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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, 23 February 2015

Butterfly with Coneflowers

It had been pretty cold and wet here this weekend with a dash of hailstones thrown in for good measure, so I thought a nice cheerful card was in order.

This fabulous image was a prize for one of the cards I entered in an Eureka Stamps Challenge, the image iss called Butterfly and Sunflowers.  That was many moons ago now but I still love this image.


I am no gardener but I think that, despite the name of the stamp, these are actually coneflowers not sunflowers.  Nonetheless I think is a beautiful image and a delight to colour.

After colouring it with Promarkers I layered it with some Stampin' Up papers, which were very kindly given to me by my dear friend Stephanie and the sentiment stamp actually belongs to her mum.  

Perhaps I should explain - I recently went on a craft retreat, we took our own craft stash with us and I did not go intending to make a birthday card but, when we got there, I realised that I has forgotten to pack a card for my cousin's birthday.  Everyone was very generous with their stash and my cousin got her card.  By the way, we had a fantastic week and I got a lot made, some of which I will be sharing with you later this week.

The theme of the current Challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is 'Use a Sentiment'.  The rest of the Design Team have been busy make some fabulous samples, why not take a look.

Have a good week.


Dionne



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10 comments:

  1. Mrs Beez23 February 2015 at 10:26

    I love this image and the colour of the butterfly is divine and looks great against the yellow of the flower. I would agree that this probably isn't a sunflower but my gardening knowledge is non existent - it's either grass, a rose or a flower! Therefore I have no idea what a cone flower is - I'll have to google it! xxx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room23 February 2015 at 11:44

      Thank you. Ah Google, what did we do before it came along?

      xx

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  2. Chris23 February 2015 at 10:28

    It is a beautiful image and your colouring is lovely! Totally gorgeous. I am sure your cousin loved her card :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room23 February 2015 at 11:45

      Thank you for the lovely comments Chris and welcome to my blog, I hope you will come again.

      Dionne xx

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  3. Pamellia23 February 2015 at 12:05

    Wow Dionne, this is gorgeous!! What an mazing job you did colouring your flowers and I just love the rich papers you chose for the background! Fun sentiment too! hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room23 February 2015 at 12:09

      Thank you Pamellia. This is one of those images that just colours it's self and it always looks great. So much fun to do.

      Dionne xx

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  4. Jacee23 February 2015 at 20:05

    Such a pretty card Dionne, lovely colour, and a fab image, gorgeous!
    hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  5. Lisa J22 March 2015 at 22:25

    The butterfly looks amazing Dionne. Such a fabulous image and great make! Lisa x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room23 March 2015 at 02:43

      Thank you Lisa, I take that as high praise from someone as skilled as you.

      Dionne xx

      PS Welcome to my blog.

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Dionne

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