Enjoy Life & Waterfront... more cyclists...

Just following on from this card...  Yes I know its more than 9 months ago since I shared that one!! But I got somewhat waylaid at the time!! But back to it!

I thought it high time I shared these 2 variants before I get waylaid by other creative endeavours!! Of which there are numerous at the moment!!

Firstly the trio of cyclists at the top... I thought he needed friends... much more sociable!

And secondly... look close! A multitude of cyclists in the hills... care of the retired En Route stamp set ( which is still a keeper for me!)

Inspired by the wonderful artist, Lucy Pittaway and her fantastic Tour de Yorkshire cycling art work... such as this example...

Click here or on the picture to check out her work...

But be warned... Lucy's work just makes you smile... and the Yorkshire country side depicted in her Cycling Art series is marvellous! But there again I am so completely biased! As a true Yorkshire girl born and bred... and moved back!

But back to another card... finishing off with the one that Andrea made!

Boys tour on Fathers Day representation... all 12 of them! Another one on the card back to get the numbers right!

Monday multitude enjoying Life - aka Part 3...

Couldn't resist.... as Andrea went a step further with our simple little card design...

Her husband, Andrew is off on a "Boys Cycling Tour" very soon... and so this was the perfect Father's Day card for him...

So 12 big lads on an away on tour weekend... with Andrew leading the pack... sporting his bright green jacket (Lemon Lime Twist - oh how are we going to cope without thee in a few days time!!!?) Kind of a Maillot Jaune scene if you follow the Tour de France...

DL card size as per details in this post here...

And background stamping details as per this post here... with 11 more cyclist added wherever they would fit in!! The last one being on the back of the card but I appear to have misplaced the photo!

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Enjoy a Simple Life! Part 2

Quick post today... as Fancy Fold Card Plan A didn't work out for today... so back to that plan another day!

So whilst the Waterfront and Enjoy Life stamps were out... I couldn't resist a quick and simple DL sized card... hence a series for you...

Stamping details as yesterday's fun fold card version... but this time I created higher mountains... simple a case of stamping a few Old Olive mountains over the top of each other!!

And I can see this card getting a lot of makes... as I know so many people that have taken up cycling over the past few years... both male and female... and of all ages...

Love the sheer simplicity of this simple little scene... but then we had some more fun!!! Yup... more to come!!

DL Card Recipe

Thick Whisper White DL Card Blank  21cm W x 10.5cm H (ie 21cm Square, scored in half at 10.5cm)

Shaded Spruce Mat 20.4cm W x 9.9cm H

Thin Whisper White stamping panel 20cm W x 9.5cm H

Enjoy Life on the Waterfront! Part One...

Well I bet you were expecting something else with that title!! And I'd love anyone to comment with what they were expecting... as I may have already done that one too!!!

Love this card!! Which was a special request for a 60th birthday... though I forgot the 60th birthday part!! But that was quickly rectified during class!

Perfect card to design just after the Tour de Yorkshire has passed through the county again!

Though I am sure that my regulars will recognise the card fold... 

Link to the Bridge U Fold Card tutorial here... though just one Box Section insert this time... cut 11.5cm x 1cm high and scored at 1.5cm from either end... (aka 4 1/2" x 3/8"...scored at 9/16" from either end!?)

Enjoy Life cyclist stamped using Memento Black... with a light sponging of Balmy Blue... and then fussy cut...

Front Base section stamped using the Enjoy Life grasses... and then quickly handcut... ending up about 1cm (3/8") high...

Balmy Blue sky brayered... grassy fields sponged... remembering (afterwards!) to use my Silicon Craft Sheet to spread the ink from... as the sponging so much softer when you do it that way! Birds from High Tide...

Mountains (Old Olive, Gray Granite) & Shaded Spruce trees etc using Waterfront... wonder if this set will stay around as long as Lovely as a Tree....? Hope so...

And here is Andrea's 60th card... note that her grass cutting is much neater than mine!!

Though I am afraid that the Little Numbers dies we used are long retired!