Mixed Media Canvas

Hello, Solange Marques here. Today I'll share with you an altered canvas using IndigoBlu products:

First I covered the canvas using IndigoBlu GeeSso Good White and after I applied modelling paste on IndigoBlu Stencil -Roman Numerals.

I made a collage using IndigoBlu Emporium of Curiosities Mixed Media Paper Pad and I used stamps from the IndigoBlu Tasty Textures set and IndigoBlu Sarah's Choice set;

I also used Beeswax and IndigoBlu Copper Kettle Mega Flakes:

Finally, I sprayed diluted IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Hot Cocoa on some places;

I hope you enjoy it! 

Inspiration from Solange Marques, Ksenija Rizova, Mirella Baniecka and Georgie Connelly

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Solange Marques

Ksenija Rizova

Mirella Baniecka

Georgie Connelly

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Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more!

January 2016 Challenge - Anything Goes!

Good morning everyone,

Today brings the first challenge of 2016, and we thought we'd give you a free hand with your IndigoBlu stamps, so this month's challenge is 'Anything Goes'.  So any creation you have made with your IndigoBlu stash and not entered before, is what we'd like to see.

Firstly we have the winners of December's challenge, All that Sparkles.

I hope you'll join us in congratulating them. Our random winner is:

Congratulations Theresa! We will be in touch to arrange your prize and don't forget to grab your winner's badge from the badges tab in the sidebar.

The fabulous winner’s prize this month is your choice of IndigoBlu stamps.  As always, you have 3 options to choose from:

1:   2 Large stamp plates

or
2:   4 Small stamp plates

or

3:   1 Large and 2 small plates

There’s also the Winner’s Badge, and one for the Top 3, to display proudly on your blog, and the WINNER of the challenge will also be invited to do a GUEST SPOT on a future Challenge Launch post. That’s right, your work will be on the Challenge Blog alongside the Design Team!

Also the Top Three each month (chosen by our lovely DT) will all be invited to do an inspiration piece to be included on the new reminder post that now goes live mid challenge. So, if you’d like a chance to be featured on the IndigoBlu Challenge Blog get those stamps out and get creating!

You’ll find all the information on how to enter the challenge,  the rules (don’t worry, there’s not that many) and get to meet the Design Team in the tabs on the sidebar.

This month’s Top 3 from the 'All that sparkles' challenge, as chosen by the DT are...

1. 22 - Kezzy
2. 24 - Gail
3. 11 - Jane

Well deserved congratulations to you all, and don't forget to grab your Top Three badge from the Badges tab above.

Our winner from last month's challenge, Paivi, has joined us today as a Guest Designer, and here is her inspiration for you.

Paivi had this to say:

Hi, my name is Päivi and I was the lucky winner for the Winter blues challenge. You could say that I had beginner's luck since it was my first time to join a challenge here at IndigoBlu blog. I have quite recently bought my first IndigoBlu stamps and I just love them.  

You can see Paivi's inspiration piece in more detail on her blog here.  She'd love you to hop across and let her know what you think. 

And now here is some amazing inspiration for you from our fabulous Challenge team:

Giovanna

Rachel

Claire 

Kay M

Joanie

Emmy

Maxine

Cheremane

Lydia

Julie

Nikki K

Wenda

Wow!  I think you will agree the girls have done an amazing job, there is some fab inspiration here for you for the 'Anything Goes' challenge, it just show's how versatile Indigoblu stamps are and how much you can make with them.  Now show us your makes, you could win!

Best Wishes,

The Indigoblu Challenge Team

& Guest Designer Paivi

An InLinkz Link-up

Inspiration from Jenny Marples, Candy Rosenberg, Beck Beattie and Kay Molyneux

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Jenny Marples

Candy Rosenberg

Beck Beattie

Kay Molyneux

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more!

Inspiration from Marie Johansson, Zoey Scarpelli, Elizabeth Robinson and Monika Januszewska

Today we are excited to share some fabulous inspiration from four of our International Design Team. Follow the links to their blogs to find out more about how their projects came together;

Marie Johansson

Zoey Scarpelli

Elizabeth Robinson

Monika Januszewska

Thank you ladies for all your beautiful creations. We can't wait to see more!

And don't forget - you've got just over 2 days to get your projects submitted for the latest IndigoBlu Challenge!!!

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

Creating a little texture fun with Beck BT

Hi Everyone, it's Beck Beattie here today to share with you a scrapbook page I created using the most divine new rubber stamps full of texture and fun!!  I just adore the new 'Teeny Backgrounds' and 'Tasty Textures' sets!  They are just so versatile.  I am on holidays at the moment and decided to create a page with a picture taken while away.  There is only so much you can take a way with you when you are creating, but my IndigoBlu texture stamps are definitely a must have!

Here I created a page using two of the textures from the stamp sets, teamed up with some watercolor, stamping, and fun embellishments.  To finish off the texture I added some natural chipboard pieces working perfectly with the feel of the page and of course some soft twine to bring the focus to the subject in the photo, my gorgeous boy.

I was creating this fun page while watching the kids over a the playground!  Nothing like a little multi-tasking!  With a few items you can create anywhere!

You can see how my page came together a little below with the help of the stamp sets pictured.

Here are some detail pics so you can get up close to the fun texture I created.

I hope you enjoyed my share today and I have inspired you to have some fun with these divine texture stamps.  Full of so many designs in the sets they were a must have in my travelling stash these holidays!  

Happy Creating!

xxxBeck BT