Brenda and Nancy (aka Tessaduck and stiz2003) are jointly hosting this weeks Teaparty for the very wonderful (and wounded) One4Joy aka Susan. Susan has trained for almost one year for a big bike race, unfortunately Susan had a bad bike accident, shattered her clavicle and now requires surgery. I know our cards won't put Susan back on the road for this yearÂ’s race, but I do hope a little bit of Teapotter love will bring some sunshine and smiles.
Not everyone can wear lycra, but I think Annie Londonderry and her husband, Max Kopchovsky can pull this look off. Did you know that Annie was the first woman to bicycle around the world!!!
As you can see they are both sponsored by Nike. Annie and Max's shorts and matching boots were hand drawn then cut from scraps. I cheated a bit with their legs and cut strips of black cardstock to shape, then added some spots and stripes using a white paint pen before sticking them on the card.
The picture looks a bit foggy, I think this is due to the Izink ink I used on the background along with distress inks (both applied using the smack & squirt technique). I also swished a silver brilliance ink pad over the bike; it looks good in real life, but not so good in the photo.
I think I mentioned once before that I could only ride my bike in a straight line and I couldn't ride around corners. Mum would stand out the front of the house; wave us off to school until we got to the corner, where upon I would fall off in spectacular fashion every day and from there I would walk my bike to school!! This was before protective clothing and bike helmets - hmmm I wonder if that is what's wrong with me. I never had the heart to tell my parents I couldn't ride and that I didn't want a bike LOL.
I sort of caused a bike accident a few years ago. A girlfriend dragged me along to a free open day at her gymnasium. Not being terribly athletic, I was on the walking machine minding my own business, when an instructor walked past and turned the speed up. I flew off the back of the treadmill and crashed sideways into a lady on an exercise bike - unfortunately there were about 10 bikes in a row ......they all fell off like dominos. Funny enough I was not pressured in to signing up for gym membership.
I had better sign off and get this in the mail. Thank you for looking.
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 GMT Views: 7838
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46821
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 @ 9:20 AM
They even have boardshorts on today! Oh my good golly miss Molly! This is fantastic and Susan is gonna LOVE your card!
What a wonderful job you did making those birds ride bikes! So fun Susie!!
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Wed, Aug 19, 2015 @ 9:24 AM
Susie, just read your story at the bottom!! That is one of the funniest sounding stories ever and I can't imagine why they did not sign you up on the spot!
Love you my friend!
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6277
Wed, Aug 19, 2015 @ 9:42 PM
Susie such a cute story and even cuter are your Mr. and Mrs. in their matching lycra outfits with the checkmark ---LOL---of approval. Really sweet and funny card--those long legged birds are sweet.
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Thu, Aug 20, 2015 @ 8:18 AM
What a hoot. Susan is so arty herself I am sure she will get such a kick from receiving this. Your backgrounds are always just so amazing and wonderful to look at - and you do brilliant things with those birds.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83925
Thu, Aug 20, 2015 @ 5:46 PM
Super fun post and card my friend. I wish I had been there to see that bike accident - lol! The legs on these birds are fab and I love the bg, of course. Wonderfully done for Susan. Hugz
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Registered: March 6, 2004 Location: Casa Grande, AZ Posts: 28932
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 @ 7:30 PM
What a hoot - both the card and the story. I agree - you probably should stick to walking - even that could be dangerous what with texting, etc. You are so creative with your cards - what great legs they have!!!
Registered: April 13, 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 178
Sat, Aug 22, 2015 @ 10:56 PM
Sorry to hear about Susan's accident. So sad she wasn't able to enter the race after putting so much into training for it and ending up with only pain and major (I'm sure) disappointment. I know all the encouragement she receives will help her recuperation tremendously.
Susie...another Smashing Masterpiece!!! Susan will love it and probably frame it, I'm sure! I can easily see how Ms. Londonderry could bicycle around the world. Just look at her dainty little legs treadmilling (or walking machining) along on that little back wheel! Amazing! Such a workout! I would wager that these two dapper cyclists will be appearing in many upcoming Nike advertisements. Mr. Kopchovsky's leggings are SO masculine! We will probably see him popping up in GQ in the near future. Your shorts and boots are Marvelous! I'm confident Nike will be contacting you soon to procure specific designs.
Thank you for sharing your biking strategy with us. I'll have to keep that in mind. There's absolutely nothing wrong with you, Susie! I had a friend who once confided in me that she never makes left turns when she drives her car (although I feel confident I would have figured that out on my own after driving with her). I haven't seen her for quite awhile.