Gone Fishing

For the next three months at Path of Positivity we are doing things a little differently with the optional theme. We are going to be looking at the Arts and this month focusing on Art. I don't know about you but one thing that I do when visiting anywhere is to look at the art on display. It  might be paintings, prints or photographs. In historic houses there are plenty of those as well as tapestries, lace, knitting well you get the idea. When it comes to Art there is such a variety of mediums and styles.

For my project I have made a birthday card inspired by a painting we have in our bedroom. It was painted by my husband's mother and depicts her husband setting off on a fishing trip. I never met my husband's parents as they both died shortly after we met but this particular painting serves as a reminder of both of them.

This is the painting.



This is my card.



Materials used:Bugaboo Stamps - Guy Fishing
book die set
X-Press It card
brown, green and blue card
white printer paper
Copic pens

Arrange the image and the text on the page and print out on X-Press It card. Colour with Copics and cut with the book die. Cut a blue, green and brown page each bigger than the previous one. Mat the image onto the blue card.

Print off some fishing sayings at the correct size to fit  the pages of the book and cut out with the dies. Matt onto the green and brown pages.

      


These are the inside pages. The final page had the greeting and space to write in. Because the card was too big for a standard size envelope I also made a simple plain box for it to go in.

My eldest's husband had a birthday last week and is a keen fisherman when he gets the chance so I gave it to him.

I do hope that you will come and join us on the journey of positivity through art. We are an Anything Goes challenge with the theme being optional. However there are extra benefits from following the theme. It is worth taking a look at the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog for all the details of how to enter.

If you need some incentive there are some wonderful prizes on offer from our very generous sponsors for the month.

SPONSOR & PRIZE INFORMATION: 

• A $15 gift certificate from Lunagirl, one of our guest sponsors this month, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch.


• A $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.


• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

Hope to see you there. Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Crafting By Designs September - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place  September - Anything Goes
Crafty Awesomeness Challenge September - Anything Goes
PIP Challenge #1736 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #173 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations 185 - Anything Goes
My Creative Scoop Colour Inspiration Monthly Link Up #26