Tuesday 16 July 2013

Indigo Blu Gilded Heart



 The current Indigo Blu challenge is Summertime and I am entering this heart which I have made for my dear friend, Pauline. We went to the Newbury Artstamps show the other week and had a great time. It was quite quiet which was great for us as customers, so we had a rare chance to have a chat with Kay from Indigo Blu who was demo'ing and was very sweet to us. What a genuinely lovely lady she was! We bought some new Indigo Blu stamps which will make it easier for me to join in the challenges in future. In fact Pauline lent me the main stamps for this heart, which are the ones I bought her for Christmas from the Bloomin' Great set, which comprises the flowers which I thought were perfect for the theme, and the frame which gave me a chance to use their gilding flakes and Flitterglu which works brilliantly. I have also used their Script stamp and Kroma crackle.


I used shrink plastic for the centre of the largest flowers, and added leaves from the set. I finished off with Treasure Gold in Ice Fire round the edges and sprinkled over some tiny turquoise beads.




16 comments:

  1. Love your beautiful summertime heart Lucy especially the gorgeous flowers, Hugs Annette x

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  2. Such a pretty heart Lucy and I am sure Pauline loves this! Love the gliding flakes and flowers! Hope you week is going wonderfully! Hugs!

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  3. How lovely to have a friend who shares your interest in craft. This is such pretty gift for her too, she's bound to love it. You certainly put your purchases to good effect! This really is summery. Julie Ann x

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  4. Shrink plastic is FUN stuff--your heart is lovely, Lucy, so sweet and pretty.

    :)

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  5. I love those flower! What a fun project!

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  6. This is a lovely arty creation Lucy !!

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  7. This is so pretty and great colour combination! Hugs trace x

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  8. Bright and cheerful, perfect for summer.

    Kyla

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  9. quite gorgeous and a lovely gift for your friend. what a wonderful day you had! xo

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  10. Gorgeous! Love the combination of colours. A beautiful, light, summery piece. Chris xxx

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  11. This is so pretty, love the colours. Thanks for joining in with the Forever 21 Challenge. Good luck ..... Linda xx

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  12. Such a lovely make, Lucy - pretty and fresh - and I'm glad you found a touch of shade in all that sunshine!!
    Alison x

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  13. Oh this is gorgeous! Love those soft pretty colours! It looks wonderful the way you have photographed it too, a real summery make, lovely!

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  14. What a beautiful gift Lucy! Pauline will love it! xx

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  15. Not sure if you received the comment.
    Having problems at the moment.
    So pretty and definitely captures Summer.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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