Inspiration from International Design Team Members KayM, Emilia, Autumn and Cheremane

More inspiration from KayM, Emilia, Autumn and Cheremane. Head over to their blogs for the full tutorial.

Kay M

 

Autumn

Emmy

Cheremane

Inspiration from International Design Team Members Jannet and Giovanna.

A little more inspiration for you from Jannet and Giovanna. For the full tutorial head over to their blogs.

Jannet

Giovanna

20,000 Leagues

Hello and welcome,    Kay M here today with a 20cm x20cm canvas with my take on this month's theme of story telling.  The story is not personal but the classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.  

The Nautilus came to mind  after I finished Steampunk inspired mini panel so it was incorporated into canvas using two of my favourite stamp sets- Steampunkesque and Under the Sea.  

For the canvas background fine textured paste was applied through the Laural Leaves stencil over the lower half, when dry the whole canvas was painted with Gee-Sso-Good white.  A wash of Stroke of Midnight, Kingfisher Blue and Emerald City then painted on, misted with water and left to dry naturally.   

  Images from  Under the Sea were then stamped with Kingfisher Blue and Vodka Martini.

 

The Steampunk inspired mini panel was made by arranging strips of hammer card in a random patchwork pattern on to a10cmx10cm  grey board and adhere with Slap-It-On-Matt.  

Apply 3D paint dots along the seam edges and dry.    

 Glue pin, cardboard and resin shapes as shown and dry.  

 Paint the entire board with black Gee-Sso-Good. 

For the metal effect blend a little Gee-Sso-Good- Black with Sleeping Beauty paint and Raven Black with a little Hot Cocca paints on a plate/tile, 

Use a paintbrush to apply each paint mix in patches over the surface and blending together, when dry, repeat. 
 

Use a finger to apply Gee-Sso-Good white to highlight the raised areas and edges.   Dry brush PheasantBronze and Vodka Martini paints individually over the whole board, concentrating colour on the shapes and faux rivets. 

The image from Steampunkesque was stamped, heat embossed in clear, painted and fussy cut.  

The ship's wheel and anchor were die cut form kraft card and 3D Roman numerals to the value of 20,000 had Chocolate Box Megaflake applied with FlitterGlu.   

All the elements were adhered to the canvas and a colourful 'monster from the deep' made from paper clay and painted with IndigoBlu English Cottage Paints added to finish.

 Thank you for visiting today and I hope you are inspired!

 Take care,  Kay M x

Breath Deeply

Hello Cheremane here with you today. This month at IndigoBlu its all about stories. so here we go.

The girl behind the masked face was walking through a field on a beautiful sunny morning, she sat down in the middle of dandelion clock cluster, took a deep breath in and with one blow all the little dandelion heads took to the sky to float away to pastures new.

To begin I took a piece 6 x 6 of watercolour card and placed one half of the Girl in Profile stencil before spritzing with Stroke of Midnight Paint from the Junk and Disorderly range, To make the spritz I mixed one part paint to four parts water. 

With the other part of the Girl in Profile Stencil I covered up the spritzed part of the card. I added some Steam Whistle Paint to some phat foam and rubbed this over the face.

Once dry I used Leather Corset paint to stamp one of the grasses from Victorian Garden stamp set round the edge of the face. I just love using the IndigoBlu paints to stamp with.

Using flitterglu I stamped the dandelion from Victorian Garden stamp set and heat embossed it with super fine white embossing powder. The sentiment is from the fabulous Mindfulness stamp set. To finish off I edged the card with Leather Corset Paint and layered it onto a 7 x 7 card blank.

Thanks for joining me today, I hope you enjoyed the story.
Pop back soon to be Inspired.
Cheremane xx

Leave a Trail card with Emmy

Hello IndigoBlu fans!

Emmy here with my first project for April. This month we are focusing on stories at IndigoBlu blog. And here is mine - when I was little my granddad told me and my sister to think before we speak and that words are powerful and can really make a difference. He filled our house with books and stories and taught us how to appreciate words. So, today I thought to create a card with my favourite saying from IndigoBlu.

For my background I used the Grand Tour III Red Rubber Stamp - I heat embossed the compass using white embossing powder and my favourite quote with gold embossing powder. Then I coloured the panel using Luscious Pigment Powder - Blue mixed with Slap It On - Super Thick. As a final touch I added Unicorn Sparkles - Magical glitter.

Then I stamped Industrial Lamps Large Red Rubber Stamp using FlitterGlu and Megaflake Manchester Tart. I coloured the image using Scattered Straw and Squeezed Lemonade distress ink pads. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post!

Have a wonderful creative weekend!

Emmy

Dreams Come True

Good morning it's Elizabeth here today and I have a little story to share with you. So are you sitting comfortably, then we will begin............

