Spring Mixed Media layout

Hello everyone!! It's Solange Marques here again!
Today I'll share with you a new project using the wonderful IndigoBlu products!
The month theme is Spring, then I prepared a Spring layout with a lot of flowers and butterflies!

I used the collections: Floral Fantasy and Damage Damask Mixed Media Paper pads12x12.
I've stamped some daisies using Blooming Great  A5 stamp, and I've used IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic paints : Banana Custard, Lemon Meringue, Frosty Sky and Hot Cocoa.

On the background I've used Honeycomb Background A6 stamp :

I've applied Lancashire Rose MegaFlakes on the chipboard using Flitterglu:

I hope you enjoy it!

Mixed Media Layout

Hello, Solange Marques here and today I'll share with you more one project using the amazing IndigoBlu products. This time I made a mixed media layout using the beautiful IndigoBlu Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Paper Pad.

I love to melt the photo on the background using IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic paints.

I stamped the page using IndigoBlu Word Blocks #1 A5  stamp set.

Supplies

IndigoBlu Word Blocks #1
IndigoBlu Fantasy Floral Mixed Media Paper Pad 12x12
IndigoBlu GeeSso Good! Gesso White
IndigoBlu GeeSso Good! Gesso Black
IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Hot Cocoa
IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Hunter Green
IndigoBlu  Artist's Acrylic Paint Emerald City (Metallic Green)
IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Lime Marmalade
IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Townhouse

I hope you enjoy it!

Happy

Hi, it's Elizabeth here sharing a project made with the gorgeous new Roses Stencil and the yummy new Kingfisher Metallic Paint and Lime Marmalade Cottage Garden Paint.

I cut out the butterflies from my piece of 12"x12" Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Stack and mounted my photo onto a piece of scrap black card.

Then I cut the rest of the Floral Fantasy card into strips and adhered them to a plain piece of 12" square card, along with a couple of plain strips. Once the glue had dried I gave them a light coat of White GeeSsoGood.

When the GeeSso Good had dried I stenciled Fine Modelling Paste through the gorgeous new Roses Stencil.

Once the paste was dry I started to build up the colour by spritzing/splattering diluted Kingfisher Blue making sure the Roses were coloured. I then did the same with the yummy Lime Marmalade Cottage Garden Paint and added some Butterflies from the Floral Fantasy Stamp Set stamped out in paint.

To finish off I added charcoal pencil along the edges of the paper strips to give some shade, and a few splatters of diluted Black GeeSsoGood to ground the photo, added the butterflies, gems and word from my stash.

Hope you enjoy the new products as much as we all do, see you soon.

Elizabeth x

Elegant in Pearls

Morning all it's Elizabeth here and I have another new project to share using the very beautiful Elsie stamp. I started out with a plan in mind and a canvas in front of me, and as everything came together, I just didn't like it. So meet plan B, which I love.

I started out by stamping Elsie onto a piece of Perfect White Stamping Card using Potting Soil Archival ink as I didn't want the image to run if I spritzed over it. I then added text from the Tasty Textures Stamp Set and blended around the edge using Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

Then for some un-known reason I did everything the opposite way round to how I would normally work, by creating and adding my mats and layers at this point. These are from the gorgeous After Morris Mixed Media Paper Stack. Which I then added to a base layer on an eight inch square card, as usual I couldn't resist distressing the edges of the layers. I love these papers as the Art Deco period has always fascinated me, and I'm very luck to live in an Art Deco house.

To add to the embellishments I fussy cut the flowers and butterflies from the front cover of my Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Paper Stack which were the perfect size to mix in with flowers and pearl strings from my stash.

These papers lend themselves perfectly to the distressed shabby look, and are so on trend with the colours in fashion at the moment.

So when planA doesn't work out there's always planB...... and I still have that canvas to play with ;)

Elizabeth x

Pretty In Pink - Foral Fantasy Stamps

Hi there. Elizabeth here with a project made using the very lovely new Floral Fantasy stamps they match the Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Card Stack beautifully and have three sentiments along with butterflies, Lilacs and a fabulous half Doily.

I used the sheet of Lilacs from the Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Stack adding die cuts over the top for texture. Once they were adhered to the card, I gave the whole page a coat of watered down White GeeSsoGood.

I stamped out the half doily using White GeeSsoGood in the position where I knew would be my focal point, on the left hand side, and also added some Glass Bead Gel to give a glint of light.  Then using one part paint to five parts water I added a nice big blob of........................the very gorgeous and soon to be released Mulberry Bush paint to a spritzer bottle, it is just yummy! The texture is gel like, so you can add sheer layers of gorgeous colour over your projects, and there are several gorgeous new colours that will be available soon.

There are two different sizes of Butterflies on the stamp sheet, I stamped out three of each in Black Stazon Ink, coloured them with the watered down paint and cut them out. Then I stamped out the gorgeous Lilac flower, added colour to the leaves with a Caran d'Ache pencil and spritzed the flowers themselves, to give a graded more natural look to them.  I always tend to buy neutral colours of lace and ribbon as I know I can spritz them to match any project, as the paints are all fabric paint as well!

The beautiful young girl is from the Lost Family Collection images that are perfect for mixed media projects, as they are printed on the same quality card stock as the papers. I added a little colour to her cheeks, lips, flowers and hair band, then trimmed around her as I didn't need the full image. Then comes the best bit, building up the page, layering the ribbons, adding the Butterflies and the stamped out Lilacs, followed by adding the young lady with a few extra flowers with a hint of paint added, and of course a sentiment.

Then to finish off how could I resist adding a few splatters of watered down White GeeSsoGood and a few iridescent sequins to catch the light.

I hope you enjoy all the products as much as I do, see you soon.
Elizabeth x

Picture Panel Portrait

Hello, Kay here. I found a broken photo frame, the glass long gone and the front beyond repair but the backing panel with the stand was intact so it has been up-cycled as the base for my framed  'Lost Family' member.

The panel was primed with white Gee-Sso-Good!,  fine texture paste was used through the Texture stencil on the right side. When dry the edges were painted with Goldfinger Metallic Paint .  A 12x12 sheet from the fabulous Arts & Crafts 'After Morris' Mixed Media Paper Stack was applied using Slap-It-On and trimmed. 

The whole panel was washed over  with diluted  Goldfinger paint. Course texture paste was then applied through the Roman Numerals stencil, when dry the texture paste was painted with Goldfinger metallic paint and shading added with a soft pencil. 

The script from Tasty Textures was randomly stamped over the panel with StazOn. Another Tasty Textures stamp was further stamped over the panel this time with FlitterGlu and the edges of the panel lightly sponged with the FlitterGlu pad, this was then gilded with Manchester Tart Mega Flakes.  

The pink roses and butterflies from two sheets of 6x6 Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Card Stack were fussy cut, shaped and lightly splattered with dilute Goldfinger. The edges of the A6 'AA man' from Lost Family Mixed Media Card Stack was distressed and had Mega Flakes applied. These were arranged with lace and pearl trimmings and then glued in place.

Do check out the new Mixed Media Papers, they are fabulous to work with, taking all sorts of treatments and always look superb.

Hope you have enjoyed this make as much as I had making it!

Kay x