A QUICK POST BEFORE POLDARK...

Have to see the last episode at 9pm, so this is a quick post this week before then!  My next post will be to introduce you to the new Challenge for May, so tonight I just have a few things to show you whilst I get all the team's beautiful inspiring makes together for the beginning of May.  So I have a few bits by me to begin with.  Firstly a wooden 'canvas' make featuring those old favourites of mine - winter trees, which are such versatile stamps....

I have covered my block in paint, handmade papers, tissue, stencilling and stamping. And then I have stamped trees stamps CI-209, and CI-429 onto white tissue and applied them over the top, before spraying with acrylic varnish (this makes the tissue almost transparent).  Rather liking the whole effect!

My second lot of images is of die cut gift bags, decorated with CI bits and bobs...

Each one has an MDF lovely on it, which you can find on our site in this section HERE, plus stamping and some mini images appear too, from our People and Places Book 2.

I now have a couple of beautiful cards for you by Sylvie, with gorgeous 'Gelli' backgrounds....

Loving these - overstamped with CI-391 and CI-385 - they are glorious!

My final image is of a card made by Joanna, complete with pink sparkle - beautiful indeed!....

CI-430 looking lovely here plus butterflies stamped onto parchment and an appearance from our Floral Branch Die.

Thank you for your visit,
Back soon,

Jean x

CATCHING UP AGAIN...

This is me having a bit of a catch up session tonight by gathering some more team makes together to show you, that have been waiting in the wings for a little while.  Thanks for the sweet comments left on my last post welcoming Florence to the CI fold - nice to know you are all looking forward to seeing more from that clever lady, but meanwhile I have makes below from Coco, Daniele, Sylvie and Helen.  I will begin with a decorated box I did a little while ago - another good chance to show off some of the lovely gold coloured hardware we are selling in the pages of this web section HERE, as well as an MDF decorative frame addition (lovely to stamp on), and tulips stamp CI-388....

My next two cool makes are from Coco, featuring one of the latest Alice stamps...

Swiftly followed by 3 lovely cards by Daniele...

The first two are made with tag stamps from CI-431 and the third using some of the trees from CI-429.

Sylvie has made fabulous cards using CI-427, CI-428, CI-431 and CI-432,  and also the fisherman's stamp CI-412...

And Helen has again used some of the tags stamps on this glorious canvas 'for a man'...

You can view the appropriate team member's blog by following the links here on the right hand side.

Thanks for joining us, it's lovely to have your company,

Back soon,

Jean x

YAY - NEW TEAMIE....

Hello All - Hope you are having a lovely weekend.  Its gone very chilly here and I think we are in for lots of rain tomorrow - yuk - but then lots of time for crafting so rain has its plus side too!!

Please join us in giving a very big welcome to our new and latest CI team member - Florence Langley - hip hip hooray for Florence!  I am so very delighted that the very talented Florence has kindly agreed to join our little team.  I have so loved her art and craftwork for a long time now and I know she will already be familiar to many of you.  Please check out her blogs if you haven't come across her work before https://florenceandfreddie.wordpress.com/ and https://florenceandfreddiepart2.wordpress.com/ - wonderful! Florence and her partner Freddie are lucky enough to live in the Andalucian Mountains in Southern Spain - wow!

Florence has sent over some great crafty bits made using Crafty Individuals stamps, and I would like to share them with you tonight....

We have 3 very beautiful cards as follows...

Stamps used in these delights are CI-414 and CI-277, CI-389, CI-292 and CI-406.

Then we have a oh so sweet wine bottle decoration/gift tag using CI-403...

Plus a very cool wooden butter patty fridge magnet using CI-277
and CI-161...

And a lovely hanging which first appeared in our last Challenge and features CI-390....

We are so looking forward to seeing much more from Florence very soon.

Bye for now,

Jean x

SYLVIE'S FIVE CHOICES FOR MARCH....

Hope you are all having a lovely Easter break.  Weather here has been fantastic yesterday and today - long may it continue.  I am posting tonight to give you Sylvie's five chosen ones from our March Challenge link ins, and here they are with comments from Sylvie:

'Difficult to make a choice amongst all these gorgeous creations.  Thank you all for your participation.  After much hesitation I choose...'

10 - Craftyfield
"Gorgeous card!  I love how she worked the brushos and mica powder to create the background"

12 - Mamypassions
"She has created a fabulous canvas.  Great choice of colours, beautiful use of masks.  A showcase for the bird stamps"

21 - Dora
"I love this card, simply stunning.  The stamping is perfect!

34 - Iwona Create
"I love this hanging and everything about it - choice of colours, materials and texture"

40 - Linette
"Fabulous scene made by Linette.  Very fine cutting work, lovely colours, wow!"

Thanks for being in charge this time Sylvie - soooo difficult to choose 5 amongst all the lovely entries (43 in total). Would the 5 ladies listed above please contact us at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk with your choice of winning stamp, plus your address, so that we can post out asap.

Back soon,

Jean x