This card was made for today's Limited Supply Challenge: Break Out the Sunscreen. We were to make a card with a summer theme. ONLY 3 layers plus the card base and limited embellishments.
So, I decided, with Speedy the Cat's INSISTENCE, to use the Poppy Patch stamp set. Let me explain why.... When I was a kid, my parents sent me to my grandmother's farm in the summers. Grandma had 150 acres, with fields of corn, beans, and hay. She also had 100+ head of cattle, goats, chickens, geese and CATS. However, my most fond memories of summer are about my grandmother's exquisite flower garden. There, she had a poppy field. I remember spending late afternoons watching the field move like an ocean wave in the breeze. To this day, the mention of "summer" brings the vision of my grandmother's poppy field.
Now you know why I chose Poppies for SUMMER! LOL!
There are only 4 layers to this card. I added a Gold edge with a Gold Paint Pen to the base and Black Linen oval. I then added dots and heavily sponged the Very Vanilla layer with Always Artichoke. I made clouds with a dauber, Tempting Turquoise and a scallop punch.
I also wanted to layer the sentiment, but couldn't add another layer. So, I used a Nestibilities die to cut out a half circle!
The image was embossed in gold and colored in with markers and an aqua pen. I stamped the card base with the background stamp from Thank You.
Registered: April 6, 2005 Location: Stuarts Draft, Virginia Posts: 14401
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 @ 6:16 AM
Your poppin' poppy stands out so beautifully!
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Wanda Cullen ~ Dirty Dozen Alumni, On design team for Papertrey Ink, Designer for Color Throwdown and Fusion Card Challenges Cullen-ary Creations[/URL]...my blogHERE'S MY GALLERY[/URL]
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105224
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 @ 6:25 AM
I went to Gramma's too...I still miss her!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: September 9, 2006 Location: somewhere under a pile of paper! Posts: 300
Fri, Jul 11, 2008 @ 6:50 AM
Gorgeous! That poppy is beautiful and your colors are great as always. Your card reminds me of the same thing! My grandma always had lots of poppies all over the farm when I was growing up..... I go there every summer but don't recall them for awhile...now I 'm going to have to see if I can find any. LOL!