Antique Songbird...

Morning everyone....middle of the week....keep going ...we have a bank holiday weekend to look forward too...

Did you manage to see Kay on t.v. on Sunday with the new IndigoBlu Stamps? 

The Antique Songbird stamp sold out in 10 minutes.....mind you I am not surprised as it is gorgeous....

                  

Here is one of the cards that I made for the show....

The background is made using Distress inks, blended and the spritzed with water...the main image was stamped with onyx black Versafine ink and coloured with ProMarkers. Glossy Accents, ribbon, hat pins and gems add the finishing touches....do hope you like it ....

Take care all and see you soon. Jo. X 

Backgrounds Galore

Good morning to you all. Here we are the 21st of May already.....just where does the time go????

So that means that there is a new challenge over on the IndigoBlu blog....

This month, Kay has chosen Backgrounds Galore for the theme....

Oh, what can I say....so many background stamps to choose from....and you all know how I love to make my own backgrounds....

                                

 

This is my Design Team card, I used the Take Flight Stamp with Rich Cocoa Memento ink and ProMarkers for the main image....

The background started as the reverse side of Centura Pearl card with Distress inks randomly blended in...I used, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade....then spritzed with a little water....

Then the fun began and I just played with various other Distress inks and started randomly stamping my background ...

                                  

 

DI's, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap and Aged Mahogany...

Stamps, Script background, Crackle background, Square Peg Round Hole and the Splodge from the Ledger background...

                               

 

Ribbon, some fancy twine and job done....

I do hope this inspires you to enter our challenge, as me and the other IndigoBlu Belles love to see what you create and remember you could win a fantastic prize....

That's enough from me today, I have a long overdue date with my ironing board.....Oh joy, lucky me! Jo. X 

New releases from IndigoBlu.....

Hi all, a quick scheduled post from me today...just to give you the heads up of the six new A6 stamps from Kay at IndigoBlu....

If you were at the Happy Stampers Show at Port Sunlight last weekend then you were lucky and will have seen them.....even bought them....

This is how they looked when the show opened......they didn't last long....and yes, the poppy one was the first to sell out....

Kay will be demonstrating with them tomorrow ...Sunday on Create an Craft....at 10am....

There will also be a Wedding Show featuring IndigoBlu products at 3pm, so please tune in and see the inspiration that myself and the rest of the design team have made....I have already had a sneaky peek at Linda's work and oh, you are in for a real treat...

Enjoy your weekend....Jo. X 

Pearls and Lace

Morning....and Happy Friday all.

Today, is the start of a new challenge over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Blog....our theme is ......Pearls and Lace....

Here is my D.T. inspiration, I hope you like it, pop over and have a look at what my other team mates have created....stunning work ladies...

The background was created by stamping in a mixture of Distress inks, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade....the gorgeous lace stamp is from the Mr Darcy stamp plate from IndigoBlu.

For the topper, I used the Square peg Round hole stamp from IndigoBlu (this is such a useful stamp) and the same three Distress Inks. 

Then added the figures and flying swallows also from Mr Darcey  using Onyx Black Versafine ink...

The word Love is from BFF another really useful stamp set. 

A bit of matting and layering, some lace, some pearl gems and card made....

Recently some crafters have asked me for advice when they get craft block....you know, when your Mojo goes on holiday......well visiting a Challenge blog and seeing lots of ideas can just provide the inspiration that you need. You never know you might then feel like entering the Challenge too.....

So go on take a look HERE....

That's all from me today, off to get ready for Buxton workshops tomorrow....

Have a Good Friday all.....Jo. X 

Oh to be Besides the Sea...

It may have been wet and miserable outside today, but at our craft workshop we were in a summer mood.

Today, we made two cards from the Hobby Art stamp set ........Coastal Scene-it....

Here is the first one...

We started by stamping using black Versafine ink onto watercolour card....it was great to just take time and build the scene ....

Using distress ink to watercolour with the sea, sand and sky had colour added..

Then the rest was coloured with watercolour pencils....

Once the image was finished and placed onto black card we glued it into place on our card blank. Then the fun began......we extended the image, drew and coloured it in.....A bit scary at first.....but oh such fun....

A Hobby Art sentiment, few embellishments and job done...

A great stock card that could be used for a wide variety of occasions.

The second card was a quick card using Distress inks on the reverse side of Centura Pearl and a bit of water spritzing. Stamping the camper van three times and then taking the colour out of the image using water and Kitchen Roll. A few finishing touches and this really is a 10 minute card..

As usual it was so good to see you all and remember what happens at Craft Club ......stays at Craft Club!!!

Take care all and pop back soon....Jo. X 

It's Sunday....

Good afternoon all, hope your weekend is going well.

I had a brilliant time yesterday at the Happy Stampers show at Port Sunlight, I met some lovely new crafters, some special friends and saw the fantastic new stamps that Kay has designed....oh, they are lovely and I know you're going to love them......there are 6 x A6 stamps......

Watch out for the show next Sunday on C&C (10am ....I think....).

Back to today,   

I recently bought my first Splodge Mask....and here is a quick card that I made using it...

I used PanPastels and a soft brush through the mask.....It creates a lovely effect and it is so quick to do....

The butterfly is taken from an IndigoBlu stamp set....Nature I.....stamped twice and decoupaged....

A little glitter and job done!

Hope you like it, I'm off now to play with my new stamps......

Have a good week and see all you regular crafters on Wednesday.....

Hugs, Jo. X 

MDF Heart

Good evening all, hope you have had a good day. I have been in Hazel Grove with my lovely Crafty ladies and gent. Today we decorated an MDF Heart.

We started off by using Gee So Good white to form a primer on the MDF.

Once dry we went on to use Acrylic paint and then let this dry..meanwhile Versafine ink was used to stamp onto Tissue...these images we cut out. 

Next we used the FlitterGlu and Autumn Blaze Flaked with the Vintage Flourish stamp. The detail is stunning. 

Using the Tissue technique and Slap It On we added our stamped images.

All these products are available from IndigoBlu.

The flowers were made from torn paper .

Ribbon, hat pins, a few stamped words and a dragonfly finished the design. 

There was just time for a coffee and biscuit, oh and a good old gossip.....It is amazing what we talk about!!!!!

That's all from me now,  just off to eat a quick meal then take Mikey to play football. 

I am off to Port Sunlight on Friday, so if I don't get time to post again have a good weekend and if you are coming to Happy Stampers on Saturday do come and say Hello.

See you soon, Jo. X