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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

Saturday, 27 August 2016

Cheeky Postcard

It is a Bank Holiday weekend here, so we are all set for a nice three day weekend.  We have friends staying with us and they love to spend at least one day at the beach when they come,  lets hope the weather wants to play along.

Last week I posted a rather picturesque image as a postcard, it was the very traditional sort of card you might pick up on your holidays.

However, in the UK there is a tradition of the saucy, comic postcard and I wanted to attempt one of these as well, although that is not so easy because there is not a ready market of saucy postcards to colour.  The best I could think of was Bugaboo stamps and some of their comic images featuring Stella and Gus.


I wanted a seaside theme and eventually chose 'Stella Jellyfish'.  It's not exactly a traditional saucy postcard, but it is possibly a more acceptable, PC, version.  I coloured the image with my polychromos pencils and mounted it on silver mirri card and 'pool party' blue Stampin' Up card.

Have a great weekend.


Dionne
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6 comments:

  1. Pamellia28 August 2016 at 11:18

    OK, that is hilarious Dionne! Hope you're having a lovely weekend! hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room28 August 2016 at 18:08

      Thanks Pamellia. Typical Bank Holiday weather, we have had a series of thunder storms, it has been sunny in between the showers but not seaside weather. Instead we have been out for an afternoon tea this afternoon. Ummmm!

      Dionne xx

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  2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery29 August 2016 at 04:17

    Love this card! Sass, humor, and a little biology which is my kind of thing! Love this one for sure! Excellent job!!

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    1. Dee's Craft Room29 August 2016 at 11:42

      Many thanks, it is not quite the old fashioned saucy postcard, it is hard to describe these to anyone who has never seen them.

      Have a god week.

      Dionne x

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  3. crafty-stamper30 August 2016 at 13:39

    Fabulous fun image and brilliant sentiment lol
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room30 August 2016 at 14:30

      Hi Carol, I never feel that I have done enough when I make a postcard, but what else can you do to them?

      Dionne x

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Dionne

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