Final Day of Stampin' Out Alzheimers

Yesterday was the final day of the week-long Stampin' Out Alzheimers challenge marathon. The total raised for the Alzheimers Association was well over $6,300. Not only was it a lot of creative fun, money will go to such a good cause. I'm sure many of us have been touched by Alzheimer's Disease in some form or another.

This card was another sketch challenge. I used one of the stamps from Flourishes' All Wrapped Up set, plus a sentiment from SU Riveting. I'm still getting the hang of using alcohol markers, trying to get shading is not the easiest -- but I'm learning. Most of my alcohol markers are Prismacolors, with some Copics added to the mix.

* Stamps - Flourishes' All Wrapped Up, SU Riveting
* Paper - Rose Red, Regal Rose DSP, Georgia Pacific White
* Ink - Palette Noir, Black, Rose Red
* Accessories - Prismacolor/Copic Markers, Circle punches, Ribbon, Brads

This card, also a sketch challenge, is actually going to another good cause. Anita Autore, who also participated in the Stampin' Out Alzheimers week, is gathering a box of cards to send to the 184th battallion of the Army Reserve Unit from California, which is currently serving in Kosovo. This cute little guy is from the Hero set from The Greeting Farm. I'm not sure of the name of the DCWV patterned paper, but it sort of looks like Army camouflage.

* Stamps - Hero by The Greeting Farm
* Paper - Chocolate Chip, River Rock, DCWV, Georgia Pacific White
* Ink - Palette Noir Black, Chocolate Chip, ColorBox Copper pigment
* Accessories - Prismacolor/Copic markers, Copper ep, Clear ep, Sponge daubers

More Stampin' Out Alzheimers Cards

I’m still playing along with the Stampin’ Out Alzheimers challenges. Tomorrow is the last day of the marathon. To play along each person had to donate at least $5.00, with all proceeds going to the Alzheimers Association. The goal for this week-long challenge was to raise $5,000. As I type this, $6,085 has been raised.

Here are two more cards I made this week.



The first was for the Clear Card Challenge. The image was stamped on white cardstock and then colored using a combination of Copic and Prismacolor markers. After masking the rose, I stamped some leaves in Mellow Moss, added some texture using Itty Bitty Backgrounds, and then sponged around the edges. The sentiment is from Savvy Stamps. My clear cardstock is folded over about ¾ inch to the back and then attached with redline tape. The two flowers attached at the bottom corner are Sizzix Embosslits from SU.

* Stamps – SU Fifth Avenue Florals, SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Savvy Stamps happy birthday
* Ink – Palette Noir Black, Mellow Moss
* Paper – Apricot Appeal, Mellow Moss, Georgia Pacific White, Clear cs
* Accessories – Sizzix Embosslits, Sponge Daubers

The second card was a sketch challenge. After stamping the bird image, I masked it and made the clouds using a scallop circle and sponges. I was able to use a scrap of some two-sided DP for the small panels and added the buttons.

* Stamp – SU Spring Song
* Ink – Palette Noir Black, Soft Sky
* Paper – Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa, Georgia Pacific White, Porcelain Prints DSP
* Accessories – Nestabilities, Copic markers, Buttons, Sponge daubers

Stampin' Out Alzheimers

I've been participating in the Stampin' Out Alzheimers challenges this week. My mom has been diagnosed with possible Alzheimers, so I had another reason (besides loving to stamp) to participate. Here are a couple of the cards I've made.

The challenge for this card was to use buttons. This PaperTreyInk set is called Guidelines and has many different patterns you can stamp within the gridlines to create a quilt-like pattern. I thought the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly was a perfect match.

This card was made for Paper Makeup Stamps' "Any Winged Thing" challenge. I don't have any PMS stamps, so I had to "wing" it with one of the fairies in the Beautiful Fairies set from Inkadinkadoo. I had used another fairy from this set in SCS's Featured Stamper challenge a couple weeks ago. The card base and mat pieces are Sage Shadow, which I think is a very pretty shade of green. I found the sentiment stamp at StampFest last year. It's from Custer's Last Stamp.