Poppies - Day #11

Poppies Day #11.  They say save the best until last, and although I have some favourites along the way during my 11 days of poppy cards, I wanted to save this for today - Armistice Day. To be honest  I was a bit torn - Remembrance Sunday or today, but I chose today.

Thank you to everyone who has popped over and made the journey with me over the last 11 days, and a special thank you to everyone who has taken the time to leave a comment on my posts - much appreciated, thank you!

I am adding this card to the following:
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Poppies/Remembrance  
Sweet Stampin - Poppies or Red for Remembrance
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Fantasy Stampers - Red Alert
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 11/11 - 17/11 
A Crafty Mess - #1 Anything Goes 
IndigoBlu Challenge - #21 Magical Masking

Materials Used:
IndigoBlu - Jack A6 stamp, Poppy Meadow A5 stamp set
Ranger - Adirondack inks in Cranberry and Denim
Copics - C4, C5. C9, B91, R85, R89, BG93, BG96, BG99
Core'Dinations - blue and red card
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B
Hunkydory - white 5" x 7" card blank

Poppies - Day #10

Poppies - Day #10!  For this card I wanted to use some guilding flakes, along with one of my favourite poppy stamp sets, which is from IndigoBlu.  I think I need a bit more practise stamping with the flitter glue to make sure I get a crisp image, and if I was feeling a bit braver I might even add some colour to the poppy - maybe I will do that and add an update!

The background was made using some glimmer sprays - I made a bit of a stash of them a while ago, so I am not sure if this is using a Creative Expressions or Tattered Angels spray - will have to see if I can figure it out!

You can't see the beautiful variation in colours in the guilding flakes in the photo above, but I think you can see it here.

I am adding this card to the following: 
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Poppies/Remembrance
That Craft Place - Anything Goes  

Materials Used:
IndigoBlu - Poppy Meadow A5 stamp set
Creative Expressions - mulled wine gilding flakes
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B
Hunkydory - white 5" x 7" card blank, gold mirror card
Glimmer spray for the background - Creative Expression or Tattered Angel

Poppies - Day #9

Poppies Day #9, so for Remembrance Sunday I chose a beautiful poppy digi image to colour, and added the first line of the well know "In Flanders fields" poem. The poem was written during the First World War by a Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
      Between the crosses, row on row,
   That mark our place; and in the sky
   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
         In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
   The torch; be yours to hold it high.
   If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
         In Flanders fields.

I am adding this card to the following:
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Poppies/Remembrance 
Sweet Stampin - Poppies or Red for Remembrance 
Delicious Doodles - #109 Remembrance/Thinking of You 
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Aurora Wings Challenge Blog - #8 Heartfelt Thanks 


Materials Used:
Aurora Wings - Oriental Poppy digi stamp
Stampin Up!: Blendabilities in Cherry Cobbler (Light, Medium, Dark), Smoky Slate (Dark), Daffodil Delight (Medium), Pumpkin Pie (Medium), Old Olive (Light, Medium, Dark), Nude
Cord'Inations - red card
Hunkydory - white square card blank

Poppies - Day #8

Pretty in pink for poppies Day #8!  Another attempt to use some more of the Hunkydory stash instead of just looking at it!

Materials Used:
Hunkydory - Poppy Garden collection, pale pink card, white card blank
Creative Expressions - pink seam binding

Poppies - Day #7

Hi! Its day 7 of my poppy cards, and I am really enjoying sharing them with you this year!  I always find that I have a ton of ideas for cards I want to make with a poppy image but don't have enough time to do them all! But this year I am making sure that I can I share at least 11 with you!

For this card I have used the following Stampin' Up goodies:
Blendabilities: Nude, Smoky Slate (L, M, D), Night of Navy (D), Old Olive (M), Pumpkin Pie: (M), Cherry Cobbler (L, M, D)
Card: Cherry Cobbler and Baked Brown Sugar
Stamps: Dictionary and Happy Watercolour stamp sets
Ribbon: cherry cobbler
Ink: Smoky slate

Poppies - Day #6

Hi!  It's day 6 of my poppy posts, I hope you have enjoyed them so far!  Today its another Hunkydory decoupage and card kit - well I do have to us these fab goodies afterall, no matter how hard it might be! :-)

Materials Used:
Hunkydory - Poppy Fields decoupage, Poppy Meadow card collection, dark green card, white 5" x 7" card blank
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B
Kanban - red ribbon

Poppies - Day #5

Its day 5 pf my poppy cards - I do hope you are not fed up with them yet!  A simple printed topper and base card for today, using Hunkydory goodies.  I've had the Poppy Meadow collection in my stash for some time now, but haven't wanted to use it as its so pretty, but I decided I had to use it and now was the time!

