Beautiful Poppies

July is a busy birthday month for us, so I have a bunch of birthday cards to share.  This one is for my husband's grandmother.

 And here is the inside.  I kept it similar with the same colors and the ovals and, obviously, the poppies.  But instead of coloring them with markers like I did on the outside, I colored them with colored pencils for a much softer look.

Challenges:

Crafting Musketeers#15--summertime (around here--southern New England--poppies are definitely summer flowers)

Twisted Tuesday #80--pearls are sooooo heavy (use layers and pearls)

Fab n' Funky #223--feels like summer (when I see poppies starting to bloom, I know it is summertime)

Fussy & Fancy #118--it's all about girls

The Squirrel and the Fox #73--ribbons and lace

Through the Purple Haze--birthdays

Sugar Pea Designs #007--sketch

Verve's July Diva Dare--Inside Out (carry over some part of your card design to the insides)

Shopping Our Stash #160--can't put it down or away (I use that little sentiment die a LOT; it is just perfect for a little sentiment)

The Crafter's Cafe--birthdays

ART Impressions #140--Big birthdays

Milk Coffee--birthdays

DRS Designs #131--strawberries & cream (use the colors from the inspiration photo)

Sister Act Card Challenge #66--anything goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Fred She Said "Poppies" digi; Our Daily Bread Designs "Crochete" background; Hero Arts French script; Verve "Birthday Phrases" sentiment outside; PTI "Damask Designs" sentiment inside

Dies: Spellbinders classic ovals and scalloped ovals, large; Verve "Charming Ovals"