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

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

Christmas Star

Hello Everyone and Welcome!

Today Ksenija is here, and I am happy to share with you a new project dedicated to Holidays Season.

I am featuring several IndigoBlu supplies and demonstrating how to mix Christmas themed stamps with year-round stamps. I love Amaryllis flowers during the Christmas season, I think Colour Me - Lily stamp looks very similar to Amaryllis.

I started with stamping Colour Me - Lily in black Archival ink down to a piece of white card stock and for the second tome - down to masking paper. To create a mask I fussy cut out stamen impression. Prior to masking the stamens I heat embossed black anthers with clear embossing powder three times to make them glossy and a little bit dome-shaped.

I masked out the stamens and generously covered Lily impression with Distress Ink in Candied Apple. To create a more dramatic look I blended in Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany and Blueprint Sketch to the edges. Keeping my mask in place I dropped clear water over the image and towel dried it. Having removed my mask I coloured the stamens with Distress Markers.

I covered a string of stars from Peace on Earth stamp set with FlitterGlu, stamped it down to Lily and adhered MegaFlakes in Chariot of Fire.

The final step is to create a card panel. I splattered water diluted IndigoBlu acrylic paints in GoldFinger and Hunter Green and let it air dry.

After this I inked the string of stars from Peace on Earth stamp set with dye ink in black and stamped it down to the panel. From the same set I used a text stamp and made several impressions in Aged Mahogany and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks.

To assemble the card I glued the panel to a card base and used a foam tape to raise the square with Lily.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope, you enjoy this card and will try to mix Christmas stamps with year-round images.

I am wishing you peace, love and joy at Christmas and always!

IndigoBlu Supplies Used:
Colour Me Lily
Peace on Earth
FlitterGlu
Chariot of Fire
English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint - Hunter Green
Artist's Acrylic Paint - GoldFinger

Fireworks Canvas

Hi everyone, it's Solange Marques here. Today, I'll share more one project with IndigoBlu products and inspired on fireworks theme.
Ive made a canvas:

First I've covered the canvas using IndigoBlu GeeSso Good!Gesso-Black . Then I applied FlitterGlu on IndigoBlu Stencil Star 6x6:

 I've applied Megaflake Chariot of Fire on the stars:

Using a water pen I've made some traces with several colours from IndigoBlu Luscious Pigment Powders:

 Then I've applied modelling paste on IndigoBlu stencil-Whimsical Houses:

I hope you enjoy it!

Christmas Tag

Hello, Solange Marques here and yoday I'll share with you more a Christmas project using the fabulous IndigoBlu products!
I've made a Christmas tag:

First, I applied FlitterGlu on IndigoBlu Madonna and Child rubber stamp and I added Megaflake Chariot of Fire:

On the chipboards I applied FlitterGlu , Megaflake Chariot of Fire and a little of GeeSso Good! Gesso-Black on the edges:

On the tag I've used IndigoBlu Script Background Rubber Stamp with clear embossing powder. I also applied GeeSso Good! Gesso-white and gold ,metallic paste:

Here more close ups:

I hope you enjoy it!

Country House | Creating a Focal Element

Hello Everyone and Welcome! Today Ksenija is here, and I am excited to share with you a new project featuring Country House stamp from the latest IndigoBlu release. Previously I demonstrated how to use a complete impression of this stamp, while today I will show you how to create a focal element.

For my background I used IndigoBlu 6 x 6 inches stencil Roses. It covers the standard card panel (5 1/2 x 4 inches) completely. I blended Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin and Barn Door. Then I distressed the edges of the panel with Antique Linen and Black Soot Distress inks.

To create a focal element I inked Country House rubber stamp in archival black ink and stamped it down to an oval watercolour paper die cut. I did not want to colour it carefully, so I just smeared Antique Linen Distress ink directly with an ink pad across the impression and added shades with a water brush using Walnut Stain Distress ink.

I love adding a little bit of interest with a different texture. I stamped an ivy hanging over the door in FlitterGlu down to a piece of watercolour paper and covered the impression with Chariot of Fire Mega Flakes. Then I coloured the ivy with watercolour markers and fussy cut it out. To mask white fresh cut edges I distressed them slightly with Walnut Stain Distress ink.

To finish off my card I adhered the oval element and stamped the sentiment from Floral Fantasy stamp set in black dye ink and added a few border elements from Tiny Backgrounds stamp set.

To assemble my card I used a foam tape to raise the panel and an ivy over the door. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoy this card and will give a try to Country House stamp in your next project.
IndigoBlu Supplies Used:
Country House Stamp
Roses Stencil
FlitterGlu
Chariot of Fire Mega-Flakes
Floral Fantasy Stamp Set
Tiny Backgrounds

Word Blocks #1 | Clean and Simple Cards

Hello Everyone and Welcome! Ksenija is here today highlighting Word Block #1 stamp set.

