Saturday 19 September 2020

Ticket to Ride


Our life has returned to a little more normality with the return to school of my youngest son and the return to university of the middle one - after 6 months of getting on each others' nerves!  The panic of March when we were desperately trying to organise a flight home from Scotland before the airport closed down and the hours of zoom meetings that needed to be organized for my youngest sons's teachers and therapists (and the constant disagreements over my qualifications to be his teacher) are hopefully behind us now.  

The current prompt from Double D Challenges - "DON'T FENCE ME IN"- appealed to me, given I once again have some time to myself.  Here's the mood board 


Fences (particularly white picket ones) always look so idyllic and complete a country scene IMO!  I love this MFT Rolling Hills and Fence Set - it's so easy to create a quick scene with a some blue card stock for the sky and some floral DP for a field of wildflowers - just needed to add a bike, a few clouds and a sentiment.

Speaking of the sentiment, we have an Action store where I have been able to get some really useful dies at unbelievable prices.  Take the frame I used on this card, which is the smallest of 5 "ticket" dies (there are also 5 oval dies in the set) for around three euros.  The reason I mention this is that A is for Action, and the current challenge for Just Add Ink is "Just add A".


I'd also like to join Pixie's Snippet's Playground as there were lots of snippets used (and some created for future projects for e.g.. the leftover from the hill cut can be used on the bottom on another card)!




Edited (I don't know how I missed this one, it's one of my favourites) to join Timeout where we are challenged to be Adventurous.  Riding that penny farthing would be pretty adventurous in my humble opinion.



Thanks for stopping by especially if you take the time to add a comment.  I love to hear from you,

Kate


11 comments:

  1. Hopefully things will return to a more normal for all of us. Your card is so light and carefree looking. I love the feel. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us at Double D Challenge.
    Barbara DT

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  2. I'll be back to comment properly Kate but wanted to let you know that I have comment moderation set on comments. Your link worked fine so you're in the prize draw! Back again ASAP - am writing my post for tomorrow's new challenge right now.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  3. Awesome! Your rolling hills scene is just fabulous! Well done Kate! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Please stop in for a visit!

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  4. Fabulously FUN scene you have created! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}

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  5. This is gorgeous Kate! The rolling floral hills with the cute pennyfarthing makes for a beautiful scene. Thanks for playing along this week at Just Add Ink. Rochelle xo

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  6. The rolling floral hills make a wonderful backdrop for that unique bike Kate, the picket fence border is a special touch for sure! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week. Kim

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  7. Great card Kate - love how you used floral paper for the hills, so effective. Good to see you in the Playground again!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  8. Wow! I love the scene you put together with these fab dies and beautiful papers. Very beautiful card! Thank you for joining us at Time Out!

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  9. A fun card - I like the adorable picket fence. Chantell Just Add Ink

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  10. Really hope all of your COVID woes are behind you, March was such a crazy time here in NZ too. We have 100 days of no community transmission and then suddenly it was in the community again, so frustrating as they don't know how it happened STILL!! Your card is absolutely lovely. I can't work out if the bike is a die or chipboard but its so fabulous and love the navy colour with all those pink flowers. The rolling hills add a touch of whimsy and your so good decorating the inside of your card and envelope. So very happy you joined us at TIME OUT!

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    1. Hi Shona, I was watching the NZ wobble! No transmission for months and then whammo! And they still don't know what happened?
      The bike is a die from Marianne D - I tend to layer up all my die cuts for dimension. Naughty of me not to mention what dies and stamps I'd used ☺️!

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