Pride and Prejudice Inspired Card for Cinema Saturday

It has been quite gloomy around here with the clouds and wet weather.  I am glad that today we can see the sun and hopefully we can warm up a little.  When I saw that the 100th challenge at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge was for Pride and Prejudice, I knew I had to play along.  It is my favorite book and movie.  I love to watch the movie several times a year and I read the book every summer.  I created this card while thinking of the love between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy.   

I think the sentiment "I love you more today than yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow" fits the growing love that Elizabeth has for Mr. Darcy after his first proposal and she reads his letter.

      Supplies:
        Cardstock, stamps, ink, embossing powder: Stampin' Up!
        Ribbon: Glimmer Mist and seam binding
        Pearls: Michaels
        Lace: Offray
        Other: stick pins

I love this soft blue color and I thought it fit really well with the theme. I also stamped into some melted silver embossing powder to add some texture that goes well with the setting in many of the finer houses from that time period as well as representation of the seals they put on the back of their letters.

I have another idea for a card for this challenge....we will see if I have some time to escape time to get it done today.  Thanks for stopping by!!


Hugs,

A Fairytale for Cinema Saturday

I was hoping to get more done this week to share with you, but I still have to take care of things at home, it just takes me longer to complete tasks since I broke my toe.  I did get some DT work done and also this card today.

Even though I am a little late and didn't make the challenge deadline, I wanted to share it with you.  This week at Cinema Saturday was another fun theme for me.  It was Becoming Jane.....based in the life of Jane Austen.  I pulled out the movie over the weekend (while I nursed my broken toe) and watched it for only the second time since I bought it last year.  I feel sad about the loss of love Jane had in her life, but we probably wouldn't have the wonderful books that she wrote if her life would have been any different.  For our cards this week, we needed to use flowers and pearls.  I chose the sentiment because even though it didn't last for very long, she did have a fairytale and she shares with us fairytails though her books.

        Cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon, stamps, ink: Stampin' Up!
        Pearls: Creating Keepsakes
        Circle die: Spellbinders Nestabilities
        Other: Sewing machine and thread

So Happy To Have A Sister Like You

So, I was browsing through blogs the other day and I came upon Brooke Stockman's blog.  She does the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge with Sankari Wegman and the the challenge this week is the movie Sense and Sensibility.  I was in the middle of reading this book and had to finish reading it, watch the movie, and make a card for this wonderful challenge because I am a Jane Austen fan addict.  I wanted to make this card about sisters because of the relationship between Elinor and Marianne.  It only seems fitting to give this to my younger sister MaryAnn for her birthday.  I used sketch 161 at CPS for this card.

        Cardstock, stamps, ink, ribbon, corner rounder, eyelets, embossing powder: Stampin' Up!
        Embossing folders: Cuttlebug by Provo Craft

I used the emboss resist technique and a brayer to add the color on the focal point on this card.  I may have to do a tutorial to show you how....it was really quite easy.

I have this posted on the bottom of my left sidebar, but here is my result when I took the which Jane Austen heroine quiz.

Take the Quiz here!

A Halloween BOO - 2s4y, Cinema Saturday, and Cuttlebug Challenge

I don't usually make Halloween cards.....personally, I think that any Halloween card I create isn't very good, but I do like this one. It is based on the Sketch 38 by the super talented Kazan at 2 Sketches 4 You. This is my first time participating with Cinema Saturday and I used their Hocus Pocus theme for this card. I love to watch that movie during Halloween (it is going to be on tonight on ABC Family). Because Hocus Pocus is my favorite thing to watch during Halloween, this card is also for the Cuttlebug Challenge 55 to create a card based on one of my favorite things.


For the moon, I cut out the circle and then crumpled up the paper. I then highlighted the ridges that were created in the paper with a light cat's eye ink pad. It doesn't really show up well in the photo, but I also sprayed it with the pearl colored glimmer mist to give it a little bit of sparkle.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!

Patterned paper: Scribble Scrabble

Other: Cricut with Stamped, George, and A Child's Year cartridges, Cuttlebug and embossing folder, Cat's eye fluid chalk, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, sewing machine and thread.

I have been busy working on design team projects that I will share with you later, so there is lots more to come.

I hope you have a great day!!