Happy Birthday Cupcake (SOA Challenge #9)

This card is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's Challenge #9 and Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #15. I made my own background papers by stamping them with Brilliance ink pads. I was a little rushed to finish this card, so I feel it's not by best effort.

The colors that inspired this card are: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Summer Sun.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: All Holidays & By Design (Stampin' Up), Hey There Cupcake (Stampendous)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and some vanilla-colored textured paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Brilliance (Rocket Red, Coffee Bean, Yellow), Versamark
Other: Yellow embossing powder, Making Memories mini brad, 3/4" circle punch, foam tape

For You (SOA Challenge #15 - Box of Kindness)

This box and cards are for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's 2008 Challenge #15. I enlarged the box dimensions to fit some pre-cut cards and envelopes I purchased at Big Lots. I added stamped images and sentiments. I did some free-handed drawing on the outer edge of the tag on the box.

Card & Box Ingredients
Stamps: Small Sayings & Figures of Speech (for cards), All Holidays, Fine Frames
Paper: small cards (4.25" x 4.25") with envelopes came from Big Lots, off-white, white, orange designer paper (My Mind's Eye), pink textured cardstock from Peru
Ink: Basic Black, StazOn Jet Black
Other: colored pencils, Stickles, gel pen

My Dear Friend (SOA Challenge #11 - Nifty Notepad)

This notepad is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's 2008 Challenge #11. Jen's instructions for the notepad are here. I also found the original instructions that Jen's referenced from ChiChi Allen.

I rubbed copper ink on the white flower. I like the Southwestern color combo of copper and Taken with Teal.

Notepad Ingredients
Stamps: Priceless, All Holidays
Paper: Taken with Teal, Copper Shimmery paper (CA Paper Goods)
Ink: Brilliance Cosmic Copper, ColorBox Frost White
Other: PSX White Embossing Powder, white silk flower (Darice), Making Memories copper snap

Ouch! (SOA Challenge #7 - Scrapbook Sketch)

This is my 2-page layout for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's 2008 Challenge #7. The requirements for this challenge: use the 2-page layout sketch, use at least 4 photos, and 1 stamped image or sentiment.

(Edited to add: the journaling text)
This page should be called Maui Ouwie! You were having such a good time running on the beach and kicking water all over, when you tripped and fell on some black rock (the first picture was taken right before the accident).
Ouch! You got a huge scrape. We had trouble finding a large enough Band-Aid. A lot of our pictures should be called "Kalino and the Band-Aid" or "Band-Aid on Vacation". You didn't let this injury ruin your first trip to Maui.
April 2007
Kalino 3.5 years old

Scrapbook Ingredients
Stamps: Aloha! (Stampin' Up)
Paper: flowered designer paper (STARfish & Dreams), banana & guava-colored paper (My Mind's Eye), don't know where I got the light banana paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, Cameo Coral, Mint Melody, Brilliance Pearlescent Coral
Other: Making Memories green brads, SU felt flowers, Provo Craft chipboard letters

Thank You (SOA Challenge #13 - Purely White)

This is entry #13 for the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's - Purely White challenge. There was only one guideline; at least 50% of the visible surface on the project must be white.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Noteworthy
Paper: white textured cardstock from Peru
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Other: Stampin' Up Priceless brass stencil, Making Memories mini eyelets, ribbon (Costco), paper piercing tool

For You (SOA #10 Challenge - Ravishing Ribbons)

This card is for the Stampin' Out Alzheimers Challenge #10 - Ravishing Ribbons. Jen did say to use "ribbon, ribbon, and more ribbon." Boy, did I...there are 4 different colors of ribbons on this card!

Again, I used inpiration from Annabelle and the YouTube user okakuku (part1 and part2) to create this card. I used my sewing maching to attach the stem and leaves to the cardstock.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: All Holidays
Paper: white textured cardstock from Peru
Ink: Pink Passion
Other: coordinated ribbons I bought at Costco last year, an old gold button from my sewing kit, Making Memories mini brads, Priceless stencil for dry embossing scallop border, corner rounder

Feliz Cumpleanos (SOA Challenge #8 - Card Sketch & Kristina's Color Inspiration #8)

For this card, I decided to combine card sketches (Stampin' Out Alzheimer's #8) and Kristina's Color Inspiration #8 challenge). Wow, they are both #8!

I absolutely loved the acetate card Nichole Heady created last month! I decided to make an acetate card yesterday. I've never done this before. I was inspired to use a piece of white Hambly Screen Prints overlay I bought at Maker Faire this past weekend. I love it! I cut a 2.5" by 3.5" piece. I also cut 4 pieces of Bashful Blue the same size. The acetate is sandwiched between the cardstock to hide the adhesive and the ribbon. I couldn't sew the card like Nichole's, because I'm having trouble getting the right tension on my machine. I had also never used Brilliance ink on acetate. This site says Brilliance ink will dry on acetate overnight...it did. My only problem was keeping the acetate "clean" from finger smudges and scratches, and getting a photo of the card.

