Back to School Tandem Bicycle Card

Was inspired by a picture of a bicycle in the newspaper that you can see below of a bicycle with Watermelon wheels.

I cannot ride a regular bicycle. Never learned how to ride & not going to learn now. Hubby & I ride a Tandem Bicycle; thus the fondness for Tandem Bicycle images. Our tandem bicycle is black.

Made the background using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. For sky I used 3 shades of blue: faded jeans, salty ocean & tumbled glass. For grass I used TH mowed lawn.

Used memory box die to make the Tandem Bicycle.

Recycled some cardboard from a Kellogg's pkg to make the Bicycle more sturdy.

To give the wheels a Watermelon look I came up with something that I think is quite clever. I cut the wheels out of green & red cardstock. When I cut the wheels out of red cardstock I took a piece of vellum that I had put Scotch ATG adhesive on and placed it onto the memory box Bicycle die and then poked thru the holes of the die to get the red pieces to attach to the vellum with adhesive and it worked. Then I cut the wheels in green and placed the outer part of the wheel in green on top of the red. Used a black Sharpie to give the wheels watermelon seed look.

Bicycle basket has Kraft brown cardstock for front & recycled cardboard for back for depth. To give the Bicycle basket more of a basket look I used an embossing folder on Kraft cardstock. Used foam adhesive in between the Kraft & cardboard to give it depth.

Used foam adhesive to pop up the Bicycle onto the inked background.

Used Cricut cartridge Disney Classics for apples. Apples are cut at 1". Base of apple is black. Used a glue dot to attach apple to the apple black base. Used a poker to push out the tiny piece of the green for the leaf. Used tweezers to pick up the leaf to place on the apple black base. Used tweezers to pick up the stem which is made from Kraft cardstock to place on the apple black base.  Stacked the apples in the bicycle basket.

Stamped TPC Studio school sign on Recollections chalkboard cardstock using Colorbox Frost White ink. Used Spellbinder die to cut out sentiment tag sign. Recycled an Outshine wood popsicle stick for sign. Used Tim Holtx Distress Ink on the popsicle stick.

Supplies List 


adhesive: foam, glue dots, Scotch ATG
buttons: 2 mini green - on the Bicycle wheels
Cricut cartridge: Disney Classics  1" Apples
embossing: Lifestyle Crafts GooseBumpz Chain basket weave emb folder - bike basket
ink: ColorBox Frost White
marker: Spectrum Noir DR1 Red  - on bike horn
memory box: die - Bicycle Built for Two
paper: vellum  cardstock - Kraft brown (apple stems, base, bike basket)    
   Recollections chalkboard
   black, green, reds, white
recycle: cardboard from Kellogg's pkg
Spellbinder: Nest Large Labels
stamp:  TPC Studio Teacher - sentiment
Tim Holtz: Distress Inks - faded jeans, salty ocean, tumbled glass, mowed lawn

Entering this into the following challenges:    

9/2 C.R.A.F.T. Ch326 Back to School   5E(#2)  8/27

9/3 Sweet Stampin Ch School Days  2E(#1) 8/29

9/4 Allsorts Ch Wk326 Recycle/Upcycle  3E(#1) 8/29  Recycle - Outshine wood popsicle stick for sign
9/4 Glitter N Sparkle Ch152 Add Buttons  3E(#2) 8/30
9/4 Suzy Bee's Ch#89 Anything Goes w/ Twist ... Create your own background  UE 8/29

9/5 Craft Your Passion Ch277 Always Anything Goes  3E(#3) 8/31

9/6 Bitten by the Bug 2 Back to School Ch  UE 8/31





9/6 Kraft Journal Ch239 Color - Watermelon  2E(#1) 8/31  
















9/6 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch:  Trio of Colors    5E(#1)  8/30  
   Trio of Colors - 3 blue shades TH Distress Inks - see Supplies List for details

9/7 Fan-tastic Tues Ch101: AnythingGoes w/Twist ... Make it Cute   4E(#2)  Must be SquareorRectangle  9/1
9/7 Scrappy Moms Stamps Terr Tues Ch - Back to School   UE 9/1

9/8 Simon Says Stamp Wed Ch:  Make It Colorful   5E(#1) 9/2

9/12 Dies R Us Ch32 Back to School  3E(#1)  9/1

9/13 Craftin Desert Diva Craft it Up & Link It Up Linky Party Ch#63 "Just for Kids"  UE 8/31
9/13 Fantabulous Cricut Ch#259 Back to School   3E(#1)  8/31





9/14 {PIN}spirational Ch#148   5E(#2) 9/1

9/30 DL.ART Sept Linky Ch 1Eperday/no stack 9/1





9/30 Paper Sweeties Insp Ch #35 Sept 2015  UE 9/1