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Poppy background stamping for FMS#419 and Inspire.Create Challenge#061

Today is Australia Day. I consider myself so blessed to have the luxury of calling myself an Australian citizen and despite the controversy around the date, and acknowledging that we have terrible events in our history,  I cannot think of a more unique and wonderful place to live. It's a harsh and beautiful land, filled with amazing and diverse people.
 I hope your day has seen you feeling grateful for where you live.

It's been nice to have some time to relax and I was able to complete this card for a few challenges. For both Freshly Made Sketches challenge #419, and the colours from Inspire.Create Challenges#061
It's been so long since I used Early Espresso, I had forgotten how nice it can be. I had few old sheets of DSP, and I think I've never used them because they were brown and white - so I used my sponge brayer and inked all over them with flirty Flamingo to make pink and brown paper. What a difference, Now I can see what to do with them!
When I first stamped using the poppy background image from Peaceful Poppies I loved the texture it laid down, and I had fun creating a solid background panel by stamping repeatedly, overlapping slightly and rotating the direction of the stamp in a random pattern.
I also created a panel the same way using the Pretty Peacock before stamping the leaf line images over that. The poppies are white heat embossed, as is the sentiment, and die-cut.
I love how it turned out.

 

Not being any good at throwing away the leftovers I was able to make up a second card using a similar angled layout. I love this one too. 
Don't you love it when a stamp set turns out to have multiple applications? What stamps have you found this with?
You can see all the products I used to make these cards here.




I hope you have a creative week and remember, 
"don't just post online,
 post something pretty!"
cheers, Liz
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  1. Linda Callahan27 January 2020 at 11:08

    Your stamped background is fabulous! Beautiful cards! Glad you shared one at FMS!

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  2. Lee Ann Barrett27 January 2020 at 12:00

    Beautiful! I love your stamped background! How creative and such a clever use of the stamp. Almost has a watercolored look to it. Thanks so much for playing along at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  3. Jacquie Southas27 January 2020 at 14:19

    Great cards! I loved the way you used these colors. Thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  4. Jan Clothier27 January 2020 at 18:41

    That background stamped panel is gorgeous! Lovely work, Liz.

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  5. Jen Brum28 January 2020 at 12:03

    What a beautiful set of cards! I just love those poppies! They're so pretty! Love them in pink! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  6. Tracy Grauer28 January 2020 at 14:19

    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Happy Australia Day! Do you have parades or fireworks or special events to celebrate??

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