Stamptacular Sunday Challenge (3) #20

This week's challenge is: "BEARY Special" - create a project that includes a bear.

In honor of 'back to school' time, I decided to create a card which may also be used as a mini-album out of a brown paper bag. My scan doesn't let you see that so well but my family thought it was cute. I wish my children all the best as they return to school on Monday.

Supplies ~
brown paper bag: Wal-Mart
black cardstock: American Crafts
speckled cream cardstock: Stampin' Up
textured red cardstock: Bazzill (Textured Red Devil)
handcut heart: by Nessa
green speckled paper: Wallies
bear stamp: PSX designs (Personal Stamp Xchange)
Hello! Stamp Set: Stampin' Up
watercolor pencils: Stampin' Up
inks: ColorBox gold pigment, Stampin' Up black craft, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tea Dye, VersaColor ink pad cube evergreen
ribbon: Garden Ridge Holiday Trimmings
red brads: unknown from a brad soup
basic round hole punch: Fiskars

This was a very fun project!

For the love of making cards

I've been up to making a few more cards from ones I designed a while ago. I thought I've needed to start building up a better card stash again in order to have them on hand as I need them. So today, I went to a couple of different card stores, like Hallmark and Carlton Cards, to get some ideas from the ones that are being sold and it was fun. I like to do that from time to time in order to get my creative juices flowing again.
Anyway, take a peek at my cards.

Feels like Spring with Green cards:

• Celery green cardstock from Stampin' Up
• Lemon yellow cardstock from Bazzill used for flower punches
• Flower punch by Fiskars
  
• Rob & Bob Studio patterned paper from Provo Craft
• Prima small blue flowers in their milk bottle line
  
• Making Memories silver brads
• light blue ribbon is from an unknown source
  
• White ink along edges is Stampin' Up Craft White Ink
  

Warms the Heart card:

• tan and brown cardstock from American Crafts
• red cardstock is from an unknown source
• Gold pigment ink is from ColorBox
• Red pigment ink is Scarlet from ColorBox
• Chocolate Brown ink is from Stampin' Up
• Edging ink is from Tim Holtz Ranger Industries
  
• Watercolor pencils/Chalks from Stampin' Up
• Star brad is from Making Memories
• Heart Stamp and saying is from Stampin' Up
  

I really have had fun making these. Now, I'll be working on Father's Day cards next.