Hi crafty friends, today I’m sharing Poppy Bloom for November and Remembrance day.
I used the My Favorite Things Poppy Bloom stamp set for today’s projects. There is another fabulous background stamp that goes great with this set here – but it didn’t get here in time for me to use it for today’s projects, (next time).
I decided to use all three of the poppy images to create wallpaper for the first card (left). I heat embossed the images in White onto watercolor paper and then colored them in with my Zig Clear Color Markers
Black 060, Geranium Red 029, Deep Green 044, Turquoise Green 042 and yellow 050 and a Tim Holtz detailed Water brush to blend.
Once the image was dry, I mounted it to A2 sized top folding card base in Gina K Thick White (I’m in love Gina’s card stock can you tell? LOL – and I’m so happy that Scrap ‘N Stamp carries it because Gina K Designs no longer ships her card stock to Canada due to our high postage fees).
Once the flowers were dry, I colored the background with a light coat of the deep green and Turquoise Green and blending in lots of water to keep it light. As there are no leaves with these flower images, it was an easy way to add some greenery to the card.
The sentiment is from the Penny Black Love Sentiments stamp set.
I wanted my second card to be a “10 Minutes to WOW” card. This was accomplished by white heat embossing the stamps onto a piece of Gina K Blue Lagoon card stock. Next I mixed a bit of white paint and water and flicked it onto the card front. Once it was dry, I used foam tape to mount it to the white A2 card base.
This time I heat embossed a single poppy onto a small piece of watercolor paper, water colored it and then cut it out to use as an overlay.
The sentiment is from the same Penny Black set.
I did this set in green and black as well, but I think I like the blue and red combo better.
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Love the non-traditional poppy colours!!
thank you Chala
All the cards are so very pretty Sandi, I have been eyeing that background stamp from MFT as well … I think it is a great stamp.
thank you Kia, and get it quick, Raya just got it back in stock and one is on it’s way to me
Such wonderful colour! Well done!
thank you Nancy
Beautiful cards, Sandi. They show off the poppies beautifully.
thank you Deborah
Very nice!
thank you Shirley
Those poppies are beautiful Sandi! The color is amazing! Love the sentiments too. 🙂
Thank you Amy, sometimes we need cards with those sentiments
OMG! I love the white embossing! Gorgeous inking and flowers!!!!!
thanks so much Meghan
I love the white embossing on the watercolour paper, it really makes the image pop.
Thank you SandiLou, I thought so too, plus it keeps the ink where I want it to be too haha.
Love the cards. That mft poppy is gorgeous. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you Bev and yes it really is.
What pretty cards and thanks for the PDF file instructions. Thanks for sharing and the information on where to buy the products. I live in Canada and love all the on line stores, as we don’t have a local store in my area any more, so sad.
These are beautiful cards Sandi! I especially love that first one – think I’ll try it with my poppy set.
thank you Susan. I loved coloring the background on the first one,it was an easy way to add some green
Gorgeous!!
Wow, just wow! The colors are so vibrant – Such beautiful cards 🙂
Beautiful cards! Love these gorgeous color combos!
thank you Denise
Love the heat embossed effect on the poppy. I have never tried this method before.
Such a pretty use of this stamp to create 2 overall stamping looks.
Wow, I love how the bold poppy pops against all the different backgrounds you created!
thank you Susan, it’s a great way to use one stamp for the entire card