San Marcos, San Marcos.....I dream of a visit to this place someday to visit the Twisted Sister we are honoring in today's challenge. I chose Phyllis's Christmas Cycle, since I am seriously lacking in the "Brayer Division" of stamping- and Tater has the most beautiful brayered scenes, I stuck with what I felt comfortable using.
The background is sponged/watercolored and Lovely as a Tree was stamped over, adding Watercolor Minis for leaves. I loved the cuttled piece on Tater's card, so I cuttled a path for my bike, and popped up an image from Life Cycles. The basket is full of Flower Soft, as the path is lined with it as well. I changed from a Christmas theme to a birthday, and had to add Lil Dawgies to the tag, remembering the answering machine message I love to hear when Tater is not home! (insider info...)
Tater, I loved 'hunting' down your gallery and remembering where this Twisted Sister Bus has taken us in the past. Beautiful places. And I do hope to see San Marcos someday. LYMI Sista!
,I love Youtube!!! Tates, should we be so daring? Naw...let's go bowl!
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Registered: November 3, 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 10333
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 5:43 AM
PAT THIS IS SO FABULOUS! It's the cheeriest of scenes to make me smile on a very drippy dismal day here in Rochester. I love the bicycle image, and the stone path...and and the flower soft! and and the GINGHAM bow...too sweet for words!
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44920
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 7:12 AM
Sissy, the way you use Flower Soft is amazing!!! I can't seem to get mine to look at natural as yours! What gives??? I'm loving this bike ride down to San Marcos.....however, if there is a flower basket on your handle bars...then where do I sit???? Heehee!!!! Love your card, my friend!
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Registered: April 25, 2006 Location: Northampton England Posts: 1502
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 7:27 AM
Wow Pat beautiful scene with the trees and the stunning flower bed chock-a-block of pretty flowers, love the use of the cuttlebuged embossing for the cycle path, and the little doggies peering over the happy birthday tag. Looked really close and I cannot see the duck tape holding the bike together after you took it for a dip in the river lots of times ha! Super case from Tater's gallery.
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Registered: February 4, 2008 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 21251
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 9:31 AM
OMG...Pat this is Beautiful...I would Love to be riding this bike
out in all this Beauty....aaaaahhhhhhh
Pat, you have a Fantastic Week-End, and a Big TWO THUMBS-UP
Hugs xo Toadie
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Registered: December 24, 2007 Location: Posts: 12163
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 1:48 PM
Wowsers!! Pat.....Oh this is just so GORGEOUS, AWESOME!! wow your work is just so right on, I just love all the little details, you rock girl.....hugssssss.
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 5:28 PM
Allllllll-riiiiiiiight, Patty Cakes - I am so ready for a ride through this scene!! Such detail, Sis , on every element - from the CBed cobblestone bike path (ooo, that hurts the butt!) past all those gorgeous flowers (never worked with FS!!-bad me!)and those swett little pups on your greeting!! too stinking adorable!! LOVE the sky and trees too - ahhh, Springtime!! Bet Tate was happy you picked this one and turned winter back into spring - brings MAY
23rd closer!!
Thanks Tater, for SO MUCH gawgus -ness!!!
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Registered: April 4, 2006 Location: Boxertown USA, IL Posts: 67307
Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 9:32 PM
Such a beautiful scene you have made. A super job with the flower soft, you are going to have to teach me how to use it better. (I usually trash my flower soft creations) I like the tree lined bike path and the bicycle scene. Love those wittle puppies. If those were at my house, I would be in big trouble. It would mean I got another new doggie.
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