A Charmed Birthday

Here's my card for this week's Paper Craft Planet sketch challenge. This one is brought to us by Diana.

I got this fun A Charmed Life stamp set, designed by my fellow PCP Super Nova Melanie, from Gina K Designs, and hadn’t inked it up yet. The large wineglass image is a perfect fit for the large panel in the sketch.

I stamped the image on white cardstock, then colored it in with Copic markers. I highlighted the image a bit with some rub-on metallic paste and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter, then set on an acetate overlay to make the contents of the glass look liquid-y.

In keeping with the sparkly theme of the glass, I used a combination of sparkly papers for the layout. The black mats really make the papers pop!

I hope you'll play along if you have a chance. If you do, use the keyword sk051609 when you upload to the PCP gallery.

I want to share some information about a very special project with you today that involves some of my Paper Craft Planet friends. Jen Tapler, from Jen Tapler Designs, and Susanna Boyd of Card of the Week are hosting a 7 day stamping and scrapbooking event to help raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease is currently the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. It is a fatal, progressive disease that slowly robs a person of their precious memories. We are involved in the memory preservation hobbies - what better cause for the papercrafting community to join together to support?

The site, Stampin Out Alzheimers.ning.com, will feature a variety of challenges, contests, classes and more in different paper crafting categories (stamping, cardmaking, paperscrapbooking, digi scrapping, hybrid, etc) - with prizes donated by over 30 generous sponsors. It's set up as a "Pay to Play" community. For a small donation (any amount will do), you'll get permission to join the online community which will be up from May 25 to June 1st. 100% of these funds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association to help with their efforts to provide and enhance care and support for all those affected by this heartbreaking disease.

The site isn't "live" yet - it will open soon and the events will begin on Monday. For a quick link to join and make a donation, check out the widget in my sidebar. I'd love it if you'd share the badge on your blog and help us spread the word. We'd like this to be the largest community fund raising effort in the stamping and scrapbooking space. Please help. You'll help us raise awareness and money for Alzheimer's.

Materials Used:
A Charmed Life stamp set, Pure Luxury white cardstock, metallic rub-on paste (Gina K Designs); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Basic Black cardstock, Dazzling Diamonds (Stampin’ Up!); patterned paper (The Paper Company--Wedding Silver & Gold Stripe); silver and gold shimmer paper (Target); black organdy ribbon (Joann); acetate