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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, 9 November 2015

The Last Post

A brand new challenge starts at Crafty Boots Challenges today.  For the next two weeks the theme of the challenge is remembrance or giving thanks for those things we have, like family and friends, those things that make our lives comfortable.

There have been services all over the UK, indeed all over the Commonwealth, this weekend to give thanks for those who gave their lives to secure and protect our freedom.  In honour of those brave men and women I have made a card featuring the poppy, which has come to symbolise remembrance of WW1.


My poppy image is a free colouring page which I coloured with F&C polychromos pencils and Promarkers.  I printed the sheet music for The Last Post from the internet and distressed it slightly with Vintage Photo and Antique Linen inks.  I fussy cut the poppies and glued them to the sheet music, which I had mounted on red mirri card. Finally I added a double bow of red ribbon and two of my favourite hat pins.

The rest of the Crafty Boots design team have been hard at work making inspirational pieces, make sure you take a look when you enter your project.

Good luck.


Dionne
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4 comments:

  1. Mrs Beez9 November 2015 at 11:05

    What an inspired idea and so poignant. Love it!

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    1. Dee's Craft Room9 November 2015 at 11:51

      Thank you, The Last Post always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

      xx

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  2. Pamellia10 November 2015 at 12:46

    Love the music notes background, it's such a soft, lovely image with those flowers. Just beautiful Dionne! hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room11 November 2015 at 06:32

      Thank you Pamellia. There is just something addictive about colouring poppies, such simple flowers but they have such powerful symbolism.

      Dionne xx

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