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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

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

A Scottish Castle

I apologise to all of my friends who are currently experiencing drought conditions, I know that my endless complaints about torrential rain and thunderstorms must be really annoying for you.  Whilst we are still seeing rain on a daily basis, the sun is shining between the showers and it is very hot and humid when the sun shines.

The theme of the current Crafty Boots Challenge is 'Summer Time' and I suspect one or two of you may be thinking that this card is not your idea of summer, but it does represent my experience of a British summer, with it's heavy skies.  It also represents something I always enjoy doing when I am on holiday and that is exploring old castles and ruined buildings from times long past.


This Delicious Doodles image is simply called 'A Scottish Castle'.  I coloured the image with my F&C pencils and then mounted it on silver mirri and blue card.  The papers are from Stampin' Up and the butterflies are made from gold mirri card using Memory Box dies.  The 'celebrate' die is a Sizzix one.


If you are currently on holiday, I hope you are doing what you like doing most.


Dionne

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4 comments:

  1. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery30 June 2016 at 06:06

    Very nice image! Wonderful coloring skills once again! This is one of my favorites! Absolutely great work...and love the butterflies as always :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room30 June 2016 at 10:31

      Ah, very few cards cannot be improved by the addition of a butterfly or two in my opinion. Ha ha!

      Thank you for the very kind comments, they are always appreciated.

      Dionne x

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  2. Mrs Beez1 July 2016 at 07:47

    ooh - this looks almost magical, beautiful colours/colouring.

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    1. Dee's Craft Room1 July 2016 at 14:55

      I thought it worked really well with the grey background but, of course, it did not pass the Ray summer test! Honestly, it rains quite a lot when I am on holiday in this country - and quite a bit when we visited the Highlands.

      Dionne xx

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