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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

Friday, 19 December 2014

Christmas Baubles

The weekend is almost here and the countdown to Christmas has started in ernest.

I have been hard at it, getting my Christmas cards done in time to post.  There was a time I made and sent around 150 cards each year but I have lost touch with people over the years and quite a few people I know have stopped sending them because of the high cost of the postage and have asked me not to send them cards.  These days I make less than 100 cards.

As I have left my card making so late this year I have been making batches of very similar cards for speed.  Here is another batch, this time using three of the Memory Box bauble dies.


First I embossed the white card and then cut and mounted sheets of lemon pearlescent card and silver mirri card.  My plan was to make all of the baubles in either white glitter card or pale blue pearlescent card, unfortunately I quickly ran out of the pale blue card and switched to a few scraps of card I had left over from other projects.


The sentiments were cut using a Tim Holtz set of dies.

I hope you have a great weekend.


Dionne

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8 comments:

  1. Pamellia19 December 2014 at 10:55

    150 cards? Good grief Dionne! Thank goodness you were able to cut back a bit. This is a great collection, I love the ornaments! Man, you arm must have been tired after cutting out all those dies! HA! holiday hugs :)

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  2. Dee's Craft Room19 December 2014 at 13:48

    Thank you. These die cuts and embossed papers are just the tip of the iceburg this Christmas, I seem to have gone totally OTT with the Big Shot and Grand Calibur. xx

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  3. Stephie Boots19 December 2014 at 16:03

    Cute colours!! LOVE those dies!

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  4. Mrs Beez20 December 2014 at 08:59

    This is another stunning collection of cards. Love the colours and the embossed background. Isn't it sad that people ask you not to send them a card because they don't want to send one? xx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room20 December 2014 at 12:31

      Thank you. I agree, I can't help myself, I still send them to some of my friends just because I like them too much to ignore them.

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  5. Desire Fourie21 December 2014 at 13:38

    These are so fun and lush with the gold touches.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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    1. Dee's Craft Room24 December 2014 at 10:36

      Thank you Desire, and my I take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Christmas.

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Dionne

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