Calendar Girl Olympics

It is the 28^th, so I am here to welcome you to another round with the Calendar Girls!

Who are the Calendar Girls? We are a group of bloggers who want to have a place where friendships blossom, creativity abounds, and encouragement prevails! In keeping with that dream, this blog group has been created so we will have a place to interact and enjoy being fellow bloggers. 

This month Debbie posted our August Theme--Calendar Girls Olympics!

Since the Summer Olympics are now going on, I decided the theme for this month would be our very own Calendar Girls Olympic challenge. There are two parts to this month’s theme:

1. The colors of the rings on the Olympic flag are: blue, yellow, black, green and red. Your card must have at least one embellishment and it must be in one of those colors.

2. Please make a card based on one of the Olympic events. The events in this summer’s Olympics are: Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Soccer, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Track and Field, Trampoline, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.

And lastly, when posting to your blog, please let us know what your card represents about the Olympics.

I love the Olympics and was glued to the TV every night and most of the time during the day too! I have the opening and closing ceremony DVR’d (but I have to admit I have not watched either of them all the way through yet). Being a former coach as well as a High School Athletic Director, sports are a passion of mine. So, I really had to pare down my ideas and limit the sport I wanted to highlight. But, then true to form for me, I found a Whipper Snapper stamp that had a few of the sports from the Olympics and inked it up! I then used Baker’s Twine in the five colors of the Olympic Rings tied on the bottom!

Here is a picture of the inside of my card. I used a Soccer Ball Brad in honor of the gold medal by the USA Women’s soccer team!

Image/Sentiment—Whipper Snapper Sports Balls

Cardstock—Gina K White; Stampin’Up Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard and Chocolate Chip; Crate Paper School Spirit Collection--Pep Rally Designer Paper

Ink—Memento Black

Accessories—Copic Markers; Baker’s Twine (red, yellow, green, blue, black); Basketball, Tennis Ball, Volleyball and Soccer Ball Brads; Deckled Rectangle Nestie

Please check out the blogs of all of the Calendar Girls—there are 10 of us, so it might take you a bit. I am sure you will enjoy all of the Olympic creations. All of the blogs are listed on my left sidebar. Thanks for joining us!!!!!!!