Tattered Lace Charisma Swift Poppy

Sharing my poppies made for Armistice Day on 11th November. They were made using the Tattered Lace Charisma Swift poppy die and flower forming foam.

I also used a mixture of leaves om my poppies. The Fleurs chrysanthemum and dahlia leaf dies.

The swift dies make a selection of large to small poppies and used I black cardstock for the stamens in the centre for a little more structure.

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https://www.crafting.co.uk/fleurs-flower-forming-foam-poinsettia.html

I folded the 3 petals over each other until I was holding one petal and then pleated and twisted

without flattening the shaped of the pleated petal edges, using your thumbs gently stretch the foam at the base of the flower to give your poppy a more natural flower shape.

I have used the largest size poppy die, a middle die and the small die to make one flower.

Offset the poppies using a hot glue gun between each layer and a ball tool onto a spongy mat. I would recommend using a hot glue gun when putting these flowers together as you will find that wet glue not only takes ages to dry but doesn't form a firm enough bond with the foam.  I always use the same mat for glueing (as I end up with blobs of hard glue here and there) and a separate one for my shaping etc.

I also used a ball tool to shape the stamen before using hot glue in the centre along with a large black pearl to finish it off.

I  have used a chrysanthemum leaf die and brooch fixing on the back.

Fleurs Edge to Edge Chrysanthemum Leaf die

Fleurs Flower Forming Foam is very mouldable, especially with warm hands.  It is unlike regular craft foam which is much thicker. You can use a heat gun to gently curl and then mould the petals also, although take note using a heat gun with slightly shrink your foam.  

If the petals lose their shape, they can be easily remoulded.

This year it is the Centenary Anniversary of Armistice Day.  The Armistice was signed at 5am on 11th November 1918 and came into effect 5 hours later, bringing about the cessation of hostilities in the First World Way.

It great to see so many displays to celebrate the Centenary. In this particular one 23,000 knitted poppies have been used to mark the day.

           

Like a sea of poppies.

Knitted by volunteers.

Happy Crafting