Friday, 7 July 2017

IndigoBlu launches... Christmas Wreath, Christmas Stag and Deer Forest

Hi everyone and welcome! We have some exciting news to reveal (for those of you who haven't already seen Kay Halliwell-Sutton's latest FB Live video from Wednesday 5th July HERE).

Kay will be launching some brand new Christmas stamp sets from IndigoBlu on HOCHANDA this weekend starting Saturday 8th July at 6pm, and with shows throughout Sunday 9th July (all details on sidebar).

As well as an A5 Christmas Wreath stamp set and two A6 stamps, Christmas Stag and Deer Forest, there will also be two new 6x6 stencils, Damaged Snowflakes and Snow. We thought you'd enjoy getting to see some of the show samples from the design team in advance to help whet your appetites.

These beautiful cards have been created by Carolyn Lakin;





And now we share some gorgeous cards from Cheremane Smith;





And finally some wonderful cards from Sue Ralph;





Haven't they done a fantastic job with these fabulous new stamps! There's more to see tomorrow and remember to tune in for Kay's shows on Hochanda, starting at 6pm on Saturday 8th July.

Sunday, 2 July 2017

Kay Molyneux's Mini Series - Simple Cards Day Three

Welcome to day three and the last in the mini series of simple, but stunning cards from KayM.


You can check out the full tutorial over at the IndigoBlu YouTube HERE

We hope you've enjoyed KayM's mini series as much as we have, see you soon.

Saturday, 1 July 2017

Kay Molyneux's Mini Series - Simple Cards Day Two

Welcome to day two of KayM's YouTube mini series of simple but beautiful cards.


You can check out Kay's full YouTube tutorial for Butterfly Wings on the IndigoBlu YouTube HERE

Friday, 30 June 2017

Kay Molyneux's Mini Series - Simple Cards

Today we are being spoilt with the first of three fabulous YouTube tutorials from Kay Molyneux.


Kay will be showing us how to create three simple but stunning cards over this weekend, so don't forget to check in at 10am Saturday and Sunday as well for more inspiration.

Follow the link HERE to the IndigoBlu YouTube.

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

VideoTutorial: Altered Letter Holder

Hello Giovanna here, to close this month all about flowers. This time I revamped an old decoupaged letter holder, with hand made spray paints and a bit of metal. With a blurry stamped flower I even made a pendant, and to my amazement, everyone loved it!
I made a video tutorial, enjoy it!



And the pendant, so lovely!

Products I used:

IndigoBlu Slap It On - Super ThickGeeSso Good! Gesso - White 120ml Live Laugh Love A5 Red Rubber StampJunk and Disorderly Artist's Acrylic Paint - Olive WaistcoatArtist's Acrylic Paint Cinderella (Metallic Pink) 60mlCollectors Edition - Number 2 - French Script
Teeny Background A6 Red Rubber Stamp by Kay Halliwell-SuttonCountry House A6 Red Rubber Stamp by Kay Halliwell-Sutton



Monday, 26 June 2017

Floral Tag


Hello, it is Cec here and today I am sharing a very feminine shabby floral tag with you.


I began by using a brayer to add Pink Iced Gem and then Wimberry Pie Acrylic Paint to a heavy tag.


Once the paint was dry, I brushed on a coat of Crackle Medium and let it dry completely before I painted on another coat of Pink Iced Gem.

I added some random stamping with the Script Background stamp and some Watering Can Archival Ink.


I cut a doily from a scrap of pink card stock using the Prima Lace Doily Die and then cut it in half.  The doily was then painted with Pink Luscious and splattered with some watered down Vodka Martini metallic paint before it was added to the tag.


Next I cut a strip of card stock and ran it through an embossing folder called Swiss Dots before I painted it with Wimberry Pie acrylic paint.  A little watered down Vodka Martini metallic paint was lightly sponged over the top and the strip was added to the tag over the doily.


Using Watering Can Archival Ink, I stamped flowers from the Live, Laugh, Love set onto some white card stock and pink Damaged Damask paper.  The leaves were stamped onto green Damaged Dots paper.

The edges of the leaves were inked with some Bundled Sage Distress Ink and then shaped.  Shading was added to the centres of the flowers with a Prismacolor pencil and then the edges were painted with some Vodka Martini metallic paint using a piece of Phat Foam.  The petals were shaped and then the flowers were layered.  Seed beads from my stash were added to the centre of the big flowers using some Slap it On Matte to adhere them.

I used a little EK Success flower punch to create a bunch of small flowers that were inked with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and then had purple pearls added to the centres.

The dragonfly and butterfly from Live, Laugh, Love were stamped onto scraps of white card stock and painted with Purple Luscious.  The body and the edges of the wings of the Dragonfly were painted with Vodka Martini metallic paint and tiny silver pearls were added to the body of the butterfly.

Finally a loopy pink organza bow was added to the top of the tag.  I hope my tag inspires you to use stamped flowers in the same you would punched or die cut flowers.


Sunday, 25 June 2017

Dandelion Dreams

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

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


I am featuring Victorian Garden stamp set in combination with Collector's Edition series. This set will be released soon and is available now for pre-order at IndigoBlu online store.


I started with watercolouring a piece of watercolour paper in blue and green stripes and die-cutting squares. Then stamped down Cross Hatch pattern and Numbers from Collector's Edition in soft grey ink.


I stamped a dandelion twice in black archival ink down to a card base and repeatedly down to die cut squares. The lower square is glued to card base, while the upper one is foam taped for additional dimension.
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
Collector's Edition No. 3 Cross Hatching
Collector's Edition No. 4 Numbers