Have a PAR-fect Day

Today is the start of CAS Week at Just Us Girls. It is also my last week to be with The JUGs Design Team as Guest Designer. What a wonderful group of crafters to work with! They have been so warm and welcoming and I have really enjoyed my time with them. Thank you all from the bottom of my art for having me!!

With regard to my card, though my stash seems as deep as the deep blue sea, it does not contain anything sports-oriented... well, that is not entirely true. There's that fabulous swimmer/diver die. Hmmmm - I forgot about her. Anyway, one of my sons has recently fallen in love with golf and his birthday is coming, so I decided to make my sports-themed card for him. Since I now know how to use them, I went in search of a golf-themed digital stamp. I found this little Golf Gnomie on Etsy at PinkGemDesigns, printed him out, colored him with Copics, then set him in a CAS design with a strip of Tartan Plaid paper. I made my  sentiment strip on my computer and popped up on the right side... and it's a wrap! Thanks so much for coming by today!

Now please head over the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what the DT has created for your inspiration. Get sportive and creative and play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #682

Inkspirational #299

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Golf Gnome Digital stamp by PinkGemDesigns
Cardstock	110# and 80# Neenah Solar Crest Night of Navy BasicGrey june bug 6x6 patterned paper
Ink	Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass DO Inks Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills Stencil My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Circle Stax Die Various Blending Brushes Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Waffle Flower Double Sided 1/16" Foam Strips Black adhesive backed fun foam

I Believe I'll Go Fishing

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. This time, we have an inspiration photo to spark our imagination and creativity. Scroll down below the challenge badge to see an enlargement of the Inspiration Photo to see all the detail. It's a camping scene, but there are so many details that you pull from the photo for your creation as well. There's a banjo and drum, canoe, do you see that wonderful striped rug? There are green hills, a lake, leaves of gold, Autumn colors... so much from which to choose.

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

Challenge winner as chosen by the Time Out Design Team will receive a $25.00 gift voucher from Lawn Fawn and an invitation to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

We welcome Trina Pham of Phamtastic Design as our Guest Designer. Trina is an incredibly talented  paper crafting artist. Her coloring is swoon-worthy and her designs are so inspiring. Please take a stroll through her blog and take in the sights!

I was stumped on this one as I was trying to find something camping themed in my stash and I had nothing. Sometimes though, I take things too literally with inspiration photos. There is so much to be had in this scene like musical instruments - the banjo and drum, that wonderful striped rug and its colors, the fall colors, the canoe, lake, hills...

I found this digital stamp by Dina Kowal on Etsy that looked perfect for my project, but I am not adept at layering digis, and I was dubious. I decided to challenge myself to learn how to do this. After many attempts, I was successful - even without my 20-something sons around. I layered, added color with DO inks, added a tree line and clouds with stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, and I was good to go. Kinda makes me want to go fishin'.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Trina and our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

NBUS#54

Digi Stamp Set and Tree Edger Stencil

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Fishing Scene Digital Stamp Set byDina Kowal (Etsy)
Cardstock	80# Neenah Solar Crest 100# Neenah Solar Crest Papertrey Ink Pinefeather Stripe Patterned Paper
Ink	Various Distress Oxide Inks Copic Marker Y26
Embellishments
Other	A Colorful Life Designs Tree Edger #3 and Cloud Edger Stencils Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper Wink Of Stella Brush - Clear Sponge Daubers Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Post It Removable 2" Masking Tape