Challenge 28 - A pocketful of Posies

Hi everyone, I'm excited about this month's challenge, I think it's one you will all love, especially as we are coming to summer and the flower's will be out... we'd like to see your 'Pocketful of Posie's' entries!

Firstly the winner of last month's challenge Just One Layer is:

Congratulations Elaine Traverso!  Please contact anna@indigoblu.com to arrange your prize and don't forget to grab your winner's badge from the badges tab above.

The fabulous winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by the DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

You’ll find all the information on how to enter the challenge,  the rules (don’t worry, there’s not that many) and get to meet the Design Team in the tabs above.

This month’s Top 3 from the 'Just One Layer' challenge, as chosen by the DT are...

1: No. 15 - Bev
2: No. 31 - Lynda
3: No. 32 - Jane

Well deserved congratulations to you all, and don't forget to grab your Top Three badge from the Badges tab above.

This months challenge is... Challenge 28 - A Pocketful of Posies.

Last month's winner Helen, made this fab lamp for us:

Helen had this to say:

I had a naked bodice to hand so decided to make an apron using the Anemone Corner stamp. I used 'Mowed Lawn' Distress Ink pad on green fabric, added a pocket, a flower button and lace. I covered the bodice with a floral decoupage paper and added a bead 'necklace'.

I then had an idea to turn the bodice into a lamp base so dug out a naked flower pot to use as a shade. I turned the pot upside down  to create a shade and covered it using 5 pieces card (one plain piece for the top of the pot) that I coloured with a 'Stormy Weather' Distress Ink pad and I stamped the border stamp from Nature 1 across the bottom of each piece of card in black VersaFine. Once I had glued the card in place I used a clear tube (piece of junk) to glue the shade and bodice together.

I think you will agree this is a fantastic idea from Helen, I'm sure she would love it if you hopped across to her blog to check out the full details.  Thank you Helen for your inspiration this month for IndigoBlu.

And now to our Challenge Design Team, who have some makes to share with you too:

Jenny Marples

Nikki Killinger

Julie Cassidy

We'd love to see your work - do enter for your chance to win, and share with your friends so they can enter too, the more the merrier!

Good luck,
The IndigoBlu Challenge Design Team.

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Challenge 27 - Just one Layer - Top 3 Inspiration

Good morning!

Lovely to have you joining us again on the challenge blog, today it's time for the Top 3 from Challenge 26 (Off the Edge), to share the pieces they have designed especially for us, to inspire you further this month!

First up we have Doreen:

Doreen had this to say:

Thank you so much for inviting me to do an inspiration piece for the blog.

I have made a fridge magnet with a piece of Stampbord.

I started by first colouring my background with Peacock Feathers Distress ink and edging with Black Soot Distress ink. I then stamped the sentiment from the Take the Time stamp sheet onto my background using Black Versafine ink, once dry I scraped out some highlights with a sharp knife to finish off I silver embossed the edges and stuck a magnet on the back

Next up it's Mariette:

Mariette had this to say:

The Just one Layer challenge is the perfect challenge for me, as I love to create and build up my own backgrounds.

Step by step instructions on how I created this card:
On a white piece of paper stamp with archival black the poppy. Mask off the poppy and start blending distress inks cracked pistache, mustard seed onto the background. Flick some waterdrops on the background, let it sit for a minute and depp it off with a dry cloth.

Stamp the text with distress ink spiced marmalade randomly on the background. And do the same with the ledger background stamp with distress ink cracked pistachio.
Stamp the text again with archival black ink. Remove the mask and start watercoloring the flower with distress inks spiced marmalade and mustard seed.
Tear the edges around the card,  tear off the rightcorner for a distressed look. Add a doodling frame around the outside of card.
And finally adhere the background onto a white card.


And last but definitely not least we have Gerrina:

And Gerrina says:

I have created a one-layer-card with stamps from IndigoBlu and the technique that I did at the Art Specially Event with Petra van der Zee, because I think the effect is beautiful.

I think you will agree our top 3 did us proud, some great inspiration here.  We'd love you to join us, there is just over a week to go, and you can enter HERE.

See you soon!

The Indigoblu Challenge Design Team & Demonstrators.

