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An odd sort of card ...

Friends came to visit us in Wisconsin.  They stayed at an RV park with a very well groomed bicycle trail nearby.  While riding their bicycles on the trail their first evening in the area, one of them hit a bump on the trail, fell off his bicycle and injured his ribs and back. 😳 He is now home recovering but there's been a lot of pain and embarrassment along the way.  In the spirit of cheering him up, my husband, who is klutzy himself, asked me to make a card immortalizing the klutziness, teasing, as guys often do.  This card is the result of that request.

I started by looking through my stash for bicycle and hill stamps and dies.  Having found several, I then worked on a way to make it look like the bicycle was flying through the air.  I found something on pinterest that got my creativity going but forgot to save the pin to share here.  The ground was created by doing splotchy ink blending and splattering. The background evergreens were stamped in black and purple for the appearance of depth, although you can barely see them with everything else going on.  😂

I think this turned out pretty good.  I feel it's a bit "mean spirited" but the receiver got a chuckle, much to his aching ribs chagrin.  😬

Thanks for taking a look.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Greatest Journey, Back to Basics Alphabet
Punches & Dies:  SU! Greatest Journey dies
Embossing folders:  
Paper: SU! Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card
Ink: SU! Pacific Point, Basic Black, Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  embellishments from stash
Techniques:  Die cut images, ink blending, ink splattering






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