Give a man a fish and......

...he'll eat for a day...
Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat drinking beer all day!

Yup....I got the Bug....a Bugaboo Guest Designer position for July and August.  I'm so dang excited and a little nervous.  This is my very first Guest Designer position. YIKES!!! ( However, the DT members have been the best and sweetest to welcome me into their Bugaboo world.)

I was so excited when I saw the "New Release" Gus fishing.....another wonderful creation by Jodie at Bugaboo Stamps.  If you follow my blog to any degree, you know I'm a true lover of water, the beach and fishing.  My "2 happy places" are my craft room and on the water.

Check out all the  inspiration by the super DT members at Catch the Bug Blog.  It's a MUST!!!

Deets: My late FIL had a boat, motor, and hat these colors...so I used these in memory of him. Copics, wave svg (don't know where I got it), post by Heather M., MS anchor punch, metal fish, rod punch.

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Challenges:

Pollycraft:  (Splish Splash - water theme)

Sweet Stampin: (something old/something new)  brand new image, brand new fish embellishment and  extremely old twine and very old blue paper....haha

Scrappy Frogs:  (use anything red)

Rainbow Ladies: (use a digi stamp)

With the help of my DH, I continue trying to work on my photography skills with his mammoth camera.  I get mixed reviews....some like the outdoor pics and others the plain indoor pics.  ( This one was really hard because of the 3D composition.)  My end goal is simply post something that I hope "you" will enjoy seeing.

Perk Up!...What's Brewin'...Summer Fishing

ALL FILES ARE OPENED UNTIL LABOR DAY  EVENING (6:00 PM)

Two different cards going on today.  The first is an Svgcuts cute coffee pot and cup from An Afternoon At Auntie Elaine's set.  The cup opens up to say "Get Well Soon" or  "You'll be perky again soon" .  I forgot to take a pic of the cup opened...sorry.    I used two different embossing folders for different looks.

Size: A2  (cup opens up to write sentiment)

Size: A2 (cup opens up to write sentiment and room on back to write a short note.)

If you follow me in the least bit, you know I'm a lover of the beach.  Not just the beach, but the ocean and with it comes fishing!!  I love salt water fishing and I still like the good old cane pole with the little red and white bobbin when fishing in the creek areas. It's been awhile though.  Upon looking for my tackle box to help set up a pretty shot for my card below, to my astonishment, my tackle box was EMPTY.  I know of one son who could had done that....I'll be talking to him later today.  All I could find was my seining net for shrimping.  It would have to do.  Bugaboo Challenge for Dog Days of Summer: neutral colors plus one other.  Ok...so a few red dots appeared...please forgive me.  The   Meljen's Challenge #23 said show stripes in the card...Done!

Download: fishing net   (svg)

Have a wonderful, safe weekend!

I'm Hooked....

 ....on card making and buying svgs and stamps from some of my favorite places!

DOWNLOAD:  Fishing rod, hook and worm ...upon comment being left..thanks so much!

(The fishing line is simply for looks. On my card, I would use some type of string or embroidery thread.)

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     I wanted to start designating Sundays to displaying cards that I have made using svgs other than my own.  Today's cards were made using Svgcuts.com set called Breezy Backyard lever Cards Collection and the fire cracker from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I made the stars for the 4th of July card. If you haven't checked these sites out, you're missing out on some awesome svgs and adorable face stamps.