A Vintage Girl

Indigoblu: Honoring the upcoming solar eclipse with ATC's

A Planetary Exploration with Indigoblu Bubble Stamp

I was searching through all my beautiful Indigoblu UK stamps for inspiration, I ran across the one below and it made me think of the sun and the moon and in honor of the upcoming SOLAR ECLIPSE, I created a set of three Artist Trading Cards that will be swapped all over the world.  

Click here to check out this stamp and all the beautiful rubber at Indigoblu

 

Stamp the bubbles on the background with black ink and add the liquid pearls in the little circles randomly. Then spray with DecoArt spray to give it a splash of color to create these intergalactic cards.

Look at the cool planetary effect the liquid pearls gives on the cards.

 

Hope you enjoy,

Candy Rose
Indigoblu Brand Ambassador

Designer Craft Connection Blog Hop with Rebekah Meier/Thermoweb

presents mixed media art journaling

I was asked to be a part of this fun blog hop with Thermoweb and their latest designer brand mixed media products with Rebekah Meier.  What I received was a wonderful variety of mixed media papers, tape, and medium to create with.  Be sure to hop to the other designers at the end of this post and back to the Designer Craft Connection blog for more inspiration!

As I pondered the supplies in front of me, I had my art journal out to the side where I had just finished up a starter set of pages with stencils and paints.  So I thought about how I can use a stencil with the transfer foil and create a couple of mixed media journal pages.  So I got to work...

Using a paper stencil from Faber Castell, I started with the lettering in the middle of a sheet of sticky back art paper.  I use the mixed media medium to get the adhesive in all the lettering.

I then used one of my favorite stencils, roses and used the same medium throughout the outside of the art paper until it was all covered. I let this dry for overnight as the application is thick, I wanted the texture as well as the stickiness.  In the morning the stickiness was perfect for the next process of adding the transfer foil.

 

I then started to apply the various colors of transfer foil, gold, silver and tin throughout the sheet.  I wanted a rustic, shabby chic feel so I did not rub the transfer foil real hard so that it was NOT full coverage.

 

Once the foil was done, I used Prima watercolors to color the entire page.  The art paper took the watercolor beautifully.

Now for preparing the art journal pages.  I added Indigoblu stamps and Tattered Angels sprays to give it a mixed media look.  I do not have to worry about the center too much as the large art sheet is going to cover most of it.  The accents are going to poke out around the edges.   

Once I completed the background and let it dry, I cut the art sheet in half so that it would fit across both pages of my art journal.

Now it's time to adhere them to the pages.  Turn it over and peel off the back to expose the adhesive side.

Place down on each side of the pages being mindful of the book closing so that it does not go to the other page and ruin the paper.

Now add strips of quotes and words around the perimeter of the art sheet to make a frame.  I added additional pieces in various spaces as well. 

To make the text and quotes stand out, use a charcoal pencil and outline the text boxes.








Check out what a few of the other Designer Craft Connection Designers created:

Nadine Carlier https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2017/07/rebekah-meier-thermoweb-deco-foil-and.html
Steph Ackerman  https://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/2017/07/mixed-media-fun-with-rebekah-meier.html
Anita Scroggin https://theflamingochronicals.blogspot.com/2017/07/DCCDiane.html
Karen Bearse-Art  https://karenbearse.blogspot.com/2017/07/rebekah-meier-by-therm-o-web-mix-media.html
Susan Brown  https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2017/07/discover-cre8time-bliss-mixedmedia-with.html

What an amazing product line, I have had so much fun that I am going to share two more projects with you on my blog, so keep an eye out!

Craft On,

Candy Rose

A Crafters Quandry....Stamp Storage!

Informational Tutorial featuring Indigoblu Quintessential Rubber Stamps

Its a bit humorous how many stamps I own when I don't consider myself a "traditional" stamper, such as doing greeting cards. I use them in mixed media and home decor projects.  I am quite obsessed with them just the same.  Working with Indigoblu this last year and now as a Brand Ambassador, I really have been pushing myself with using stamps in more ways.  

However, I have the same problem that we all have and that is STAMP STORAGE.

So I spent some time on Amazon recently looking at the different storage ideas.  I dont like the clear packaging that they come in with the sticky opening makes it hard to get them in and out to use.  I do like having a clear envelope though.  So that is what I searched for.  There were quite a few products and manufacturers to choose from.

These are my stamps in the packaging that they arrive in.  They are great because they are see through and could easily be used to store them.  However, if you are using your stamps quite a bit pulling them in and out of this packaging gets tricky due to the sticky end of the enclosure.