Challenge 27 - Just One Layer - Demonstrator Inspiration

Hi all, today we have for you some extra inspiration from some of the Indigoblu demonstrator's for the latest challenge, Number 27 - Just one Layer.

 Have a look at the fabulous work then join in the fun of the challenge!  You can win Indigoblu stamps, of your choice!  (And there are so many lovely new ones!).

Here are our lovely demonstrator's inspiration pieces:

Cheremane

Elizabeth

Lisa

Kay

Lydia

Wow! some really fab inspiration from our Demonstrator team here at Indigoblu.

You can enter the challenge HERE. Tune in next week for the inspiration from the top 3 winners of challenge 26.

Thanks for visiting!

Indigoblu Challenge Team &
Indigoblu Demonstrators.

Challenge 27 - Just one Layer!

Hi all,

Our 'Off the Edge' challenge is now finished, we had loads of entries, some lovely work out there - keep it coming!

The winner of Challenge 26 - Off the Edge is:

Congratulations Helen!  Please contact anna@indigoblu.com to arrange your prize and don't forget to grab your Winner's Badge from the Badges tab above.

The fabulous Winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by the DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

You’ll find all the information on how to enter the challenge,  the rules (don’t worry, there’s not that many) and get to meet the Design Team in the tabs above.

This month’s Top 3 from the 'Off the Edge' challenge, as chosen by the DT are...

1: Mariette
2: Doreen's
3: Gerrina

Well deserved congratulations to you all, and don't forget to grab your Top Three badge from the Badges tab above.

This months challenge is... Challenge 27 - Just one layer!

Last month's winner, Helen Barker,  made this fab Warhol inspired card for us, isn't it clever?

Here is what she had to say:

I just love the IndigoBlu teddies, especially the Aloysius dinkie, and was keen to use them in some form for this month’s challenge of Just One Layer.

Inspiration struck when I was wondering how I could use repeated images of Aloysius and still keep to the challenge theme.  Aha - Pop Art!

So here’s the Andy Warhol inspired interpretation of Aloysius.  Repeated images using various Memento ink colours and the block colour added with colourful Promarkers.

Hope you enjoy it. xx

And here is our inspirational Challenge Design Team's work:

Julie

Nikki K

LindyLou

Gez Butterworth

Laura Williams

We'd love to see your work - do enter for your chance to win, and share with your friends so they can enter too, the more the merrier!

Good luck,
The IndigoBlu Challenge Design Team.

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Challenge 26 Top 3 Inspiration - Off the Edge

Good morning all,

Today we have for you some wonderful inspiration for this months challenge 'Off the Edge', from our Top 3 winners of Challenge 25. You still have a few days until the challenge closes, you can enter the challenge HERE, or by following the instructions in the above tab and e-mailing us your entry.

First up, and in no particular order we have Sue Davies:

Sue had this to say:

Thank you very much for inviting me to do an inspiration piece. I decided to keep it small and I've decorated a slide mailer.

The mailer has been painted with acrylics in muted colours, and then stamped with images from the Yorkshire Evening Post plate. I then stamped onto paper and attached to the slide with Glossy Accents. Some of the images have been very lightly coloured with Distress Markers.

Next up is Christina Dore:

Christine said:

I have made a 12×12 scrapbook layout for the mid way IndigoBlu blog challenge “Off The Edge”  I have stamped Becca, Caitlin, Diana and Lost in Thought in each corner of some subtle checked patterned paper subtle checked patterned paper and then covered each image with a mask. Stamp all around the page going off the edge using the Bubble Background. The photo mat has been stamped with Rugged Edges.

I have also used the Splattered Heart with second generation stamping, and the saying from Caitlin stamped on top using black ink.

I hope you like my project. I am really enjoying using the IndigoBlu stamps for my layouts. They are such great designs and very versatile.

And last but not least, is Joan Turner:

I was very pleased to be invited to submit an inspirational project for the current IB challenge “Off the Edge”.

It is my husband's birthday this week and we were bemoaning the fact that birthdays seem to come around too quickly these days and how time flies – hence the inspiration for this card.

I have used  my favourite techniques to create a background with texture paste, stencils, stamps, paints and ink. No two are ever the same and you can just have fun playing, nothing is ever wrong and if you don’t like something you can paint over it and start again. Whatever you create will always be unique and personal.

