August 8 - Mountain Biking

Despite a short history, mountain biking has become a staple event in the Olympic Games. Following the invention of this sport in the 1970s, mountain biking has been featured in every Olympic Games since its debut in 1996.

London's Mountain Bike races will take place at Hadleigh Farm in Essex; a pieice of private land owned by The Salvation Army. Each race is run over a specified number of laps and can not excede 1 hour and 45 minutes. There are 80 mountain bikers registered for LOndon - 50 men and 30 women.

Mountain Biking - "Gold On The Line" Challenge

Catharine Pendrel, defending World Champion, has already mastered the 4.7 km London Olympic Mountain Bike Course. The next time, she tackles the course a Gold Olympic medal will be on the line. Catharine is from Harvey Station, NB and now resides in Kamloops, BC



To wish Catharine well and the other members' Mountain Biking Teams, your challenge is to create a layout or card with:

1. A gold background - Pendral is going for Gold
2. A rough texture, to represent the terrain
3. At least 2 circles, for the wheels on the bike
4. Something metal, the athlete's goal is an Olympic Medal

My LO has textured and embossed cardstock with tearing and inking, plus fabric Thickers to represent the rough textures. There are 3 embossed circles on the pot and three dots in the title. The apron and measuring spoons are metal brads.



Rules

1. Must be new as of Aygust 8th.
2. May not be combined with any other Olympic Challenges but can be combined with Sketch Challenges.
3. May submit up to 2 laoyouts if you wish.
4. Deadline - August 31.
5. Have Fun!

gold cardstock...could that be like a darker yellow or does it have to be gold ?

cute layout & thanks for the interesting challenge

A darker yellow is fine!

I love that salad.. I couldn't stop looking at it! LOL

Great challenge, Linda!

Awesome challenge LInda and great layout! LOVE the litle apron too!!!

Thanks, ladies! Emma loves to cook, and she loves to make things look "Pretty".

Great challenge Linda & awesome LO!

Neat! Love the little apron and measuring spoons!

You'll have to post the salad recipe for Kelly (and others!) Hehe

yellow base , rough texture my black inked chipboard tag , least 2 circles on the left & right of the chipboard covering the holes LOL & metal my blingy brads in the centers of my flowers

Linda, great challenge. I like the textures on your layout.
Kerrit, cute card. I like the tall card design with everything centered.

Thanks for all the comments, ladies!

Super card, Kerri. Love the sentiment!

thanks Linda

I also like the tall card look... haven't seen many of those!

gold background, sanded and distressed edges of mats, more than 2 circles, a big brad and a gear.

Sweet layout, Kelly! He sure is growing, too!

Kerri, cute card, and I love the stamped image

Love the stitched mats Kelly! I have the 6x6 pad but the paper sure looks great as 12x12!

I used Ranger's gold dab paint and covered the paper. It is hard to see on this but the paper is textured and the paint gives off a golden sheen. I also used some faux crumbled up papers for background. The two circles and metal are on the embellishment I made in the corner. I love this quote and I knew this would be perfect for this challenge.

That looks great Lisa! I love how you did the background and the doodling.

Thanks ladies, he really is a cutie.

I LOVE that paper, Stephanie. I am portioning it out slowly!

Those are great photos, Lisa! I love that quote too.. I may have to use it.

Another wonderful page, Lisa! Love the gold shimmer!

The back ground was well worth the effort Lisa. It looks great.

got all the elements on this page... great challenge and great pages everyone

Oh Bev! I adore all the layering!! What a wonderful balanced page..