JULY 'MINIS' IMAGES AS CHOSEN BY FLO....

We have 5 stunning makes to share with you tonight, as chosen by the lovely Florence (also with comments by Flo), from link ins to the Mini Masterpiece July Challenge.  Choosing is always incredibly difficult!! However here they are, in no particular order:

No 24 Irmgard ..

'Loved how Irmgard used part of the stamped image to cover and decorate the matchbox and her clever colouring with Gellatos brought out the beauty of the Friends In Paris CI 063 stamp.'

No 21 Raewyn ..

'Loved Raewyn's fabulous idea of stamping the ticket images over the printed Life's Journey 2 images creating the effect of depth.  CI 239 and CI 307 would be great to use for a similar project. So many possibilities for this idea.'

No 19 Carole ..

'Carole made 3 projects - A brooch, a card, and a fridge magnet.  Loved how Carole cleverly stamped onto wooden shapes, using the Alice Palace stamps British Bulldog CI 370 and Jolly Duck CI 430, to create wonderful cards and gifts.  The ducks feet on the brooch are fabulous!!!'

No 11 Jannet ..

'Loved how Jannet cleverly used just the head of the Two Teds rubber stamp CI 440 to create and decorate the beautiful notebook.'

No 8 Dortesjs ..

'Loved how Dortesjs created the background for her project which works perfectly with the Favourite Ducks CI 373 or indeed would work with any of the Alice Palace stamps.'

Many, many thanks to all who linked in - you are fabulous folk!  Could those listed above please send your choice of stamp, and address, to us at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk

Finally please look out for a CI Newsletter email delivery very soon - oh yes indeed!!

Bye for now,

Back soon,

Jean x

WITH JUST 3 DAYS TO GO......

....It's high time I blogged the rest of our Mini Masterpiece inspirational makes, as there is only 3 days left until the end of July and the end of our current challenge.  However this does still give you a little time to get your masterpiece made/finished and linked in - you can view our July Challenge Post Here, and the sixteen lovely entries already displayed there.

I have a very lovely make by Joanna still to show you (lots of time and a great deal of love and effort featuring in this one).  Joanna built her mini album around her daughter, who enjoys fashion and florals, and she also wanted to incorporate our giveaway postcards as inserts. There are still spaces inside for Joanna to add more photos.  Here it is in all its current glory....

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing Joanna!

Coco added some mini masterpieces to a beautifully coloured sketchbook cover that she designed....

Her cover features some images from our first People & Places book, some stamping, some wooden butterfly buttons, and a die cut card frame.

Still on the beautiful miniature book theme I also have some images of a couple of fabulous 'shabby chic' mini books made by Gio.....

.... another use for a recently released stamp CI-451.

Finally I am going to show you 3 quirky cards made by our challenge master this month - Florence.  Not strictly made for this challenge I don't think, they are still definitely very colourful Mini Masterpieces, and I thought I would add them here anyway....

 ....made with quite an assortment of CI products including some of the Alice Palace collection, CI-258, Uplifting Words (such a useful stamp), and the newly added Dinky Stencils.  
Love 'em Flo!

Thanks for your company folks and kind comments,

Back soon,

Jean x

COCO'S MINI MASTERPIECE....

My post this evening is all about Coco's Mini Masterpiece.  Our current challenge is about Minis, and Coco has sent over some lovely photos of her very mini masterpiece, plus some other photos of the rest of her delightful 3D project, which has been made for the Anything But Cute Challenge Blog. where she is their guest DT member for July.
Coco has used lots of CI stuff on her lovely makes, including CI-287, CI-454, and CI-349.....
The first images are of her very mini, beautifully made and coloured seaside book.....

......How adorable is that?!

Here is her clever challenge blog make.....

Check out Coco's Blog too for more information HERE and HERE.

There are still 12 days to go to link in your Mini Masterpiece,

Back soon,

Jean x

MORE MINIS....

Oh yes indeed, I have more Mini Masterpieces to show you today as inspiration for our current Challenge, which you will find details about HERE, as well as the place to link in your entries.  Still 20 days to go to complete your Masterpiece!

I have some glorious jewellery items from Lynne and Gio.....

Word from CI-256 and images from CI-452 and CI-174.  Lovely!

Helen has made a great bookmark for a man?!...

....and made some tiny cards, nice and bright (CI-452 again)....

Laury decorated some pretty ATCs, with an assortment of CI stamps, including CI-452....

Then I have two lovely makes by Sylvie, with photo steps to accompany them.  Here are the finished masterpieces, firstly a canvas (with MDF cogs, a Dinky stencil, and CI-063), and secondly a notebook...

.... again with a Dinky stencil, plus CI-225 and CI-451 and a blank mini notebook. What a lovely gift!

Here are the steps....

and.....

Which make is your favourite?!

Bye for now, back soon,

Jean x