ITS TREE FEST WEEK AND ITS SCENIC STAMPING SATURDAY AS WELL....

We are having a 'Tree Fest Week' over at www.craftyindividuals.co.uk, which means our tree themed rubber stamps are on special offer for the week, and if you are on our mailing list you will have recently received a newsletter with details of a new tree stamp release and with a tree make tutorial combined all in one, in celebration of 'Tree Fest Week'!!

This is the brand new stamp release, CI-429 'Trees Galore':

And this is one way of using it, where I combined canvas, acrylic paint, and stamped tissue paper, with the addition of net and nylon fabric here and there, to make this piccie:

I also think this piccie would nicely fit in with the current Challenge month theme of 'Scenic Stamping' - check it out HERE, and I will post below some more similar makes piccies, sporting some more CI tree stamps, cos as you know I get a bit obsessed with some techniques and just can't stop playing!!

Here are a few others:

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I had great fun making them, hope you likey and fancy making one too?!

In addition to the new stamp set we have also added a few related 'Must Haves' to help you out:

Gildenglitz gilding flakes for creating those metallic suns and moons -

and Cotton Canvas in 1/4 metre lengths for you to tear/cut up to make your own 'tree-mendous' canvasses:

As I said in my last post it is also high time for a Giveaway.  So if you fancy winning the brand new stamp at the top of this post, plus the other 5 tree stamps on special offer this week, which you will find HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE, then please leave a happy comment at the end of this post, and one random lucky crafter will win all 6 tree themed stamps.

Thanks for joining me here,
Back soon,

Jean x

p.s. No trees were harmed during the writing of this blog post!!

CREATING A BIT OF A SCENE....

Hi Everyone - Back tonight with a continuation of our 'Scenic Stamping' Challenge inspiration!  Nice to see some fantastic entries appearing already - do have a look at them Here and please join in by linking up your version of Scenic Stamping soon.  It is lovely to have our friend Coco in charge of this Challenge, and some time ago she sent me lots of pictures showing how she went about making her new Blog header image.  I thought the time was right, and the Challenge title perfect, to show you some of the images today, and here they are!

This is the actual header - can't make it any bigger sadly here, so do check out Coco's blog for the fuller picture....

I love the step by steps, and don't think you need a written explanation as the images speak for themselves...

Lots of CI products making an appearance here. I hope the steps are appearing here in the right order as for some reason they got a little mixed up when trying to upload them.  Cool though aren't they?

I am also going to insert a very cleverly decorated basket by Gio in this post too, as it is another great example of Scenic Stamping for you, and I'm loving the colours, the lace, and the finished article....

And here are the step by steps using stamps CI-137 and CI-411....

Simply gorgeous in pink and orange and emerald green!

And my final make tonight is an adorable scenic card by Daniele, made using stamps CI-422 and CI-206.....

Loving all that luscious pink!  Thanks to the ladies above for their help and attention, and thanks to you too for joining us today.

Back soon,

Jean x

p.s. Better do a giveaway next time I think as we haven't had one for ages!

A CHALLENGE FOR JANUARY 2015 - SCENIC STAMPING

Happy New Year all.  Thanks for reading our blog through 2014, and thanks always for your kind comments, and now on with 2015, and our first challenge of the new year.

The subject for the challenge has been chosen by Coco, and is the title of 'Scenic Stamping'.  We would love it if you would show Coco your support by linking in an entry before the end of January.  Basically the title suggests that you create some kind of a scene involving at least one of our products in the make.  The scene might be made using just one of our collage stamps, or might incorporate several of the items from an Elements plate, or might use several of our different stamps combined together - to tell a bit of a story.  I think it is a really good subject to choose, and gives lots of scope for experiment.

Here are the usual guidelines to follow:

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 Coco 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 February.

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!

And now its time for a bit of inspiration to get you creatively focussed.

Lets start with some makes by Coco herself to inspire.  I love this scene she has created very cleverly with Christmas themed stamps..

 

CI-254 makes an appearance here, plus CI-421, and several more.  A great work of art.  Then I have a tag scene, again by Coco, to show that the idea can be fairly complicated, as above, or quite simple, but still creating something of a scene...

Laury has used the same stamp in her winter's scene, and has added some very pretty trees and stars to the card too....

And the final piece of scenic stamping inspiration tonight is by lovely Joanna....

.... very pretty in pink, and totally fabulous!  The focal stamp here is CI-331.

Hope you begin to get the idea, and of course without your support we couldn't run the challenge.  So please join in, and we do so look forward to seeing your ideas linked in above!!

Lots more to follow,

Jean x