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Spring bunnies
Little rabbits are hoping around Creative Poppy's website this week. Will you resist their joyful influence?
Barbara Ana was particularly inspired with both a new Spring biscornu added to her collection of seasonal biscornus and a pretty Welcome spring pattern.
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Spring Biscornu by Barbara Ana Welcome spring by Barbara Ana
Tousled Sue is yet another of our little visitors. She has such a sweet expression in her face we really can't resist her. Can you? The design is by Helga Mandl, a very creative designer that we are proud to have on board.
Tousled Sue - Helga Mandl
Why not celebrate the arrival of spring with a seasonal cushion that will look great welcoming visitors on a seat in the hall. Brodi Broda has designed Welcome spring!, a very cute pattern featuring not one, but three rabbits! If you like it, you might want to stitch the other seasonal cushions and rotate them with the seasons. They make great gifts too!
Welcome Spring - Brodi Broda
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Cows just wanna have fun!
Many of our designers want to have a little fun when designing cross stitch patterns - and it seems stitchers love it too! Catherine Deyts, the designer of Chouette'alors is no exception. Her series of little cows (and a menacing bull) are delightful. Don't miss her last two releases!
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Moovie stars by Chouett'alors Good Milk El toro!
>> view the whole "cows" series.
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Love is in the air!
A brand new collection:
Creative Poppy asked 8 designers what LOVE would inspire them. We were
delighted with the result... learn more...
>> View all patterns from "Love is in the air" collection
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Carnival: let the music play!
Fantastic stitching full of amusing detail. These little boys and girls are all
dressed up and dancing along, while the band plays. There's even the cutest
horse carriage with a little boy driving two little girls along...
A design by Perrette Samouiloff
Carnival
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A cat in a shoe
Yet another fun design by Barbara Ana. No need to wait for Halloween to stitch
this... spooky ABC!
Spooky ABC
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Corinne Lacroix: remember the little girl with red hair?
Remember the little girl with the red hair, who was so good playing the piano in her pretty red dress? Or busy watering her plants in the garden? Well, she's now baking apple pies in the kitchen. Cute and homey.(detail shown)
NEW - Little girl cooking Little girl playing the piano Little girl gardening
Take a step back in time and delight your friends with these very special greeting cards. You can mount them postcard-style with a matching color paper or fabric on the back and send them by post with a stamp (artists call this "mail-art"). The cards include pretty embellishments such as sequins, seed beads and metallic threads. Designed by Monique Bonnin.
Greetings Happy new year Best wishes Merry Christmas 2008
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New! Exclusive on Creative Poppy's website, Ornamental trees a new
collection of patterns by Helga Mandl: They are specially designed to be
customized and embellished so that you make your very own, unique piece.
Quick to stitch,
Double the fun!
Plus, they all contain a "mystery word " so you can have your holiday guests guessing what the secret message is... Can YOU see it?
(hint: Turn the ornament to the right and you will see a name spelled that makes up the foliage on the tree)
New: 5 more patterns! You can now collect them all: the patterns are now available as a set with a special "5 for the price of 3" offer!
Ornemental trees Collection 1- Set of 5 (NOEL, STAR, GIFT, RUDY, SANTA)
Ornemental trees Collection 2- Set of 5 (MERRY, REJOICE, CANDY, JOY, SNOW)
6 new designs by Lili Points:
Looking for a fresh contemporary style? You must pay a visit to designer Lili Points' boutique.
6 exciting new cross stitch patterns have just been added in great color schemes. Just in time for the holidays: unique Christmas charts and lovely gift ideas for friends and family.
Holiday season and Christmas:
Reindeers ahead/Lime Reindeers ahead/White A merry Christmas to all
Gifts for friends and family:
Chocolate Lucky Charms A friend
New baby:
Merry Christmas:
Fabulous stitching in very different styles for the holiday season.
Click on any detail to see the full pattern or view whole Christmas section here
Check out the work of:
Barbara Ana Designs,
Meowy X-mas Here comes Santa Paws
Helga Mandl, 
Christmas ABC Let Xmas warm your heart Jingle all the way
Lili Points, 
Reindeers ahead A pretty Christmas tree Merry Christmas to all
Xmas sampler - red borders Happy Childhood Xmas time
Tom & Lily
Mischievous elves Mother Christmas
15 Gift ideas for friends and family
Are you running out of gift ideas? Here are 15 ideas of gifts for family members and friends. There's something from everyone. And the best news? you can have fun stitching them!
>> Click here for Gifts to Stitch!
Blackwork designs now available on Creative Poppy's website
Santa's clothes (avail. in English)
Corinne Lacroix,
We are proud to have a new designer on board: Tam's Creations specializes in Blackwork though she brings in so much color and talent that we should start looking for another name for this technique. Blackwork is based simply on backstitch, with the occasional cross stitch. The advantage of the Blackwork is that you can add a lot of detail and definition in a small area. See for yourself as you browse a collection with very varied themes.
Floral patterns Fairy Girl's stuff My sewing basket Winnis music
Let it snow!
Don't wait for the first snowflakes. Get into the mood for the holiday season now!
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Fir tree welcome Winter's here! Happy childhood Winter Winter friends Warmest wishes
Snowflakes Mr Snowman We grow in snow The snowmen Winter's here!
Happy Childhood
Exclusive new series! Designer Perrette Samouiloff's delightful characters are now available in a new format of 20 little boys and girls, playing out little scenes within a given theme. The first patterns in this collection include a "Winter" ,a "Christmas" and a "Red" theme.
Happy Childhood collection - Extracts from "Red" theme Happy childhood collection - Extracts from "Winter theme"
In addition, for the very first time, Perrette is also introducing a series of younger children: lovable teddybears playing with baby. The collection is entitled: "Teddies and Toddlers".
Extract from "Teddies and Toddlers"
We predict a lot of success for these series and wish Perrette good luck!
20 new patterns by Helga Mandl
Helga designs fun and colorful patterns that are quick to stitch but full of enjoyable details. Browse her store to view all her patterns. Here are some of her popular themes:
Seasonal patterns:
Peek-a-boo series: Samplers:
6 new designs by Lili Points:
6 new designs by Lili Points:
6 new designs by Lili Points:
March and Saint Patrick's are coming up!
Time to start stitching Helga Mandl's Mug of the Month and Biscornu of the month, both dedicated to Irish luck!
Mug of the Month: March - Irish luck Biscornu of the Month: March - Irish luck
>> see all mugs by Helga Mandl >> see all biscornus by Helga Mandl
And if you want to wish good luck to someone dear, here's another great pattern to check out. It's by Lili Points and it's called "Lucky charms":
Lucky charms by Lili Points
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Biscornu of the Month
Sooooo cute! This biscornu designed by Helga Mandl will make a great gift
for Valentine's day.
>> see February biscornu
>> see more biscornu patterns
>> print out free biscornu how-to instructions
Perrette Samouiloff: so much talent!
Happy Childhood Collection: 2 new designs in addition to the 3 existing ones (detail of patterns shown below)
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NEW- Birtday party NEW - The Kitchen Winter Red theme Christmas time
Teddies and Toddlers: 2 new designs
