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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

Saturday, 6 August 2022

Edward's Birthday Card

Apologies for the late posting today.

I feel a bit of a fraud posting this card because it was a bit of a cheat. The picture of the dinosaur was actually the front of a shop bought card from The Card Factory. It was one of their bargain range, which I bought for my youngest nephew, who will be three this weekend. 

Last night I decided to brighten the card up by adding his age to the front and putting an insert inside. Then, whilst I was in bed it went from adding his age to also adding his name on the front - sometimes my mind designs cards whilst I sleep! However, the card was too small for his name, so I started chopping the card up and layering the picture, then adding some shiny gems. An hour later voila, a reinvented birthday card.


I hope you can forgive me for my cheat, after all, it was fun to do.


Dionne
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4 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper6 August 2022 at 17:25

    Great recycling and who would have know if you hadn't told us! Great card for a 3yrs old he will love it -I love the furry looking dinosaur and how you added his colourful name
    Carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room6 August 2022 at 18:35

      Thank you Carol, you are so very kind. I forgot to say in the post that the numbers and letters are from one of my Dawn Bibby purchases. They were made by Kanban and I would love to get my hands on some more because they have been so useful over the years.

      Dionne xx

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  2. Mrs Beez17 August 2022 at 08:53

    I have just found a way to comment on my 'phone - hurray! (Google Chrome!) The letters and numbers are a great find and so handy to have in your stash - provided you're not saving them for best! Love how you've taken the original card to a whole new level. Hope he loves it xx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room17 August 2022 at 14:50

      Oh well done, does it send you the alerts as well? I am still not getting them from some of the blogs I follow. If I am being honest, I do hoard these letters and numbers. I have had them about 15, or maybe, 20 years and it is rare to use some many at one time.

      Thanks so much for taking to much trouble to leave a comment.

      Dionne xxx

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