This set contains all occasions words so easy to use for card making. For the cards I demonstrate today I selected Beauty and Thanks words and started with stamping them down to white card stock.

Then I inked Vintage Flourish with light dye inks and rolled it randomly across Word Blocks impressions. The Word Blocks and black mats are die cut with Sizzix Square dies.

To add a little bit of shine and to soften black frames I stamped Honeycomb Background with FlitterGlu and covered the impressions with Chariot of Fire Mega Flakes.

To create main panels I stamped flowers and a rose branch from Live Laugh Love stamp set in Archival ink and coloured the impressions with watercolour markers.

For additional dimension I popped up the Word Blocks with a foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

IndigoBlu Supplies used:
Word Blocks #1
Honeycomb Background
Chariot of Fire Megaflakes
Vintage Flourish
Live Laugh Love

Megaflakes Watercolour Resist | Clean and Simple Card

Hello Everyone and Welcome! Ksenija is here today and I am sharing a project featuring the Chemistry Lab stamp set from the latest IndigoBlu release.

Today's post demonstrates a Clean and Simple card made with Mega Flakes resist technique and watercolour crystals.

I started with stamping repeatedly molecules from Chemistry Lab stamp set with Flitterglu down onto a cardstock panel and covering the impressions with Chariot of Fire Mega Flakes.

Having removed the excess of Mega Flakes, I applied clear water to the panel with a brush and sprinkled three different tones of watercolour crystals. To enhance the colouring I gradually added more crystals and sprayed the panel with clear water to dilute crystals. When the colouring became saturated, I dried the panel with a heat tool. Notice, that golden Mega Flakes resist watercolour and create a gorgeous contrast with blue and green colours stains.

I inked the sentiment from Chemistry Lab stamp set with Jet Black StazOn and stamped it down onto the panel.

Black cardstock makes a perfect base for such a bright panel. I decided to add a little texture to the base and heat embossed a partial impression of a sound wave from Light and Sound Borders stamp set in clear embossing powder.

To assemble the card I glued the panel to the card base overlapping slightly the embossed sound wave.

I hope you enjoy this project of mine and I inspired you to use Megaflakes resist with watercolours.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

IndigoBlu Supplies used:
Light and Sound Borders Stamp Set
Chemistry Lab Stamp Set
Chariot of Fire Megaflakes
FlitterGlu Kit

Happy Holidays!

Hello everyone and welcome! Ksenija is here today and I am sharing probably last Holiday themed project this year. Only a few days left before we all discard old calendars and hang new ones. But we all want this season to last as long as possible.

Today I am demonstrating the project inspired by my pre-Christmas trip to Heidelberg, an old town close to Frankfurt with the magnificent fortress. I visited it during Christmas markets and loved it absolutely. So I made this canvas reminding me of Heidelberg and Christmas shopping.

I started with painting my canvas with Sleeping Beauty, Vodka Martini and Wimberry Pie paints.

While the background was drying, I stamped a snowflake border from the 'Here Comes Santa' stamp set with FlitterGlu on two pieces of PVC and applied Chariot of Fire MegaFlakes.

Then I painted a strip of watercolour paper with water diluted Sleeping Beauty and Vodka Martini paints. As soon as paints air dried I stamped repeatedly buildings from the A6 'Snow Globe' set in red archival ink and fussy cut out the city landscape.

To add dimension and also to cover some of seams I made several stars. I die cut each star four times from watercolour paper and once from Christmas Compendium card. Stacked them and glued. Then I applied Gee-Sso Good! in white with an old trimmed toothbrush and covered with a translucent paste. While the paste was wet, I sprinkled the stars with a mix of embossing enamels. When the paste dried and became transparent I heated enamel.

The focal image of a girl I fussy cut out from on of the Christmas Compendium Mini Postcards and adhered to a grunge board and cut out again.

To assemble my project, I adhered PVC sheets to the canvas with tiny glue dots, then the cityscape with a liquid glue, scattered the stars and adhered them with a a liquid glue also. To raise the focal image I used a foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this project and you will use some of the techniques I demonstrated.

It would fit well with the latest IndigoBlu challenge 'All That Sparkles'; there's still plenty of time to enter and be in with a chance of winning some IndigoBlu stamps of your choice or seeing your work in the spotlight here on the IndigoBlu Blog!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a Happy Prosperous New Year!

IndigoBlu supplies used:

A5 Here Comes Santa stamp set
A6 Snow Globe stamp set
English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Sleeping Beauty
English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Vodka Martini
FlitterGlu Kit 
Chariot of Fire MegaFlakes
Christmas Compendium card
White Gee-Sso Good!
Christmas Compendium Mini Postcards