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- until Life intervened!

on my

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A Dozen Hand-painted Paper Collage Christmas Cards

The very first greeting card I ever sold also happened to be my very first attempt at making a hand-painted paper collage! 

It had taken me a long time and I had ended up with painted paper all over my kitchen, sticky hands and a very sore back from sitting too long, making sure I cut the shapes accurately! So I was all the more thrilled when sale notification emails just kept rolling into my inbox!

That was five years ago and as I have gradually improved and speeded up what was originally a very tricky and time-consuming process, collage has become possibly my favourite medium for making greeting cards. And each year, I have produced at least one new design.

Here are just a few - beginning with my very first one, maybe a bit ambitious for a beginner but it's very popular!

These are just a few examples of each design but there are lots more in my store, some with non-English greetings or alternative messages, many of them ready for you to personalize.

You can find them all

HERE

Poppies for an August Birthday!

The Birth Month Flower for August is the Poppy.

There are many different kinds of Poppies - and I loved them all enough to paint them well before I knew about the Birth Month Flowers!

This one is from a couple of years ago:

(in watercolour)

August Birthday Card for a Friend, Iceland Poppies by helikettle

(Poppy Cards for many family relations also available HERE)

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And this is my latest 'Poppies' Birthday Card

for an August Birthday 
(from a hand-painted paper collage)

Custom Front August Birthday Card, Poppies by poshandpainterly

Here are some other Poppy Birthday Cards you may like -

Poppies and Cornflowers in Oil Pastel

Californian Poppies - Photograph

Summer Garden in Oil Pastel

Icelandic Poppies in Watercolour

Oriental Poppies in Oil Pastel

Icelandic Poppies in Watercolour

Summer Garden with Poppies - Photograph

There are some with 

Non-English Greetings too -

And if you're looking for something different for an August Birthday Gift,

Click

HERE

for a large (and growing!) selection of

Poppy Gifts