Winter Blues with IndigoBlu

Welcome to this months IndigoBlu challenge. The theme this month is Winter Blues. 

Here is what I have created for the challenge.

I stamped the Twinkle Star on to white card and heat embossed with seafoam white embossing powder. 

Then comes the fun bit.... Spraying with IndigoBlu Acrylic Paints. Mix the paint with water in a spray bottle in a ratio of 1/4, give it a good shake and get spraying!!! I love this technique as it is completely random and even if the same colours are used together, the final design will never be the same. 

The colours I used were Park Lane, Sleeping Beauty and Townhouse Teal (My favourite colour combination). I sprayed the paint until the whole card was covered. I then wiped over the embossed stars with a wet wipe to bring back the whiteness of the embossing powder. 

I then cut a smaller piece of card and sprayed it with Park Lane then stamped the 'Twinkle Twinkle' words randomly with 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamping with VersaFine ink. I then stamped and heat embossed the words three times with white embossing powder, sprayed with Townhouse Teal, cut and arranged them over the bigger piece of card.

To finish, I took a piece of phat foam with FlitterGlu on and ran it around the edge of the background card and the Twinkle Twinkle card. Then gilded it with Sheffield Steel Megaflakes. 

All the products I have used for today's blog post are available on the website. Hope to see you over at the challenge.

Thanks for popping by, 

toddles, Lisa xxx

I would like to enter this creation in to the following challenges:

Craft Stamper - sharing the season

Limor Circles ATB

Hi all, another blog post from me today. I created this a while ago and realised I haven't blogged it yet, ooopppsss. So here it is... This is a ATB - or Artist Trading Block. Similar to ATC's (Artist Trading Card) but a 3D version. I have played with ATC's before and have done a few swaps with other artists and have always loved what I have received. 

But.... I'm an 8 x 8 girl!! I love a big square surface to work on. So the size of the ATC took a bit of getting used to. So I though an ATB with bigger surfaces to work on was a fab idea. 

I decided to used the Limor Circles stamp set from IndigoBlu for this project as there are loads of different designs of circles to choose from and in different sizes. 

I first cute my cube base from a piece of linen A3 cardstock. I then cut 6 squares approx 3" for each face of the cube. 

I chose a selection of blue distress inks to play with ranging from faded jeans to peacock feathers. And started stamping.....

I lined all the 6 square pieces up and as randomly as possible, started stamping. I wanted to create a similar design for each square but in a random style. So each square had all the same stamps but not necessarily in the same place.

I then used the large and medium target stamp on each square and added white and black embossing powder. 

On the cube base, I stamped the net circle from the Limor Circles down each folded edge with FlitterGlu and added IndigoBlu Mega Flakes.

I then stuck each square to each side of the cube and then constructed it in to a 3D cube. 

Thanks for popping by.... 

Leave me a crafty comment if you wish.

Toodles for now.... 

Dream.....

Happy Mother's Day..... Today is also the 300th Sunday Stamper challenge on Hels Sheridan's blog. And as an avid stalker fan of Hels I thought I would share this post.

This week the theme was 'include the word "dream"'. Here is what I created.

This is a 10" X 8" MDF plaque which I prepped with gesso and then painted with a neutral coloured emulsion.

I used a few different techniques on this plaque and it is very Hels Sheridan inspired. 

I used a couple of different stencils and inked through them with Distress Inks. Then stamped a floral swirl and crackle background using Indigoblu stamps.

I die cut some flowers using my Tim Holtz tattered floral die from music paper and inked them with Walnut Stain DI. 

I filled a vial and the center of the flowers with black glitter.

I stamped "DREAM" on to card, inked it and made it into a ribbon. 
I added some embellishments and jute twine to finish. 

Thanks for looking today.