Bokeh Effect

Hi Everyone…

Sharing a card that I made for CHA with you today… it features the Dramatic Eye stamp from Indigoblu /Limor Webber..

The finished card is highlighted with the bokeh effect, which seems to be rather popular at the moment, it is achieved by creating a template with circles, placing this on the card, then applying an opaque white ink over top with a sponge dauber… I do love the look.

I also used Indigoblu acrylic paints to create a brayered effect background, and added some script stamping to give it a nice wee background.

 

I also used some recollections textured cardstock that I had bought to make christmas cards, (and never got used lol) which sets it quite nicely against the black card base and layers.

As always, thanks for popping round.. see you all on Wednesday as it’s my turn over on the Indigoblu Blog.

Sarah 🙂

 

Indigoblu Cardwell Demonstration Day

Hi everyone!

Happy 1st of February to you all…

Remember a few blog posts ago I mentioned I was heading to Cardwell Garden Centre in Gourock to do a demonstration for indigoblu… Well I thought that I would share my day there with you and also make this a regular feature here on the blog.

A huge thank you to Mairi and Faye for looking after me it was a lovely day and great to see so many like minded crafty ladies and youngsters.

First of all I would like to thank Elizabeth for driving over to see me at the demo… Elizabeth and I have been online crafty friends for well over four years but had never met!  well we finally got to meet and give each other a big hug yesterday .. You can find Elizabeth and all her gorgeous crafty goodies over here on her blog:

http://silverscrappers.blogspot.co.uk

and here we are

It was a great day and it is a great shop and if you are ever through that way pop in and visit the craft shop and say hi to Mairi and Faye 🙂

here are couple of the cards I made yesterday using the new indigoblu release stamps.

And finally a wee photo of me making something and chatting to the ladies (photo credit to Mairi for this one).

Well that’s me for now, I hope you enjoyed a wee insight into my demo day yesterday..

As always thank you so much for popping round and I will see you all soon with more crafty stuff 🙂

Sarah x

Ink Splat Butterfly

Hi Everyone…

Guess what…

It’s nearly Friday 😀  I am so looking forward to the weekend…

On Saturday I travel through to Gourock for Indigoblu demonstrating all the lovely new release stamps.. details here

So today I thought I would share another card I made for CHA USA / Frankfurt Show / Stitches Trade Show with you all, it is featuring the Ink Splat Butterfly Stamp  and the Rugged Edge Stamp Set   This card measures 8″ x 8″

 

Supplies List :-

• Indigoblu Ink Splat Butterfly Stamp
• Indigoblu Diamond Stencil
• Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink
• Indigoblu Cottage Acrylic Paints : Banana Custard, Grandmas Teacup, Park Lane
• Indigoblu Sarah’s Choice Stamp Set
• Indigoblu Rugged Edge Stamp Set
• Indigoblu Flitterglu Starter Kit
• Sheffield Steel Mega Flakes
• Stazon Inks : Jet Black, Blue Hawaii, Cactus Green & Vibrant Violet available from Indigoblu

 

As always, thank you so much for popping round

Sarah 🙂

Remember you are Loved

I hope you all had a great weekend.

It is my turn for the design team post over on the Indigoblu Blog today, so I thought I would share them over here too.    First of all I have an 8″x 8″ Card to share using the new Limor Webber Circles stamp set and the sentiment from the Becca Stamp (both available to pre-order now on the Indigoblu shop.

Here is a peek at the stamps which are available to pre-order through the Indigoblu website.

I also used this stamp set plus the new Becca Stamp on this 5″ x 7″ Canvas

 

Hope you liked this week’s projects… I am out and about this weekend demonstrating with Indigoblu, I will share the details tomorrow evening 🙂

Thanks for popping round

Sarah 🙂

Dramatic Eye Canvas

Hi everyone!!

Long time no see!!  I have been absent from my blog since well before Christmas, but I am back now 🙂

Where have I been?

I have been very busy creating projects for Indigoblu, they attended CHA 2015 in Anaheim, California… very exciting indeed.. my projects were all there too, really really pleased and humbled that they were good enough to go.

Which leads me on to the blog post for today.     Indigoblu have collaborated with Limor Webber to bring a range of gorgeous mixed media stamps and stamp sets, and they are absolutely fabulous!

It is my turn back over on the Indigoblu Blog today, after the festive break and my project is using one of the new Limor Webber stamp releases, this one is called Dramatic Eye and comes in 2 sizes, I used the larger stamp in the canvas below.

and here is my project, it is a 5 x 7″ canvas, I tried to keep it monochromatic 😉

There are lots of bits n pieces used here, including Indigoblu cottage acrylic paints and alter ego flourishes

I also used the snow white metallic paint watered down in a spray bottle to create a shimmer spritz spray..

