Layered Background Artist Trading Coins

Hi Everyone Mike here!

Today it's my turn to share with you a quick and fun little project creating some "on trend" artist trading coins with a multilayered paint background!

These cute miniature works of art are just 2.5" in diameter - such a fun way to practice your art techniques!

As per usual I have recorded my entire process on video for you to watch if you feel so inclined! To watch simply click the YouTube link below.

IndigoBlu products used in this project are as follows:

Watercolour Card pack

Hot Cocoa Acrylic Paint

Townhouse Teal Acrylic Paint

Duck Egg Acrylic Paint

Lime Marmalade Acrylic Paint

Banana Custard Acrylic Paint

Peppermint Tea Acrylic Paint

Jewel Stamp Set

The Draughtsman Stamp Set

Collector's Edition Stamp No9 - Bumblebee

Collector's Edition Stamp No12 - Seahorse

Collector's Edition Stamp No13 - Butterfly

Collector's Edition Stamp No15 - Dorking Hen

Art Journal Page - Lest We Forget

Hi Everyone it's Mike here - My IndigoBlu design team project falls on Armistice Day (11th November) and the Remembrance Day weekend so it's only fitting that I create an art journal page in remembrance of all those who died or were injured in wars in the service of their country.

IndigoBlu Products used:

• Wild Poppy Stamp Set
• Postbox Red Cottage Acrylic Paint
• Olive Waistcoat Junk & Disorderly Acrylic Paint
• Peppermint Tea Cottage Acrylic Paint
• White Gesso (Gee-Sso Good)
• Vintage Frame Stencil
• Damaged Damask Stencil

To watch how I created the art journal page above click on the YouTube link below to watch the entire process from start to finish.

I hope you enjoy the video and will subscribe to the IndigoBlu YouTube channel for more videos just like this one.

Easter Egg

Hello, It's Kay M here today with my spring project, a decorated egg which are a wonderful celebration of the season.   I have decorated a papermache two part egg shaped box, just perfect to house a chocolate egg!

A number of leaf sprigs were die cut and applied all over the outer surface using the Slap-it-On Matt  then GeeSsoGood white was painted both on the outside, and inside of the egg, then left to dry.    
I painted the inside with Lime Marmalade for a bright pop of colour.

The outside was painted first with Peppermint Tea and dried.  Then I applied Olive Waistcoat over the leaf shapes with a paint brush and removed excess with kitchen towel so the paint was removed from the raised areas.  LimeMarmalade was then dry brushed over, this gave a lovely textured appearance to the egg.

A sentiment from Victorian Garden was stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear powder onto white card, cut out and edged in black ink and adhered to the egg.

The flower sprig from the Clock Work Stamp Set was repeatedly stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear powder onto white card.  They were then painted with Mulberry Bush and Lemon Meringue paints and after the flowers had been fussy cut, they were glued onto the leaf shapes.

The Bee from Victorian Garden was repeatedly stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear powder onto heat resistant acetate.   Lemon Meringue paint was painted over the bodies and left to dry.   The Bee's were then fussy cut and attached to the egg.

I finished by adding a chocolate egg!

I do hope you have enjoyed my project and are inspired for you Easter makes.

Kay M. 

The Spirit of Christmas

Good morning it's Elizabeth here with a project made using the gorgeous new Winterland Wood stamps.

I started by stamping out the large tree from the set, using peeled paint Distress Ink as I wanted a watercolour feel to my project..

Then on a piece of white card 7 1/2" square I used Super Thick Slap It On through the Star Stencil dried it with my heat gun and then gave it a light colour wash of diluted Grandma's Teacup and Peppermint Tea Cottage Garden paint. The Super Thick creates a resist against the paint, so the stars pop through.

On a scrap piece of white card I stencilled again using the Super Thick Slap It On through the Spirit of Christmas stencil and gave that a colour wash of Grandma's Teacup paint before cutting it out.

I fussy cut the tree's out and added some of the gorgeous Unicorn Sparkles for snowy branches.

 
After distressing the edge of my background I added it to an 8" square card blank, and positioned the tree's across the centre.

I added torn strips of  Muslin across the bottom of the card to create some texture and then painted the the edges with some diluted Luscious Powder letting the colours run into the card behind. I also added more colour to the base of the tree's to ground them.

I finished off by adding the sentiment, some sequins and of course a little splattering of white GeeSsoGood.

I hope you enjoyed the project, don't forget to try adding luscious over the top of your paint and inks for another look.

Elizabeth x