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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, 13 April 2020

Easter Egg Hunt

This is the last of my Easter card posts.  You may recall that on Friday I explained that it has been a long time since I last made Easter cards but, during these difficult times, shut off from my family and friends, I wanted to reach out to those I care most about. I found some very nice Easter card kits on the Hunkydory website and I ordered four sets.  However, when I sat down to make the kits I realised that I needed cards for more than four of my closest family and friends, so I had to get a little inventive.

Having made my cards I encountered another problem, I did not have any stamps to post them.  I have scheduled these Easter posts so I do not know whether I managed to get any stamps.  If you did not receive an Easter card from me, please do not be offended, simply choose your favourite card and imagine it sitting on your side, because most likely, I intended to send it to you, I just could not find somewhere to buy the stamps!

You cannot tell from these photographs but all of the images are decoupaged and, although I had to split them between the cards, there were still plenty of layers to go around.  This first card uses the backing card and sentiment from the Hunkydory kit, I simply added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some flat backed pearls.


For this second card I used a paper from a K & Co stack of papers by Tim Coffey for the backing paper, such a beautiful paper, I love the stunning flowers and just look at that cute little bee.


All I added to this next card were some of the lovely flowers from WOC and some tiny pearls in the centre of the flowers.


Finally, more of those gorgeous Tim Coffy papers.  I added a bit of bling to the centre of the paperwhite narcissus using gold sequins.  Isn't that bunny cute?


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9 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper13 April 2020 at 13:35

    Gorgeous cards Dionne and beautiful decoupaged images love all the flowers and little Bee
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room13 April 2020 at 19:38

      Thank you Carol. Sadly this is the last batched of Easter cards, I really enjoyed making them and it was nice to see my Tim Coffey papers - but I don't expect they will see the light of day again in a hurry, they are getting too, too precious.

      Dionne xxx

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    2. crafty-stamper15 April 2020 at 16:47

      I have a few special papers hidden at bottom of my drawer lol-you were right about the cute image too it was a Sylvia Zet image thank you
      Carol x

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    3. Dee's Craft Room15 April 2020 at 22:27

      I hope I did not come across as a 'know it all'. In the days of wood mounted stamps I could pick up a stamp and tell you the maker just by the look of it. Talk about a misspent youth - I spent far too much time at craft shows! I can't do it now of course - too much water has passed under the bridge, but I do still have my massive collection of rubber and clear stamps - if I ever go on Master Mind I am making stamps my specialist subject!

      Mind you, I suspect that you have even more stamps than me.

      xx

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    4. crafty-stamper22 April 2020 at 20:11

      You didn't come across like that at all lol and TBH I don't have that many stamps now have given quite a lot away and sold a few mind you still have a lot that are neglected!
      Carol x

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  2. CdeBaca Crafts Gallery14 April 2020 at 05:10

    Hi there...saw your message! Thank you for checking up on me! Really thoughtful and made my day! I am doing fine...however in the US our states are on lock down and all my children are at home so I've been homeschooling and dealing with allllll that lol. However we are still healthy and I hope everything that is going on in the world gets better. I haven't posted any cards in a long time. I post on my other blog from time to time but have neglected it for a while. Very cute cards! I haven't checked out the blogs in a while so I will have to catch up!
    Hope all is well and take care.

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    1. Dee's Craft Room14 April 2020 at 12:49

      Thank you so much for letting me know that you and your family are staying safe and keeping well. It sounds like your states are taking similar action to here. We have been told not to leave our homes unless it is for food shopping, medical reasons or work - and then only if you cannot work from home. My niece is also home schooling her children, I think she is heading for nervous exhaustion and has a new respect for teachers.

      Continue to stay safe.

      Dionne x

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  3. Mrs Beez24 April 2020 at 07:35

    I recognise this image and know this set of cards are even mire wonderful in real life, particularly the decoupaged layers. X

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    1. Dee's Craft Room24 April 2020 at 17:45

      I am terrible at remembering which I sent to whom but, if I had to guess .... you got the one with the cute little bee! Lol

      Thank you for the lovely comments.

      Dionne xx

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