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I love making cards using different kinds of folds and these easel type cards just make me happy! Today I am participating in 2 challenges - One Stop Craft Challenge (easel) and Saturday Challenge (1 IMAGE, 2 DESIGN PAPERS, 3 FLOWERS, 4 BRADS, 5 GEMS OR PEARLS).
For my easel card I used more of that beautiful, however discontinued Greenhouse Gala dsp from Stampin' Up! I also played with the Bird Builder punch, Triple Blossom Flower and Round Tab Punch. I think I was punch happy! LOL The sentiment is from Hodgepodge Happiness. Enjoy!

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New Sheriff in Town - CSCC95 - High Noon

Happy Birthday to the New Sheriff in Town! Today's Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge is the movie High Noon. The story of a sheriff who stands alone against a criminal who vows to kill him. Not the town, not even the beautiful Grace Kelly his love will stand up and support him. My card has a lighter theme. I think it's perfect for a young man who's coming of age, "the new sheriff in town" so to speak.

I used some red plaid dp to make my western style shirt and I used a piece of red cardstock to make the bandana in the pocket with my SU set Wanted stamps. The star is a piece of rhinestone studded jewelry. It may sound feminine but it looks great as a sheriff's badge. The button is an old Levi's button.

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A wise owl once told me... Cinema Saturday #94 - Sleepy Hollow

A wise owl once told me... never sleep in a hollow. Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #94 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I love Johnny Depp and he and Christina Ricci are the best picks for their respective roles in this film. It worked perfectly. There are so many versions of Sleepy Hollow on the market. But if you haven't seen this one, YOU MUST! For my card I used Unity Stamps' - My, What beautiful tree!

The owl and the sentiment are from Technique Tuesday. The moon and ribbon tag are from Stampin' Up! The shimmery sky was made using a silver glitter gel pen. I added some wiggly eyes to the owl. The pumpkin and headstone are pieced from an old Halloween (store bought) card.

It's been a couple of weeks since I was able to play with the Cinema Saturday Challenge Gals but I am glad I made it back. Esp. for Sleepy Hollow. Come join the fun!!!

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bewitching - CSCC90

bewitching - CinemaSaturdayCreativeChallenge#90 - Stardust w/sparkle or bling . This week the movie is a fun romance with some adventure and sorcery. Thus I did my witch with some smoke from her broom. Of course it's a Halloween card. I can't think of witches with owls and not see Halloween. :O) Said "smoke" is glitter pen ink and rhinestones from Kasier.

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happy birthday to you - CSCC88

happy birthday to you - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge88 - Best In Show - challenge requirement this week, create an accordion paper medallion fold. I made mine a huge flower. These pattern papers were in a Cardmaker kit of the month club kit I received last month. In fact all elements except for the button brad and stick pin are from the same kit.

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Watermelon - No! --- CSCC85

Watermelon - No! Cake!!! - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #85 - State Fair - pennant. Ok I 'fudged' this one a bit. I made cake. Watermelon cake in the shape of a pennant! I hope it qualifies. If not, well... let me eat cake!!! :O) 

I love this movie! State Fair is such a fun, charming musical! And dare I say it? Pat Boone and Bobby Darrin in the 1962 version were pretty darn HAWT! Ann Margaret was such a beauty too! Of course with this challenge we are featuring the 1945 version. STILL, a winner in my book. If you haven't seen this movie, shame on you! But not to worry, grab the DVD, pop some corn, or make a cake and grab the kiddoes and the hubs and gather round the boob tube and take a break from the heat with some good old fashion family time and an excellent movie!

