A VASE (THANKS TO HELEN) AND ASSORTED LOVELY MAKES BY SYLVIE...

I should have mentioned this last month, because our lovely teamie Helen had an absolutely beautiful vase decorated with our stamps in the January issue of Craft Stamper (we do still have it available on our website here). She used CI-425 and CI-426, and I just loved it. The vase is a bisque ceramic variety purchased from Hobbycraft (only a few pounds).  It is glazed inside so you can put water in it, but the outside is matt and colours and stamps beautifully.  So I followed her instructions (almost exactly) and here is my version, which I am also delighted with...

... I even bought some cool fake grasses and fake lavender, and then dried a hydrangea head to put inside, and I think it will be staying around on display at home!!

I now have some marvellous makes by teamie Sylvie to show you, and the first colourful make has a step by step in photos to guide you.

Lots of CI stamps on here, but I'm not going to link to them all this time, as it take an age to do, and I'm feeling proper lazy tonight, suffice to say that they can all be found at: www.craftyindividuals.co.uk....

...and here are her steps...

Thanks for that Sylvie x

Here are some more of her lovely CI inspired makes....

... and finally....

Many thanks Sylvie!!

If you got our Newsletter recently you will know that we have some discontinued stamps available for half price at the moment.  Some are already now out of stock, but the remainder can be found within our Sale pages Here if you are quick, probably on pages 3 & 4.  The sale page is always worth a look as we do put things on there quite often, and we all like a bargain now don't we?!

Bye for now,
Back soon,
Jean x

HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH FLO....

Happy New Year to all of you, from all of us here at Crafty Individuals.  Thanks for your love, kind comments, and good wishes throughout 2016, it means a lot!  Let's hope 2017 is a creatively crafty one too. Tonight I have a few makes by lovely Flo to show you, the first is a faux encaustic tile, on a wooden coaster, and the following 2 are made with air drying clay, and then 2 very pretty cards made with CI mini images....

Here they are..

(features CI-294)

(features CI-419)

Cards, with images from our People & Places book...

 
To finish I have a couple of items I don't think I've shown you before on the blog.  We recently added some gorgeous glossy card in an A5 size to our website, and it is delightful to stamp and colour on..

Another item we added is this gorgeous set of wooden 'Love' frames..

..and this is how I decorated them (with a Christmassy look).
Of course you could decorate them for any occasion, or insert photos perhaps...

Bye for now,
Back soon,

Jean x

IT'S A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM US, AND A BIT OF A COCO FEST TO FOLLOW...

We wish you all a very Happy Christmas, and lots of love, hugs, and warm wishes for 2017.  Monty Moodle has donned his best festive outfit, and was even persuaded to wear a little santa hat as well!!

Thanks Monty Moodle xx

I am now going to add quite a few Coco creations below, and as time is moving on and it will soon be Christmas Day I won't add links to products on these tonight, but of course stamps are available as always from www.craftyindividuals.co.uk.....

Firstly a very fine array of beautiful cards, with a festive flavour..

....(loving those robins around that tree!)

Followed by pocket letters, a sparkly canvas, a decorated book, and some journal pages...

Many thanks Coco xx

My final card tonight is by Daniele, what a delight!...

And finally thanks to you too - all our lovely customers, teamies, blog followers, and comment makers. Have a great time tomorrow xx

Back soon,

Jean x

ORNAMENTALLY FESTIVE....

Many thanks for all the great comments on my last post and about Sylvie's lovely card designs.  Tonight I am going to feature four gorgeous little festively ornamental makes by Joanna - soooo very sweet!  Here they are....

Two adorable 'looking through the window' makes...

.... featuring CI-399 and CI-463.

I adore this pretty little thing, so glittery and wintery ....

... looking delicious adorned with CI-327.

And finally I have a dinky little double sided festive shape, designed to fit perfectly in the palm of your hand....

.... nice bit of crackle and stamped bits from CI-257, and CI-327.

They would all look amazing adorning my Christmas tree this year, that is for sure!  Thanks Joanna, you are a star!

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Jean x 

CHANGING COLOUR SCHEMES...

A very brief post from me tonight.  Just want to show you a set of 4 cards made by Sylvie - the same main stamp CI-460, in different colourways, with a stencilled background (not sure who's stencil I'm afraid, but Sylvie will know of course). The snowflakes used are from CI-465 and the sentiment from CI-438.  I love the effects achieved!...

You will find more by Sylvie on her blog 'Here'.

Back soon,

Jean x

CANDY WINNER....

A quick post to tell you who has won the new stamps blog candy as mentioned in my last entry.  There were over 40 comments and we just randomly picked the number 17 today.  On counting down the list number 17 comment is by: 'Titbelsoeur, mixed-media addict'.

If Titbelsoeur could please email us at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk with your address we can post out your 6 brand new stamps.  Lucky you!

Thanks to everyone who commented, we love reading your messages, and here are a couple of my makes just to add a bit of colour to finish the post this evening.  Both cards feature the adorable little deer from CI-332, Snowflake Rudolph....

Bye for now.
Back soon,

Jean x