Life is a Picnic – Summer Lovin’ Recipe Swap

The best way to cool off in the middle of a hot summer is to stay indoors and play with paper and glue! Our Catered Crop Recipe Swap theme for this challenge is Summertime, so grab a cool drink and jump in.

• Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
• Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, July 5.
• Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
• Check back with us on July 6 to see if you’ve won an opportunity to be a guest designer.

My card includes the ultimate Summer activity… picnics!

I guess you could say I was definitely in a picnic-mood when I made this card because I just came from a wonderful family reunion this past weekend!  We had such a great time!
My card uses the new Birdie Brown stamp set from My Favorite Things called BB Every Day is a Picnic.  What’s fun about this set is it also comes with matching Die-Namics dies, so you can cut out all those fun images… no more fussy cutting!  I cut out all my images and colored with Copics on Copic X-press It Blending Card stock.  On the center Razzle Berry cardstock panel I stamped the BG Gingham background with Cotton Candy premium dye ink, and on the Sour Apple cardstock base I stamped the BG Grid background with Grout Gray hybrid ink.  The layout for my card was inspired by the sketch this week at the Paper Players challenge #201.
I added a sentiment from the stamp set, and a few other fun items on the inside…

Be sure to stop over at the Catered Crop blog for all the details on the new challenge, and play along!  YOU could be our next Guest Designer!

BB Every Day Is a Picnic	Die-namics Every Day Is a Picnic	BG Gingham Background	BG Grid Background	Razzle Berry Card Stock
Sour Apple Card Stock	Lemon Drop Card Stock	Blending Card by X-Press It, 25 Pack	Premium Dye Ink Pad Cotton Candy	Hybrid Ink Pad Grout Gray
Hybrid Ink Pad Steel Grey

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Stamps:  BB Every Day is a Picnic, BG Gingham background, BG Grid background (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Razzle Berry, Sour Apple, Lemon Drop, Copic X-press It Blending Card stock (My Favorite Things)
Inks:  Steel Gray and Grout Gray hybrid inks, Cotton Candy Premium dye ink (My Favorite Things); Copic markers
Dies:  Die-Namics Every Day is a Picnic (My Favorite Things)
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today!