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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

Friday, 28 October 2016

Baby Bunny

My niece recently gave birth to a beautiful daughter.  Little Lucy Louise kept us waiting and was two weeks overdue but she was worth the wait.  Little Lucy has a big brother who already adores her, I made this card for him, congratulating on becoming a brother.


The polymer stamp was part of a 'New Baby' Kit I bought from C&C, I coloured it with my polychromos pencils and then mounted it on some silver mirri and some pink card.  The new baby paper and the letters came from the Forever Friends 'New Arrival' paper stack.  The hydrangea flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Anyone who knows me will not be surprized to hear that I have knitted her a huge pile of little cardigans, hats and mittens, here are two of them.



I chose the pink ones because they are in keeping with the current Crafty Boots Pink Challenge.



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10 comments:

  1. Pamellia28 October 2016 at 10:47

    Congrats on the new family member, the card is very sweet! I admit, I am distracted by the amazing knitted sweaters you have done. Wow, I just never could get into that hobby, but sure have mastered it! Gorgeous!! Just a little happy birthday message coming to you, I hope you have a wonderful day today my friend!! hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room28 October 2016 at 12:54

      Thank you, I am sure I will eventually get around to blogging the rest of my knitting. It is something I have only recently taken up, for years I was happy crocheting but when my great nieces and nephews started arriving I decided it was time for a change and I taught myself to knit by watching clips on YouTube.

      Many thanks for the birthday wishes, I really appreciate them and am amazed you remembered.

      Dionne xx

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  2. crafty-stamper30 October 2016 at 22:13

    Belated happy birthday to you-I love the card and what a great idea -ove the knitting too I used to make all sorts when my youngest son and grandaughters were little -babies always look cute in hand knitted.Congrats on the birth of your niece
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room30 October 2016 at 23:47

      Thank you for all of your lovely comments Carol. I guess I am sot of old fashioned and think that little babies look very cute a nice white or pastle hand knit. I made my new niece 9 new cardies plus she received about a dozen hand me downs from her brother and cousins, all knitted by yours truely. Mind you, once they reach four or five I stop knitting for them, not so cute then and they want to be like their mates, which means shop bought.

      Dionne x

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  3. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery31 October 2016 at 05:04

    Adorable card and awesome little clothes for the new baby! Exciting for your niece to receive all those wonderful handmade gifts! Im so jealous right now ;)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room1 November 2016 at 01:01

      Thank you, I clearly have the knack of making something that took me hours to make look quite simple and easy. I think I am struggling with my creativiety at the moment but I am really enjoying my knitting, time flies when I have my needles in my hands.

      Dionne xx

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  4. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery31 October 2016 at 05:06

    And...happy birthday. I saw some people mention it so Im going to pretend like I knew when your birthday was all along (lol). Happy birthday and have a wonderful week!

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    1. Dee's Craft Room1 November 2016 at 01:03

      Thank you so much, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago now - unbelievable! But it was one of those big ones with a '0' on the end so I am making it last as long as I can ... I am trying for 6 months.

      Dionne xx

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    2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery8 November 2016 at 07:52

      I won't ask how old since that is impolite but I am hitting an '0' as well but I haven't been alive for more than 3 decades...yet! Those zeros scare me though! Lol

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    3. Dee's Craft Room8 November 2016 at 09:47

      Ow, I can rack up a few more decades than you, but let's not dwell on that for too long. What's that about being as young as you feel?

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Dionne

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