DEETS on my CAKE:

I used one layer of white cake mix adding a small box of instant pudding to the mix. Then followed the directions on the box for the batter. I baked at 325 degrees in a dark pan. When my cake was totally cool, I cut the layer in half. Then I the half into 3 equal sized wedges. I layered one on top of the other using Cream Cheese frosting in between the layers. I then mixed green food color into some of the white frosting to make my green for the rind. spatula-d it on. Then I mixed some red into the more white frosting and make the edible part of the watermelon. My seeds are chocolate covered raisins. Of course this is a wedge of watermelon and everyone knows if you look down onto a piece of watermelon sliced like this, it has that pennant shape. Ok, I am off to have my cake and eat it too!

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Wedding Favor or Blessings Box - CSCC84

Wedding Favor or Blessing Box - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #84 use some blue - Father of the Bride. This Father of the Bride is the Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams Paisley version. My inspiration from the movie was Martin Short as Franck Eggelhoffer at his weddign planning studio. He sits the bride and her parents down and hands them a book of cake designs. He opens the book and says, "This is caak, is a varee popoolar caak."

I think these would be perfect take aways for a wedding shower or the wedding reception. They consist of an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of double sided cardstock or dp. You score & fold the long side at 2 1/2 and 6 inches. Then you turn 1/4 turn and score and fold at 4 1/2 and 6 1/2 inches ( video tutorial by Angie). I used a little bull nose clip to hold my box shut while I tied on my ribbon. My image is a ZacksNana's Creative Imagination original digi. It's colored with Copics. If you'd like one just drop me an e-mail and I get one right to you.  

So have a little piece of 'caak' and get creative.

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The Greates Dad There Ever Was... - CSCC83

The Greatest Dad There Ever Was... _ Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #83 - The Greatest Game Ever Played use some argyle. My oh my, this was a challenge for me. I don't like golf, but I did watch the movie when it first came out on DVD. But couldn't tell you much about it, except:
Here is a summary of this movie from ImDb:


" Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from "gentlemanly" English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father's disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol -- Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills."
 
Inside my card:
Dad,
Whether you're lending support,
giving advice, solving a problem,
or just having fun, you put love
into everything you do.
 
Thanks for being the GREATEST DAD anyone could EVER have.
 
Happy Father's Day
 
 
Hope you'll check it out and play along with the gals at Cinema Saturday. We always have so much fun!
 
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with love... CSCC80 Becoming Jane

with love - CinemaSaturdayCreativeChallenge #80 - Becoming Jane and flowers.
I used my Cuttlebug and a piece of kraft cardstock. Ran the cardstock through my bug with the Victoria ef (Note*** my sentiment is also an ef). Then I smudged some mellow moss and only orange all over the raised areas. I cut my stem from a scrap piece of dp from Basic Grey. My flowers are also from Basic Grey dp. I followed this tutorial on SplitCoastStampers.
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Love - CSCC78 - Much Ado About Nothing

That Love is all there is, is all we know of Love. Emily Dickinson - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #78 use parchment.

Ok yall, I am not sure if I captured the essence of this movie or not. I saw it a long time ago and I remembered them dancing in the garden and that it was a romance so here's my entry. I have mixed emotions - while I am pleased with my brayer-ing and stamping I'm just not sure about capturing the movie. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. :O)

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Poultry in Motion... - CSCC75 & US51

Poultry in Motion... - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #75 - featuring the 2 time Oscar winning movie from 1955 : Oklahoma! with a touch of Gingham. And Unscripted Sketches Challenge #51. The image is from La-La Land Stamps, her name is Clover. I colored her with Copics. Since the movie was a musical, I added some sheet music designer paper. My gingham piece is from American Crafts. I brayered other it with some Close to my Heart ink in sunflower and auntumn terracotta. I used Stampabilities brown  and Marvy #6 brown to stamp some swirls (Autumn Leaves Swirls v.2) on sheet music. Then on the bottom piece I brayered some Encore Ultimatge Metallic Green. Then I stamped more swirls on it using the same ink. I punched holes and threaded my lacey ribbon through. Then I added a piece of fringed ribbon across the bottom (whenever I think of the movie I always hear "in the surrey with the fringe on top!'). So I added the fringe. My sentiment is computer generated and made up by me. My flowers are from Petaloo Flora Doodles and are handmade paper flowers; in gold, teal and salmon. I of course used the sketch from Unscripted Sketches.
This was a really fun project.
Once I had this project completed, I dashed off to my Stampin' Up! Demo Janice's house for some fun card making. I was there for 3 hours and I got 10 cards made. I'll try to get them posted in the morning.

