WE HAVE 4 BLOG CANDY WINNERS TO PRESENT WITH THEIR GOODIES ...

Thanks to everyone who entered the puzzle featured in my last post, and I can now announce the 4 winners of the blog candy packs.  There were 85 correct entries!!!! - and Malcolm chose 4 random numbers (1, 18, 37 and 68), then we counted down the list, and here are the winners:

1.  Irene Chillman from Surrey
2.  Marjan Nielsen from USA
3.  Daphne Vos from Netherlands
4.  Joanne Glaysher from Kent

As I think we have all your addresses on your emails your candy will be winging its way to you very shortly - Enjoy!

As lots of you realised the stamp section shown was from an 'Elements' stamp CI-293, and lovely Sam Read  sent over this very pretty little image made with that very same stamp with her entry, so I felt I just had to blog it:

Incidentally Sam also has a great project in the most recent issue of Craft Stamper - perfect for a little Valentine's gift.  And whilst I am on the subject of Craft Stamper another very talented lady who regularly has projects in there is Liesbeth Fidder from the Netherlands, who has written a Masterclass Tags project using our products, so please do check out her fabulous and inspiring BLOG.  I have just 'pinched' this domino book project from the top of her blog to show you now (hope she doesn't mind!):

How pretty is that - roll on Summer I say!!

Before I go I will just show you three more very lovely projects by the 'Team'.  First off a great chunky ATC (love these - must make one - soon!) by Ginger:

Ginger has used CI-336 on here - wow!

Now an adorable decorated matchbox by Lynne (more by Lynne on here soon):

Plus a view of the reverse and the sides:

Soo pretty, using CI-335.

And last, but not least, as the saying goes, a great calendar hanging by Isabelle, using the same stamp - delicious!

Thanks very much ladies.

Have a lovely weekend all!

Jean x

TAGS AND OTHER ARTY STUFF, PLUS A PUZZLE FOR YOU ......

Hope you are all having a fun weekend - its been cold but quite pleasant here in the UK today, a pretty nice winter's day all in all!  I have some more projects to show you and then I want to give away some blog candy as promised - however you will have to work a little bit for it this time!!!

My first project is a very lacy tag of birds and birdcages made by myself - I'm not totally happy with this one, not sure why really, but Malcolm and Kay like it so here it is:

The stamps I used are all from CI-329, which is a mini plate that I really like using, and I have added lots of lace, ribbons, dangly bead trimmings, a bird cage charm, and an earring.

And whilst on the subject of tags I have one from Isabelle which is also predominantly blues (probably my favourite colour), and Isabelle has used CI-331 and some of our background papers here:

More projects from Isabelle in my next post.

Now I have two very colourful projects spotted on Helen's Blog using stamps CI-333 and CI-336 - great colour scheme and layouts:

And finally I have 3 lovely projects that have been waiting in the wings since before Christmas - a delightful hanging by Lynne , followed by a really sweet box by Ginger, and then a beautifully stamped card using stamp CI-319 (spooky!) by Joanne Wardle:

Thanks to all for sharing, and do check out the latest Craft Stamper available on the CI Website HERE for some great projects using our products, including one by Jean Franks Beck, who's BLOG has been on my favourites list for quite some time, so go visit her and enjoy!

Now we have reached the end for this evening I am going to set you a little puzzle.  We have FOUR - yes FOUR! - sets of BLOG CANDY available to win starting tonight.  These are the sets below, and we might just add a brand new stamp (not yet released) to each set before they are sent out - these are so 'top secret' that I can't show you them here yet.

So if you would like one of the sets above, PLUS a BRAND NEW STAMP as well, then you will have to tell us the CI number of the stamp that this little section belongs to.  You might find the stamp in the Individuals Collection or in the Crafty Elements section.

When you think you know the answer please email it to us at info@craftyindividuals.co.uk, and include your name and address (so that we can send you your prize), and we will pick out 4 correct answers at random to win these great packs of goodies.  You have until next Wednesday evening (18th January) to send in your answer.

Good Luck!

