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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

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Monochrome Poinsettia

What is going on with the weather?  It was beautiful here at the weekend but the last couple of days we have had some tremendous downpours and it has turned quite cold, especially in the evenings.  It is not surprizing that there are so many coughs and colds about.

I have two black and white cards to share with you today.  As you may know, I have been experimenting with single coloured cards because the current theme at Crafty Boots Challenges is 'Monochrome'.


This is my first attempt at making my own flowers and I suspect I may have picked one of the most difficult flowers to break myself in on, but I am quite pleased at the result (although I am not sure about colouring the central vein down the centre of the leaf, but that was in the instructions).  The poinsettia die is from Susan's Garden by Sizzix.


I based the design on a card I saw on Pinterest by Debby Yates, thank you Debby.

There is still time to enter your monochrome project in the Crafty Boots challenge.


Dionne



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4 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper24 September 2015 at 21:07

    very elegant card love the embossing and beautiful flower and bow
    carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room25 September 2015 at 23:29

      Thank you so much for making the time to comment on my cards, I really appreciate this.

      Dionne

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  2. Mrs Beez26 September 2015 at 07:10

    These are gorgeous. I know the poinsettia was hard work but so worth it. I especially love the one with the black on top - very elegant. xx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room26 September 2015 at 14:11

      I think the black top one is the better too. Great minds!

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Dionne

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