitting pretty in her pink silk gown is dreaming of Mr Darcy, his velvet brown eyes, broad shoulders and handsome good looks, will he call on her, I wonder..................

Elizabeth x

February Challenge Blog Winners & Announcement

Morning all,

You may wonder why this post is a little late this month, we have an announcement regarding the IndigoBlu challenge, and it has taken some time to reach a decision.  Kay and Alfie wanted to pass on the following to you:

Alfie here...

A big thank you for all of your support and lovely artwork over the last few years. We are constantly reviewing the best ways to develop the IndigoBlu brand and ways of working with our customers.

Moving forward we have decided to focus more on better use of Facebook and YouTube in the future, so we have decided that last months challenge is our last.

Again, thank you for all of your entries and also a big thank you to Nikki who has run the Challenge blog brilliantly for us.

Lots of Love 

Alfie and Kay 

We still need to announce the winner's from February's challenge, who have been notified.

First our random winner is:

Congratulations on your win Nate, an absolutely beautiful project.  

And our Top 3, chosen by the DT are:

1.  No. 5 - Linda Simpson

2. No. 1 - Mirador Makings

3. No. 6 - Debs Frosts

Congratulations all, we will be in touch shortly to arrange guest spots on the IndigoBlu blog. 

We hope you continue to join us for the fab projects and inspiration, and we will keep you up to date with our YouTube channel and on Facebook of course.

Warm Regards,

All at IndigoBlu. 

Tweet Tweet It's Spring

Hi it's Jannet here.
As March arrives, we are celebrating the arrival (hopefully) of Spring! I am thinking about Springtime and Easter decorations to bring some colourful cheer to our homes.

I foraged my local forest for three suitable looking twigs. I arranged them in a triangle and joined them tightly together with some twine.I left enough twine at the top to create a loop, so it could be hung up if needed.

I stamped the bird, flowers and leaves from the Live,Laugh,Love stamp set with Archival black ink. I gave them some colour with watercolours. I used a bright yellow for the flowers to create a happy Springtime feel.

After fussy cutting them I added some texture paste to the centre of the flowers. When dry I brushed some lovely Coral Luscious over the top to add some shimmering colour.

I curled up the edges of the leaves to give them a more natural look. Then I checked that I had coloured underneath the curled up part !I shaped and folded the flowers slightly too.

Thank you so much for visiting today. I wish you a very happy Springtime.
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Tutorial: Linen Hanging Heart

Hello Giovanna today with the last post for this month full of love!
A while ago a friend of mine gave me a roll of heavy cotton, that looks like a lot like linen, so I used it to make a hanging heart, using stamps, paper and the brilliant shades of the Cottage paints: Spring is in the air..... Follow me in this step by step, it is super easy to make!

Trace and cut out the heart shape from the fabric

Paint just the in the middle with gesso

Paint some strips using the Cottage paints, blending them together. Give a second coat until you are happy with the result, let it dry

Put a small amount of acrylic paint on the desktop and using a brayer roll the paint on the background stamps. Stamp randomly.

Cut out some elements from the paper pad and glue them to the heart, along with the stamped sentiment.

Glue the heart to a piece of heavy cardstock and cut it out.

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Love Hearts

It is Cec here and today I am bringing you a card that is really clean and simple, which is a change from my usually shabby style.  I think this would make a great Valentine card for a fellow.

I started by using some Red Geranium Archival Ink and the dots stamp from the Tasty Textures set to stamp randomly on a panel of white card stock.

Next I dabbed some Silver and Gold Luscious around the stamping.

I used an old heart stencil to draw and then fussy cut a red and a brown heart from each of the Damaged Damask and Damaged Dots 12"x12" paper sets.  I also cut one brown heart from a Tim Holtz pad called Shattered Kraft Core and then took a Krylon Gold Leafing Pen to the edge of each heart.

To assemble my card, I printed my stamped panel with the word "love" using the print feature in my Cameo.  I mounted that panel on a panel of brown card stock and adhered them to my card blank.  Then I added all my hearts in a wonky row and topped the first one with a red button from my stash and a bow made from burlap string.

This was such a departure for me but I had so much fun seeing it come together with very little effort.