The season is here and this DIY campground card is perfect for your friends who love to fish!

This DIY campground card combines two of people’s favorite outdoor pursuits – camping and fishing. I am so excited that the  new fishing dies work so perfectly with Rubbernecker’s existing camping dies! It’s really fun to spend the time to create a whole scene with all the details I think make it feel so ready to just plop down and enjoy the great outdoors.

The Frame and Scene Base

• Use white cardstock to cut an A2 sized card base.
• Apply light blue ink to the sky area and darker blue to the lower ground area using a blender brush.
• Cut four grass layers with a straight edge bottom and one grass layer with a deckle edge.
• Attach two straight edged grass layers and the deckle edge layer to the card base using ATG adhesive.  Note:  I used the grass section with the deckle edge along the water edge to look more natural.
• Cut the frame using red cardstock and apply ATG adhesive to the back bottom and attach one grass section.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and attach it to the card base.
• Apply a strips of mounting tape to the last grass section and attach it to the front of the frame.

The Campground Accessories, Tree and Foliage

• Cut the tent, stool, tackle box, thermos and hat using red and blue cardstock.
• Assemble all the pieces for each item and attach them together using glossy accents and mounting tape.
• Use white cardstock to cut the fish and color them using green and orange ink and mini applicators.
• Cut the campfire sections using brown colored woodgrain and yellow cardstock and attach them together using glossy accents.
• Use woodgrain cardstock to cut the boat and red cardstock to cut the oars . 
• Cut the tree branches using brown colored woodgrain, the leaves using green cardstock , form the leaves using a leaf tool and molding pad and attach the leaves to the branches using glossy accents.
• Use yellow, blue, silver and white cardstock to cut the fishing rod, hook and line.
• Use green cardstock to cut the cattails and reeds and color the tops of the cattails using a brown marker.

Finish the Campground Scene

• Apply strips of mounting tape to the top section of the tent, tuck it in behind the grass sections and attach to the card base.
• Cut a portion of the boat off the back, attach the oars using glossy accents, tuck it in behind the front grass sections and attach using mounting tape. 
• Use pieces of mounting tape to the stool, tackle box, campfire and thermos to the scene.  
• Tuck the tree branches in behind the grass and attach using rolled up strips of double stick tape and tiny pop dots behind a few leaves.
• Hang the fish on the water’s edge using glossy accents and tiny pop dots.
• Use glossy accents to attach the fishing rod.

If you would like to see other cards made using these fun dies take a look at my Z Fold Camping Card,  Fishing Father’s Card and Make a Father’s Day Card.  

5176-01D Deckle Frame Die [ RBB ] 5323-03D Camping Tent Die [ RBB ] 5411-02D Tackle box Die [ RBB ] 5411-01D Fishing vest Die [ RBB ] 5411-03D Reeds Die [ RBB ] 5323-04D Lake Boat Die [ RBB ] 5323-01D Camp Fire Die [ RBB ] 5173-02D Deckle Hills Die Cut [ RBB ] 5403D Half Tree Die [ RBB ] 5334-02D Tiny Leaves #2 Die [ RBB ] Tabed Grass Set Die Cut 5152-03D [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #3 [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #2 [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #9 [ RBB ] Paper Blossom Tool Kit 4/Pkg [ RBB ] Paper Blossoms Molding Mat [ RBB ] PanPastel Sofft Applicators 12/Pkg [ RBB ] Glossy Accents .5oz [ RBB ] Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape [ RBB ] Scor-Tape .5″ X 27yd [ RBB ] Scor-Tape .125″X27yd [ RBB ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

Amazon.com: Mini Foam Dots… [ AMZUS ] Picket Fence Studios – Tools – Life… [ SBC ] Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ]

Now that you can create a DIY campground card perfectly customized to your fishing friends, what would you like to see next? I love hearing your suggestions and ideas and I might just have to make a card around one of them!