FRONT VIEW

BACK VIEW

After looking through several different envelopes and ordering some of each, when all was said and done these were the best value at $6.99 for 25 envelopes.  

With these envelopes, the stamp slides easily in and out which encourages me to use the stamps more often.

Here are a few of my stamp sets that are now in their new envelopes, they stack beautifully in a container.

 

Enjoy!

Candy Rosenberg

 

Indigoblu: A Vintage Girl

I dont do scrapbook layouts very often and certainly not of myself but I had a request to do one, so I literally sat on the floor of my craft room going through boxes to find things to make a simple layout with.  I dug deep and found an old tin box of Maya Road chipboard letters and a some old chipboard colored images to add to my beautiful Indigoblu mixed media paper.

I used my go to Indigoblu paints to paint the chipboard letters to make the "A vintage girl" letters on the page, found an older picture of myself from 2014 to share and added the chipboard vintage images on the Indigoblu Mixed Media papers. I am known for my layered layouts, but to be honest, with all that life is throwing out there...simple is what speaks to me.

I hope you enjoy it, as this brought tears to my eyes to realize just how far I have come...and so thankful to be here to even share this with you.

 

 

A Mini Piece of Art: Indigoblu Chipboard ATC

 

shares a little piece of art with you on the Indigoblu blog.

Look what happens when you start with a beautiful red rubber stamp from Indigoblu and add paint, pen, stencils and ink....  look at how I put this fun Artist Trading Card together on the INDIGOBLU BLOG!

 

Always be creative,

Candy

Indigoblu: Mixed Media Journal Page

Hello Crafty Friends,

I will admit I am fairly new to the mixed media journaling trend so I struggle a bit in creating pages.  However, with the fun new Weird Science stamps and beautiful English Cottage Paints from Indigoblu it is making learning much easier.

I layered paints and stamps. I added the word "Free" that has a ghost-like appearance which created the effect that I wanted.  A bit of added pearls into the circles of the stamp to give it dimension.

I will keep exploring in my journal....keep an eye out.

 

With the new year...... comes new art with Canvas Corp and Indigoblu!

If you follow me on Facebook you will have read the story about my ONE LITTLE WORD.  I do not do resolutions for the New Year, I choose one little word to follow throughout the year.

This year is "LIVE" because with all that will be happening on all levels in my life in the upcoming year I really needed an entire dictionary to cover it all.  So I chose to just LIVE, to live each moment like its my last because honestly it could be.  So no regrets, learn to make time for myself, my family and friends.  Not let anyone in that does not belong in my tribe and allow them to destroy me, my family or my businesses like I have in the past.  I have worked hard to make many changes in the last four years.  And this will be the most poignant year yet.  

One thing I promised was to create more art this year.  And guess what....I AM!  Its not done, but wanted to share anyway!

This canvas has been sitting in my studio for almost a year.  It is just a bunch of items layered and heavily gesso'd but I put it aside and have not known what to do with itn since.  So I had some paints sitting on my desk wondering what to do and noticed the canvas leaning against the desk on the floor.

Supplies used: A Vintage Girl chipboard dress form, Canvas Corp: DIY Home Decor, Canvas, burlap. Indigoblu Acrylic Paint. Blumenthal Lansing buttons, Want2Scrap bling, Prima flowers, Mon Ami Gabby bling ribbon, dominoes and other chipboard.

A close up:

Thank you for stopping by and keep an eye out for more art!

Much craft love,
A Vintage Girl by Candy

The Belle of the Ball at Indigoblu

Today I am sharing a mixed media dress form using some incredible products from Indigoblu.  I am completely smitten with the Megaflakes and how much you can do with them.  I am going a little crazy to say the least.

To see more, head on over to the INDIGOBLU blog, CLICK HERE!

Paint, Stamps and Fussy Cutting with Indigoblu!

Visit the Indigoblu Blog HERE.

I am up on the Indigo Blu blog today, come on over and see what I did with paint and stamps and whole lot of fussy cutting to create a beautiful layout showing a part of our incredible trip to Scrap Addicts in Canada last year.

 

Its Christmas in July with Indigoblu

I had so much fun creating this Christmas tree with the new Cleary Indigoblu Big Holly Stamp.  Learn how to make this project for your holiday table by visiting the Indigoblu blog at http://www.indigoblu.com/blog/2015/07/stamping-a-three-dimensional-christmas-tree/