DIY Stamped Desktop Christmas Calendar

For our December Count Your Blessings theme, I decided to create a Christmas calendar to display on my desk at work.  I picked up the wooden printed art at the Dollar Tree.  I used GeeSso Good! to paint the entire board.  I reversed it to create a shadow box.

Inside I stamped Snowflake Lace repeatedly and embossed in white.  I went over the edges of the panel with white chalk for a chalkboard effect.

I painted a sheet of corrugated board with Snow White Metallic Paint and raised it up using more cardboard beneath.  I wrapped a red ribbon around the panel and tied a loopy bow.  I used a purchased flower and die cut holly to further embellish.  I stamped the largest frame in the Vintage Frame stamp set in Fired Brick Distress Ink and layered over another die.

I computer generated the dates and printed onto sticky paper, then cut with a circle punch.  Each day I will simply adhere the date over the previous date.

I mounted the deer from the Winterland Wood stamp set above the panels for extra dimension.  I added a few snowflake dies to complete the project.  These were also rubbed with chalk.

There's still time to pick up the Winterland Wood stamp set before the holidays!  Visit indigoblu.com today for yours!

Winter Wonderland

Hello, Kay M here with a festive winter scene using the gorgeous Winterland Wood tree and delightful angel from Peace on Earth.

I spread fine paste over a 8" canvas board and gave it texture by using the scratchy part of a washing up sponge on it vertically before it dried. Emerald City, Miss Moneypenny and Pheasant Bronze Metallic paints were mixed together to give the green I wanted and then applied it to a piece of Phat foam and this used to 'ink ' up and stamp the tree repeatedly across the centre of the board and on to white card, these ones were cut out.

Unicorn Sparkles were mixed into Super Thick Slap-it-On and this was used through the Star stencil above the tree line and in patches to look like snow drifts below. When dry the board was spritzed with water and silver and blue Luscious sprinkled above the trees and moved round with a wet paintbrush. The same method was applied below the trees using silver and green Luscious.

The angel was stamped with FlitterGlu and Stainless Steel Mega Flakes applied and then over stamped with StazOn ink and fussy cut. The sentiments are from The Spirit of Christmas stencil, VersaFine black ink was sponged through and then the Unicorn Sparkles and Super Thick Slap-it-On mixture applied on top and cut out when dry. The angel and sentiments were adhered with silicon glue to the board as shown.   

If you are going to Crafting at Ally Pally this weekend do pop over to the IndigoBlu stand and say hello to Kay, Alfie and Jenny, they will be so pleased to see you!

Take care,  Kay M

A Winterland Wood

Hello Cheremane  here with you today. We are all feeling festive this month at IndigoBlu and the new stunning

Winterland Wood Stamp Set is perfect for Christmas and so useful for lots of other occasions too, with the tree's and castles and the adorable deer and rabbits.

Firstly I added several spoonful's of Coarse Texture Modelling Paste, into a glass hanging ball that I found in my local shop, the Coarse Texture Paste really does makes the most perfect snow. 

I stamped out several of the images with Versafine Blue Lagoon ink pad using the Winterland Wood Stamp Set making sure to leave a white border round the edges and a piece at the bottom ready push into the Texture Paste.

I arranged the images starting with the largest tree at the back and then I worked my way to the front of the ball with the rest to create the scene.

Christmas screams glitter to me so how could I resist not using the stunning Unicorn Sparkles I adore them, look at all those yummy colours.

To finish off I added some contrasting ribbon and a bow. I adore Christmas and IndigoBlu have it all wrapped up.

Thanks so much for dropping by today, I hope your feeling ready to get festive now. xxx

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