Many years ago there was a little girl who would spend hours with a small box of watercolours and a book of images. She would take her time colouring in the pictures, blending the paints to create Rainbows of colour. One day afternoon she lay in the grass painting in her beloved book, at 4pm her Nana called her in for tea. They ate Cheshire Cheese and sliced apples, along with home made scones, it was a delicious meal. The child then headed off to the garden, but alas the rain had started and her beloved book was soaked through. The tears streamed down her face as she headed indoors. "Don't worry" said her Nana, "we will place the book on the kitchen table and it will dry overnight"

The little girl had such awful dreams that night about her precious book. But when she awoke the next morning, waiting on the kitchen table was the book.  The colours had run and blended together when the rain had hit them, making them look like the most beautiful rainbow she had ever seen........

And I've loved water colouring ever since....................

Working on a page from my Junk and Disorderly Journal, I stamped out the half doily from the Floral Fantasy Stamp Set using Teal Blue Stazon ink to create the top of my Dreamcatcher.

The Feather Stencil is perfect for the feathers of a Dreamcatcher.

I mixed a selection of Luscious Powders into some of the Super Thick Slap It On to create my own bespoke shade of Embossing Paste. I stencilled the feathers underneath the doily, and also added some texture to the page using one of the new Dinkie Stencils. That's also a great way of using up any left over paste on your craft mat.

Next I diluted some of the beautiful Green Luscious, and roughly painted all over the page, and give it a gentle spritz of water to make the pigment flow, for a watercolour effect.

After the green had dried I then went back over the top adding in some of the stunning blue powder, allowing drips to run down the page, and pools to form at the bottom corner. The sheen from the mica is just beautiful.

No watery rainbow would be complete without a little pink shining through. So that's what I added, dilute with a brush and also by adding a few splatters. I left the page to dry naturally, as I wanted the full shine from the mica powders, heat setting burns off some of the beautiful sheen.

One of the newest stamp sets at IndigoBlu is this Dreams Come True set, so new it's not on the website just yet.........I chose one of the fabulous sentiments, and added it using Black Versafine ink directly to the page.

To finish off and bring the colours together, I added a few black splatters using diluted Black GeeSsoGood and of course, sequins............for a little extra sparkle!

Have a great day, and I will see you soon.
Elizabeth x

Different

Hello Jannet here today, I hope everyone is having lots of fun with their Indigoblu goodies. Are you going to Ally Pally on 8th & 9th April it should be a wonderful crafty day out!

Whenever I am creating a little crafty project, I can't seem to help making up a story to go with it! So I am delighted that this month we have been asked to create a story!

Different

There once was a lovely young lady, who was a little different from all of the other girls her age.She was kind and thoughtful, but she just didn't seem to fit in.

One sunny spring afternoon she was sitting alone in the forest, trying very hard not to weep. When suddenly.... she heard a twinkling sound. She looked up, but at first she couldn't see anything making the magical sound. Then she turned her head a little to the right, and smiling over at her was the most beautiful Unicorn! She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, but he really was real !

"Hello" he said in a friendly Unicorn sort of a way. "Could you please help me " asked the Unicorn "I think I am lost, and I can't see any other Unicorns around."I am feeling a bit scared a.n.d...well lonely"

"Where do you want to go ?" asked the young lady smiling.

"I'm not sure" replied the Unicorn "Somewhere I won't feel different I just want to fit in, and be loved" replied the Unicorn.

The young lady wheeled over to the Unicorn and reached up and wrapped her arms around him.She held him as tightly as she could and the Unicorn sighed a deep and happy sigh.

"You can come home with me"she whispered, "I will love you forever, and look after you."

"And I you." replied the Unicorn.

If you ever see a trail of sparkles anywhere you can be sure the young lady and her Unicorn were there!

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I started creating my picture by stamping Caitlin onto some watercolour paper, and then stamping her again on some masking paper.I cut her out of the masking paper and placed her over the top of her corresponding image on the watercolour paper.

Next I stamped Jewel the lovely Unicorn over the top of Caitlin, after removing the mask he appears as if he is behind her.

I painted in some cloudy skies and spring grass. I added some colour to Jewel with watercolours, and of course I added the all important Unicorn Sparkles to his mane!

To create the tree branches I used some fine texture paste, and when dry I painted over them.You can also mix acrylic paint into your texture paste before applying. The branches needed some spring blossom, so I painted a piece of card with iced gem paint and a random sprinkling of Raspberry Luscious.

Which created many differing shades of shimmering pink.

I die cut lots of little flowers from the card. To add some shape to each flower I placed it over the top of my paint brush and cupped it around it.

Some flowers needed a little more colour, and I added a dot to the centre.I adhered each flower onto the branches.

Wishing you many happy magical days.

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