S&S Midweek Challenge: Use Colors From Your State Flag

Well...the state flag of California is adorned with a large bear as the centerpiece with red and green accents. I knew I had to use my new My Favorite Things stamp and sentiment "Fred Bear Goes Fishing". This is one of the fund-raiser stamps I purchased from Operation Write Home and it is adorable!

Coloring is not my thing, so I paper-pieced the bear and water, then added the sentiment and bling. I realize there is no 'green' on this card. I still think it works for this challenge :)

Red CS: Bazzill
Rhinestones: Studio 18
Brown and Blue Paper: my stash
Chocolate Ink: TPC Studio

OWH Bling Challenge

The most recent OWH challenge was to make a card using bling without using glitter. Here are 2 colorful cards I made using clear and golden rhinestones. I used the "2 stamping" technique on the flower: the black outline is made with one stamp and the petals are made with another matching stamp. You will notice my dancing kitty made another appearance. This time I cut her dress out of patterned paper and attached it to her stamped image.

Patterned paper: Magenta
Plain cardstock: Bazzill
Circle dies: Nestabilities by Spellbinder
Flower stamps: The Stamps of Life
Ink: Dragonfly Black and Burnt Sienna by Color Box
Kitty stamp: Hero Arts
Rhinestones: Studio 18