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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, 25 November 2016

Woodland Owl

Hello and welcome to my blog.  As regular visitors know the current Crafty Boot Challenge is rather enigmatically titled 'See the Wood for the Trees' but it is rather simple really, it just means use images of trees or wood textures, or even something wooden, in your project.

I am afraid that the tree branches in this design are difficult to see because the backing paper is very delicate but trust me they are there, the backing paper is covered in trees and branchesl, it is not helped by the poor quality photograph.  I thought I had solved the problem of my photos by changing the bulb in my craft light .... maybe not.


The backing paper is one of the designs from one of my favourite paper stacks - The Promise by First Edition.  I also embossed some marbled paper with a wood grain effect before cutting the banner shape from it.  The Owl stamp was a freebe I got in a magazine many years ago and have never used before, isn't he cute?

The tiny butterfly is from a Stampin' Up Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.  The ribbon, charm and gems are from my stash.

Have a great weekend.


Dionne
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6 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper25 November 2016 at 23:01

    Beautiful tag love the cute owl
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room28 November 2016 at 11:40

      Thank you so much Carol, I look forward to your visits.

      Dionne x

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  2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery26 November 2016 at 04:04

    Very nice gift tag. Love the owls and lovely ribbon.

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    1. Dee's Craft Room28 November 2016 at 11:42

      I always look forward to your visits, thak you for the lovely comments.

      Dionne x

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  3. Pamellia30 November 2016 at 10:42

    You had me baby owl!! lol What a sweet tag! The woodgrain worked really well for that banner. Love the neutrals, gives it a great outdoorsie feel!! Wonderful touch of bling too!! hugs to you Dionne, see you again soon :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room30 November 2016 at 12:50

      They say nature abhors a vacuum but if I see a space on a card I just have to add something shinny, like a gem or glitter!

      This really is a project that looks so much better in real life because of the neutral colours and subtle shading, the marbeling made a great wood grain effect.

      Dionne xx

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Dionne

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