Our colors this week are:


Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, and Whisper White

Card Ingredients
Stamps: So Many Scallops, Priceless, Felicidades Siempre
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, JudiKins Embossable Window Plastic, Hambly Screen Prints - ATC Patchwork
Ink: Brilliant Blue, StazOn White, Brilliance Mediterranean Blue, ColorBox Frost White pigment Other: Flower Fusion, Rhinestone brad, Bashful Blue Striped Grosgrain (Thanks, Theresa for the blog candy!), scallop punch, 1 1/4", 1 3/8" circle punches, PSX White embossing powder, foam tape

Happy Birthday! (SOA Challenge #6 - Marvelous Metal)

This card is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's 2008 Challenge #6 - Marvelous Metal. We had to use at least 2 different metal embellishments... well, I've got at least 2 types on this card.

On the happy birthday stamp, I masked off the candles and scallop border. I love the metal tags, if you mess up the stamping, just erase it off! I don't have StazOn remover, but I used JudiKins Fabric & Permanent Ink Cleaner. I "erased" my work several times.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Circle (Martha Stewart), So Many Scallops (Stampin' Up)
Paper: lavender parchment (CA Paper Goods), silver studded paper (my friend, Ericka), silver metallic paper (don't remember where I bought it)
Ink: StazOn Cotton White & Jet Black
Other: Stampin' Up Metal Magic tag, Making Memories Moulding Corners, silver ribbon, silver thread

The Smell of Play-Doh (SOA Challenge #5 - Fave Childhood Memory)

This scrapbook page if for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's Challenge #5. We had to scrap a page inspired by a favorite childhood memory. Photos were not required. The smell of Play-Doh and playing with Play-Doh are one of my favorite childhood memories.

I had to totally redo this scrapbook page. I hated the paper choices I made the first time around...I used primary colors matching Play-Doh...ugh, to circus-ish (sorry, not a real word). I love the new color choices of this page.

Scrapbook Page Ingredients
Stamps: none
Paper: designer paper (My Mind's Eye), small scrap of white used for printing Play-Doh logo
Ink: printed on my laser printer...font used is SBC Scribble
Other: Embossed stickers (Marcella by Kay), 3/4" paper punch, flower-shaped brad, felt flower (SU Flower Fusion), foam tape

Happy Joyful Birthday! (SOA Challenge #4 - MoJo Flashback)

This card is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's Challenge #4. It's a MoJo Monday Flashback sketch. I've never done one of Julee Tilman's MoJo Monday sketch challenges.

I used my sewing machine without thread to get the paper piercing throught the card.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Long-Stemmed, Small Sayings
Paper: Pink Parchment (CA Paper Goods), designer paper is a combo of blog candy from Theresa (Thanks!) and K&Company
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Other: Sakura Gelly Roll pen, Martha Stewart Daffodil marker, Crayola yellow green pencil, ribbon (also from Theresa), Making Memories square brads

Pure Happiness (SOA Challenge #2 - Scrapbook Sketch)

This scrapbook page is for Stampin' Out Alzheimer's 2008 Challenge #2. When I saw Jen's layout for this challenge, I knew I had to use this photo of Kalino from our vacation in Maui last April.

The text on the metal tag says "This is one of my favorite photos. Kalino looks so happy!"

Scrapbook Page Ingredients
Stamps: Happiness, Friendship Blooms
Paper: Textured cardstock (Colorbok), tan paper (dollar store), striped paper (Provo Craft), Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)
Ink: River Rock, Groovy Guava, ColorBox Frost White
Other: PSX White embossing powder, chipboard letters (Provo Craft), metal tag (Stampin' Up), rub-on used on the metal tag (Hambly Screen Prints), foam tape, starfish (dollar store), green ribbon (Michael's), white gel pen

Hey Sweetie (SOA Challenge #3 & Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #14)

I combined two challenges in one for this card. This card is for Jen's Inspiration Challenge, which had colors Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, and So Saffron. I must have been craving chocolate cupcakes, because Taylor's Cupcake Challenge led me to use my new Stampendous cupcake stamps. I love this color combination.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Stampendous Hey There Cupcake, Stampin' Up Noteworthy, Season of Joy
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, So Saffron, designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Versamark
Other: Chocolate Chip ribbon, gold mini brads (Making Memories), foam tape, clear embossing powder

Happy Birthday 2 You - SOA Challenge #1

This card is for the first challenge of Stampin' Out Alzheimers (SOA) 2008.

We had to create a boy's birthday card with the central design element being a number. I rubbed Groovy Guava ink on the chipboard number and then Brilliant Blue ink on top. I decided to add glitter since the number is not that big. I used my Crop-A-Dile to emboss the paper. This card is different from the card I started out designing. I made a few mistakes along the way. I mounted the card upside down...duh. I had to cut it off the card and remount it on different cardstock.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Stampendous Hey There Cupcake
Paper: Colored Pencil Lilac (CA Paper Goods), blue, orange, and white paper
Ink: Brilliant Blue, Groovy Guava
Other: chipboard letter (Provo Craft), orange glitter, Glue Pad, blue ribbon