Well, that’s me for today, I will be back, with lots more things to share in the not too distant future, so as always, thank you so much for popping in

Sarah x

Sleeping George

Hi Everyone…

It is Tuesday and therefore my turn over on the Indigoblu Blog.

Today I am using the Sleeping George Dinkie along with three stamps from Sarah’s Choice Stamp Set.

Supplies List :-

• Kraft Cardstock for Card Base
• Cream Cardstock
• Mama Elephant Femme Frame Dies
• Versafine Ink : Vintage Sepia, Toffee and Smokey Grey
• Distress Ink : Scattered Straw and Frayed Burlap
• Indigoblu Sleeping George Dinkie Stamp
• Indigoblu Sarah’s Choice Stamp Set
• Foam Tape
• Scor-tape

 

As always, Thanks for popping round

Sarah

Four Seasons in One Day

Hi there everyone!

It’s my turn over on the Indigoblu Blog today and I am showcasing the lovely Lollipop Tree Stamp, it is versatile, very pretty and makes some awesome cards 🙂

Accompanying today’s cards, there is also a wee bonus video at the bottom of this post on how I put the card together.

Spring.

All the cards use various different colours of distress inks..

SUMMER

I love the vintage summer theme to this card…

AUTUMN

I used the Tim Holtz pen puffer thingy for the grass and the sky 😉

WINTER

 

Supplies List:-

• Indigoblu Lollipop Tree Stamp
• Indigoblu Sarah’s Choice Stamp Set Using the Words “DREAM”, “ART” and “VINTAGE”
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers
• Metallic Cardstock – Pink & Silver & Teal
• Yellow Cardstock
• Double Sided Tape

and finally…. the wee video…enjoy x

Christmas Keepsake Box

Hello there everyone..

It is Tuesday and that means it is my turn over on the Indigoblu DT Blog.     My project this week is a heart shaped keepsake box..

I used a paper mache heart shaped box with lid, and applied a couple of layers of White Gee-soo Good Gesso, and gave all the edges a touch of distress ink…

Along the bottom edge of the box I ran some 1/8″ double sided tape then gave it a little dusting with Eton Mess Megaflake.. the gorgeous crochet lace trim around the top is available from the Indigoblu Shop, I picked up a some when I visited HQ in August, it was wrapped around a lovely wooden cotton reel.

I decorated the top with a felt snowflake, then layered a couple of paper flower blooms together, these were spritzed with Vodka Martini Acrylic paint made up into a little spray bottle, the edges of the flower petals were dabbed with flitterglu and sprinkled with some vintage mica flakes.

The wooden cotton reel base was covered with flitterglu applied directly with the phat foam, and smothered with Eton Mess Megaflake, the above picture is a side view of the trinket box

This is the back of the box, or the top of the heart 🙂 I love how the megaflake shines in contrast with the matte finish of the white gee-soo good Gesso

Supplies used :-

White Gee=Soo Good Gesso
Flitterglu Starter Kit
Eton Mess Megaflake
Vodka Martini Metallic Paint
Spray Bottle
Cottom Trim
Pinflair Gel Glue

And the front view… these little trinket boxes would made gorgeous gifts for your guests around the dinner table filled with yummy mints in shiny wrappers 🙂

I hope you liked this week’s project for Indigoblu and I will see you all soon with more crafty goodness

As always, thanks for popping round

Sarah x

 

Holly Berry Christmas

Hi everyone..

Happy Monday to you all!

Today I have another Christmas card to share with you, using the new Holly stamp from Indigoblu!

supplies used :-

• White 7 x 7 card base
• Silver mirror board
• Kraft Cardstock
• Mama Elephant Femme Frames
• Indigoblu Holly Berry A6 Stamp
• Self Adhesive Pearls
• Clear wink of stella pen
• black soot distress ink
• Versamagic Starlight Silver Ink
• WOW! Vanilla Opaque Embossing powder

As always, thank you for popping round

Sarah x

Indigoblu Challenge #21 Magical Masking

Indigoblu Challenge #21 Magical Masking

Hi Everyone!

It is time for another new challenge at the Indigoblu Challenge Blog, this month the theme is Magical Masking.     Now, I had never heard of it before so i needed to do a bit of researching to find out what i needed to do, then once I had gathered some inspiration, I managed to create this cute wee card using masking tape, ink  and stamps  🙂

This card is fun and easy to make, it comes together quickly and it uses two stamps,  the sentiment,  Inspire from Sarah’s Choice and also the Stylised Flowers Stamp.

Supplies List:-

• Cream Cardstock base and panel
• Teal metallic mirrorboard cardstock
• Stampin Up Inks : Bermuda Bay, Indigo Island and Coastal Cabana
• Onyx Black Versafine Ink
• Dimensional Foam Tape from Woodware

 

I look forward to seeing all your entries over at the Indigoblu challenge blog this month 🙂

Thanks for popping round

Sarah