I am adding this card to the following:
Party Time Tuesdays - #188 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Hunkydory - Poppy Meadow card collection, Poppy Meadow Decoupage - Poppy Delights prints, green and orange card
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B, classic circles

Poppies - Day #4

Hi!  Here is day 4 of my 11 days of poppy cards!  After colouring the poppy in, I went to assemble the card, and all of a sudden had one of those "this looks very familiar" moments, and thought I'm sure I didn't do this as my Remembrance Sunday card last year! And no I didn't, but I did use the image and sentiment for my 2012 card!  At least I put the sentiment in a slightly different position!  So to make it a little more different, I used different coloured card for the layers - dusky red and cream rather than black and red.

I am adding this card to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #53 Anything Goes with a Twist Layers 
Party Time Tuesdays - #188 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
IndigoBlu - Poppy Meadow A5 stamp set
Graph'Its - 8270, 8280, 2180, 5215, 5220, 9503, 9401, 9403, 9406, 9409
Copics - E51
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B
Core'Dination - coloured card
Hunkydory - white 5" x 7" card blank

Poppies - Day #3

Hi!  Its day 3 of my poppy cards - hope you like them so far!

I am adding this card to the following:
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #53 Anything Goes with a Twist Layers

Materials Used:
Penny Black - Poppy Time stamp
Stampin Up! - blendabilities in Cherry Cobbler (Light, Medium, Dark), Pumpkin Pie (Medium), Old Olive ( Light, Medium, Dark)
Copic - B00
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B
Core'Dinations - red and green card
Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank

Poppies - Day #2

Hi again!  Here is the second poppy card that I would like to share with you.  I really enjoyed making this one - and I really like the red and brown together.


I am adding this card to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - #187 Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday - Colours of Autumn (to me these are colours of autumn - the reds, orange and brown) 

Materials Used: Stampin Up!
Stamp sets - Happy Watercolour and Dictionary
Ink, card and thick bakers twine - Baked Brown Sugar
Blendabilities  - Pumkin Pie (Medium), Old Olive (medium), Nude, Cherry Cobbler (Light, Medium, Dark), Smoky Slate (Light, Medium, Dark), Night of Navy (Dark); circle dies

Poppies - Day #1

November the 1st! Where has the year gone?!  The first of the month brings us closer to many holidays/events/celebrations.  This includes Remembrance Sunday here in the UK, and its always the closest Sunday to the 11th of November.

The beautiful red poppy is well known as a symbol of this event, and also something I have always been drawn to (as red is my favourite colour).

I am adding this card to the following:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #53 Anything Goes with a Twist Layers

The Pink Elephant - #274 Anything Goes 

Materials Used:

Stampin Up!: Happy Watercolour stamp set, old olive stampin' write marker

Ranger - Adirondak aqua lights ink pad

Memento - black ink pad
GraphIt Markers - 9501, 9505, 9506, 9504, 9503, 9502, 5215, 5220

Core'Dinations - blue and red card
Spellbinders - Matting basics A and B

American Crafts - red ribbon

Hunkudory - 5" x 7" white card blank

Its Die Cuts/Punches at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge

Hi! Here is my card for this week's Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge. This week the theme is Die cuts and/or punches, so pretty much anything you like as long as you use a die cut or punch!

I love poppies, so was very happy to use this gorgeous poppy digi image from Fred She Said, and then to team it up with some new Spellbinders dies - me, very happy! :-)

This week there are two prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:

Fred She Said - $15 gift certificate
Digi Darla - 5 digi images

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #139

Materials Used:
Fred She Said - Poppies digi image
Copics - YG61, YG63, YG67, R22, R27, R29, B000
Spellbinders - Labels 28, labels 28 Enchanted
Craftwork Cards - white square card
Green organza ribbon from stash

We Will Remember Them

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

I wanted to make a card for Remembrance Sunday, something clean and simple, so I used a beautiful set of stamps from IndigoBlu to make this poppy card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
That Craft Place - Red for Remembrance
Card Crafters Circle - Challenge #48 We Remember
Delicious Doodles - Challenge #10 Remembering
Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party #115

Materials Used:
IndigoBlu - Poppy Meadow stamp set, Perfect Stamping card
Copics - R14, R27, R29, YG03, YG17, C-7
Red and black card from stash