Thursday 14 July 2011

A BIG birthday!

It was my father-in-law's birthday earlier this week, quite a BIG birthday ;-) He has treated himself to a trip riding a motorbike through Europe into Morocco later in the summer so when I saw this image at Karen's Doodles I had to use it for his birthday card. He does have his own bike but is hiring one for his roadtrip. We bought him tickets to the World Superbikes Championship happening at Silverstone later this month.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Karen's Doodles - Summer Fun
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - The Great Outdoors
Allsorts - Free & Easy
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Summer Birthdays
Cupcake Crafts - Favourite Challenge (48. distressing)

Supplies:
Image - Born to Ride from Karen's Doodles coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - generated on pc
Papers - MME not sure which range sorry :-(
Cardstock - Dovecraft
Buttons - American Crafts
Tools - scissors for distressing, Letraset fineliner

This is the card I made from my boys (yep I am that cheeky to make him a card with a dinosaur on it!)...


Supplies:
Image - Cute Dino freebie from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - generated on pc
Papers - MME not sure which range
Cardstock - Dovecraft
Buttons - American Crafts
Ribbon - recycled packaging from a pair of M&S pyjamas ;-)
Tools - Letraset fineliner for faux stitching, Labels One Nestie, Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch
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24 comments:

  1. Riet14 July 2011 at 09:10

    What a gorgeous cards Sarah.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  2. Doreen14 July 2011 at 09:12

    Two fabulous cards Sarah,love the motorbike image,and a great dinosaur.xxx

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  3. Christina14 July 2011 at 09:18

    That is a beautiful card Sarah!
    Hugs Kristel

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  4. brenda14 July 2011 at 10:57

    What a well thought out card for your FIL Sarah, it's really fabulous and I am sure he will really appreciate it.

    Thanks for sharing again at Allsorts.

    B x

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  5. theboelemas@aol.com14 July 2011 at 11:52

    Fantastic cards. I love the image on the first one and the colours on the second one are stunning. xx

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  6. Oanicyka Maya14 July 2011 at 13:21

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    Hugs,
    Oana

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  7. Brodders14 July 2011 at 14:04

    What a great card. Love the image :)Thanks for joining us at The Cupcake Craft Challenge this week! Good Luck!

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  8. Ali14 July 2011 at 16:17

    Both brilliant fab image for the top card xx

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  9. dragonllew14 July 2011 at 18:49

    Fab cards love the images on both perfect male cards

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  10. Rachel Izakowicz14 July 2011 at 19:09

    Great cards! Gorgeous distressing. Thanks for joining us at Cupcake this week x

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  11. Anne14 July 2011 at 19:19

    two fab cards, great work sweetie;)
    Thanks for playing along with us on KD this week and good luck
    Anne x

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  12. Jill14 July 2011 at 19:23

    Two great cards:) I'm sure he would love them! The upper one is totally awsome and your colouring is great!
    Thanks for playing along at Allsorts this week and good luck!
    Big hugs
    Jill

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  13. coops14 July 2011 at 21:29

    fantastic cards sarah.i love the biker man so funny and great dino image.your colours and designs are great too :D

    xx coops xx

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  14. pinky14 July 2011 at 21:31

    Love both you card, he will get a kick out of both i am sure. Thanks for joining us at LCI this month.
    Pinky

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  15. Kerry14 July 2011 at 22:54

    Love both cards Sarah...the first one made me chuckle. Well done to your FIL...what an amazing trip he has ahead of him :-D Thanks for joining in the fun at LCI this week xx

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  16. Nannieflash15 July 2011 at 17:32

    Hi Sarah two stunning cards and Im sure FIL will thoroughly enjoy his ride, but not sure Id want to do it, it could get a bit hot at times. hugs Shirleyxx

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  17. Pop's Cards15 July 2011 at 21:08

    Hi sweetie this is stunning, the bottom one is brilliant too made me smile that you sent a dinasour to your dad :0) hugs pops x

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  18. Mandy15 July 2011 at 21:49

    Hi Sarah,
    Two fabulous cards,love the image and design on both of them...Have a great weekend...
    Mandy x

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  19. Alison16 July 2011 at 10:33

    Wow! What a trendy 60th card! Your shading is great- so much movement.
    Hugs, Alison x

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  20. macma17 July 2011 at 17:56

    fab cards,I especially like the buttons and the way you've attached them

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  21. Milliesmarvels17 July 2011 at 20:46

    These are fab! love the image and papers on the 1st one!
    Thanks for joining us for the Pollycraft Challenge!
    Jane
    x

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  22. Karen19 July 2011 at 07:42

    WOW!! how cool is that biker :-) FAB!! I'm sure it will make him laugh....when he has got over your wonderful suprise of Silverstone Tickets. How very thoughtful of you. Your Dinosaur card is lovely too, so bright and funky, love the zig-zaz punch. I hope he has a wonderful birthday xxx

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  23. Jo23 July 2011 at 09:17

    Fantastic cards Sarah, I used born to ride for my uncles 50th in June and we spookly coloured them in the same,
    take care jo x

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  24. Amanda R28 July 2011 at 01:15

    Great cards and one lucky father in law! Thanks for playing along with us at LCI!

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