Tuesday 17 September 2013

Crafty Individuals' New Stamps - and a Simple Lighthouse Card




Crafty Individuals have brought out these gorgeous new stamps: tremendously varied! My favourites are the flowers on the top left which will be so useful and are so pretty and delicate, and the middle one with the lighthouse. But don't you just love those adorable cheeky penguins?! The collage stamp top right is typical of the beautiful vintage collage style which drew me to Crafty Individuals many years ago, and the stamp bottom right is the first, I think, Christmas release of this year.

I am always drawn to lighthouses and the decor of our place in France has them dotted about, particularly in our bedroom where we have lamps shaped like lighthouses. It seems to be a bit of a French thing, or maybe just in Brittany. They also feature in much of Colin's photography so they are special to me for that reason too. I wanted to make a masculine card for my big brother, David's birthday on Friday and I mixed the new set of stamps with some of the older CI nautical stamp sets. It's a very, very simple card, just lots of images overlaid in different shades of ink, with the main image in black to make it stand out. Always feel very self-conscious when sending home-made cards to family!



10 comments:

  1. The stamps are just lovely - and you're right, those flowers look "necessary"! I love your lighthouse card, and how great to have a set that has such personal resonances for you. I'm sure the card will go down a treat, but I completely get what you mean about handmade offerings to friends and family!
    Alison xx

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  2. Yes, a lovely varied collection of stamp designs.
    I like the composition on your card Lucy.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  3. Great stamp designs and you certainly have made fantastic use of them on this card!

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  4. EP is now carrying CI stamps!! Love how you used that lighthouse! Fabulous! Hugs!

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  5. Beautiful Lucy, a great composition and lovely colours.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  6. Super stamps and your art is brilliant !

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  7. It's a lovely card, Lucy. Never easy to make a masculine one!

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  8. That's a lovely card, Lucy. I'm sure your brother will love it! As Gio says, male cards are never easy to create; but this is perfect and beautifully composed. I love light-houses too. Our son had a beautiful children's book from the library with gorgeous illustrations about a little boy who went to stay with an old seafaring grandpa in a lighthouse: I loved it! Julie Ann xx

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  9. Your card is lovely Lucy and I love the new stamps.
    xxx Hazel.

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