WHOOHOO! What a creative day!
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Family - CSCC74 - UP

Family: a unit that equals the loving sum of all parts. - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #74 the Disney Animated Pixar Movie UP. Children love this movie and the adults really embrace the heartfelt themes of life and love that are beautifully brought out in this movie! If you haven't seen it yet - you must - the animation, humor and sweetness will touch your hearts!

The challenge requirement this week is to use some balloons in your creation, which is INSPIRED by the movie (balloons usually mean birthdays - but it doesn't have to!). For me this movie represents family, a unit that equals the loving sum of all it's parts. You see; Carl, Russell, Dug and yes even Steve and her little ones are a family. They are a loving unit the sum of all their individual parts which make up a family. This version of "family" is all around us. Have you ever sat on a park bench and just watched the people all around you? Notice a families make-up; most are mother-father-child. Some are father-father-child or mother-mother-child. And some are even mother-child or father-child. Some are AfricanAmerican, AsiaAmerican and so on and so forth. It is so obvious that age, race, nationality - none of this matters. When it comes to family - it's makeup is simply - the loving sum of all it's parts. If you haven't seen UP please rent it TODAY! You'll LOVE it!

DEETS:

I brayered my white cardstock in 3 varied shades of blue. Then I masked off parts of my sky and pounced in some white ink to make my clouds. I ballons are stamps from There She Goes. I colored them with my Stampin' Up! markers and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I punched the fence with my Martha Stewart fence border punch (Carl & Ellie's yard was fenced with a picket fence). The sentiment is a sticker from Making Memories.

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Always and Forever - SSPT & & CCCC47 & CSCC73 - Sense and Sensibility

Always & Forever - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #73 - Sense and Sensibilty -CAS. This card also works for Stamps and Smiles Project Tuesday - diaper fold challenge. Someone left a comment stating I should enter this in the Creative Card Crew Challenge #47 - Vintage/Aged, so I did. :O)My designer papers are from K & Co. and they were just scraps I had leftover from 2001 (NO, I never throw anything away). :O)

Pink lace heart doily, pearl beads and paper rose - Keep In Touch.

Sentiment sticker - Trim Designs

Ribbon - ki Memories

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!

Beate's tutorial for the diaper fold can be found HERE.

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Cinema Saturday #72 Julie & Julia + Cooking

Celecrate my birthday - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #72 something to do with cooking. The note paper, fork, tag, brad, buttons, flower, rhinestones and push pin sticker are all from Keep In Touch. Cardstock is Stampin' Up! The pattern paper is from Basic Grey' s Offbeat paper pad. The vine die cut border is from Create Paper.
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13 Going On 30! - CSCC71

13 Going on 30! - CinemaSaturdayCreativeChallenge #71 Plus a geometric shape. My shapes are: oval balloons, half oval table cloth, square presents and round cake. All stamps used on this card are from ThereSheGoes Stamps set - Make a Wish 10-0091. This set is fabulous! There are 67 stamps in the set. Yeah you read that right SIXTY SEVEN! I colored with Copics and I added the confetti using my Spicas. Flowers are from Making Memories.
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Dear Father - CSCC70 & C4C28

Dear Father - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #70 & Crazy4Challenges #28.
Cardstock trunk, map and circles are from DCWV Travel Stack. Corners are from Thickers.
dear father stamp from Stampin' Up! Base cardstock is from JilliBean Soup - Cup of Yak. My tag was punched with a deckled square punch. Then I used my Copics E37 & E29 to distress the edges and add the aged look dots to the tag. When it's all said and done, I think I should have used the same technique on the map.
Cinema Saturday Challege #70 is Dear Franky the twist is to use a map somewhere on your project. Crazy4Challenges #28 is to make a masculine card.

