Inspiration from International Design Team members Jannet, Elizabeth and Emilia

More inspiration from three of our International Design Team members Jannet, Elizabeth and Emilia;

Jannet

Elizabeth

Emilia
 

Family Canvas

Hello and welcome, Kay M here to share the canvas I made for this month's seasonal theme of bonfires and fireworks.   

November has a few annual family gatherings involving food, bonfires and fireworks and where there's a gathering there's the group photo!   I've used one from the  Lost Family paper stack as the main image.

A 20cm x 25cm canvas was painted with Gee-Sso-Good black, when dry,  a Sleeping Beauty wash was painted over and more black sponged around the edges to frame the canvas.

Unicorn Sparkles was mixed with Super Thick Slap-It-On and used through the Starburst Stencil three times on the canvas and left to dry.   Pink Luscious was then added to the mixture and this was used through the Weird Science Stencil into the centre of the Starbursts.  This same mix was watered down and splattered over the canvas,  when dry,  white paint splatters and lines were added.

The elements were prepared. 
I used fine texture paste through the Laurel stencil and fussy cut them out when dry, they were painted with a Emerald City and Pheasant Bronze mix and then dusted with Gold Luscious.   Wooden sentiments were painted with Gee-Sso-Good black then dry brushed with Vodka Martini and a little Hot Cocoa and backed with white card.   The family were fussy cut and a black pen run over the cut edges. 

To finish, the family group was attached with silicon glue and the laurel leaves adhered horizontally behind and in front of them.  The sentiments placed as shown.

I love how the Unicorn Sparkles work with the Starburst stencil to look like an exploding firework.  I do hope you have enjoyed this canvas.

Take care until next time,  Kay M x

Starburst

Cheremane here with you today. Seeing its November we are sharing Firework inspiration with you here at IndigoBlu this month. I've used a mix of Stencils,Stamps,Super Thick Slap It On,Luscious Powders and MegaFlakes to create my project for you today.

Take some Super Thick Slap It On and mix with three different colours of Luscious Powders I've used Blue,Silver and Purple.

 If you mix to much Super Thick Slap It On and Luscious Powders you can store the left over coloured
Super Thick Slap it on in an air tight container to use on another project.
Look at the yummy mica in the Luscious Powders.

 Using a Palette Knife spread the Super Thick Slap It On over the Starburst Stencil, random is better so don't worry about putting one colour on top of another as it adds to the effect.

Once the Super Thick Slap It On is dry you really will see the true Luscious Powder colour and the sparkle of the mica.

Mix some Rose Bronze Luscious Powder with some Clear Superfine Embossing Powder to make your very own embossing powder to match all your Luscious projects. I've made a little pot up of every colour ready to use when ever I need that extra special embossing powder for a project.

Using some Phat Foam and Flitterglu stamp the Sparkle & Glisten word from the stamp set and sprinkle over the Luscious embossing powder that you have made and heat with a heat tool, look at the extra glisten of the mica blinging through.

Finally using the Phat foam with Flitterglu on rub round the edge of the card and then add Sheffield Steel MegaFlakes this really finishes off a project and adds that little extra bling, now mat onto some Coal Black Stamping Card, water down a little bit of Black GeeSso Good and add some small splats with a fine brush, then add some 3d foam to the sentiment to make it stand proud in the middle of the Starburst.

Thanks so much for stopping by I hope you like it and your feeling inspired. 

Cheremane xxx

Blazing Poppies Veteran's Day Card

Autumn here with you today to share a very personal card I made for my husband to celebrate Veteran's Day.  I absolutely adore the Poppycock stamp set!  It was one of my first IndigoBlu purchases and stamping it never disappoints!  However, I wanted to use it in a more personal way so my husband would know I was truly thinking of HIM and not just making pretty cards to blog about.  Ha!  I know some of you can relate...  I looked up the specifics of my husband's service and printed them in a very small font to create my background.

I dipped my panel in a watery mix of Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Inks to age it.  This tiny corner of text refers to his company and our home during his tour.  Before I go on, let me say thank you to our service men and women who so bravely keep our lands safe.  Thank you for your service!

Now, our theme this month is burning bonfire.  What could be more blazing than a red poppy?!  I have been experimenting with this technique some and have had beautiful results.  I scraped a bit of Postbox Red acrylic paint onto my craft sheet and sprayed with water, then dipped my paper panel into the mixture.  Why use paint instead of ink?  Because of the coverage!  If I had done the same technique in Distress Ink, I would have had pink poppies.  But with IndigoBlu paints the pigment does not dilute.  The water only adds transparency and does not change the color.  I made a large sheet and then stamped my poppies strategically so I could get the highlights and color variation.

