Lets Go Ride a Bike Card

 Let's Go Ride a Bike

Summer time brings lovely evening bike rides

I don't go for bike rides much anymore, but I do take my dogs for walks in the mornings and evenings. I love to watch the little kids, families, friends, neighbors riding their bikes and enjoying life. From walks to bike rides, it is nice to just get outside, enjoy the views, smell the fresh air, and each others company. 

I saw this project on Let's Make Art and wanted to give it a try. Inspired by Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog's theme: Transport it. I loved this watercolor painting turned into a card because it transports me to long summer evenings, small towns and life in the slow lane. I have enjoyed incorporating my watercolor projects on my cards and making it all work together. I made this painting a bit smaller so if could fit onto a 4" x 6" card. I loved how the colors on the bike turned out and the little basket of flowers.

Below are the pictures of the bike card! Keep scrolling and I will share a bit on how I made this fun "Let's Go Ride A Bike" card and the products I used. 

Here is the finished card:

I wanted a more warmer tones to the card by adding lighter blue, pink and purple tones with floral  accents. So I chose a light blue and teal leaves patterned card base.

I took strips of paper and cut them to match the card length wise. 

The strips were cut in different widths and glued onto the card. It reminded me a bit of those fences you see that are made of uneven wood planks and you can see through them a bit. 

I then added a friendship say sticker strip from the Tim Holtz idea-ology  collection

The Products I used for painting the bike were:

• Dandelion Co Liquid watercolor paints
• Colors were: Dandelion Yellow, Azure Blue, Black, Leaf Green, and Magenta
• Size 2 round Princeton Heritage paint brush
• Graphite paper
• Canson XL Watercolor Paper 140 lb. Cut to a 4x6 size
• Tombow Fine liner Black Pen

I placed the bike and a blue and yellow floral and words patterned paper and adhered it to the front of the card. 

For the inside of the card I took some of the purple toned floral cardstock cut into a strip and placed it on the inside of the card.    

There you have the card. I purchased the paper from the paperstudio paper packs from Hobby Lobby. 

Hopefully you feel inspired to make a card or go for a ride or take a stroll. 

Transport yourself to those long summer nights, car and bike rides, walks, ice cream and popsicles, cold lemonade, and relaxation. 

As always you can check out my Instagram Page for more projects and ideas!

"Creativity takes Courage." ~ Henri Matisee

See you on the next post! 

Sabra