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Don't quote me - CSCC69 - Dan in Real Life

Don't quote me... Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #69 make a collage. My favorite quote from the movie was Mr. Burns, "Put it on my tab." He said to the police officer who issued him yet another ticket. My card is titled, Don't quote me, because my collage consists of a few various quotes from the movie. To show my sense of humor, I added little tabs on my raised accents. :O)
Disclaimer: I have never seen this movie, so I guess with the story line having such a strong sense of love; love of family, love for one of the opposite sex, love for love's sake I may have totally missed the boat with this one. But since I've been playing along with Cinema Saturday Challenges I have been thinking 'outside the box'. Cliche'? Maybe so, but it's the truth!
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You do too much... - CSCC68

Hi There!
Well, I hope you are having a great Sunday. Mine is going well. It has been a pretty quiet weekend around here and so I took the opportunity to try out the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #68. The movie for this challenge is Spiderman. Now, I have seen them all and I like them. But this one challenge did present me with some obstacles. My mind was set on using this quote from the movie, "You do too much. You're not Superman you know," Peter Parker's Grandmother said this to him. I know the movie is sort of a drama, but after all, it's based on a comic book. So I went for the comedic side of it. The little super hero is a stamped image from My Favorite Things. I stamped him once in his regular state on white cardstock. Then the twist in the challenge was to use a little or a lot of acetate. So I stamped his super hero costume on the acetate and then used Copics to color. I cut my spider with my Cricut and colored with Spica. The web is an embossing folder, but it was a rak I. I highlighted the web with my glittery silver gel pen. The little boy was adhered directly to the web. The acetate is attached with red brads. I like that it is transparent, that way you can see the little boy behind the costume. The spider and the sentiment are raised off the acetate with foam dots. The base of my card is from Basic Grey.
This is the sentiment inside my card...

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Amanda & Garrett - CSCC67, TESC101

Inside is a side step card.

Happy Wedding Day to Amanda & Garrett! It's still another week or 2 away but I wanted to get the card made and ready to be sent.

I used the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge (movie featured this week is Tristan & Isold) color combination and gate fold challenge. The cover is based on Taylored Expressions sketch challenge #101. Although I didn't use any dragonflies on this card, I do intend to make a few cards for Taylor's Dragonfly Card Drive.

There's lots of bling and flowers on this card. I used the KaiserCraft stamp set CS720 - Flowers & CS702 - Circles. KaiserCraft - pink rhinestones. Ink for stamping images is Encore! Ultimate Metallic - COPPER. More Mark Richards adhesive backed Cabuchon Crystal Stickers in brown, pink and cream. Spellbinders - Borderabilities - Lattice die. Cardstock - Stampin' Up! Pattern Paper cardstock DCWV - The Glitter Stack. I added some hook and loop tape under the tag with the couple's names.

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Clueless - Cinema Saturday66 & Crazy 4 Challenges24

This is Lewis and when it comes to girls... he's CLUELESS, Like Totally!!!

Lewis was created for the 66th Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge. The movie spotlighted this week is Clueless and the extra challenge is to use plaid somewhere. Well, I used a tiny little bit on the tag, however inside I used a larger piece of the plaid behind the cocoa colored cardstock which holds the sentiment, Like Totally! I also used the Crazy4Challenges#24 theme this week which is RED.

My base is from Crate Paper. The pale blue - ish cardstock is from DCWV The Doodlin' Around stack. As is the pattern paper that is on top of that. Lewis is a digi from Prairie Fairy Designs and is colored with Stampin' Up!, Copic and Spica markers. The sentiment is computer generated.

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