Hello crafty friends.
I love poppies - they are so pretty. In a town near us, there is something called the Poppy Project. They fill a field in near the center of town with ceramic poppies all made by a pottery shop downtown. they have them up on Memorial Day weekend. These are some of the facts.
The poppies fill up the fields. You can have one dedicated to a service member who died in the line of duty, and they hang a satin ribbon from a poppy. It is breath taking to see all the gorgeous flowers.
Right near the poppies, they have a picture of her son who died in the line of duty. This town flies these flags with fallen citizens on them all around town. They fly them from Memorial Day through Fourth of July. Very cool.
I visited her pottery shop this weekend and was inspired by her poppy flowers (you can buy them). I wanted to do something with poppies and be very patriotic so I loosely painted some poppies. Then I stamped the
Large Stained Glass stamp over them. Next, I did a loose stiped background with water colors and stamped the
Script Font Background stamp over it. I topped it off with the
God Bless America Greeting.
I rubbed some Vintage Photo Distress Ink all over the images to age them a bit and added on a wooden heart I painted red.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I love getting inspiration from other talented people, and this Poppy Project really grabs my heart.
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5 comments:
Gorgeous Nancy! Love the aged look and your own field of poppies! The heart of the sentiment is so sweet! Love it!
I love the poppies in the field and great details about the documenting the importance of them and the date.
Your poppies card is beautifully done with the stained glass stamp too.
Beautiful, Nancy! I love your poppies on top of the stained glass bg. The flag on the lg bg is perfect.
Oh, I love this one, Nancy :) The background is lovely and your use of the stained glass for this is awesome!
This is so beautiful! I love the poppies you made and your gorgeous inspiration photos too!
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