Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend

Hi

I hope you are well.

As you probably know, the theme of the current Crafty Boots Challenge is 'Diamonds', because they are the birthstone for April.

When I created the card I posted on 1 April, I actually made a second card, just in case my design went horrendously wrong.  Luckily it didn't but I was then left with the dilemma of which to use for my Design Team project.

This is the other card I made.

This image is called The Get Away and is from the Gorguss Girls range of stamps, which I bought from the Crafty Boots on-line shop.  After colouring it with Promarkers and Wink of Stella pens I distressed it, just a little, with Vintage Photo ink.

I made a concertina shaped card.  I then embossed some of my Crafty Boots Delux Crafters Paper with an Embossalicious folder and used some flat backed gems, glitter card and gold mirri from my stash to decorate the card.  Finally I added a bow and three hat pins.

Don't forget to enter your 'Diamond' themed project into the Crafty Boots Challene.

Dionne

My Handyman

Hi

It's another cold day here, just about everyone I talk to at the moment is really wishing for a little sunshine and to not feel cold for a change.

I have quite a few of birthday's at this time of year so I have a lot of cards to make.  I think most of us have a hard time finding suitable images for the men in our lives and this Mo Manning image is going to get a lot of use over the next few weeks.  He is called Mr Fixit.

I coloured him with Promarkers and WOS, I then mounted him on papers and silver mirri from my stash.


Dionne

April Diamonds

Good morning everyone and happy April Fools Day.

In celebration of the new month the lovely Amy has chosen the theme of 'Diamonds' for the current Crafty Boots Challenge because, as you probably know, as well as being a girls best friend, diamonds are the birthstone for April.

I could not decide whether to use the shape of a diamond for my card or the stone.  In the end I went with a little of both.

As you can see, my diamond shape is more of a square set at an angle and my diamonds are actually clear flat backed gems.

I am not sure whether this photograph really shows the concertina shape of this card.  (I am beginning to think that I need to sign up for a photographic course!)

This sweet little image is New Heights from the Gorguss Girls range of stamps, which I bought from the Crafty Boots on-line shop.  After colouring it with Promarkers and Wink of Stella pens I distressed it, just a little, with Vintage Photo ink.

I then embossed some of my Crafty Boots Delux Crafters Paper with an Embossalicious folder and used some flat backed gems, glitter card and silver mirri from my stash.  Finally I added a bow and three hat pins.

As ever, the rest of the design team have been beavering away creating some inspirational projects, please take a few minutes to have a look.  Hopefully they will inspire you to enter your own 'Diamond' themed project.

Good luck.

Dionne

Happy Easter Sunday

Good morning

How is your weekend going, I hope it is a happy time for you.

I have another Easter card to share with you today.

This image is from Saturated Canary and is called Princess Rose Red.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on some silver mirri and lace. The backing papers are from a Papermania paper stack and, finally, I added some tiny pink buttons and flat backed gems from my stash.

Dionne 

Happy Easter

Good morning and I hope that all of you celebrating Easter are making the most of this long weekend.

I have not been very organised this year and have not made as many Easter cards as I did last year, so I only have one to share with you today.

 

I am not sure my photography skills have done this card justice, I hope you can work out the shape and are not confused by the reflections in the mirri card.

This cute little Mo Manning image is rapidly becoming a favouite of mine, she is called Bunches.  After colouring it with Promarkers I layered it on silver mirri and paper from a Papermania stack.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and finally I added a couple of bows.

Have a very happy weekend.

Dionne

My First Twinchie

Hi

My good friend Lisette has recently introduced me the the world of twinchies.

Now, I will be honest and confessed that when Lisette first started to talk about twinchies I had to go off and Google the word because I had never heard of them.  For those of you in the same position as I was, first I should explain that there are inchies. These are 1 inch  x 1 inch pieces of artwork.  They can feature whatever you want just as long as it is an inch squared, you can use any media you like to make it, ie paper, fabric, wood, metal etc. but most people seem to favour collages.  A twinchie is the same but on a larger scale - 2 inches x 2 inches (5.1 cm x 5.1 cm).

I am not sure I could work on such a small scale as to make an inchie but inspired by Lisette's enthusiasm and encouragement I have made my first twinchie.

Such a small thing was a little hard to photograph and this is actually larger than the original.

I found a treasure map on the internet and printed it.  I then cut my 2" x 2" piece of card and pasted the map to it.  The image is by Mo Manning and is called Captain Hugh, I coloured it with Promarkers, there wasn't a lot of room to fuss about shading, I was just pleased not to go over the lines!

After mounting the image onto the card and letting it dry I used some Martha Stuart glitter to create sand and added my 'X Marks the Spot'.  Finally, I edged the whole thing with some baker's twine.

I really enjoyed this experiment and, if I can think if another theme, I would not hesitate to make another.

What do you think of my first attempt?

Dionne

Darby and Joan

Good morning

It was the wedding anniversary of my sister and her husband last week, I have lost count of the number of years it has been now, but they are not quite as old as this couple.  However, I hope they are still this much in love when they reach their age.

This adorable couple are by Mo Manning and are called Tom and Tilly.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri.  The papers and buttons came from my stash and, of course, the daffodils are  from Wild Orchid Crafts.


Dionne