FABULOUS NEWNESS FROM CI COMING TO HOCHANDA SOON, AND BEAUTIFUL MAKES...

I do hope you can join us for our next Hochanda shows on Monday, 3rd December at 12pm and 4pm. We are very, very, very excited about them and our delightful brand new products that are being released for the first time, and some lovely new stamps will be appearing too!!

Myself and lovely Lesley (Chocolate Baroque) will be demoing and showing you how easy and rewarding it is to play with all the good stuff you will see on there.  The makes from our clever teamies have started arriving and we are stunned and amazed by their continuing creativity and the love and care they have put into crafting with all the products.  What a joy it has been to open the packages, thank you so much ladies.  Lesley will also be on tv with her own CB products the following day, another couple of shows that shouldn't be missed.

As usual I do also have some other cool crafty stuff to share tonight as well from Helen and Flo.  The following makes all appeared on our last tv shows and here they are in close-up detail...

These by Helen - a clipboard full of travel tickets, images and other delights..

Helen has used our latest A4 background papers, plus CI-239 and lots more on the clipboard.

Plus three great cards, also by Helen....

..... featuring tags and more from CI-427, CI-428 and CI-469.

Flo made a couple of really cool junk journals for the last lot of shows, and here is a little taster of some of the inside pages....

Again there are the A4 background papers featuring here as well as tickets and tags and CI stamps.

I thought I would end with a couple of photos taken by Malcolm recently, showing the lovely colours of Autumn this year.  They were taken in our local park where we walk Monty.  One day the trees were covered in this fabulous curtain of colour, and after winds during the night the next day the leaves had all gone.

Thank you for your company today.

Back soon,
Jean x

REALLY GORGEOUS MAKES....

I have been lucky enough to finally get a new computer, a much needed new computer I must say, as my old one was very old indeed (in computer years) and lots of it had ceased to function correctly.  So having had to tidy stuff up on my old one in order for my new one to be brought into action I have found some things that I didn't realise I actually had.  This is a very good thing as I have rediscovered the following divine makings by lovely teamie Flo, which I am sure I haven't shown you before, so with vast apologies to her for not showing them before here are the two beauties she had previously shared with me, both perfect for the current season......

..... above is the front (inside), and below is the back....

Stamps involved here are several including the main one CI-489, Winter Walkies, and CI-493, Wild Flowers and Ferns Silhouette.  I think she has also used the Triptych you will find Here.

Here are some other views of it, open and closed...

 
The other make I found was this one and again I just love it and I'm sure you will too...

Here Flo has used CI-484, Christmas Sledging Fun, with a handle charm on top.
Many thanks Flo.

To finish tonight I have picked the following fab teamie makes to show you as well, the first two from Dora and then Gerrina, with Christmas in mind (only 6 Saturdays to go, oh dear!)....

Both feature a stamp that is proving very popular CI-502, Noel Border.  And whilst on the subject of borders here is the final card make made by teamie Sarah with CI-498, Just the Ticket Border....

Nice!

Hope the sun shines for you tomorrow wherever you are!

Bye for now, back soon,
Jean x

WEEKEND WORKSHOP PICCIES AND MORE....

As promised in my last post I am going to post some of the piccies taken at the weekend workshop recently, that CI and Chocolate Baroque held together with some fantastic crafting folk here in the North East of England.  Firstly the whole group of us (except Malcolm as he took the photo)..

Followed by individual piccies of various folk and makes that were made, or were in the process of being made at the time.  The first day we concentrated on assembling a variety of 'junk' journals, and on the second morning we made a piece of home decor on canvas..

Any familiar faces?  We had a fabulous time, hope you did too, and many thanks for your company.

Whilst photos are the order of the day the most recent show we had a stand at was at Doncaster with Stamp Magic.  Here is the stand, followed by a little touch of artistic participation from one of our cutest and keenest younger customers...

What a sweetheart and great artist in the making!

Finally a little array of inspirational pretties, starting with a daisy frame by lovely customer Angela Mitchell..

A couple of journal pages by creative Corrine Rollett..

Two lovely large Christmas tags by talented teamie Sylvie..

A cool calendar page by teamie Chris - what a great idea!..

.... and probably not exactly pretty, but certainly very creative, are two crow/raven makes by Sally Holmes and one other following in the steps of the great Edgar Allan Poe...

What a collection!

Back soon,

Jean x