Social Stamping blog host - War & Peace

Hi and welcome to the Social Stamping Blog Host. My fabulous friend Kelly Kent is hosting this event and our theme is War & Peace. Make sure you hop around to see what each of us has created and you can go back to the main post here if you get lost so you can get back on track.

Today is ANZAC Day here in Australia (hence the theme) and this year we are commemorating differently to how we usually would. In these COVID-19 days of social distancing, dawn services and marches are unable to be held. Instead Australians were encouraged to stand on their driveway at 6 am this morning and 'Light Up the Dawn'. It certainly was a moving way to commemorate this year. It sure does put things into perspective. I have had a bit of a meh week (nothing major just isolation getting to me after 7 weeks) but days like ANZAC Day certainly are a leveler!

So ..... in thinking about our theme my mind immediately went to poppies, the symbol for ANZAC Day. Literal I know but that's how I roll! So the Poppy Moments dies sat on my desk begging for an idea to come when I remembered a really wonderful set of cards that Su Mohr made. She used a cool technique to made a stamped background to create the poppies. You can see her cards here.

I love the effect you get using Su's technique. Here is my first 2.

All 4 of my cards are Easel cards - I found 4 pre-scored bases - winning!

Once I stamped the background, I die cut 4 small poppies - 2 from my stamped background and 2 from Whisper White. Then it is a matter of carefully removing the petal innards and swap them over, fitting them in like puzzle pieces.

Making the background is easy. Use the splodge stamp from the Painted Poppies stamp set with 3 colours that are similar shades, overlapping the colours. The stamped background will look a bit meh! Pop the die over it so you can see how it will look if you are a bit worried. Once you put the flowers together it looks great. Trust me! I made 3 different backgrounds. 

Here are my other 2 using the larger poppy die.

I left it a bit late to take my photos so they are not showing up as brightly coloured as they are in real  life. I tell you ... it has made me decidedly stroppy! I did find peace in the creating .... just not the photo editing!

I hope that you can find something to do that gives you a bit of peace in this stressful time.

Next up is Michelle Strazds. Can't wait to see what she has created.

Lou

Want some great ideas to keep your creativity flowing?

The Dimensionals April Tutorial Bundle is out now - perfect timing with Easter in a week! 4 fabulous tutorials centred around the theme of chocolate.

To purchase the products I've used today you can click any of the direct links in the text above or click the 'Shop Online' tab at the top of this page. Both ways will get you directly to my online store, where you are only minutes away from getting products delivered straight to you door.