What a week!

IndigoBlu Tags 

Happy Friday everyone
If your a follower of mine you 'll know that I've been off work for a while following an op, but my life as a lady of leisure came to an end this week when I returned to the world of totally british beautiful fast fast cars and ones that go anywhere!!  I had a wonderful welcome back from my colleagues so thanks to everyone for making my first day as good as it was.  I thought I'd feel like the new girl, not able to remember anything, but just like riding a bike it all came flooding back :-) Now I feel like I've not been away lol!!!   
I cant deny I'm not pleased its the weekend and I've got time to re charge my batteries before attempting another 5 days on the trot :-) 

As I've just joined the IndigoBlu team official this week I thought I'd share a couple of tags with you made with stamps from the  Pomp and Pageantry and Grand Tour 1 plates and the ledger background which I really love. 

Tag 1

IndigoBlu Pomp and Pageantry Tag 

The first tag was inked lightly all over with clover adirondak ink, and then over inked with vintage photo distress ink.  I used coffee archival ink for the ledger background and the gentleman, which I cut out.

For the rest of the stamping I used black archival ink and then mounted the raised pieces (gentleman and  longer word) on foam tape to add some dimension to the finished tag.  I used glossy accents to highlight the word eccentric and after dying the IndigoBlu vintage seam binding with antique linen distress ink I used the same stamp to stamp the wording on the binding.   To finish I mounted the tag on a black background cut down to 1/16" with my perfect border rulers from create and craft.(I love them!!) 

 Tag 2 

IndigoBlu Grand Tour 1 tag

I embossed the second tag with one of the Tim Holtz texture fades before inking it with Lemonade adirondak ink. I over inked that with vintage photo distress ink catching the top of the embossed areas to make them stand out.   I also highlighted the middle of the embossed area with clover adirondak ink, and added the background flourishes and the word TRAVEL using coffee archival ink. 
Then I stamped  the man with glasses and two tickets with the same coffee ink, and cut out the images.  I highlighted the glasses with jade art glitter and used glossy accents to add a frame to the cut out.  Once dry I scrunched up the tickets to give them a used look, and added them to the tag followed by the image of the man which I raised up on foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped with black archival ink, cut out, and edged with a vintage photo distress ink pen before I added them to the tag.  To finish I coloured some vintage seam binding with vintage photo distress ink, stamped on it with black archival ink and tied it onto the tag.  Lastly I mounted the tag on black card cutting it down to a 1/16" border.   


Have a great weekend whatever you have planned :-)