Game, set and what a match

Thank you to Billy for holding the fort  blog on Saturday whilst I celebrated Christmas in July.  I gather he spilled the beans of where we were heading yesterday..........yes we were lucky enough to have tickets Centre Court Tickets for Wimbledon.

This is a very photo heavy post so you might want to grab a cuppa first. If you are only looking for my challenge card just scroll to the bottom.

Wow what a match it was... it might have looked like a straight forward win on paper but being there and seeing every point it certainly wasn't. The standard of play was unbelievable and the atmosphere in Centre Court was absolutely electric. Andy was a very worthy winner indeed.

 I thought I would show you around and share our wonderful day out in SW19, the sun even came out in time for the start of play at 2pm....perfect English weather.

We started our day off in the All England Tennis Club with a cappuccino...cool eh! I love their stencil... I would love to own one!

My Hb and I like to get there when the grounds open at 10.30am to have a wander around and soak up the atmosphere. The grounds are so pretty and the flowers are always "Wimbledon" colours.

Obviously all the outside courts were empty as it was finals day but it was still fun to see them

At 1.45pm we took our seats on Centre Court and at 2pm the crowd roared as Murray and Raonic came on court.

We were sitting to the right of the Royal Box and we noticed that a certain couple had sneaked in at that same time.

We also spotted a few other famous faces

The speed of their serves often exceeded 130mph: so much power from these 2 talented players.

Between the points there were times when the whole court fell totally silent....it really was an incredible experience.
When Andy won match point the court just erupted

 and he wept...what a moment

Out came the red  green carpet

and the trophy

and Andy was crowned King of the mens' singles players.

We were also lucky enough to see our British girl Heather Watson and her partner Henri Kontinen win the mixed doubles later that afternoon.

 Her delight was infectious, she was literally bouncing around the court with joy when they won.

 I was also impressed that William and Kate had stayed on to watch the mixed doubles...most of the royal box was empty following the mens' finals match.

 They were genuinely delighted for her win.

The mixed finals trophies were presented in the royal box

and we celebrated too...

 So then it was time to make our way home.

 Another amazing Wimbledon fortnight over. Time to pull the shutters down.

 No more crowds until next year.

 Just time to hop on the bus and make our way home....

My card today was inspired by our momentous day and the champagne we drank to celebrate.
The dies are Spellbinder. The bottle die is an old sizzix and the bubble embossing folder is TH.

 

I gave it a retro feel with my Dymo labels.


I think the sentiment sums up our day..it was the 130th Wimbledon final and it really is an event which has "aged to perfection". Well done to our worthy tennis champions...we were so lucky to have been there to witness their wins.

2016 has been a very kind year to us too so far.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Pixie's snippets playground #237 I used snippets of card for my champers bottle.
Crafty Calendar punches or dies 1/3
Crafting from the heart  1/3 anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge anything goes July
Allsorts 2/3 one for the boys
Mod Squad 2/3 lazy days of summer I cannot think of anything better than sipping champagne on a warm summer's day.
Try it on Tuesdays happy holidays I love to have a picnic with champagne on holiday.
Simon says stamp Wednesday photo inspiration I used the colours and the bubbles in the waves for my inspiration

I plan to make an art journal page of our day too for the dictionary challenge. The letter this fortnight is  N.......you will smile at what my N is for...any guesses?? Watch this space ;0)

Thanks for your kind visits and sweet comments. Enjoy the week ahead.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x