This week's challenge at the Fab Friday challenge blog is to use the 2013-2015 In Colors that are going to retire in just a few short weeks. I'm going to miss these colors. I love the soft pastels and how they coordinate so well with each other. We've had a good run and I guess it's almost time to move on. I'm also using a soon-to-retire stamp set that I adore: "Cheerful Critters." When they showed this set at the Holiday Catalog Reveal I squealed out loud. Really. I kid you not. They're so stinkin' cute. I'm going to miss them, too. For this card, I wanted to do a little something different since I really don't like to color because I'm never satisfied with the result. So I stamped the bear in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the bottom corner of a Whisper White panel. Then I stamped him again onto a scrap of Coastal Cabana and again onto a scrap of Baked Brown Sugar. I fussy cut the bear's shirt and glued it onto the image on the Whisper White panel. And I fussy cut the bear's head and both his arms and glued them on as well. I cut the Whisper White panel down a bit so that the Crisp Cantaloupe mat--that I embossed with the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder--would show a bit more. I tied a length of Baked Brown Sugar Baker's Twine around these and attached everything to a Coastal Cabana card base. Still stinkin' cute, if I do say so myself (and I do)! tams# 3299 Product List Cheerful Critters Photopolymer Stamp Set [137932] $14.95 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $5.95 Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297] $6.95 Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131296] $6.95 Crisp Cantaloupe 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131298] $6.95 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50 Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine [135639] $3.50 Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $9.95 Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133520] $7.95 Stampin' Glue Sticks [130654] $3.95 Glue Dots [103683] $4.95 Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199] $4.95