ATB's for Indigo Blu

Good morning lovelies! How are you today? I'm waiting for my lift to arrive to take me to the hospital - I've been managing to get a lift once a week from Shaun's work colleagues. They are so very good. I don't think there are many groups of people who would get their heads together and organise this - so thankyou so much those involved - it really is appreciated! Shaun is doing very well still. He had a bronchoscopy  again yesterday and his lungs are looking fine. He's also doing more time on the trachymask and generally doing more physio too - here's hoping this lasts and he continues to get stronger every day.

Today I have my first set of ATB's (artists trading blocks) cut using my own die. I finally invested in it and I think you'll be seeing a few of these now - they're cool! The die is by Eileen Hull from Sizzix and comprises all three boxes. There ai also a bigger box but I haven't got that one as yet. I used distress stains to colour up a piece of A3 card then used the die to cut out all the pieces and assembled the boxes. Then I did the stamping and used masking as a feature - thats because this months Indigo blu challenge is all about masking.

I stamped the images onto colour stained card then masked and overstamped with the bubble or the ripple stamp. Then some of the images I coloured slightly but it hasn't come through too well!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

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eileenhull - art-with-heart-challenge-november-favorite-recipes

I have used my favourite recipe of distress stains to make this - mowed lawn, salty ocean and peacock feathers!

Big hugs to you all and I hope you have a great day!

Rachel xx