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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

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

A Bea Needs a Rose

Happy Saint Valentine' Day.

Here is my first Valentine card post of the day.  I do not know what I am going to do with all of the Valentine cards I have made, I only have the one husband to send them to!


I wanted to try out a few ideas on this card.  First I printed this Teddy Bo & Co image, Bea Needs a Rose, on the Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafters Card, I then printed it again on some paper with a tiny rose bud design.  I carefully cut out Teddy Bea's cloths and stuck them onto the plain image and coloured it with a combination of Flexmarkers and Promarkers.  I used only brown and sepia colours because I really wanted the red rose to stand out.


When I had finished colouring, I glued a small red rose over the rose in Jolly's mouth - I was so lucky to find a rose of exactly the right size.

I have decided to enter this card in the following challenges:

Gingerloft Challenges - #33 Love is in the Air
The Squirrel and the Fox - #11 Valentine's Day
Dream Valley Challenges - #25 Valentine


Dionne
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5 comments:

  1. Mel16 February 2012 at 21:48

    Stunning wee Valentine creation!
    Aww I love it! The image is cute and the rose just pops!
    Thanks for joining in the fun at Dream Valley Challenges
    Hugs Melly xx

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  2. Manderly16 February 2012 at 22:57

    Dionne,
    This is really beautiful. Congrats on your DT position! Thank you for entering Gingerloft's Challenge. Make sure you come back for the next one, too!
    Manderly
    xxxooo

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  3. Linda17 February 2012 at 08:48

    Such a beautiful card, you have gone to a lot of trouble with all that cutting and it sure paid off. It is wonderful!!

    Thanks for playing along with The Squirrel and The Fox - hope we'll see you again soon!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  4. Sherry18 February 2012 at 17:06

    So cute!! Thanks for joining us at Gingerloft Challenges.

    Hugs,

    Sherry-DT

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  5. Kathleen19 February 2012 at 00:29

    Fab card, lucky husband getting all these valentines cards!! Lol
    Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley
    Hugs
    Kat x

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Dionne

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