Is there anything in your life that you wish you liked more than you do? For me that is bike riding. I think about bike riding...spinning wheels, wind in the hair, sun on my face and back, the ting, ting, ting of a bell on my handlebars.... It all sounds joyous. Simple. A quick trip to the store on my bike! A toodle around the neighborhood on my bike! Camping and exploring the park on my bike! Then I get on my bike. And I begin to pedal. Huff, puff...pedal pedal...huff puff...pedal pedal. And the glory of a "bike ride" goes away. Even at those times in my life when I have been in excellent shape, the bike ride has never been what my imagination foretells. Whenever I see an old fashion bike, that whimsy enters my mind and I think I might just give bike riding another go. And the cycle (no pun intended) begins again. And so this leads to why one of my first purchases from the new Stampin' Up catalog has an image of a bike.
Stamps: Summer Afternoon (2012-13 hostess)
Simply Scored with the Diagonal plate
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Comfort Cafe DSP
Inks: Summer Starfruit, Crumb cake
Basic Pearls, dimensionals
Can you see why this image brings back that whimsical feel...the want to bike ride? I can imagine myself climbing aboard, perhaps wearing a pair of white "pedal pushers" and a jaunty colorful blouse. My Keds ready for the pedals. I'm going to deliver the flowers to a friend. Maybe visit awhile with the friend and drink some cool tea. And then I realize that I really do not want to ride this bike. Sometimes it takes years for me to let go of a notion. Some would call that attribute stubborn. I prefer to call it persistent. :-) I do enjoy looking at this bike. I can still enjoy all of my imaginings about biking knowing that I will not plant my back end on a bike seat any time soon. And that is why this is a thank you card. Thank you to whomever this card ends up being sent to, but also, thanks be to God that I have finally realized that riding a bike is not for me. :-)
Here is a view of the card from a different angle. I stamped the basket image on a scrap piece of paper, cut it out and popped it up on a dimensional. The colors of the card are inspired by the color challenge from
Our Creative Corner last week. I used the new SU color, Summer Starfruit as my yellow. It's an interesting color. Can I just say that it reminds me a wee bit of baby food squash? Wonder why they didn't name it Baby Food Squash Yellow instead of Summer Starfruit? Probably due to lack of alliteration. I betcha Baby Food Squash Yellow would be a real hot seller. :-)
That's it for today. Thank to my followers and subscribers. See you soon! Ting, ting, ting!
1 comment:
Oh, Kristine, your description of "imagining" riding a bike and "really" riding a bike fit me to a tee! So excellently put. For months, I kept telling Mister I was riding my bike and then one day I realized that there were little nubs on the tires which wouldn't be there if, in fact, I were riding the bike more than twice around the block. Oops. Busted. Bless his heart, he never has said he knew. Maybe I need to accept it like you have. Your card, more importantly, is really sunny and beautiful!
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