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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

Thursday, 12 June 2014

World Cup 2014

Hi

Amid all of the hype, and after what seems like an endless lead-up, the Football World Cup starts today with a match between the host nation Brazil and Croatia.

Over at Crafty Boots Challenges, we are celebrating the coming summer of sport, and in particular the World Cup, with a sporting challenge.

In celebration of the first match in the tournament I have a football themed card to share with you today.


I have always felt that masculine cards do not lend themselves to very 'frilly' decorations, so I tend to keep them CAS - in this case letting the backing paper do most of the work.  The image is a Sugar Nellie Home Grown Manga stamp called 'Sporty' and the backing papers comes from a Messy Rabbit CD.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then mounted it on silver card and some blue Centura Pearl card.

Thank you for dropping by today.


Dionne

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  1. Mrs Beez13 June 2014 at 07:24

    This is so cute yet perfect for a boy at the same time The image reminds me of my nephew Freddie (except for his hair which is red!!). Love the backing paper and those fabulous stripes too. xx

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Thank you for visiting my blog, I look forward to reading your feedback on my work. I hope you will visit again.

Dionne

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