Monday, March 28, 2016

Bicycle Themed Wedding Card

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well and enjoyed the Easter weekend.   It was a beautiful day here yesterday, sunny and warm enough to sit out on the back deck.  Today it's raining and so I will play in my craft room for a change.

I have a different card to show today.   A couple that we bicycle with recently married and we thought it would be fun to give them a cycle theme wedding card.   We were heading to a bike show the day we gave it to them with a wedding gift so it was well received :)



I realize that this is not my usual vibrant colour scheme and I did not create the background.  I used paper from a Heartfelt Creations collection that I've stashed away to use for a travel album.  I cut out a piece that had a vintage bicycle image.  I stamped congratulations and created flowers and flourishes using die cuts.  I coloured the flowers with Distress ink to co-ordinate with the paper.  I added Wink of Stella and the hearts to the wheel centres.


Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Shirley

21 comments:

Janny's Cards Creations said...

Beautiful colors did you use for this cute card. Nice bike stamp and flowers Greetings Janny

Elaine said...

What a great personal card Shirley, I am sure it was really well received. Great colour scheme and the swirls and flowers add great dimension. Hope you are enjoying your crafty day. Elaine x

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful card. Sending purrs to Archie. Skipper has just been sick so need to keep an eye on her. Hope Archie is more settled now. :)

brenda said...

A super card for the couple by the sounds of it Shirley and nice frssh pinks and greens.

B x

Valerie-Jael said...

Love your unusual card! Hugs, Valerie

chrissie said...

This is stunning Shirley the bike looks so beautiful

Love Chrissie xx

Astrid Maclean said...

Oh what a fun and fabulous card! Such a great stamp and the way you have embellished it further with those flowers looks super! I bet the couple loved it!!

Greta said...

Oh my goodness, Shirley--this is an absolute treasure! Incredibly wonderful use of the printed paper & so special for your friends! Glad you had nice weather for Easter. We're supposed to have 4 sunny days in a row this week & my first Rhododendron is showing color--my favorite pink!

aussie aNNie said...

This is super fabulous. Love the whole design and colour combo.xx
 {aNNie}

Sophie said...

Wunderschön, Shirley und eine geniale Idee mit dem Fahrrad.

Herzlichst Sophie

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Wow, what a beautiful wedding card Shirley, I'm sure your friends loved it.

Sue xx

Pat said...

I love your bicycle card Shirley and the pretty flowers and flourishes and lattice heart go beautifully and the HC background suits it perfectly, and the little hearts on the wheel hubs are a great idea. A wonderful wedding card for your biking friends. Glad you had a good Easter and the weather was warm. I think our weather has some way to go before we do much sitting outside...lol. x

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

What a darling card. The flowers really make your card pop.

sheila 77 said...

A really clever choice for a bicycling couple, definitely a different wedding card.

Margik said...

This card is very beautiful Shirley! Love all details and your new color scheme. A lovely design!
Mar xx

~*~Patty S said...

It's nice to mix things up a bit and your bike card turned out beautifully Shirley!
So thoughtful and perfect for the occasion.
oxo

Gerrina said...

A fun card and so fitting for this couple! Good to see you use some DP (mine is still laying in boxes and getting dusty) Beautiful for the occaision! We didn't had such sunny weather with Eastern, but upcomming weekend it will get warmer they say! (And only 10 days before the ART Specially, when it normaly is warm and sunny...) Hugs, Gerrina

MaryH said...

Hello, Just saw your link at Gerrina's, and able to click and pop over to see what you're up to. What a beautifully unique way to use this bicycle, and I chuckled when you said you didn't create the background. You've made this fab paper design all your very own, by the way you've embellished the card & personalized it for your biking friends. I would never 'see' that in the paper, so Kudoes to you, even if you didn't create the bkground. It's a beautifully done card! TFS & Hugs.

Enny said...

It's a beautiful card Shirley, wonderful embellished ! I'm sure, the couple was very happy with this card ! Have a nice weekend ! Enny

Sandy said...

Love the design and I love your flowers - what more could anyone want!! I am behind - so what else is new!!
sandy xx

maria's knutselplezier said...

I mist this post, and it looks so pretty!! Hope you are doing fine Shirley, it's a long times since we wrote!! Have fun!!! end enjoy the ride!!!

Greetings
Maria