miss you beary much

I had some crafting time Sunday which allowed me to get a couple more of the OWH July 4th weekend challenges completed just in the nick of time!  Brenda’s challenge was to use camouflage on your project, and Linda asked to “‘bear’ your heart for OWH” by including a bear and a heart on your card.  I had this cute image of a bear dressed in camouflage and figured this was a perfect time to use it and combine these two challenges.  The image actually has military medals on the bear’s chest, but I decided to put a heart-shaped brad there instead.  (Tip – have a brad in the shape you want, but not the color?  You can color it with a Sharpie marker or a Copic marker!  That’s how my brad became a red heart.)  I used this week’s sketch challenge layout from the OWH Stars and Stamps Blog for the layout.

This card also works for one of the Dare To Get Dirty challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  The DTGD challenges are Splitcoaststampers’ way of thanking their Fan Club members by allowing them to play with the SCS “Dirty Girls” Design Team.  In all my years at SCS this is my first time joining in the DTGD fun.  I hope to work on more of the challenges during the rest of the week.

Anyway… here’s the card.

Supplies:
Digital Image: Camouflage Bear (Hambo Stamps)
Cardstock: Kraft (Stampin’ Up); Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); red scrap from Sugar Rush 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Riding Hood Red [for sponging] (SU); printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); twill tape, dimensionals (SU); heart mini brad (Making Memories)