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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

Thursday, 29 September 2016

Beautiful Sunflowers

Earlier this month I got out one of my favourite vintage rubber stamps from the PSX (Personal Stamp Exchange) to make a card for the Crafty Boots 'Sunshine' Challenge.  Using that Chrysanthemum stamp made me think about all of the other stamps I had from that floral collection and never use these days .... so I went on the hunt for something I could use for the current Crafty Boots challenge, which is ' Autumn is in the Air'.

For my post today I should like to show you the Sunflower stamp, there is something about Sunflowers I find irresistible.  At this time of year these beautiful blooms can be seen bobbing their large heads above often very high garden fences.


For this card I coloured the stamped image with my F&C polychromos pencils and mounted it on gold mirri and sunflower yellow coloured card.  The backing paper is from the Timeless Textures paper stack.  The flat backed pearls and ribbon are from my stash.


There is still plenty of time for you to enter this 'Autumn is in the Air' Crafty Boots Challenge.

Good luck.


Dionne

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9 comments:

  1. Desire Fourie29 September 2016 at 11:00

    A beautiful autumn creation. This will also be perfect for one entry as an anything goes creation for our challenge below.
    Hugs
    Desíre
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    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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    1. Dee's Craft Room29 September 2016 at 16:03

      Thank you Desire, it is so kind of you to take the time to leave a comment, I always appreciate it.

      Dionne x

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  2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery3 October 2016 at 05:55

    Such a lovely card! Love the flower and it's making me miss summer already! The seasons are changing, but I'll admit I will not miss the heat! But, then when it gets too cold, I'll be saying I miss the heat!

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    1. Dee's Craft Room4 October 2016 at 05:34

      Ha ha, I feel the same was about the weather. We seemed to have gone very quickly from very warm days to quite cold, especially at night. No gradual change to the season this year.

      x

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  3. crafty-stamper3 October 2016 at 23:21

    Beautiful card and image,fabulous colouring and great layout
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room4 October 2016 at 05:35

      Thank you so much Carol. I have enjoyed colouring these floral stamps. When I initially bought them so did not worry about shading, I thought I was doing well if I kept between the lines!

      x

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  4. Tinka's paper wonderlland4 October 2016 at 18:04

    Hy Dee's!!
    You can find the tutorial of my folded card on Youtube , just tipe: Twist & Pop card ;)
    ♥Hugs Valentina♥

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    1. Tinka's paper wonderlland4 October 2016 at 18:04

      Oh olmoust forgot, your card is amazing, great colouring !!!

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    2. Dee's Craft Room5 October 2016 at 00:25

      Thank you Valentina - and thank you for the You Tube address.

      D

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Dionne

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