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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, 26 September 2016

Autumn is in the Air

There was a distinct change in the air today, first thing the air felt slightly crisp and it smelt of autumn.  Perfect timing because today is the first day of a new Crafty Boots Challenge called 'Autumn is in the Air'


My Design Team card today features the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Falling Leaves stamp set.  I sometimes think that I like to make things hard for myself and this card is a good example.  I started by painting white card with copper, gold, brass and silver metallic acrylic paints.  The paint seemed to take forever to dry!  However, all of the messing about was worth it because I managed to get the 'brushed' look I was after.

Once the paint was dry, I used black ink to stamp my leaves, this was my biggest mistake, I should have cut my square mats first and mounted them on white and gold mirri card.  That way I would not have been so worried about smudging the ink but I set them aside for a long time to dry completely.  I was pleased with myself, no smudging, not even a little bit.  Finally, I attached my mats to a nice pumpkin orange background.

The rest of the Design Team has been busy making some amazing autumnal cards, why not pop over to the Crafty Boots page and take a look for yourself, then link-up your autumn projects, we would love to see them.


Dionne
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4 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper27 September 2016 at 22:25

    Love all the leaf stamps and brilliant painted backgrounds-love the vibrant orange too
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room28 September 2016 at 02:14

      Thank you Carol, I love working with the metallic acrylic paints, they have an added plasticiser so they hold their texture. I thought the brush marks would work well with these dried leaf designs.

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  2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery3 October 2016 at 05:51

    This is such a lovely design! I love the way the stamps came out! The colors and vintage look looks great.

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    1. Dee's Craft Room4 October 2016 at 05:31

      It seemed to take forever to make this card because of all of the drying involved but I think it was worth it. I love the textures, it is quite tactile.

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