Woodware challenge - The poppy, as we remember....

Our July Retailer is Linda who runs LLinda’s Craft Shop in Laneham, North Nottinghamshire. LLinda’s is a shop full of inspiration and with regular paper crafting workshops. Linda is one of the talented bunch that qualified as Certified Dreamweaver Teachers earlier in the year. Llinda’s Blog will give you a glimpse of the goings on in the shop. You can find workshop details, directions and much much more on LLinda’s Website. As this is an important year of remembrance the theme that Linda has chosen is

The Poppy….as we remember 

My metal embossed poppy card would make a nice picture for the wall....this card is a really BIG... 8" square!

I've used my stamp JGS160 which came out in 2012.

I stamped the poppy on a piece of red sheet metal with a black 'Surfacez' ink pad. 

Using the MercArt embossing tool trace the outline of the poppy from the front following the stamped outline then turn it over and use the larger embossing tools to shape and push the metal to create rounded petals. You will need to fill the back with MercArt embossed metal backing paste. Once dry this will keep the shape rounded.

Create patterns with the tools around the poppy head.