Oooooooo MORE AMAZING MACABRE MAKES....

Continuing with the Halloween Macabre Theme, here are some more stunners from the CI Teamies.  I have just this morning received this beauty from Dora, with extra drawing added to the Howling Wolf, and what a clever beauty this is, using several CI spooky stamps including the two newest ones CI-528 and CI-529.....

Managed to get this one extra large so you can see all the amazing details within!

Sylvie and Helen have also played with several stamps in fantastic combinations, worthy of framing for sure!....

Very different and very glorious!

Then here are another couple of stunners from Sylvie.....

Pretty in pink. Showing that a Howling Wolf doesn't have to be used just for Halloween!

Next an amusing journal page by Chris - love those funny journal pages Chris....

Two more cracking makes from Helen, with truly fabby backgrounds....

....And finally, thanks to Sally Holmes and her very cool candles (scroll down for candles), I'm a bit obsessed with candle decorating again now.  This one definitely spooked me last night when I put it together - look into the eyes, look into the eyes....

More candles to come me thinks!

Thanks for commenting folks - makes it all worthwhile.  And thanks for the 'Cloud' of Bats Pat - nice one.

Back soon,

Jean x

MACABRE MAKES....

I know it's an acquired taste, and not everyone's cup of tea, but here at Crafty Individuals we do love a bit of gothic in our lives from time to time.  With that in mind, along with the up and coming arrival of Halloween, we had a couple of designs drawn for us by the very talented Maria Kitano featuring a howling wolf and moon, and a skull with roses.  Loving them both, and here are the stamps themselves followed by a couple of makes by myself and also by Sandra - so clever Sandra!  I still haven't got my new glasses, so it's another post without many words!....

These grandly gruesome stamps are on special offer at the moment right here: https://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/new-products

In the top two makes I also used items from CI-361, including that fab barbed wire element, plus a dinky bats stencil by That's Crafty, which you will find by clicking here.

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Jean x

ZENTANGLES BY ELLIE, AND MAKES BY THE TEAM..

Mostly pictures of makes on here this evening, rather than words.  My son sat on my prescription glasses by accident and broke them completely, oh dear!  I'm trying to manage with cheap magnifying glasses until I get my new ones, and it's tricky to say the least!

As you probably know by now, we have some stunning new stamps available now designed by lovely young Ellie, and our amazing team have been doing their usual amazing creations with the new stamps, plus a couple of creations using some slightly older designs.  You will find the new stamps right here....  https://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/new-products

Here are just a few of the many creations created tonight from Flo, Isa, Dora, Helen, Sandra, Sylvie and myself...

 

Oh my, so loving it all!
Lots more to come
Back soon,
Jean x

IT'S THAT SNEAKIES TIME AGAIN......

As promised in today's CI Newsletter tonight's Blog Post is full of Sneaky Peeks.  We are in the Hochanda studios on Tuesday, 1st October, with CI shows at 8am and 3pm, UK time.  Lesley and myself will be demoing again, and Lesley has CB shows at 10am and 2pm too.

We will have some wonderful new stamp designs from a very wonderful young lady called Ellie, who is uber talented and which we think you will adore.  Here are just a few of the peeks, and please keep checking our Facebook page (link at the side) for more peeks to come over the next few days....

So far the above images are by myself, Flo, Sandra, Isa and Dora. 

Don't forget to check Facebook for more beauties over the next few days.

Here is the Hochanda viewing info..

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Back soon,
Jean x

THANK YOU AND MORE....

Thank you all of you who so kindly leave comments at the end of my blog posts, we really appreciate you taking the time to do this, and I absolutely agree we do have the best teamies in the land, probably in the known universe and well beyond.  Thank you best teamies, you are amazing!!

Malcolm, Monty and I are having a few days away again very soon, so this is a fairly brief post from me (still lots to do and get on top of), but with some colourful and creative artwork to show. 

A beautiful make by Isabelle....

A bright and cheery make by Sylvie....

I think the following gentle beauty is by Flo....

And lastly 2 makes by yours truly.  Firstly a collage made for our last Hochanda shows....

Plus a card - put your sunglasses on - it's bright, but I do rather like this one all the same!..

Thanks for reading,

Back soon,
Jean x

p.s. We do have a new teamie - yay - who specialises in YouTube videos..  'The Scottish Crafter' - more to follow, but here is a link for now..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgYsRAB8KMM

CATCHING UP..

Good Evening All.  We have had a very arty/crafty day today at Staithes Arts Festival, visiting lots of cottages and artists and crafters within.  Weather interesting and certainly autumnal, with a mixture of rain, sunshine and high winds, but all great fun nevertheless.  Have long since run out of house room for much in the way of purchases, but lovely to look at anyway!

So now I am going to have a catch up and gather together Facebook image posts, plus some other new ones, and display below...

Three beautiful makes by lovely Flo to start us off..

Just loving the vintage look in the top two, and the bees busy about the hive in the last one.  Stamps involved here are: CI-393 (middle) and CI-410 (first and third).

Now three very pretty cards by Sarah...

How lovely is the top one, using a flower from CI-293, and a sentiment from CI-410, simple and very clever Sarah!

Now a couple of metallic flavoured makes from Helen.  A great tag and a very cool canvas board..

Butterflies galore, featuring CI-519, and CI-520. Very nice!

Two cards by Gerrina tonight as well. Such a pretty bird from CI-515 and butterfly from CI-518..

Adoring this one from Sandra.  Flower embossed in white - always a great effect, with a beautifully coloured butterfly on top.  Check out CI-521 for this image.  I think I can make this one nice and big for you!..

The next is one from me using CI-514, inspired by an earlier make by Sylvie..

The image was meant to have more space around it, but I kept cutting around in a skew whiff sort of way each time, and it just got smaller and smaller as I tried to straighten it up, you might just know what I mean here?! Not paying enough attention to the job I was doing, I think, ha ha.  Quite like the colours though.

And finally here's a sweet little bird by Dora.  Background made with CI-293.

Yellows and purples, very lovely!

Now which image shall I pop on Facebook tonight?!

Hope you are all having a great weekend wherever you are,
Back soon,
Jean x

p.s. CI News: Our next Hochanda shows are on the 1st October, I am so enjoying playing with the stamps that will be featuring on those shows at the moment (we are thinking and hoping that you will adore them too), and also the following month we will be having a stand at the Harrogate Stamperama show, that's in November folks.