Friday 5 June 2020

Poppies and Lace

Although it's grey, cold and windy today we have had some glorious summer days recently and they have  reminded me of the trips we used to make to Cornwall when my father in law was alive. At this time of year, the fields on either side of the A303 were always full of poppies and given how slow the traffic was on fine days,  especially in the area around Stonehenge, there was always plenty of time to enjoy them!


For this card I used an assortment of dies to cut and emboss the lace corners and topper, and a very, very old unmounted stamp that I've had for about 20 years for the poppies. I coloured them with Promarkers - there used to be a time when I found those tiny stems daunting to colour with the tip of a Promarker  but I seem to have learned much better control nowadays. The sentiment is a random loose unmounted stamp that lives in my sentiments tin - it looks as if it came from a set once upon a time but I can't recall which. I have a feeling it's a Woodware owls set which I've had for about 10 years.


 I used the Misti to line up the word around the edges of the topper, and added the topper to the card using foam pads for a little depth.

I am sharing this with

Passion for Promarkers - A celebration 

Watercooler Wednesday - Feminine anything goes


Country View Challenges - Summer Fields 

Retro Rubber - Summer time 
RRCB 136


Addicted to stamps and More - Make your mark 




12 comments:

crafty-stamper said...
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crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful dies and love the poppies and how you stamped them from corner to corner
Carol x

Crafting Queen said...

Beautiful card.

Liz said...

Gorgeous card Jane, love the beautiful poppy stamp. xx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Many thanks for sharing this lovely card with us at Passion for Promarkers this week.
Lorraine DT

Tristan said...

Such a pretty card with that lovely lace, it certainly matches your beautiful story. Thanks for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week. Tristan DT.

Crafty KJ said...

Aw this is fab! The poppies look fab and I love to see them all in the fields too. Your sentiment looks great and they're perfectly lined up! Those corner diecuts really pop against the red card - just gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining in with my challenge this week at Passion for Promarkers. Hugs, Karen xx

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

This is so elegant and beautiful. Amazing dies and a fantastic layout. Thank you for sharing your card with us at ATSM!

Jan Clothier said...

The red and white colour scheme, with touches of black, make for an elegant design. The white lace looks great against the strong red of the background. Thank you for playing along with us again at Retro Rubber Challenge.

Evelyn Walter said...

Amazing card! Here in Germany we have also blooming the poppies in the fields and I do love them so much too!
Thank you for joining in with our challenge this month at Country View Crafts! Evelyn

Claire Grantham said...

Love Poppies! Very Summery. Love the unusual corner lace dies. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT

Sue said...

This is lovely Jane, poppies are one of my favourite flowers, especially went there are fields full like at the moment. Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge at Country View Crafts, and have a very happy week, Sue xx