Welcome


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

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Chocolate Pip 2014

Hi

Thank you for dropping by today, I really do appreciate your visits and when you leave a little comment it really does make my day.


This image is another one of Sugar Nellie's Home Grown digital Sherbet Pip stamps, this one is called Chocolate Pip. I coloured the image with Promarkers and Wink of Stella pens and then I mounted it on gold mirri card.

The papers are from DoveCraft and the butterfly dies are from Stampin' Up and Memory Box and the little Easter eggs are real chocolate mini eggs.

Please drop by again tomorrow.


Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Easter Dress

Hi

I hope that the world is treating you well today.  As you know, the current challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is Easter and I have another Easter card to share with you today. This little cutie is called Easter Dress and she is from Saturated Canary.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri and purple Centura Pearl card. The papers are from Papermania. I cut the butterflies out of some of the paper scraps and the gems and brads are from my stash.

Thank yo for dropping by today.


Dionne

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Easter




Monday, 7 April 2014

Chicky Pip 2014

It is a wet and miserable day here today, the weather is so changeable at the moment.  I thought that the weather today called for a bright and cheerful card.

The current challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is Easter and I have made another Easter card to share with you today.


This image is another one of Sugar Nellie's Home Grown digital Sherbet Pip stamps, this one is called Chicky Pip. I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri and blue Centura Pearl card.

The gorgeous flower is by Petaloo and the backing paper, picket fence and butterfly are all from my stash.  Oh yes, they are real chocolate mini eggs!


Dionne

Friday, 4 April 2014

Carly at Easter


Hi fellow bloggers

I hope that you had a good week.  We have has some fantastic weather, however, last evening was rather gloomy and the forecast is not good for today.

The current challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is Easter and I have another Easter card to share with you today.  This little cutie is called Easter Carly and she is from Mo's Digital Pencil.


I have sooooo much in my crafty stash, it is getting out of control.  Like most crafters I never throw anything away and I have a big folder of images I have printed and never used and an even bigger folder of papers left over from other projects.   So, I set myself a personal challenge with my Easter cards this year - to use up some of my 'spare' images and paper. 

I coloured the image with Promarkers and I cut the butterflies out of some of the paper scraps.

Thank yo for dropping by today.


Dionne

Monday, 31 March 2014

Happy Easter

Welcome fellow bloggers.

For the last couple of days the sun has been shinning and the birds singing, the clocks in the UK have switched to British Summer Time, and I suspect that spring is at last here. Tah-dah!

Yesterday was Mothering Sunday, which must mean that Easter is only 3 weeks away, and today a new challenge starting at Crafty Boots Challenges.  I suspect that you will not be surprized to hear that the theme for the next two weeks is 'Easter'.

I have been busy making Easter cards to send to my family and today I wish to share with you this one.


This image is one of Sugar Nellie's Home Grown digital Sherbet Pip stamps, this one is called Lambing Pip.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri and pink Centura Pearl card.

The gorgeous flowers are by Petaloo and the backing paper and butterfly are from my stash.

Please take the time to look at the Crafty Boots Challenges website and all of the lovely projects the rest of the Design Team have made.


Dionne

Saturday, 29 March 2014

Birds in My Hair


I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

The current Crafty Boots Challenge is 'Feathers' and there is just time for me to slip in another birdie post.  This is another image from A Day for Daisies.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on blue Centura Pearl card. I then embossed some white Centura Pearl card for the background.



There are still time for you to enter your 'Feather' Creations into the current Crafty Boots Challenges.




Dionne

Friday, 28 March 2014

Braid in My Hair


Hi

Many thanks for popping by today.  My apologies for my lack of posts this week but things have been a little hectic here, what with one thing another.  However, I have couple of minutes to post this card.  The image is called Braid in My Hair and it is from A Day for Daisies.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri and blue card.


The polka dot papers are from Papermania and the lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the rest of the embellishments came from my stash.

There are still a few days for you to enter your 'Feather' Creations into the current Crafty Boots Challenges.


Dionne