Jean x

LOTS OF IMAGES TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT

Thank you for all the lovely comments you have been leaving; they are a pleasure to read, and I'm delighted you are enjoying the project images I'm posting on a regular basis - so please keep keeping in touch!

I have rather a lot of images to show you tonight (with more waiting in the wings), so without further ado lets crack on.  You are loving our new 'all things British' stamp CI-334, and I have made a little card featuring my take on the Union Jack (and I added the little robin from CI-329):

Then I had a play with stamp CI-333, and made a triptych card.  Firstly I sprayed dye inks over a piece of open weave lace fabric, using the lace as the stencil - I often do this it makes an interesting background.  I then stamped over as shown:

I also used stamps CI-017 and CI-182 on the side panels (both of which I still use regularly), plus a stamp from CI-308 (another useful set of stamps).

Some close-ups:

Now I have a card image sent over from lovely ISABELLE who has also been doing some great drawings and posting them on her blog lately - go check her out!  In this card she used CI-336:

Nice masculine card - for the traveller in your life perhaps?!  Thanks Isabelle.

Plus a couple of little ATC's from Sue Abbott again using the latest stamps:

As you can see from the above there are lots of different ways of using the same stamps - that is probably the beauty of stamping - I'm never really sure of the effect I will get before I get stamping, so it is very interesting to see what can be achieved with just one stamp by other crafters too.  Which leads me onto the next set of pictures which were kindly loaned to us by a talented lady called Maureen, and you will find her beautiful blog HERE.  Maureen is somewhat involved in a new shop venture at Barjanb Crafts in Leicestershire, and I hope it all goes well for them, they deserve it!  Anyway Maureen has made several projects using CI-331 as the focal point which demonstrates clearly how there are lots of ways to use just one stamp.  I love them all but the colours in the first one below are just divine, and she has also 'framed' the image to great effect too - will be using that idea myself (the frame has been embossed), plus there is padding under the skirt which looks gorgeous but both are hard to see in the photograph - Enjoy!! (And go visit the shop!)

And finally an adorable little bookmark:

Well all that uploading and linking has about worn me out for tonight - hope you have enjoyed the display?  Check us out on FACEBOOK now too.

More to come soon, and I'd better sort out some more Blog Candy for you soon too I think.

Jean x

HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND A 'FOCUS ON' FEATURE

Is it 2012 already - can anyone tell me what happened to the holidays?  How quickly it all goes by and the children go back school/college/uni, and we go back to work!  Happy New Year to all my readers and followers - I hope the year goes well for you, wherever you are and whatever you do.

At Crafty Individuals we are in the throes of a super discount week, but only if you are signed up to the mailing list, which appears on the home page.  However it isn't too late to take advantage of the discounts; just sign up now and let us know that you have done so by email - info@craftyindividuals.co.uk - and we can send you the special code you will need to obtain your special discount.  Lots and lots of you are taking advantage of the offer (and Malcolm is running around like the proverbial getting the orders together) so don't miss out please.

All that aside I want to make my first post of 2012 with a 'Focus On' feature about the lovely work of NEFERTITI (Scrapcool Blog), and the following images are four projects made by the lady herself which particularly feature CI products.  If you want to see more please check out her blog HERE for more Scrapcool creations.

I will start with a project that particularly caught my eye within our November Challenge entries:

A lovely photo display piece using our stamps CI-193 and CI-292!

Next a fabulous framed project in stunning reds (I would never have attempted this colour scheme myself - but it does look stunning, don't you think?):

Stamps used here included CI-207, CI-208, and CI-323 in a very clever combination - loving that leaf flower.

Next a very decorative compartmented box:

Featuring CI-323 as above.

Now a charming tag in a pocket using the little children from CI-292 again:

And to finish off tonight a very recent addition to the Scrapcool Blog, a very crafty and deliciously decorated clock (... its high time I tackled another clock project me thinks!):

In this project images from our People and Places 1 book were used, which is now out of print.  However there are lots of similarly lovely images in People and Places 2 to choose from if you take a peek.

Hope you have enjoyed that little crafting display as much as I have, and thanks to Nefertiti for letting me put the spotlight on her tonight.

Bye for now,

Jean x