Tour Down Under

Summer is such a busy time here with wonderful events luring us outdoors to enjoy the sunshine.  Two weeks ago was the Tour Down Under which is a cycling event that has grown very popular over the past few years.  One of the stages happens to go right past our beach house and we have a lunch when our friends and family come down to enjoy the day.
This year I decided to make some invitations as it was Lance Armstrong's last professional ride outside of America.  Since it was at the beach I decided on the beachy colours of yellow, aqua and white.  And of course, yellow is a key colour of the Livestrong Foundation for cancer research.  So this is the invitation I came up with. I used Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores cardstock with yellow polka dot cardstock.

I used a chipboard bicycle as a mask and misted it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  Then I stamped 'On ya bike' with Papertrey Outline Alphabet stamps in aqua ink and then coloured them in with yellow Copic Markers

And the finished product looked like this....

I had quite a few kids coming so I couldn't help but do some party bags, popcorn cones and of course cup cake toppers!

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Die Cuts: Papertrey Ink

Other: Ribbon, Papertrey Ink, Copic Markers, brads Kaisercraft

All in all the place looked really festive by the time we had decorated!

And this was all we saw of Lance - a shoulder through my camera lens!  But a great day was had by all.  I hope Lance comes back again next year even if he doesn't ride!