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

Monday 31 December 2012

More Snowmen

Good evening

These entertaining snowmen are a rubber stamp by Sugar Nellie




I coloured them with Promarkers and added Polar Whate Flower Soft and Glossy Accents.


The little reindeer charms are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The sentiments are from Papermania and the 8 x 8 card blank is by Craftwork Cards, which also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.

Today has been a bit of a marathon but I wanted to post all of my Christmas cards before the New Year, just made it, phew!

I should like to take this opportunity to wish you, and your family, a very happy and healthy 2013.

Happy New Year!


Dionne

Snowman II

This card is another take on the jolly 'Snowman' image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.



The card I have printed the image on came from Crafty Boots on-line store as did the 8 x 8 card blank.  I coloured the image with Promarkers, added some Polar White Flower Soft for snow and black flat backed gems for the coal.  The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.  


Dionne

Penguin with Gifts


Hi

I have a very festive penguin image on this card, it is called Penguin with Gifts and it is by Mo's Digital Pencil


As always, I have printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.   The backing papers are by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania.  The little reindeer are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.


Dionne

Winter Fairy Halla Take Two


Back again with another of my Christmas cards.

This is another image from Mo's Digital Pencil, called 'Winter Fairy Halla'.




As always, I have printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added a little glitter.



Dionne

First Christmas Take Two


This sweet image of a little girl is called ' First Christmas Girl', it is from Mo's Digital Pencil.


I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the stocking and some Glossy Accents to her candy cane.

The backing papers are by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania and  the poinsettia are from Wild Orchid Crafts..  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.



Dionne

Irma and Vieno Skiing .... Again!

Good morning

I thought that as the holidays are almost over I had better get my finger out and finish posting my Christmas cards.

Another cute image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called 'Irma and Vieno Skiing.



I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some Polar White Flower Soft to their hats.   The lace is from my stash and the paper is from Dovecraft.  The sentiment is from Papermania.


Dionne

Wednesday 26 December 2012

Bunny with Gift Take 2


How is your Christmas going?


Another quick scheduled post.  This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called 'Bunny with Gift'.





I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the Santa hat.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania.  The Poinsettia flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.



Dionne

Tuesday 25 December 2012

Christmas Cards

Happy Christmas everyone

I have a few more Christmas cards to share with you (I scheduled this post of course).


This image is called Baubles from Sugar Nellie


this one is Make a Wish and is also from Sugar Nellie


this one is called The Friendly Hedgehog from Gorjuss Girls


this one is called Holly and is also a Gorjuss Girls stamp


this is Manga Fairy by Sugar Nellie


I cannot remember the name of this stamp but it is another from Sugar Nellie


Another one featuring Make a Wish from Sugar Nellie


another Manga Fairy by Sugar Nellie


another card featuring the stamp called Holly


 another Baubles from Sugar Nellie



another card using The Friendly Hedgehog stamp from Gorjuss Girls


Holly again


one final Manga Fairy by Sugar Nellie


A final one featuring the Make a Wish stamp from Sugar Nellie


Enjoy the holiday season.


Dionne

Monday 24 December 2012

Bunny with Gift


Hi

It is very nearly Christmas Day and I still have dozens of Christmas card to share with you.  I don't know what the protocol is on posting cards after the event.

I just have time to show you one more today.  This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called 'Bunny with Gift'.



I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the Santa hat.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania.  The Poinsettia flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.

I hope you have a lovely evening.



Dionne


O' Christmas Tree

Hi

Over the past few days I have been sharing with you some of the Christmas cards I made this year.  I usually send around 100 cards and as much as I would like to send beautiful 8 x 8 cards to everyone I know, I was rapidly running out of time and I knew I needed to come up with a much simpler design if I was ever going to get my cards posted before the last posting day.

I came up with a simple Christmas tree design and here are just a few of the 45 cards I made to this design.....








These pre-cut shaped cards are from Kanban Crafts






These cards are by Craftwork Cards

The Christmas tree die is from Memory Box and the sentiments are from Papermaina.


Dionne

No Girls Allowed Challenge, It's Lads Tags Only

Good morning and a very Merry Christmas wish to each and everyone one of us!

Today sees a new challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges and it gives you an opportunity to escape all things Christmas for a while, if you so choose.  The theme of this challenge was selected by the immensely talented Red Kitty and is entitled 'No Girls Allowed, Lads Tags Only'.

My tag features a Saturated Canary image called 'Skateboarding'.


As this is a lads tag I did not want to make it fussy, so, after colouring it with Promarkers, I distressed it around the edges just a little with Stormy Sky and added a sentiment and some bakers twine.

The rest of the team have made some amazing tags, pop over to the Crafty Boots Challenges site to get some inspiration.

I look forward to seeing all of your entries.

Good luck.


Dionne

Sunday 23 December 2012

I Even Love the Box II


I have another of Mo's Digital Pencil images to share with you, this one is called 'I Even Love the Box', it may look familiar to my regular visitors - but regular visitors will also know why!


I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the Santa hat.

The holly backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania.  The little reindeer are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.

I hope you have a lovely evening.



Dionne


Sticky Again!


Hi

It's a very busy day for me, so just a quick post.


This image is called 'Sticky' and it's from Mo's Digital pencil.  I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I added Polar White Flower Soft to his hat.  I then mounted it on some card and a piece of polka dot card from my stash.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft, the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the little reindeer and the aster daisies are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Both the 8 x 8 card blank and the sentiment are by Craftwork Cards, which also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.


