Saturday, June 30, 2018

Penny Farthing

     Several years before he passed on, my hubby owned a bicycle shop and his trademark symbol was a hand drawn penny farthing bicycle with a quirky little guy riding it.  After the shop was sold to his partner, hubby kept the reproduction penny farthing I had bought for him which hung in the shop window as an advertisement.

     A dear blogging buddy (and now fellow DT  once again), Lynn H., sent me this fabulous die cut and I had to get it made into a card as soon as possible.  Sorry, I don't know the maker of the die.  In Lynn's honor, the design is CAS because she does the most incredible CAS designs I've seen.  Thanks, Lynn!


     I started with a red card blank and added the die cut bicycle (which looks like it's climbing a hill so I'm going to pretend that was my intent all along as opposed to an error in placement which couldn't be undone!)

     The sentiment is done with VersaMark ink, then heat embossed with white embossing powder.   I really love heat embossing!  There's nothing like watching it as the powder melts and takes on a shine.  As many years as I've been doing it, it still fascinates.

     I found a scrap of gingham ribbon, tied a bow and added it as the only embellishment.

     Challenges:
As You Like It
Aud Sentiments
CARDZ TV
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Card Makers
Crafty Catz
Cute Card Thurs.
Outlawz Festive Friday
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Paper Girls

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

14 comments:

Linda Simpson said...

Beautiful CAS card and love the penny farthing and sentiment.
Hugs
Linda xxx

jimlynn said...

Perfect card and so glad it brings back special memories. Oh, and the die is from Memory Box! Love your card.
Lynn

*Vicki* said...

Well that's just awesome Connie about your hubby's store and the penny farthing logo! How cool of Lynn to send this to you which made for a wonderful CAS style design! TFS! HUGS

NanaConnie said...

Thanks for that, Lynn. "Memory Box," everyone. :-D

Deb said...

I love the story behind this card, how precious! Gorgeous card!
Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week!
Debxx

Sarah said...

White sentiments always look fab embossed in white as this lovely card clearly demonstrates. Thank you for sharing with us at AYLI. Sarah DT

Lin said...

I love that you turned a negative (the wrong placement of the diecut) into a positive. Such a great design and the white against the red is very striking.

Thank you for sharing in our 'embossing wet or dry' challenge.

Lin
Crafty Cardmakers

Donna Ellis said...

Thanks for sharing such an endearing story from your life, Connie! Your hubby sounds kind and fun! The CAS creation is just perfect, both in honor of your DH and your friend! xx

Billie A said...

Awesome CAS card. Love the image and red. So glad you shared over at Aud Sentiments.
Billie A
Aud Sentiments
Creative With Stamps
Catch The Bug
The Merry Christmas Challenge
Sunny Day Crafting
Pause Dream Enjoy
Craftaholic R US
Always Happy Birthday
Always Fun Challenges
Colour Crazy Challenge

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Great card, the white and the red together are stunning. Thanks for joining in at Crafty Cardmakers and good luck with the challenge, Angela xXx

carol said...

Beautiful card, thanks for sharing with us at CRAFTY CATZ this week, x carol

Lynne said...

A fabulous cas card and a lovely story of how you came by it. Thank you for joining in at As You Like It x

Aunty Sue said...

Fabulous make for this weeks’ challenge at Crafty Catz thanks for sharing with and good luck

SweetScraps said...

I LOVE those vintage bicycles, what a perfect choice for our challenge! Thanks for joining us at the PaperGirls