Social Stamping
April 25, 2020
WAR & PEACE
In these strange times of #stayingathome and #physical distancing, I did wonder what we would do and how we could follow our family traditions of ANZAC Day.
Standing at the end of the driveway with a candle rather than marching down to our local cenotaph seems a bit lame. But as far as sacrifices go, it's not even close to the sacrifice of running up the beaches at Gallipoli.
And the sacrifices that 2 generations of young men and women made, means that it is relatively safe for us to loiter in our driveways before dawn . . . . so not a hard decision for us to join those of our neighbours keeping apart physically but together in spirit.
I made this beautiful 12" x 24" double page layout earlier this year for a tutorial group I am involved with - yes I do have it for sale on my tutorial page. It is a celebration of my visit to the Shrine in Melbourne on the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day. My mum and friend Lisa and I truly enjoyed seeing all the gorgeous knitted and crotcheted poppies on display.
When I saw our January to June Mini Catalogue and the stunning Peaceful Poppies Product Suite, I knew I was going to do some pages to celebrate these memories.
I have loved using these poppy dies from Stampin' Up! and was inspired and motivated to dig them out again yesterday to whip up a quick remembrance wreathe for ANZAC Day today.
No-one who lives in Melbourne can help being affected by the tragic death of 4 police officers earlier this week, so I just loved Jo Weedon's idea of adding 4 blue poppies to our ANZAC wreathe.
While the wreathe looks like A LOT of work, I actually completed it in under 2 hours - and made a timelapse video of assembling it - what fun!
This ANZAC Day, I am also joined by my stamping sisters in another blog hop. This is my entry in the circle of blog posts about War & Peace. To see all the participants, visit Kelly's blog here.
To go to the next blog on our War & Peace Blog Hop, click the next button below :
I hope you've had a good day and find time to stamp over this ANZAC weekend.
Keep #stayingathome and #stayingsafe,
Hugs,
Kathryn
Wow - what a special double layout to keep for generations to come! History on history! Your wreath is beautiful and a touching tribute to the fallen. So much senseless tragedy. Kelly x
Posted by: Kelly Kent | April 25, 2020 at 06:54 PM
Wow! Your double page layout looks amazing! Great job with the wreath too.
Posted by: Michelle Strazds | April 25, 2020 at 07:01 PM
Brilliant wreath and I love the blue flowers too. And what a stunning double spread. Awesome!
Posted by: Julia Quinn | April 25, 2020 at 07:16 PM
Your double page layout is amazing, although I am not a scrapbooker I can truly appreciate all the work that you have put in. The addition of the blue poppies makes your wreath a standout. My condolences to you, the Victorian Police Dept. and the people of Victoria for the devastating loss of your four police officers xx
Posted by: Sheila Pybus | April 25, 2020 at 09:37 PM
Oh Wow Kathryn, I love your page layout and all the different colours you used for your poppies. I also love the idea you used of the police officers who tragically lost their lives. May they all rest in peace xx
Posted by: Mandy Depiazzi | April 25, 2020 at 10:13 PM
Wow the pages and the wreath are beautiful. I love the bright colour combinations on the layouts.
Posted by: Lisa Whitehead | April 25, 2020 at 11:35 PM
Stunning layout Katheryn, such a beautiful memory and keepsake and your wreath is such a lovely way to show respect to many! xx
Posted by: Nikki Spencer | April 26, 2020 at 12:32 PM