Welcome to Happy Bear Camp! (DTC #199)

Double Trouble Challenge #199 is open for your cardmaking fun.

Thing 1: Troublemaker has been experiencing a sugar rush in the Double Trouble kitchen with Challenge #199.  She decided to celebrate National Cream-filled Donut Day and cannot stop eating donuts! This biweekly challenge runs through Sunday, September 14, 2025. That's a full two weeks to overeat donuts and make this recipe! 

I am not much of a fan of store-bought donuts. My grandmother and mother made "fry cakes." They were significantly better than the overly sweet donuts in the stores. Nowadays, fry cakes are commonly referred to as cake-style donuts and are available in the grocery store, but gone is the crispy exterior.

Use your imagination and see what you can cook up:

3-2-1 Recipe

"Sweet Surprise" 

Servings - Unlimited Portions of Fun

Ingredients

AT LEAST

3 Layers

There are four layers.

2 Images

There are two ephemera images - 

the bear in the canoe and the paddles.

1 Aperture

There is a die-cut oval aperture.

Thing 3: Twisted Sister is suggesting that you fill your aperture as if it were a cream-filled donut: 1. Fill your aperture with at least one image, AND/OR shake it up a bit by 2. Making a shaker and filling it with your favorite shaker bits.

I elected to use one of my required images to fill the aperture.

The inside of the card is decorated with ephemera, including a Happy Birthday banner and a few festive gift packages. Here is a close-up of the image in the aperture. My card features Photoplay's Happy Bear paddling his canoe at summer camp. The name of the camp is Happy Bear Camp, of course. My grand-nephew has a birthday soon, so this is for him. He loves camping, hiking, and fishing with his younger brother. 

THING 2:  Double Dare says, you are invited to a sneak peek at the sketch from our sister challenge, Try a Sketch On Tuesday #678. Combine this sketch with our 'Sweet Surprise' challenge, and you will be awarded TWO additional chances in our random drawing. 

My card was inspired by the sketch, but it's a loose interpretation. 

Please note that TSOT starts on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, so this sneak peek gives you the day before to create. However, to prevent backlinking, your project should not be posted, published, or entered before September 2, 2025, at Try a Sketch On Tuesday.

Thank you for stopping by!

Melanie

Materials

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Garden Green, Barely Banana

Patterned Paper & Ephemera: Photoplay "Birthday Bash"