ITS VERY NEARLY TIME TO START A NEW CHALLENGE.....

However we are not quite there yet, so I wanted to get this post in quick beforehand, as I had promised makes by Effie and Laury for my last post, and then got sidetracked.  So this is the post with makes with fairly new stamps by the two lovely ladies.  It won't be a long post, so do just join me quickly to feast your eyes on the projects below....

Firstly Effie has made some very beautiful seed packets - perfect for a friend who likes their gardening, or maybe they could contain wildflower seeds for the bees to enjoy!  She has also provided some photos to show you how the packets were made....

Rather a lovely idea methinks, and Effie has used stamps CI-411 and CI-407 to create her seed packets.

Now I have 4 makes by Laury - all of which are so very pretty.  The first two are using the last issue of stamps...

(Well maybe we can't call fish pretty, I agree, but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all!)

Loving that bookmark using CI-411 again, plus CI-410, and the fishes are from CI-412.

Then the second two are using stamps from the very latest issue...

I adore that beautiful key holder made with shrink plastic and fabric, and using Gio's lovely new stamp CI-419.  And the second make is a folder which would be great for doing your journalling in, and again using Gio's lovely stamps - perfect!

Thanks for dropping by,
Back again very soon with the August Challenge details.

Jean x

NEW STUFF AND STUFF.....

I was going to show you more stuff with the last lot of new stuff, however we have got newer new stuff out now, so I'm going to show you that new stuff instead - lots of lols!

I am struggling with the computer tonight as my graphic pen isn't working properly and I am now hopeless with a mouse, so this may be a shorter post than usual?!

Here is the new stuff....

6 new stamps - four by ourselves, and two by lovely Gio from sunny Italy.  All can be found together listed in the NEW PRODUCTS section, which is working well these days!  Look out for the two on a very Special Offer, for one week only!  Here are the four CI's with the vintage flavour...

And here are the two new lovelies by Gio - definitely more contemporary than vintage and Gio now has her own slot on the website HERE....

I was very happy with this little lot and I so hope you like them too?!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make with them (do send us a link), and here are a few things we have made with them so far.

I played with the picket fence and the vintage bicycle, firstly on a little canvas....

And then I made a card...

Might need to add some butterflies to that card yet?!

Two team members have had a play with Gio's designs already, both in a completely different way.  Loving the orange flowers we have here by Joanna.....

And here is a fun and dreamy experimental design by Lynne....

Back soon with more stuff, and waiting to see what Gio comes up with herself with her own designs (although her sample stamps may still be in the snail mail to Italy).

Jean x

AND THE BLOG CANDY WINNER THIS TIME IS.....

We had 86 emails entering the blog candy challenge in my last post (image Here) and the selection of goodies goes to the first correct entry out of the box - which was - drum roll......
Pozdrawiam
Joanna ( aka Aluna),
www.handmejkialuny.blogspot.com

Please can you email us Joanna at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk with your address to claim your prize of lots of Crafty Individuals goodies (and do let us know what you make with the goodies if you can).  And to everyone else -  please keep checking back here for our next blog candy offer!

The team, as always, have been busy for us - particularly with the last issue of new stamps, and here is a lovely card by Brenda featuring the cool turtle from CI-413 ..

Nice message Brenda!

Gio has made a gorgeous tag with CI-410, Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons..

...As well as a little decorated shadow box - using the compartment boxes in the Must Haves section Here (still only 99p), and new stamp CI-411, A Garden of Flowers..

... So very pretty.  And Daniele has used the same stamp to create another lovely card..

Plus Coco has been busy creating too..

Very colourful indeed!

To finish the show off for tonight I have decorated one of our newer Must Haves - this little folding icon...

Which features Elements stamp CI-304 on the front, with CI-395 and CI-410 in the middle section.

Thanks for tuning in,

Back soon with lovelies from Effie and Laury, amongst others,

Jean x





 

OH YES - BLOG CANDY TIME....

We have now hit 900 followers - yipee!  Which means its Blog Candy giveaway time - oh yes!!

To be in with a chance of obtaining this little lot below (worth in excess of £85 - and comprising of two CI mini books, two masks, a die, 2 MDF blanks and 10 assorted rubber stamps)....

.....you will need to do have a go at both of the following.   Firstly if you are already a blog follower please leave a message at the end of this post (but don't giveaway the answer to the puzzle here!), and then email us at: info@craftyindividuals.co.uk with the name and the number of the CI rubber stamp that this little image snippet below was taken from - check out our website at www.craftyindividuals.co.uk to find the whole stamp, its number and its name:

You have the whole of the weekend ahead to enter by commenting and emailing us, and we will choose the worthy winner of all the above goodies early next week.  Good Luck!

Now I'm going to show you some little crafty beauties so that you can find something to leave a comment about hopefully...

To start off with I have two gorgeous diorama cards made by lovely Gio, and what's more she has made you a YouTube video all about the making of one of the dioramas so that you can have a go yourself - loving these - so delicious colourful and delightful....

Gio has used our Seaside Background papers (perfect for these designs), plus the cute turtle from
CI-413 and seahorses from CI-272 in the top diorama, and the beachy babe and beach huts from CI-278 in the bottom diorama.

You will find the video here on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2k7LLLyFQ&feature=youtu.behttp:// Enjoy!

Next I have a series of very pretty samples by Joanna - whose makes are always so feminine and totally adorable....

The sentiment in the above is from CI-402 and the die used is part of our In a Gilded Cage Die

The whole of the cage die can be seen above, plus our Floral Branch Die makes an appearance here too.  And I adore the next sample...

This very cute violin can be found in MDF on our site HERE, and the price is only £2.95 for five small very detailed musical instruments!

Finally I have this cool card again by Joanna...

....featuring our Sweet Flying Bird die.

Hope you have enjoyed tonight's post and thanks for Following,

Lots more to come,

Back soon,

Jean x

FAMOUS FIVE - TAG YOU'RE IT ....

Results time...

As chosen by Helen from the selection you can find HERE, with comments by Helen...

'Loved looking through all the tags - so many beautiful pieces of work it was hard to choose, but here goes...

No 7 - Love the colours on this, the balance of the stamping, the little twigs and twine.  Great attention to detail:

No 9 - Love the blues/yellow/oranges.  Very detailed background and like how the panel is wider than the tag. Lots of texture and depth:

No 11 - Really like the dark text background with the pale colours of the stamped image. Lots of depth, layers and texture:

No 16 - Just look at that pink and orange - it ties in so well with the picture.  Lots of detail in here - love the little crumpled wax paper flowers:

No 23 - Gorgeous greens and blues with very pale pink ribbon.  Liked the addition of the sequin waste and the depth of the background:

Well done everyone, and thanks for joining in!  The next Challenge will be posted at the beginning of September.

Please can the owners of these pretty little things email us at info@craftyindividuals with their addresses and choice of stamp so that we can send off their prizes asap.

Back soon,

Jean x

p.s.  Only 3 followers now needed to bring the total to 900!!  Then we shall have a rather nice selection of blog candy appearing here.