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Hello, my name is Dionne and I have been crafting for a very long time. As a very young child my mother tried to teach me to knit, it was a disaster. However, it must have sparked an interest in making things and, partly to prove that I was not totally useless and partly because I really wanted to make things, I taught myself to crochet. Over the years I have developed a love of cross stitch and all types of paper craft ..... I eventually even taught myself to knit.


I am married to a very understanding man, thank goodness, because I spend all my time either crafting, thinking about crafting or talking about crafting. I am hopeless at housework and dinner is often late!


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Dionne

Monday 17 December 2018

Six Christmas Cards

Welcome back, this is my seond post today.

Like many of us, I got into card making by buying kit cards  but since I joined the Crafty Boots Design Team I have made my own toppers by either buying digi images or stamping them and colouring them.  Pushed for time this year I thought would see what kit cards are on offer these days.

I bought three packs of 24 Christmas cards from Hunkydory ((I cannot find the actual pack on their website, the nearest I can get is their  Luxury Christmas Card Making Kit.)

Kit Cards have really imprved since the last time I tried them, these packs contained everything you need to make the cards - printed card, main image, 2 sentiments, 2 tags, 2 decorative strips, an handmade by label, foam spacers and envelopes.  There are two copies of each design in a pack and I was very surprized at the number of  very different layouts you can get out of 7 elements.

I will not bore you with every single card I made but I thought that I would share a few of them with you over the next few days.







Things like twine, paper flowers, gems and Santa charms are all from my stash.  After these photographs were taken I went back and added Flower Soft Polar White to the snow and fur trim.  I also stamped a sentiment inside each card.

I will be back with a few more cards in a day or two.


Dionne

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4 comments:

  1. Mrs Beez18 December 2018 at 20:34

    What a fabulous set of cards, you have really showcased the kit to great effect. Can't decide which is my favourite. There's something beautifully peaceful about the deer, but then the robins are such a cute couple and the snowman is so adorable with the candy cane trim. This is why I make identical cards 😁😁😁x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room19 December 2018 at 02:32

      I know, I became obsessed with making them all differnt. You can guess who got the Robin card - I had completely missed that it says 'From our Home to Yours'. LOL

      Dionne x

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  2. crafty-stamper18 December 2018 at 23:25

    I must have missed these beautiful selection of cards Dionne
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room19 December 2018 at 02:36

      Thank you, they were fun to make and there were none of those pressures I usually feel trying to get it all done in time. I am definitely going to buy kit cards again.

      Dionne x

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