Remembrance

What does the word Remembrance say to you?

For me it always evokes images of Remembrance Sunday, the Cenotaph, carrying the flag on parade for our local service and, of course, the excitement of Earls Court on TV.  Now I realise that many of you will not have a clue what I am talking about, but if you would like to know please click here to a previous post on this topic.

The predominant image when someone mentions Remembrance is always the poppy, the thousands of poppies falling from the ceiling of Earls Court at the end of the evening and now the beautiful art installation at the Tower of London 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red'.

A new challenge starts at Crafty Boots Challenges today and the title is 'Remembrance'.  Now, obviously, not everyone will think of poppies, or even the First World War,when they think of Remembrance, you may think of a loved one or a special day, we want to see what it means to you.

I have a card to share with you today:

I recently had a little spending spree and treated myself to some masks and glitter texture pastes.  Clearly, I need to work on my technique but this was one of  my first attempt at using my new toys.  I added the red and green glitter paste through the mask.  I was surprized at how thickly it goes on and it took a long time to dry.

I first made the step card from a sheet of white linen texture card.  I layered the poppy image up on gold mirri and red card (honest it is red, as is the ribbon) , I also made a couple of little side panels and wrapped some red organza ribbon around them.  I then covered the front of the card with some more of the red card and put it all together.  Next came the 'Thank You' sentiment by Kanban Crafts and flat backed gems from my stash.  Finally, I made a little poppy our of glitter card and some black flat backed gems.

The rest of the Crafty Boots Design Team has been very busy making projects.  Please pop over and take a look when you are entering your projects.

Good luck.

Dionne

Back to School

Today my little nephew went back to school after his half term break.  I met up with him and his cousin one day last week and we had a fantastic day but they are growing up so fast, too fast if you ask me.

I had knitted my nephew a couple of cardigans for his school uniform and left them with his mum.  Judging by the way the temperature has plummeted this week I think he is going to need them.

I also made him a little card, which I should like to share with you today.

Th image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called "To School A".  I coloured it with Promarkers and mounted it on glod mirri and blue card.  The backing papers are by Dovecraft.

No matter how hard I try I cannot get my knitting projects to photograph nicely, there must be some trick to it but I cannot work out what it is.

I really  must get on with the cardigans I am making for his cousin.

Dionne 

The Clarinet Player

Hi

I hope you had a fabulous weekend. It is amazing how quickly they seem to fly by, I cannot believe it is Monday already.

I have two special ladies to share with you today. The first is the latest member of the Crafty Boots Challenges Design Team. Chris Parker-Barnes is an awesome crafter and I am really looking forward to picking up a few tips from her.

Chris lives in New South Wales, Australia with her husband and 8 year old son. As well as crafting, Chris teaches piano and clarinet and ,in her free time, she enjoys swimming, bushwalking, going to the beach, and creating Raw Vegan recipes.

My second lady is this fabulous Saturated Canary image of Allie the clarinet player, just my way of saying welcome to Chris.

Once I had coloured the image with Promarkers I mounted it on gold mirri and blue card. The backing paper is by DoveCraft. I used a Sizzex Bigz die to cut the pink glitter hearts, The lace and flat backed gems are from my stash.

Dont' forget to enter your musical projects into this weeks Crafty Boots Challenge.

Good luck.

Dionne

Pumpkin Fun

Well, everything was pretty manic yesterday and I did not have time to post the photos I took of my pumpkins.  So, apologies for being a day late with this post but here they are.

To be honest with you, the vomiting pumpkin got all of the attention, I felt a little sorry for the other one because it was completely overlooked.  

Last night probably saw the most little visitors I have every had on Halloween and I virtually ran out of chocolates, amazing when you think of how many I stated with and there are none left for me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Dionne

Halloween Grab Bags

Wooow.

I have such a busy day today, I have been finishing my grab bags for this evening and filling them with goodies.  Later I have my pumpkins to carve and somewhere I have to find time to do the shopping.

Here are some of my brag bags:

I made 8 in all.  I bought a pack of plain brown bags and orange and black tissue paper.

To make my mummy I started with a 6" x 6" square of black card.

Next I cut circles white from white card for the eyes and coloured black pupils with a marker pen.

Next I tore stripes of white card and distressed the edges with Photo Finish.

Finally I glued the strips to the black card and left space for the eyes.

Once the mummy was attached to the bag I die cut Halloween images from black card and stuck them to the bags.

I hope you have a happy Halloween with lots of treats and no tricks.


Dionne

Christmas Herald

You could be forgiven for thinking that the current challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges is Christmas because all of my DT makes have been Christmas cards but that is just my way of getting a few more cards made, the theme is actually 'Music'.

Here is another of my cards.

My herald is the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This IndigoBlu stamp is not easy to colour, so instead I decided to highlight some of the features by adding a little red glitter to it, then I layered it on gold mirri and red glitter card.

The sentiment is one of my favourites from Stampin' Up.

Dionne

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is almost over and the other day I realised that I had not made any cards to help awareness of Breast Cancer.

I am sure none of use really need telling how important it is to check ourselves for lumps and to get regular checkups once we reach that certain age ... and that includes the men too. Making cards could not be easier with these free McMahon Five Design digital images, sadly their on-line store has closed and the images are no longer available.

This little cupcake was designed to give hope - I know this because it said so on the ribbon, however, I covered the words with my fabulous pink glitter.  I then layered it on some gold mirri card.  I also cut a gold butterfly using one of my Marianne Creatable dies and added a few pink flat backed gems. The paper is from my stash.  Finally, I added a few appropriate words.

Help stop breast cancer for good and help make change happen.

Dionne