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Canadian Military Kit

Caylynn

Caylynn

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It would be great to have a Canadian military kit, although I guess there wouldn't be much demand for one. :(

The U.S. military kits don't work, because the colours and ranks are all wrong.

I have Connie Prince's Travelogue Canada kit, but that's not a military kit.

Would be nice to have something to support our Canadian troops!
 
Hey Caylynn....My husband is military, but US Military.

Tell me what you need/want for a Canadian military kit? I have an upcoming Memorial Day kit that I'm working on, and if I can, I'd love to include something that you are looking. Or maybe if you have a lot of ideas, make a kit geared just towards your country. Share what you are looking for right on down to the colors because I don't know how your country works compared to ours <3
 
It would be great to see something with the Canadian military colours. Here's what CADPAT (our camouflage pattern) looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADPAT

Rank insignia can be found here: https://www.forces.gc.ca/assets/FOR...tory-badges-colours-flags/insignia-poster.pdf As I'm an army officer wife, I'd particularly like to see the crowns and pips that are part of the officers' rank insignia as elements in a kit.

Various badges can be found here: https://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/bad-ins/index-eng.asp While they can't be duplicated, they can maybe serve as inspiration - i.e. it would be great to have a gold-coloured beaver representing the engineers, or three intertwined red maple leaves representing the army. The various honours/medals can be seen here: https://forces.gc.ca/en/honours-history-medals-chart/medals-chart-index.page Again, they can't be reproduced, but it would be cool to have something with some of the colours, i.e. especially for the Canadian Decoration (CD), which is for long service.

Some of the mottos would be nice to have as word art / elements. For example, "Ubique" is the engineer's motto, which means "everywhere." A bunch of the mottos can be found here: https://www.thefullwiki.org/Military_Unit_Mottos:_Canada
Something like a blue UN Peacekeepers beret would be a great element, as Canadians have done a lot of peacekeeping missions. Similarly, something representing NATO would be cool, but I'm not sure what would be appropriate.

Some poppies would be great to have, as we wear poppies in the lead-up to Remembrance Day, celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (so November 11, at 11 am).

So those are some things I would like to see.
 
I have not forgotten about you Caylynn!! I just had a really bad year when it came to designing. I'm still trying to finish up the projects that I started. I'm about halfway finished with my started projects. My goal is to start working on something for you next year. I'm sorry it's just taken me SO long!!

Perhaps one of the other designers like Boomers Girl, who is faster with designing could tackle this?
 
I told Wendy that I would take on this one. I have to admit, though my hubs was US military, this is a different beast. LOL
I have pulled together a few things and Ive been using Caylynn's links to get it going. I hope to have it done with my December releases.
 
Hey ladies.. I still have this one on my list. Over the last month we've had some tough family situations. I am getting back on track and would love to do this. If there is another designer than has the time to take it on before I can get to it - please feel free to snag the idea.
 
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