Watermelons and Picnics Blog Hop

This is the Watermelons and Picnic blog hop where we have lots of creative things to express our love of summer and picnics and watermelon. I am your hostess, Jearise (AKA Lorby), and I hope you enjoy all the fun and talented projects we are showcasing today.

I will be giving this digital stamp to one lucky winner of a drawing in the next few days. Just leave comments for the ladies since they work so hard and come follow me on my blog.

I ask that people don't download or copy this digital stamp without my permission.

So grab your family, friends and neighbors and let's go on a picnic...

First Card:

I had fun putting this card together. I decided to try my hand at free hand drawing a watermelon and this is what I came up with. I used colored pencils to color it and then markers to highlight areas. Finally, I added Mod Podge glitter to make it sparkle. The Simply Sweet words came from my friend Tee's blog: One Scrap At A Time. You can go there yourself to get the words and see her watermelon she made for a post on July 8th.

I tried to show you the glitter here.
Second Card:

This card came about while looking for background paper for the card above. I pulled out my "The Summer Stack" from DCWV and they had adorable paper in the stack with watermelons on it. I used the Simply Sweet quote again from One Scrap At A Time and the Blue Denim twine came from My Life in Arts n' Carts store. The striped background paper is from DCWV but I don't remember what stack.

I have to show you what I did with my buttons.

I stacked and glued them and I spaced them out some instead of bunching them up. I like the look.

Thank you for joining me on our picnic and I hope you have room for more watermelon at Tee's picnic.

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost or someone has a broken link and thank you so much for hopping with us today.

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Tee - http://tee-myspot.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
Lucy - http://www.love2createitall.com
L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
Anita-  http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Tanya - http://blahvacuum.blogspot.com
CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Jessi- http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/
Lissa www.somanycrafts.com
Jamie http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/