August at Stamping Sensations

It is the first Sunday of the month and time for another challenge at Stamping Sensations. This month our theme is

***Make it Masculine***

I used Hobby Art Sheep scene-its to make this card for my brother in laws birthday. He loves walking so this seemed perfect. I coloured it with watercolour markers.

Please remember we are a stamping challenge and the focal element of your work must reflect the theme (i.e. makes suitable for boys and men). Whist we prefer conventional stamping, digital images are allowed. You can check out the challenge rules here.

Do go to the challenge blog to check out the breathtaking creations from my multi-talented teamies. You can also find details of the fantastic prize!

Whilst I am here I will just take a moment to let you know that Jean from Crafty Individuals will be on Hochanda on Tuesday 4th August.

Here is a sneaky peak of one of my samples. Don't miss the Crafty Individuals shows at 7am (I know it is early, but worth getting up for!) and 1pm. You are going to love them! 😁

There are also shows on Tuesday from another of our lovely sponsors, Chocolate Baroque. Thanks for looking!

July at Stamping Sensations

It is the first Sunday of the month and time for another challenge at Stamping Sensations. This month our theme is

***All Creatures Great and Small***

and our sponsors are the lovely Jean and Malcolm of Crafty Individuals.

My first card was made with CI-523 otherwise known as Happy Cat. the background was created using dylusion sprays including the white one through a mandala stencil from That's Crafty.

My second card was made using  CI 526 and CI 430. The stag was stamped, coloured and cut out, before placing on the background with 3d glue. This was a father's day card, but could quite easily be used for any time of the year.

Please remember we are a stamping challenge and the focal element of your work must reflect the theme (i.e. real animals/insects). Whist we prefer conventional stamping, digital images are allowed. You can check out the challenge rules here.

Do go to the challenge blog to check out the breathtaking creations from my multi-talented teamies. You can also find more details of the fantastic prize!

Thanks for looking!

Even More Crafty Individuals Samples

Here are some more samples that were created for the latest release of Crafty Individuals stamps. First up are those 3 birds using this stamp, coloured with giotto pens and matted and layered on to Flo's gorgeous papers

Next up is the tea cups, again coloured with the giotto pens and on Flo's papers

This is the Sewing Machine on a patchwork background of Flo's papers

This version of the Camper Van was attached using a wire spring so it is on a bumpy journey!

And finally another of those cute quirky birds.

Thanks so much for looking and for taking the time to leave a comment. All of the new stamps are so wonderful, I can't seem to put them down!

Brand New Stamps from Crafty Individuals!

Hi There! I'm here with just a few of the samples that will  be appearing on Hochanda on the Crafty Individuals shows today.  Jean will be on at 7am and 1pm. My first is an A6 sized concertina card with  the gorgeous camper van stamp, watercoloured with the giotto pens. These were added to cling film backgrounds, just like Jean created on her facebook live here.

My second card features the beautiful tea cups stamp, which I simply watercoloured with the giotto pens, adding a paper doily (circa 1960!) to the base card. I used glossy accents on each cup.

Next up is the wonderful sewing machine, watercoloured with the giotto pens and mounted onto some of the beautiful papers created by Flo Langley, our lovely and very talented teamie.

Finally, here is a pink teapot that reminds me very much of my grandmothers - both had rather large china collections! Neither of them had one with a robin sitting on the top though! 😄 The paper was a gelli print again using Flo's  fabulous stamps.

I hope you have enjoyed a quick look at some of the fabulous new releases. I will let you know as soon as they are on the CI website, but you can get them for Hochanda in the meantime.

Thanks for looking!

Get the telly on!

Here is a journal page I made using the new papers that are being released by Crafty Individuals on Hochanda today (Tuesday 7th April). The first show is 7.00am and the second show is 1.00pm. There are some fabulous stamps, papers and images, as well as lots of stunning samples from our lovely Jean and other super-talented teamies. Hope you can join us or if not, watch on catch-up. You won't be disapointed!
Thanks for looking!

Exciting News!

I've been desperate to tell you my news! On Thursday I was just trying to decide which of the new Crafty Individuals stamps I needed to get when Jean contacted me and asked me to join the Design Team! Needless to say I said yes please! I've been a big fan of CI stamps for many years, and feel honoured that Jean asked me. We have both become addicted to candle decorating recently and so it seemed only fitting that my first post after joining the DT are candles.

 My first candle was decorated with CI-510, the beautiful Kingfisher from Maria Kitano

 My second candle used CI-507, the perching bird stamp, which I coloured as a robin.

Here are the two of them together. If you didn't see Jean's Hochanda shows last week, do try and watch them on Catch-up. They are very inspirational!
Also there is a wonderful new Crafty Individuals Facebook group which is full of fabulous inspiration, tips and techniques. Check it out here.
Thanks for looking and for all your lovely comments.