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Color Throwdown #44 and a Prize!

It's time for another Color Throwdown, and this week I am the hostess this week!  I recently got some of the gorgeous new Wisteria designer paper from Basic Grey, so I used it as my inspiration for the colors this week.  As always, remember that you don't have to use these exact colors... just whatever you have that's close.  As a matter of fact, none of the cardstock on my card is from Stampin' Up!  Also, please note that you do not have to make only a card!  Any project is more than welcome!

Have you been busy over at the Stampin' Out Alzheimers website, checking out and participating in the challenges?  Well, if you're registered at the site, and you participate in the Throwdown before Sunday, May 31st at 11:59 p.m. EST you'll be entered into a drawing to win a 6x6 pad of the Wisteria paper from Basic Grey!  So, get busy!

For my card today, I used what is quickly becoming a favorite new image from Penny Black, the Fresh Field flowers.  I colored the flowers and leaves with Stampin' Up and Tombow markers, then cut out the image with my Nestabilities.  I thought the stamped image and the designer paper I chose out of my 6x6 pad were a great match!

Check out the other fabulous creations from the Throwdown Girls!

Cathy Indelicato
Barbara Anders
Danielle Kennedy
LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe

Remember, everyone who participates also gets a chance to be chosen as our Featured Stamper next week!  AND we're picking one of the Featured Stamprs to be our Guest Designer for the whole month of July!  So c'mon... stamp, stamp, stamp!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Your comments brighten my day!

Stamps:  Fresh Fields (Penny Black), sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Velvet (Bazzill), yellow, blue/gray (unknown), designer paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:  Elegant Eggplant (Stampin' Up!), markers

Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (Making Memories), ribbon (craft supply).

Stampin' Out Alzheimers - Making Memories

The big event has finally arrived!  The challenges have begun at the Stampin' Out Alzheimers website, and you do not want to miss all the fun and fabulous prizes!  If you haven't registered and made a minimum $5 donation (which will go 100% to the Alzheimers Association!) you can do so by clicking on the yellow "give" button in the Stampin' Out Alzheimers box on the left sidebar of my blog.  It'll take a little while to approve your membership, and then you're in!  This has been a true labor of love for Jen Tapler, and she's been buried under a ton of work to make this event happen, so don't panic if you don't get instant approval.

The Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew is sponsoring a challenge for this event!  With Alzheimers affecting a persons memory, and this being Memorial Day, we thought a fitting challenge would be remembering those who've touched our hearts.  Create a card, project or scrapbook page to... remember someone you love who is far away, remembering someone you love at a younger age, or in memory of someone you love are just a few examples of what you can do.  You'll see from my project that I've chosen to create something for my Mom to remember an event!

Stop by the Kitchen Sink Blog to see all the inspirational samples from the Crew Members!  When you have your entry completed, upload it to the Stampin' Out Azheimers site, using kss4soa as the "tag" so that all the entries can be put into the same album for viewing!  It's not necessary to use Kitchen Sink Stamps for this challenge, but if you've got 'em we'd love to see what you can do with them!  You have until midnight EST on Sunday, May 31st to complete and enter the challenge.  One random winner of this challenge will win "Everything BUT the Kitchen Sink!"  This prize will contain at least one Kitchen Sink Stamps set, plus some other goodies from the Kitchen Sink Store for a value of at least $75.00!!!

Many of you remember that two weeks ago, my family left early in the morning and drove 3 hours to surprise my Mom at church for Mother's Day!  So for my "Memory" project today, I used the photo taken of all of us at church, and created this frame for my Mom using a sentiment from the 3-Step Daisy stamp set, and my 3-Step Pansy stamp set.  My Grandma Frances' very favorite flower was always the pansy, and therefore my Mom is pretty fond of them, too.  She always plants them at Grandma's grave each Spring, so I know she'll love the little scattering of pansies on this frame.

So, I hope you'll set aside some stamping time for yourself this week, and join in the fun and challenges at the Stampin' Out Alzheimers site!  It's so awesome that even before the event began, we surpassed the goal of raising $2500, so many, many, MANY thanks to all of you for helping to make that happen!  A new goal of $5000 has been set, so let's see what we can do to reach higher!

Any questions about the activities on the site, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email and I'll do what I can to get you some answers!

Stamps:  3-Step Pansy, sentiment from 3-Step Daisy (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Velvet (Bazzill), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Lavendar Lace, Vintage Violet, Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun, Marigold Morning, So Saffron, More Mustard, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke (Stampin' Up!), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko).