Saturday, November 1, 2008

Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge # 4 - Grease!

Good Afternoon Everyone,

This week has been so very interesting... just when our daughter was getting better - our son got a sudden high fever and after taking him to the hospital yesterday then waiting to do lab work... we were told that he has strep! The last 2 nights I have been up with him till about 3am - so regardless to say... there was no cardmaking going on... I was able to finish my card for the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge this morning, while my DH took care of the kids and breakfast and got our daughter to nap. He has been very sweet about giving me some craft therapy time and so I dedicated this card to him!

The Cinema pick that we choose for this week is the movie GREASE! I was so excited to make a card from this movie and have really enjoyed listening to the songs again and singing along... my husband and I used to karoke to the song "Summer Lovin" and it was fun to get up and sing and entertain the kids with my really bad lip synching abilities... they were kind of speechless (I would like to think it was because I was that good - but I think it was because they just didn't quite know what was suddenly up with mommy :) LOL!

The inspiration for my Cinema Saturday card came from the beginning of the movie where the intro is done cartoon style - it is just so fun and I love the song: "Grease is the Word" by Franki Valli (you can see the intro here) and wanted to make my card kind of cartoonish. I made my card using Taylor's Friday Cupcake challenge #40 and used one of the brand new cupcake stamps that she just released for this card - the reindeer cupcake. I masked the reindeer's face and horns and stamped the image twice and paper pieced the cupcake. I "painted" their hair to be like Sandy and Danny from the movie. 


I was totally cracking up while making these images of  an Olivia Newton John cupcake and a John Travolta cupcake. The car was hand drawn to be like the Grease Lightning car and then embossed with red EP - (very glittery IRL) and then I painted some yellow flames. The wheels were punched out and then buttons were adhered for the hubcaps. The sky was painted and then I added some clouds that I embossed with a bridal EP. The sentiment was written in swing script on the computer and reads: "You're the one that I want!" from the song by the same title towards the end of the movie. 

I had a lot of fun using this stamp (check out Taylor's new set of stamps here) and can't wait to ink up the rest! And also it was so much fun to make a card inspired by the movie Grease for the Cinema Saturday challenge. And one of the best parts was to make a card for my DH, who also loves this movie (or specifically Olivia Newton John ;). I still have all the songs going through my head and have been humming them doing the dishes, the laundry, the cooking etc. - makes everything more fun :) 

I hope you have a chance to try out the movie inspiration for this week over at our Cinema Saturday blog (every week we pick a movie from which to draw inspiration - it can be from the dialogue, the characters, the costumes, the movie jacket, anything really - and you can create anything from this movie: card, layout, altered project, etc!).  

Thanks so much for coming over for a visit!
Hope all of you are happy and healthy!!
Best wishes,
Sankari :)


27 comments:

Ophthalmologist said...

What a great idea to use a cupcake! You caught the cartoon style perfectly.
I hope your son gets better soon - some antibiotics should be able to help him (and his surely tired Mom) rather quickly...
I'm thinking of you!
Sending a big hug,
Christiane

Sherri said...

How creative! ...and super cute! I can't believe the embossing! Totally adorable! I love that it made you think of your hubby and karoke you did together!!

I can't get the music out of my head this week either!!

Amy, Ottawa, Canada said...

This is a blast. I am amazed that you not only had the time to make/post a card, but one so creative. Who needs sleep? LOL Take care of you little ones & rest up yourself. Thanks again for all the effort & time you've put into CSCC.

fishlips said...

This is so Cute and Darling...Wow I'm so impressed!!!

Dawn said...

How creative! What a wonderful job on this card... and what an imagination you have! thanks for sharing!

Savitri said...

Cute cute cute!!! Such a fun and as always unique card!

Oh wow, my parents finally left this afternoon. I have my craft room back! It was nice to just be able to sit there :) Now I'll be able to keep up with my blog buddies' creations too! I know I haven't visited here (and many others) in a while.

Hope your son gets better!!! I hope you get lots of rest too. It's always tough when this happens. I am soooo glad M's a healthy girl but when she does get sick, man, she takes the whole house down!

Carolina said...

Sorry to read about your son..hope he feels better soon and hope you get some much needed rest!

Thanks for sharing such a a fun card and so very creative! Love your take on the sketch.

Ann said...

This is too stinkin' cute! Thanks for another fun challenge, and thanks for your sweet comments on my entry! :D

gale said...

Oh my I guessed Grease but then thought no way I could be right! lol. Love that card-how cute to use cupcake stamps!

Elena said...

Sorry to hear about your son... Hope he will feel better soon...
This card is so creative! Love the new image of the cupcakes! So inspirational!

Regan said...

this crazy creative..how do you come up with these things???

too funny, just love it

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Adorable! Now I'm going to be singing that song all day!

Kathryn said...

WOW -- You are so very creative -- this is so fantastic -- Love the movie GREASE so much -- Great job! :)

Catherine said...

I hope your son gets better soon, Sankari. My daughter lost her voice friday night but no fever, i thought she had strep also but woke up the following day and she's fine.

Your card is just too cute, I had a hard time with the challenge last week and when i saw this yesterday, i said to myself that i'll think of something...today.. still NOTHING :(

Ida said...

Very fun and creative! Cute too.

zukesgirl said...

VERY cute -- Love the car and the "cupcakes" so fun!



I hope everyone is well soon! I would love to see you in December, let me know the dates.

Taylor said...

Sooo cute! Love your Cinema Saturday challenges!

Tlbran said...

WOW! How creative to use cupcake images! Your car turned out so cute.

Anonymous said...

Cute, cute card. I love that you used cupcakes. I hope your son feels better soon. My baby has had an upset tummy for several days now and I can sympathize. When one of my kids gets sick there is usually at least two more sick.

The Mama Monkey said...

LOL this is GREAT! My DH would love it, as he is a huge Grease fan!! Awesome card!

Heather said...

Wow I love your card! I love all the detail! Great job.

Anonymous said...

I would love to submit my card but I can't seem to post. What should I do
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Unknown said...

what a great card! this is so cute!

Lin said...

too cute!!
Sandy and Zuko are awesome!!

Anthonette said...

That is soooo cute! I'm going to work on my Cinema Saturday card tomorrow.

I hope your son is feeling better. A sudden fever like that must have been scary.

thescrapmaster said...

That is just such a perfect card for Grease!!

~Samantha

Shirley said...

How darn cute! I think John Travolta would be impressed and so would Olivia!! Cute cute card!