Anything But a Card Challenge-Summer Lovin'

Hi! I am so happy you stopped by today!  It's my turn to share my project for the Summer Lovin' challenge at Anything But a Card Challenges.  I am sure that for most people, summer brings to mind beaches, barbecues, and swimming. Those are all marvelous summer activities, but in our household, summer has always meant SOFTBALL!  So I created a scrapbook page of DD#2 playing softball.  

This was her second year of softball-back when it was all about the cute socks, visor that matched the uniform, and picking clover in the outfield.  Now she is much less concerned about the socks, traded her visor for ultra cool sunglasses, and enjoys the constant activity of playing third base.  Of course, you can still catch her and her teammates giggling in the dugout, probably about boys... Sigh...

I started with a softball themed dp which made the background quite simple.  I did dress up the letter o in softball with a handmade softball embellishment.  I also added 'stitching' to the yellow mat.  The softballs on the journaling card were made using the retired stamp set, Home Run.

I hope my softball page has encouraged you to document your favorite summer activity too!  If you're not into scrapbooking, why not try an ATC, art journal page, mixed media, or just about anything else you can think of!  We would love for you to link up with us!!

Page Recipe: Paper-softball dp (not sure of creator), crumb cake, yellow cardstock from my stash, Stamp Set-Home Run, Just Journaling, Ink-crumb cake, real red, Accessories-1 3/8" circle punch, 1" circle punch, real red stitched ribbon

When Life Gives You Scraps...

I had a little free time tonight and decided to pull out my scraps box and see what I could find.  I ended up making 4 cards. I don't think anyone else would be able to tell I used anything out of the box, but at least I know that it has less in it than yesterday!!  The cards I'm posting tonight were inspired from some really old baseball pattern paper.  I bought the paper and the buttons when my oldest DD played T-Ball (she's in middle school now...). I made a few scrapbook pages years ago and somehow the last scrap got lost in the box until tonight.  I had to do some digging to get everything I needed for this card.  The SU blue that best matched this paper is now retired.  I had the paper with my other shades of blue cardstock, but the ink required a little hunting through my ink pads... I think the end results turned out pretty good!

 a simple little stamp on the inside too!

Card Recipe: Cardstock-brilliant blue (ret), real red, whisper white, and non SU DP, Ink-brilliant blue (ret), soft suede, crumb cake, and non su red marker, Stamp Set-Home Run (inside), sentiment is non SU, Accessories- non SU buttons

Play Ball!

My nephew has always been a baseball junkie! He played as soon as he was able and often played on travel teams as well as the local leagues. His birthday is next month and I finally decided to break down and buy the stamp set Home Run. This will also come in handy as both of my girls play softball!

Card Recipe: cardstock-real red, basic black, whisper white, ink-crumb cake and real red, stamp set- Home Run, accessories-square lattice embossing folder, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch