ALL VERY ARTY INDEED.......

The CI teamies have been so very busy being very arty again, and I have collected a lot of images from them that all fit the wide open theme of 'Anything Goes', which is the subject of the current Challenge, but are also all very arty indeed!  All stamps appearing below can be found on the CI website at www.craftyindividuals.co.uk

I won't link this time to all the items used in their makes, but will instead link to the appropriate teamie blog...

The following are marvellous little makes by Florence, which I think she is going to assemble together as a little 'book'.  All the stamps Flo has used are from our Alice Palace collection, the Dinky background stencils used can also be found on our website too, and I love how bright and colourful and fun these pages are....

I also have some bright and cheery makes by Gio using CI stamps and her own range of background stencils...

Then the following arty makes are by Coco - firstly a gorgeous, colourful notebook cover....

....and also two cards where Coco has used the Alice Palace stamps too, as well as some of our new tree stamps....

Coco has also made this imaginative seaside card, as well as the above, with a little help from her Gelli Plate I believe...

Gio and Daniele have also been playing very nicely with the new deckchair/seaside stamps....

.... and so has Laury (with the addition of real shells and sand in her 'bottle').....

And Helen has been very creative and textural with our stamps and also with an image from our People & Places book....

Last, but not least, Lynne has made this beautiful tree panel with her usual flair, style and imagination...

Wow!!!  Thanks everyone, and thanks to all the folk who have 'linked in' to our Challenge so far (just 2 days to go till it closes), and also to all you lovely comment leavers - what stars you are!

Back soon,

Jean x

MORE GOOD STUFF.....

I'm back with more good stuff from the team.  The current CI Challenge is on the broad theme of 'Anything Goes', but of course it must feature at least one CI product within, and the team have been busy being creative as always.

One of my recent makes features lots of trees, and we have lots of great stamps about trees on the website, as you know.  This is my tree star book.....

.....and here are just some of our tree themed stamps for you to check out - CI-450 (an A4 sheet full of them),  CI-429, and CI-209.

On a completely different note Gio has decorated a lovely little coffee maker in her own fabulous way....

.... so richly coloured and ornate.  She has used images from our People & Places book, as well as lots of charms and beads and paint effects!

Lynne has also used one of the images from this book on her fabulous dimensional make....

And Effie too has been playing with the images on her cool and colourful ATCs....

The other CI items in the background (embossed in white) are CI-385, and new stamp CI-452.

How gorgeous is this decorated box by Florence?!....

Flo has used a sheet from our 'Shades of Summer' background papers book on the lid with stamping around the sides.

My final makes of today are from Joanna, so very pretty and floral, featuring CI-417, and lots of her handmade flowers...

Hope you have enjoyed your visit, and many thanks to our lovely team for showing us their amazing creations.

Back soon,

Jean x

NATURE'S BEAUTY...

Before continuing to read please do have a look at the page featuring our latest Challenge - Anything Goes (with the CI touch).  Some lovely entries there already, but lots of time for you to enter yet. 

This post will mostly feature one of our latest stamp releases as I have many images of makes sent over by our loyal teamies to show using this stamp.  The stamp is called 'Nature's Beauty' and is numbered CI-452.  

I posted an image of a card I made at Port Sunlight using this stamp on Facebook a few days ago, and I will start off posting that one and continue with some of the others....

Here are some creatively collaged beauties by Florence....

These have the additions of tickets and our birdcage die cut.  Also featuring our background papers too.

Helen sent over this beauty (love the stitching)....

..... and Sylvie played along very nicely too...

.....and she gave the stamp a totally different look here (with a pretty white die cut addition)...

Daniele set one of her embossed makes off very prettily in a frame....

..... and she used just a part of the same stamp on this lovely card...

...... alongside an image from our People & Places Book 2.

Finally I have some more delicately embossed makes with this stamp by Coco, and Coco has also included a little step by step (she used white embossing powder)....

Here are the steps....

Many thanks for your help ladies with featuring this popular stamp today.  Just one stamp but lots of cracking looks!  Back soon with more loveliness.  Thanks for your comments everyone!

Jean x