Well school Holidays are arriving fast and I wonder what kids do with all the time off these days! When I was a kid we where out from morning till night. My poor mum had mega problems getting me in even for meals. A huge Skipping rope that went from one side of the street to the other.....ha-ha It was a usually a rope that had seen better days at the steel works and had been thrown out and salvaged by one of the dads. It was so heavy our arms ached like mad on a night :0
We spent hours playing in the park too, We had names for all the hills we ran up and down ...Mary Bell Hill being one,we believed if we ran up and down it 7 times a bell would ring...ha-ha can you believe it!! We took a bottle of water and some jam sarnies and had a penny to spend at the shop. Wow now I am showing my age. We used to try and save a Lowcocks lemonade bottle to take our water in, then mum would let us take it back on our way home and keep the two pence off it...WOW!!! it was like winning the lottery today. You can get the picture..we had very little money and yet had a fabulous childhood.
Anyway on to my card as I am about to go to Middlesbrough Shopping for the day.
Theme this week at Mo DP2 Challenge is Schools out
Will catch up later with your creations :) Had problems this week with internet but thats another story ...grrr!!!
Hugs for now xx
Ooh that sounds like my childhood too Mau… Summer - all the kids in neighbourhood would meet up in huge group and the older children would look after us and sometimes take us to the top meadow to play 'house'… we would buy Sherbet Dips or frozen Jubilies or Ice Pops! Ah those were the days… children don't play like that any more! happy memories eh?
ReplyDeleteYes your card is perfect for todays generation of kids… it's a fab image and your colouring is beautiful! I love the papers and twine detail! :-)
Hope you are well hun!
have a lovely evening!
Hugs Sue xx
Yep have a lot of fab summer memories as a youngster but your fab card sums it up now for most children x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card,fab image and colours.xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun childhood Mau...I can picture it now. Wonderful card that fits perfectly with today's youngsters. Love the beautifully coloured image. hugs, x
ReplyDeleteLOL I bet you won't be able to buy much with those pence now. Fun stories and obviously great memories Mau. Life just seemed so much simpler back then. :-) Your card is fantastic. I'm sure a lot of those kids will be doing just this on their time off. Hugs and thanks for playing at Mo's!
ReplyDeleteMau. what an adorable guy card, love your coloring and thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment. Thanks you for playing the Mo's Challenge this week :)
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to have friends and talk to them face to face as well lol, the old times/games and stuff beats all this sitting in your room with an electronic machine....... love your card though
ReplyDeleteTilly
Ahhhhhhhhhh memories. It was much safer for us to be out at all hours in those days, even playing on the park at 9pm!
ReplyDeleteFabulous boy card :o)
Jackie xx
Brilliant boys card, fab colouring.
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Debby
Your card is fabulous Mau, a great image and I love the colours. Yes, he looks a bit like my son although luckily he plays cricket so he does spend a lot of his time outside too, that's when it's not raining!
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Lovely card Mau great colouring and papers
ReplyDeletejacqui x
What a lovely card :) I just LOVE this image!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining ust at Mo`s Digital Challenge last week. Hope to see you in this weeks Bright Color Challenge too :)
Hugs, Tine :)
Great card Mau, unfortunately this is what most kids do these days all summer holidays. Mine was like yours, out and safe from dawn till dusk with our butties to keep us going. xxxx
ReplyDeleteGreat card Mau and what a lovely blog read. xx Flora
ReplyDeleteso stunning mau.love this fabulous image and your colours are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI used to be out all day when I was little.off I would go with the dog and some food and I would make sure I was home before it started going dark but now its a chore to get kids to even venture outside.
xx coops xx
Fab papers and love this image... Both of my sons (and the youngest is only 5!) have to be dragged outside, they'd much rather play on their games - we have to give them time limits or they'd be on them all day! Hugs, Lisa x
ReplyDeleteI love how this turned out, and you are so right, this is how kids today spend playing. I liked it better when we were kids and enjoyed the great outdoors.
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Debbie
What a fabulous looking card Mau..Great design paper.
ReplyDeleteLovely card mum....you always colour so beautifully! And I recognise that stamp :-P
ReplyDeleteWe are very fortunate that despite living in a town we have a National Forestry literally a minutes walk from our house so our boys have had the freedom to play out. Saying that we insisted on it, they never had TV's in their rooms or XBoxes etc. I felt mean at the time but they have never really complained about it and now feel it was the best thing we could do for them.
They spent their childhoods riding their bikes and building dens in the woods and never came to any harm. I think most of the fears are in the parents minds really. Mind you some of the stories they tell me now of what they got up to make me cringe! But they survived! lol xx
Way hey...it let me in!!! :-) xx
ReplyDeleteGlad it managed to let you comment Amanda. See you soon hopefully.
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Forgot to say sweetie, Thanks for the sentiment stamp :))
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Mau, you brought so many Happy memories flooding back.
ReplyDeleteThink you were a little better off than us we never got the penny to spend in the shop........LOL!!!! Never did us any harm though.
Fantastic card, beautiful colouring of a great image.
Can't see him appreciating "jam sandwiches and a bottle of tap water".......
Have a Great Weekend
Patricia xxx
i can relate to your childhood remember eggety budge and playing double ball against the wall-i even remember cycling all the way to Hornsea mind you it was a lot safer then children today aren't as free as we were -anyway brilliant card love the image and the backing papers
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Very cool boys card, fab papers/colours, works so well, hugs,Karenxx
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