Saturday, May 28, 2011

Inspiration

I seldom do cards of flowers. But I could not resist the beauty of Just Inklined's image of a poppy. At the time, my poppies were not blooming. But since I colored this card, my poppies are in full bloom, at least they were until we had a horrible, intense thunderstorm that damaged them and knocked out the electricity for 16 hours. Here is a picture I took a couple hours before the storm.

Alaskan Poppy
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12 comments:

  1. Joan ErvinMay 28, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    Ooooh, your poppy card is beautiful, Tammy...I love the bold colors and the gold flourishes give it such an elegant look!!!

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  2. http://blog.timetocreate.com.au/May 28, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    I love your poppy from the garden. Shame about the storm!
    Your card is floricious - I hope to see more.

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  3. Lynn McAuleyMay 28, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    I am so sorry that you lost your gorgeous poppies to the storm!!

    Beautiful work with the poppy image!

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  4. Joomla outsourceMay 28, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    wow..Gorgeous!!! I just love this card.. This is looking beautiful and cute. Those designs are looking lovely. I love the flourish design and the colors.
    Thanks for this great post.

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  5. theboelemas@aol.comMay 28, 2011 at 4:11 AM

    Absolutely stunning card hun. I love poppies, shame yours got trashed :( x

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  6. Lone Pine DesignsMay 28, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    I love your card from the beautifully coloured poppy to the lovely embossed swirls!

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  7. AllisonGMay 28, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Love the poppy in your garden and the card, too! I was reading about the history of Memorial Day and saw that the poppy is linked to Memorial Day because of a poem so your card is VERY appropriate for the occasion. Here's the poem:

    "In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:

    We cherish too, the Poppy red
    That grows on fields where valor led,
    It seems to signal to the skies
    That blood of heroes never dies."

    Here's the link to Memorial Day History where I found it: http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html

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  8. BeckyMay 28, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Tammy, this is stunning!! Gorgeous colors and coloring and love the details, what are they?

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  9. jimlynnMay 28, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Stunning card AND flower! LOVE your card Tammy...just so beautiful and elegant looking!
    Lynn

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  10. Laurie UngerMay 28, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    this is stunning! Great coloring!
    Bummer about the storm!

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  11. Turtle In The SandMay 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Beautiful poppy. So sorry about the storm.

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  12. Jak HeathJune 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Stunning.

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