I could not decide which challenge to do as I wanted to be a part of all of these 3...:0).
All I knew for sure is that I needed a card for a friend at work...this is how it all started...
I was looking through our wonderful queen for the day..Marie-Alice or..ladybug91743, and I saw this cute fun card...Biking Bella by ladybug91743 at Splitcoaststampers has a cute little story to it that might make it fun for my friend. ITs her b-day, but just the other day her son (who is back at home), just bought his 2 boys...(single dad)...ages 4 and 7 motorbikes...crazy. I guess they have some switch that can make them only go so fast and they have training wheels, but my friend Cindy who looks after her grandkids on some weekends was like...when I am there without the dad all they are going to do is sit on them...they are not turning them on and she laughed...so when I saw this " safe " bike I thought she might get a little chuckle out of it.
So as I had the bike in mind I wandered over to stephanies neat inspirational site called...LEIF, which has so many neat things, I saw this bizzare Mossy jar...http://www.leifshop.com/collections/...cotta-bark-jar, a fun outdoorsy one, and It got me to thinking I could put some flowersoft on the grass to make it look mossy and instead of a white picket fence I will make it a natural woodsy type one.
Then I also missed the sweet as pie..twisted sisters last week and wanted to join them and there challenge was to get inspired with a childhood memory and tell a bit of a story, which was easy peasy as also when I saw the bike card it reminded me of lots of fun times I had growing up on the farm going on bike rides.
Like visitng neighbors, or my grandmas in town...boy did I get in trouble for that one...lol...I was only liek about 5 and I really wanted to go visit my gramma and it was starting to storm and mom and dad sad not tonight maybe another time. Well...I am a wee bit stubborn at times...lol...so I decided no I want to see her now and took my little bike and started off on my own...like 2 miles away...dad came after me with the truck and put the bike in that back ...needless to say I did get to see her another day...:0)
or have any of you saw a beautiful rainbow and thought...maybe...just maybe if I bike fast enough I can catch the bottom...lol...never did find that pot of gold yet...but...you never know I have a BIGGER bike now...lol
Well this is prolbably getting a mite long so better let you go...Hope you enjoyed my little story and thanks for visiting...:0)
Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012 GMT Views: 2361
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Sat, Aug 18, 2012 @ 5:34 PM
Your card is prescious as is your story!!! I had a bike just like that only it was green. It was my only means of transportaion for quite a few years. tfs
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Sun, Aug 19, 2012 @ 4:29 PM
Wow.neat bike card...I love the blue Metallic Chrome fenders, so pretty!! AWESOME sponging...you sure got the hang of that too...and such a sweet bird, must be one of our barn swallows.....I think the little one got lost...took a wrong turn and ended up in Kelowna!! lol
Love & Hugs de Mama
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Sun, Aug 19, 2012 @ 5:41 PM
So glam...I remember banana seats and bikes that had tiger patterns when I was little.....this would have been like riding a sparkling rainbow down the street. Love it.
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Thu, Aug 23, 2012 @ 3:01 AM
Wow Wendy - you covered a lot with this darling card. That jar is amazing and I can see exactly how it inspired you. What a fun childhood memory - I have no idea what you look like IRL but I could so see you pedaling as fast as you could to Grandma's house! My sister went the store with the boy next door when she was about that age - boy did they get in some serious trouble! Fun stuff - thanks for sharing this wonderful card and the wonderful memory! Hugz!
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