I dipped the dried red panel into a mix of Walnut Stain and water to give it a vintage look to match my text background.  Yes, you can layer paints and inks.  :)

You won't believe what I did next, but I actually used the same process to color my seam binding so I could add a coordinating bow.  It worked wonderfully!  There's no end to the possibilities with this line of paints.  Now look at the gorgeous tones on the poppies!  I do hope you will try this technique, perhaps for a Veteran's Day card for someone you love?

Pick up you Poppycock stamp set today!

Take the Moment & Make it Perfect Card

Hello IndigoBlu fans!

Emmy here today with a new project to share. This month is all about fireworks on the IndigoBlu blog and I've decided to create a card featuring the Chemistry Lab Red Rubber Stamp - after all there are no fireworks comparable to the big bang!

As you can see I used a lot of different IndigoBlu products on this card. To create the background I had a 10 x 14 cm piece of white cardstock, which I stamped using the Chemistry Lab Red Rubber Stamp and FlitterGlu. After I was satisfied with my design I added Megaflake Royal Peacock on top.

To give extra glimmer & glam to the big bang "fireworks" I added some Unicorn Sparkles - Magical glitter to them. 

To colour my background I used a mixture of Slap It On - Super Thick with a little bit of Luscious Pigment Powders - Silver and Luscious Pigment Powders - Blue. Once you've applied the colour, rub gently the images with your finger to remove the slap it on medium from them. 

For my sentiment I used Floral Fantasy Red Rubber Stamp with silver embossing powder. Once the image has cooled down, I coloured the panel with Artist's Acrylic Paint Vodka Martini.

I hope you enjoyed today's project!

Come back soon for more inspirational creations from our design team!

Emmy

Remember, Remember the 5th November.....

Hi it's Elizabeth here sharing a colourful Bonfire Night project with you. Here in the UK we celebrate Bonfire Night on the 5th November every year, by getting together with friends and family, having a bonfire and setting off brightly coloured fireworks. All this is in celebration of a gent called Guy Fawkes who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament back in 1605.

I started by stencilling Twisted Citrus and Salty Ocean Distress Ink through the Whimsical Houses Stencil before adding a layer of Super Thick Slap It On over the top. I wanted dimension and shine to the houses. I then cut them out to use individually.

On a piece of card cut to 5 3/4" square I used the Super Thick Slap It On through the fabulous Starburst Stencil Once that had dried I then stamped over the top with one of the flower heads from the Stylised Flower Stamp to create my exploding Firework. I added flowers around the edge of the card using Blue Hawaii StazOn Ink.

After giving the images a quick blast with the heat gun to make sure they were dry, I then blended over a mix of Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean Distress Inks. I love the way the Super Thick Slap It On acts as a resist, making the Starburst lines look like an exploding Firework.

I added a few coloured gems to the centre of my largest Firework, and arranged the three little houses, overlapping them slightly.

To finish off I added the piece on to a 6" square card blank.

I hope you enjoyed a safe and Happy Bonfire Night, see you soon.
Elizabeth x

My Grandfather

The days are certainly getting chillier and darker as we drift into November. Today we are celebrating Guy Fawkes night, and I am remembering past Guy Fawkes nights.I remember my grandfather Frederick Simmonds, he always used to try and burn a huge fallen tree trunk for our bonfire. He never quite managed it, but enjoyed trying!
I decided to make a canvas dedicated to him. In this photo he is with a Belgium family who took him under their wing when he was stationed there in the First World War. He was only 14 years old when he joined up, so many young boys joined up at that age.

I started by stirring up a strong bowl of coffee, I sponged the coffee over my canvas, it took several layers of coffee to achieve the aged look I wanted.i let each layer dry in between applications. I stamped the script stamp randomly on the edges of the canvas

Poppies are of course symbolic of remembrance, so I used my poppy die. I painted each petal with Ruby Slippers paint, and added some dabs of black paint on the inner petal. After shaping each petal I glued them together, and then I used glass bead gel in the center which I painted black.

I adhered a red sheet of Damaged Damask onto the canvas, to create a mount for my photo.
I selected the poignant word "hope" from the Faith stencil. I secured the stencil with mounting tape and swept Super Thick Slap It On into the stencil.when dry I replaced the stencil and dabbed paint over the Slap It On.
I added the poppy and skeleton leaves to the bottom edge of the photo.
If you are having fireworks tonight please be safe, and on the 11th may we remember all those who have fought for our Great country. Lest We Forget.

All we have of freedom, all we use or know—

This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.

Rudyard Kipling

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