Hello!  It’s been a busy week here and I’m ready for the weekend.  How about you?

Since it’s Friday, that means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is Beary Special, and the design team is featuring the adorable Rhubarb the Teddy Bear on our sample cards. If you’d like to join the fun, simply create a card, using a digital image of a bear for the focal point. You don’t have to use Rhubarb or one of the other cute Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, August 9.

Here’s the card I created using Rhubarb Honey Bee.  I printed him fairly large and used Microsoft Word to add a sentiment for a cute “HallNOween” card.  I used Stickles to give Rhubarb’s wings some glittery shimmer.  Because Stickles is essentially a glitter glue, it doesn’t rub off, making it OK to use in small amounts on cards for Operation Write Home.   The layout is this week’s Splitcoaststampers.com sketch challenge.  The orange panel is designer paper with a subtle print.  I wanted to add something to the yellow strip to keep it from being plain, but I didn’t want to emboss it and add any more bulk to the card.  So I took my Stampin’ Spot ink cube in the same color and “stamped” it randomly on the cardstock.  The cube was kind of dry, so it didn’t add too much ink, just enough to give a bit of a tone-on-tone design.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created!  Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar.  And if you haven’t “liked” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page yet, go do that!  It’s so close to getting 100 likes – and when it does, three people will be chosen to each receive one digital image of their choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy store!  Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Rhubarb Honey Bee (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink; Daffodil Delight (SU)
Other: Black Licorice twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon); markers (Copic); Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)