Anyone for tennis?

Hello lovely people,

Today I have a card to share that was commissioned by a work colleague for her partner's 50th birthday.  She asked if I was able to put specific wording on the inside and although I don't normally decorate the inside of my cards I said I easily could.  But then I decided to do a criss cross design instead as I think a lift out panel is a lovely way to add some text.  Fortunately it went down very well!

Other than the wording it was to be football or tennis themed and guess who just happened to fall into my basket a few weeks ago?  It's Tennis Edwin... or John McEnroe according to Dr. Hubby!

I always feel that criss cross designs don't necessarily need a lot of embellishment as the design adds plenty of interest itself, perfect for a male design of course!
So I just stitched everything...really, absolutely everything!  Then all I needed was a little bit of twine and a sentiment and I let Edwin take centre stage... or should that be centre court?!

Here's a little bit of a peek at the pull out tag but I won't show you all of the personal wording!

Card recipe;

Image: Tennis Edwin - Magnolia

DP: Vintage spring basics & Sofiero - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Happy circular sentiments - LOTV 

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
T-shirt / shorts: W00/1/3
Socks / green details: YG61/G21/YG63
Shoes: W00/1/2/3/5
Racket: E41/42/43
Ball: YR30/31/Y21
Ground: YG61/G21/YG63/G94/G99

I don't seem to have had many cards for you lately; even though I have been busy in my craft room I have been trying to get ahead with DT cards so of course I can't show you those yet!

I won't have any for you this weekend either as I am off to Torquay with the Gloucestershire Caterham Seven Club; I do hope it doesn't rain so we can keep the roof off!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am playing along with;

1.  Papertake Weekly (oh how cute - well, I think Tennis Edwin is cute!)
2.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
3.  Midweek Magnolias (autumn/fall - the colours here feel very autumnal to me)
4.  Sweet Magnolia (spots and dots - on the tag)
5.  Simply Magnolia (anything goes)