Dionne

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen: With Love at Christmas
Simon Says: Merry Christmas
Emerald Faerie Garden # 38: Christmas
Ribbon Carousel # 75: Holiday Spirit
Fab n Funky # 152: Add Ribbon and/or Lace
Artistic Inspirations # 20: Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon # 62: Anything Goes and Ribbon
Gingerloft: Christmas or Winter


Winter Fairy Talva Take 2

This is the second card I have made from Mo Manning's gorgeous Winter Fairies, this one is called 'Winter Fairy Talva'.


As always, I have printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  The backing papers are by Dovecraft and the Christmas Tree is a Memory Box die which I cut from some purple glittered card from my stash.  I also added a touch of Polar White Flower Soft to the Snowball.

Both the 8 x 8 card blank and the sentiment are by Craftwork Cards, which also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.


Dionne

Taste of Winter


This Christmas cards feature the gorgeous Mo Manning image Taste of Winter.  I love this image, it reminds me so much of childhood and that wonderful snow experience, feet like blocks of ice and a red nose and rosy cheeks.


The snowflake paper is by Dovecraft and the snowflake die is a Sizzix Bigz one which I cut from Stampin' Up Glimmer Paper and added a Moonstone brad to the center.  I also added a touch glitter to the snowflake.  The sentiment is  by Craftwork cards.

More Christmas cards later.




Dionne

Saturday 22 December 2012

Irma and Vieno Skiing


Yea, another Christmas card!  This cute image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called 'Irma and Vieno Skiing.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and added glitter to the snowflakes.  The snowflakes die is a sizzlits one, the sentiment is by Papermania and the snowflake paper is from Dovecraft and the Christmas Tree paper is from a Polka Doodle CD.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.


Dionne



Snow Day II


Hi

Another Christmas card to share with you, you may be thinking that you have already seen this one.  I like to make my Christmas cards in pairs, so this is 'Snow Day' II, you may remember that this happy image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.



I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on Stampin' Up card.  I then added some ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I also added glitter to the snowflakes, oh by the way, the snowflakes die is a sizzlits one, the sentiment is by Papermania and the bauble paper is from Dovecraft and the polka dot paper is from Polka Doodle CD.


Dionne

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania # 10: snowflakes
The House That Stamps Built # DCC1219: two shades of blue
Joanna Sheen: with love at Christmas
Kaboodle # 150: Christmas/holiday/anything goes
Paper pretties Monday # 70: Christmas
Tanda Teaser # 204: chilly colours
Simon Says: merry Christmas
Emerald Faerie Garden # 38: Christmas
Ribbon Carousel # 75: holiday spirit
Fab n Funky # 152: add ribbon and/or lace
Artistic Inspirations # 20: anything goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon # 62: anything goes and ribbon
Gingerloft: Christmas or winter







Sticky

It is a very wet, miserable day here and I have to wait in for some last minute parcels to be delivered.  I thought this would be an ideal time to share some more of my Christmas cards with you.


This image is called 'Sticky' and is from Mo's Digital pencil.  I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to his hat.  I then mounted it on some green glittered card and a piece of green polka dot card from my stash.

The snowflake backing paper is by Dovecraft and the little reindeer  and the poinsettia are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Both the 8 x 8 card blank and the sentiment are by Craftwork Cards, which also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.


Dionne


Winter Fairy Talva


I have another of Mo Manning's gorgeous Winter Fairies to share with you this morning.  This one is called 'Winter Fairy Talva'.


As always, I have printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.  The snowflake die is a Sizzix Bigz one which I cut from Stampin' Up Glimmer Paper and added a Moonstone brad to the center.  I also added a touch of Polar White Flower Soft to the Snowball.



Dionne

Friday 21 December 2012

I Even Love the Box

Dear fellow bloggers.

I have another of Mo's Digital Pencil images to share with you this evening, this one is called 'I Even Love the Box'.


I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the Santa hat.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is from Papermania.  The Aster Daisies and Poinsettia flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.

I hope you have a lovely evening.



Dionne

First Christmas Girl



This sweet image of a little girl is called ' First Christmas Girl', it is from Mo's Digital Pencil.


I printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added Polar White Flower Soft to the stocking.

The pink polka dot backing paper is by Dovecraft and Christmas Tree one is from Polka Doodles Magical Winter CD.  The sentiment is from Papermania and the Christmas Tree die is a Memory Box one.  The 8 x 8 card blank also came from the Crafty Boots on-line store.



Dionne


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen: With love at Christmas
Kaboodle # 150: Christmas/holiday/anything Goes
Paper pretties Monday # 70: Christmas
Simon Says: Merry Christmas
Emerald Faerie Garden # 38: Christmas
Artistic Inspirations # 20: Anything Goes
Gingerloft: Christmas or Winter


Snowman


Good morning

I have another Christmas card to share with you today.

This jolly 'Snowman' image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.


The card I have printed the image on came from Crafty Boots on-line store as did the 8 x 8 card blank.  I coloured the image with Promarkers, added some Polar White Flower Soft for snow and black flat backed gems for the coal.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.  The lovely Aster Daiseies came from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you have a good day.



Dionne

Thursday 20 December 2012

Winter Fairy Halla

Back again with another of my Christmas cards.

This is another image from Mo's Digital Pencil, called 'Winter Fairy Halla'.


As always, I have printed the image onto Crafty Boots Deluxe Crafter's Card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then added a little glitter.

The backing paper is by Dovecraft and the sentiment is Papermania.  The snowflake die is a Sizzlits one.


Dionne