DO YOU EVER WISH.....

Do you ever wish you hadn't begun something?..... It started out with me 'lightly trimming' some honeysuckle tonight that had got a bit out of hand and huge against a wall in my garden - but one thing led to another and somehow I now have a completely bare wall, and lots of greenery and huge branches to get rid of!! Ah well I guess it might start to grow back next year, and I won't have a boring brick wall to look at forever!  Meanwhile back on the blog we are still in the process of collecting lovely taggy themed 'links' on this post HERE.  Twenty five entries so far, but still a week to go, so really you have no excuse as its only a tag you need to make this time!!!!

I still have lots of inspiring makes, all with a 'Tag You're It' theme, gathered in a file ready to show you.  So as there is only a week left of June, I had better get a move on, and here we go....

Laury has made a whole bunch of themed and fabby tags, and clipped them together like this...

Quite an assortment of CI stamps appear here such as CI-022 and CI-258, and I think this sort of project would make a lovely gift, don't you?

Lucy made a tag too...

....using the new stamps CI-409, CI-411 and CI-410 which work rather beautifully together here.

Lynne has done us proud yet again with this lovely hanging tag collection....

...and has used stamp set CI-395 so very delicately on her hanging.  Plus she has made this taggy card...

 

 ...which features CI-405 as focal point, in a very shabby chic kind of way.

 My final lovely crafty pieces for this evening have been created by Helen, who is our leader in this Challenge.....

....and has used the same stamps that Lynne used, but as you can see in a completely different way.

Thanks for reading, and back again soon with another tutorial - in a totally taggy sort of a way of course...

Jean x

p.s. Forgot to say thanks for all the holiday wishes - we had a great time, and Monty Moodle just loved his walkies on the beach.

TAGS GALORE.....

All sorts of tag creations are now appearing on our blog HERE, as response to the June Challenge title of 'Tag You're It' - still looking forward to seeing your tag too!!

Tonight I have lots more tags from the Team to show you, so I'm going to rattle them off here below.  Malcolm and I are off to Northumberland on Saturday for a few days, so won't be posting until we get back, and I've still got lots more still to show you before the end of the month.  So here we go.....

Firstly a couple of lovely tags by Brenda...

Both of these feature our newest stamps which can be found in our New Products section.

Then I have another beauty by Ginger....

Ginger used CI-277 on her tag.

Loving Effie's recycled tags (featuring CI-410), so much so that I made some along the same lines myself....

And mine, on new 'recycled' tags ..

Next I have some beauties by Coco....

I won't link to all the above stamps, as it would take me forever, but you will find them all on our website at www.craftyindividuals.co.uk

Daniele's very lovely scrapbook page is next in line, and full of tags made from our latest issue of stamps again....

Then I'll sign off for tonight with these adorable taggy makes by Joanna.  Firstly a lovely 'musical' chocolate bar box and tags...

Plus two more adorable beauties....

Hope you've enjoyed this very colourful tagful display this evening, and now we have piccies of a very excited Monty Moodle who has packed his bags ready for his imminent Northumberland holiday.....

Aw bless!

Nite all,

Jean x

SYLVIE'S FABULOUS STEP BY STEP TAG FAN....

Tonight I am going to show you this glorious tag make by Sylvie, and then follow up with her step by steps.  Loving everything about this - all very creative and very clever - and another inspiring tag delight on the theme of 'Tag You're It', which is our current Challenge title.  Check out the Challenge details and entries so far HERE.

Wish I could make the image bigger - but as I can't here are some lovely detail shots.....

And this is how Sylvie went about making her delightful tag fan...

She used CI Printed and Shabby Tags....

And cut them into triangle shapes....

Stamp two of the 'Shabby' tags - with CI-409 and Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac....

Attach all the tags together on the back using masking tape, and pop eyelets as shown on each tag to

thread together with a ribbon

Ink small doilies with Distress Inks, and attach as shown....

Stamp CI-410 twice onto an acetate sheet in Archival Black ink....

Colour the images with inks and cut out....

And use a round MDF heart frame to decorate the centre of the fan and adhere the flowers to the top.....

Add lace and die cuts using the Elegant Swirl and the Floral Branch, and here is the gorgeous finished tag fan again.....

Lots more still to come,
Back soon,

Jean x

CRAFT STAMPER - JUNE ISSUE....

So pleased to see quite a few entries already in the 'Tag You're It' June Challenge, details of which you will find HERE.

This is a teenie blog post just to say we have the June issue of Craft Stamper on sale now on the website, and within you will find a canvas project by me, along with lots of other good stuff. The image below is a snippet only.....

Back soon,

Jean x

WE CHALLENGE YOU IN JUNE TO PLAY 'TAG YOU'RE IT' ALONG WITH US......

Emailed entry by Ruth..

Yes its Challenge time again everyone, and this time the June Challenge is in the very capable hands of Helen Chilton, who has chosen the theme for us, which is (drum roll) 'Tag You're It'.  Based loosely on a children's playground game this theme gives you mountains of scope to do your own thing - as long as something within your entry vaguely resembles a tag!!  So keep it simple or make it complicated the choice is yours, but we will be truly delighted if you could play along.

Here are the usual guidelines:

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

To enter this month's Crafty Individuals Challenge please put together your chosen project, which must include at least one Crafty Individuals product please, then post your Challenge project on your Blog, before the end of the month, and include a link back to this Blog.  Leave a link in the URL box displayed in this post to take us directly to your Challenge project, which will then appear on this Blog as a thumbnail image - so we can all see your wonderful arty work.

At the end of the month Helen will set about choosing five lucky participants, each of whom will win a CI rubber stamp of their choice, and don't forget that as per usual, once you have linked in your creation, you can also claim a lovely 25% discount code to use on anything you purchase from the CI Website, which will be valid until the 10th of July.

Go for it, and enjoy the challenge x

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As always we look forward to seeing your entries - you will be in with a chance of winning a free stamp, and you will also be able to obtain a cool 25% CI web discount.  When you have linked in your entry please email us at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk to obtain your special code, and then go shopping!

I have lots of taggy projects by Helen to share this month, and lots more by the team, including a couple of delightful step by steps.  However for tonight I will show you just some of Helen's makes to get your crafty thoughts started...

The three pretty samples above use CI-395 - 'Build a Meadow' again showing what a very versatile stamp collection this is, plus the love sentiment from CI-402 also makes an appearance.

Then they are followed by the lovely turtle (below) - I adore this tag! - from the Alice Palace collection..

Plus 'Love Lovely Life' also from Alice, in a clean and simple format ...

Finally Helen shows us a seasidey tag featuring CI-344 'Seagull Adventure'..

So there are no excuses allowed this month for not joining in, and we can't wait to see your tag linked in at the top of this post.

Back soon,

Jean x