Today is Veteran’s Day and I’m taking a break from making Christmas cards to honor all American veterans who have served in any war or conflict. Red crepe paper poppies are traditionally distributed and sold by the American Legion in exchange for donations on Veterans Day and Memorial Day to support disabled and hospitalized veterans, active-duty military, and their families.
I’m up on the Memory Box Blog today and the Playful Poppies stamp set is perfect for this tribute card. I stamped it with Copic friendly ink and then colored it using three red and two green Copic markers. Once the coloring was complete, I cut the panel to approximately 3 7/8” X 5 1/8” since I wanted an A2 sized card. I cut some metallic gold paper to create a very narrow border before adding it to a top-folded card base. A gold foiled black Thinking of You tab worked well for the sentiment.
The Paper Players Challenge this week is asking for Red, Green, and Gold. I’m sure Christmas was on their mind, but this card fits the bill perfectly, too.
Another beautiful card. Those poppies are very variant.
In Canada November 11th is Remembrance Day & everyone wears a red poppy pin. Tradition has that those poppy pins are placed on the steps/platform of any cenotaph (memorial) at the end of the service.
Yesterday in our Bible Study of Genesis, just before the 11am moment of silence ,we read the line in Chapter 8, God remembers Noah … it seemed such perfect timing.