FINAL SNEAKY......

A final tiny exciting sneaky for you, as well as all the info for watching us tomorrow and Monday on Hochanda.  Love this little sneaky section from a make by lovely teamie Flo....

.....wait till you see the whole thing, yay!!  Clever Flo, clever CI Teamies, and clever Maria Kitano who hand drew all the new images for us.  And big thanks to all of you out there for supporting us over the years, and supporting us now on Hochanda, as well as on our own online website, you are all very precious.

Here are the Hochanda channel details.  We are on at 3pm tomorrow, Sunday, 31st, and 11am and 4pm on Monday, 1st....

 

I will be demoing along with lovely Lesley, of Chocolate Baroque, who is an absolute star, as she does all the driving, does her own shows, as well as shows for others, and then helps us out too with demos on our shows - phew what a lot of work!  Thank you Lesley x.  Please check out the schedule on Hochanda online for all our shows and for ordering details, as well as the details about Lesley's own shows on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for Momenta - the One Day Special, and for Chocolate Baroque (new stamps on there too on Tuesday).

Back soon,
Jean x

p.s. Whilst on the thanking subject I'd better give a thanks too to Malcolm and David, the men in our lives, who do all the important stuff that has to be done, back in the offices at home.

SNEAKY NUMBER 4.....

Not long to go now, and the boxes are almost packed!  Eeeeek hope I don't forget anything - always a worry that one.  Setting off early on Sunday morning.  First show at 3pm, don't forget to move your clocks forward an hour in the UK - me too.

Sneaky number 4.....

What a pretty little bird from Sandra!

Back tomorrow.
Jean x

SNEAKY PEEKY NUMBER 3.....

Wow, have we been busy this week, busy making stamps, picking and packing, counting and mounting, cutting out, and generally getting ready for Sunday and Monday - such a lot to do and it's not finished yet.  If you get the Crafty Individuals Newsletters you will have seen some more sneakies today.  Here is sneaky number 3......

Aren't they adorable?  Love, love, love them.  Malcolm's favourite image of the collection. Thanks Sandra!

Back tomorrow with another TV delight.
Thanks for the lovely comments always,
Jean x

SNEAKY NUMBER 2.....

Counting down to Sunday and our Hochanda shows in Peterborough.  Sneaky peek Day Two. What a lovely sneaky peeky....

Back tomorrow,

Jean x

TV NEWS MINI POSTS WITH SNEAKY PEEKS....

Thought I would do a series of daily mini posts - five in total hopefully - with tiny sneaky peeks of makes with the new stuff going on Hochanda live on Sunday and Monday, from stamp images hand drawn for us by Maria Kitano.  I'm completely in awe of the makes by our wonderful teamies that keep arriving this week - they are truly amazing, it will be so good to show you them all in their full glory on the shows - wow and wow!

Here are the first two...

Back tomorrow
Jean x

MORE MAKES BY FLO AND DORA.....

We are having a fabulous few days of packages arriving from the teamies containing their beautiful makes to support the TV shows on Hochanda starting next Sunday (31st at 3pm), and continuing on Monday (1st at 11am and 4pm).  It's so exciting opening up the packages and seeing all the glory within!  OMG it's like Birthdays and Christmas have come all at once.  We will be sharing some sneaky peeks next week - oooooo can't wait!  We are sure you are going to love everything you are going to see on there, so please reserve your front row seats now, ha ha!

This evening I have some more beauty to display, produced for the last shows, by Flo and Dora.  All very gorgeous of course....

CI-416
 

CI-505
 

CI-506

CI-507

...... and from Dora....

CI-505, 506 and 507 all at once! Very clever masking out and layering Dora!

CI-483

I can almost hear those sweet little birds singing, can you?!  Which make is your favourite?

Thanks for looking,
Back soon,
Hugs,
Jean x

p.s. On another note do check out the 'oh so cool' mini stencils by That's Crafty on our website right now, they have reduced the original price by half.

BIRDIE CREATIVITY BY TEAMIES FLO, HELEN, SARAH, CHRIS, PLUS AN EXTRA PRETTY BY SHERRY AND TWO IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES.....

Well it's raining 'cats and dogs' outside, ha ha, so poor Monty is still waiting for his morning walk, with his legs crossed.  Think it's going to rain all day, so we must get out, just need it to ease off slightly.  Anyway that's why I'm blogging this morning - it's usually a night time thing with me - and I have some totally gorgeous items to share with you by the teamies.  Firstly by Flo I have this fabulous perching bird in a box.  CI-507 is our most recently released stamp, and also follows on the long tag/bookmark by lovely Helen.....

Chris has been busy in her journal with CI-505, Rise and Shine - and looking very lovely!

More birdies to follow by Flo....

Flo has used CI-184, CI-185, and CI-483, so colourfully in her creations above.  And I used CI-185 again in this one..

Background papers used in the above makes all by CI too.

I have a beautiful little tag now by Sarah again using CI-185....

My final make this morning was sent over by Sherry Hickey from USA.  Made with a now retired stamp but I do love the colours Sherry has used, and I'm sure lots of you still have the stamp in your stash.

Thanks to all of you featuring here today.  You are all stars!

Finally a heads up on two dates, with three separate hours, when I will be demoing again on Hochanda TV, with the lovely Lesley of Chocolate Baroque fame (she's demoing at the NEC today!).  The dates for your diaries are 31st March (Mother's Day and don't forget the clocks will have gone forward here too), and 1st April (April Fools Day, ha ha!).  I think the times are 3pm Sunday, and 11am and 4pm Monday.  Be there or be square!!  Can't wait, love, love, lovely Hochanda!

Bye for now,

Jean x

SHORT AND VERY SWEET INDEED.....

It's a mini post from me this evening, short and sweet.  Firstly though I must thank you for your lovely comments on my last post, it's always great, and also reassuring that you like what you see on here.  My aim is always to try and inspire you to create, as I know what pleasure it can bring to both the maker and to the receiver.

Having received two lovely Easter card images from clever teamie Sylvie, I thought I would do a mini post and show you them tonight.  Both perfect springtime cards, I think you will agree, such gorgeous stamping and gorgeous colours to cheer us all up.  They certainly made me smile....

The stamps Sylvie used above are CI-434, plus another which has been retired, but it's one which you may well already have in your stash of course.

The second card is also fun, fresh and very colourful and uses CI-372, and CI-466, very successfully together....

Love the extra bit of dimension on that top flower in this close-up....

Wonderful!
Thanks Sylvie,

Back soon,
Jean x

p.s. Hope the above makes made you smile today too?!

MORE GOOD STUFF....

Hopefully you are keen to see a few more inspirational makes, some from the last Hochanda show, plus some extra beauties.  It's raining outside and quite nippy tonight - perfect crafting weather altogether!

Loving this hanging by Flo using one of the new bird stamps CI-505....

....such a pretty bird.  The next delight is from Sandra...

 ....And I made a few cards with this same image and one of the others...

.... CI-506!

Sylvie made the next card using one of our older bird stamps CI-387 (and more), followed by the same image with a completely different look by Flo....

It's Mother's Day later this month folks!
..And finally a glorious tag from Sylvie again, this time with CI-507...

So lovely everyone!

Back soon,
Jean x