I hope you will agree there is some fab inspiration here from our top 3 winners from the ''Spring Greens' challenge.  Very talented peeps!  Thank you so much ladies for taking the time to do this for us, your work is beautiful.

And remember, this could be you next month!  Just hop along and join us in the challenge HERE. xx

Best Wishes,

Indigoblu Challenge Blog Design Team.

xx

Challenge 26 - 'Off the Edge' Demonstrator Inspiration

Hi all,

Hope you've had a lovely Easter, the weather has certainly been a lot nicer, some beautiful sunshine around.

Today we have for you an inspiration filled post full of fabulous makes from the demonstrator team for the latest challenge, Number 26 - 'Off the Edge'.

 Have a look at the fabulous work then join in the fun of the challenge!  You can also visit our Demonstrator team's own blogs by clicking on the link below their picture, if you want to learn more on how they made their inspiration piece.

Here they all are:

Maxine

Kay

Alison

Elizabeth

Lydia

Wow! some really fab inspiration from our Demonstrator team here at Indigoblu.

You can enter the challenge HERE. Tune in next week for the inspiration from the top 3 winners of challenge 24.

Thanks for visiting!

Indigoblu Challenge Team &
Indigoblu Demonstrators.

Indigoblu Challenge 26 - 'Off the Edge'

Hi everyone. It seems Spring is definitely here, and you all took the challenge up so well. We had some fab entries again this month - thank you all for entering.

The winner of Challenge 24: 'Spring Greens' is:

#30 Helen Barker

Congratulations Helen. Please email anna@indigoblu.com to arrange your prize and don't forget to grab your Winner's Badge from the Badges tab above.

The fabulous Winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by the DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

You’ll find all the information on how to enter the challenge,  the rules (don’t worry, there’s not that many) and get to meet the Design Team in the tabs above.

This month’s Top 3 from the 'Spring Greens' challenge, as chosen by the DT are...

1: No 32, Christina Dore
2: No 29,  Craftie Times
3: No. 5, Sue the Iron

Well deserved congratulations to you all, and don't forget to grab your Top Three badge from the Badges tab above.

This months challenge is... 'Off the Edge'

Our lovely winner of the Spring Green's challenge has joined us as a Guest Designer this month, this is her inspiration for you:

Beverley had this to say:

I would like to thank the team at IndigoBlu for inviting me to be guest designer this month. I feel honoured and delighted to join them. I have always been a huge fan of IndigoBlu and I am still amazed and thrilled to have won.

The blue background of the card has been done with alcohol inks, cling film technique and using the diamond stencil and blending solution to form the pattern in the places I wanted.

I stamped the bubbles background stamp in white pigment ink in two corners.

I used the diamond stencil again, coloured embossing paste, silver and blue glass glitter, which added dimension and interest to another corner.

The last corner was highlighted with heat embossed enamel, mica flakes and coloured glass glitter.

The Big Butterfly stamp has been stamped and embossed with white embossing powder ‘Off The Edge’ of the blue background card.

I cut out a square out of white card and popped the blue background into it. This gave me ‘The Off The Edge’ theme that I wanted.

I stamped the Big Butterfly again and the Bubbles Stamp and heat embossed with white embossing powder and added more embossing enamel, mica flakes and glass glitter onto the white card to finish off the theme.

I masked off one of the bubbles and stamped a small butterfly from the Butterfly Collector stamp set into it and embossed in white.

I masked and coloured some of the bubbles and added glossy accents to them.

The word ‘Love’ has been die cut with glossy accents on it.

Lastly, I used a Dye ink around the edges and mounted it onto white card.

I had fun, tried new techniques to me and now have lots of ‘trial’ (mistakes) backgrounds to use at a later date!

Thank you once again for giving me this opportunity and thank you for your fabulous, continuous inspiration from your very talented Design Team.

Thank you Beverley for joining us this month, beautiful inspiration!  

You can see Beverley's full blog here.

And on to the Challenge Designer's pieces, you can visit their blogs and see how they were made by clicking on their names under the pics.

LindyLou

Gez Butterworth

Julie Cassidy

Laura Williams

Nikki K

Hope you agree there is some fab inspiration here!  We'd love to see your work - do enter for your chance to win!

Good luck,
The IndigoBlu Challenge Design Team.

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