Cinema Saturday #25 - Goldfinger and BLOG CANDY!!!

First of all - Thank you to all of you who come to our blog and guess with us on Friday nights for the sneak peeks, who play along with us, who comment and everything else in between! You all have become like a little mini blog family and we are truly truly truly grateful to all of YOU!!! So as a special little treat - we have included a little blog candy with this challenge!

Welcome to our 25th Challenge at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge!!! We are so excited to have done 25 challenges and wanted to do something fun and action packed --- what could be better suited than than a classic James Bond movie... the 1964 classic movie Goldfinger. Did you know that Goldfinger won an Oscar for Best Effects and Sound!

The requirement this week... well.... it had to be to add some gold to your card! Either a little or a lot.... go for gold!

This is a great site to find more info on James Bond, as is this site.
It was so much fun to pick a James Bond movie for this week's Cinema Challenge - can I just tell you that I have the song Goldfinger totally stuck in my head now.... (randomly all last night, I would just start singing... Gold..fing-ah.... LOL!) I have to say Connery is definitely a Bond... no one can pull off that terrycloth bathing jumper (from the scene when he was in Miami) than Connery... seriously...!

There were sooo many different things that I wanted to do with this card -- but all my inspiration kept coming back to the opening and so I based my card on that opening shot.... this is a little birthday card for a special friend of mine (whom shall not be named... but whose name starts with B and ends with E and rhymes with cook :)

I created the silhouette on Photoshop and the sentiment too. After printing it out - I cut out the image out with my CM cutters and then adhered it to black and gold circles. I punched circles from Martha's mini scallop punch and adhered on the back of the image. The I punched out a 1 3/4 circle and traced it around the head of the image and then from there I created some swirl patterns around the image and then colored it in gray alternatingly. I added some liquid pearls (of course... i am on such a "dot" kick right now!) and then tied a bow using the rbibon in my stash. And as a finishing touch, I added some stardust stickles to the image for a little more blinged out Bond girl feel :)

I am truly grateful to all of you for inspiring me each week and for playing our challenge! I am also grateful to my movie challenge partner Brooke - thank you for all that you do! I remember last year around this time, around the summer, I had this idea to create a challenge based on movies... and now to see that this challenge blog is at 25 challenges - I am just totally psyched! Thank you!!!!- you guys are really just awesome and I am so glad that I got to meet you all in blogland!

As a special thank you - I wanted to give away some really yummy blog candy:

1. The chance to win Taylor's newest set: Branching Out (my favorite set!)

2. And also the chance to win the Prudence Paper Collection kit from Taylored Expressions!!!

Please check out the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge for more details!!! 

Thank you so much for coming over to visit my little corner! You are the best!

Big hugs to all!
Sankari :)

Blog Awards and Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge # 7 and Blog Candy

Good Evening Everyone,

Hope everyone's Tuesday is going great! Just wanted to thank everyone who has nominated me for an award - you guys are the sweetest - and I am totally honored that you have chosen me - and totally humbled that you even read my blog or leave such sweet comments - you guys are just toooo sweet!

My friend and fellow PaperCraftPlanet Design Team Member Adela awarded me the Arte y Pico award to me - thanks Adela - you are so sweet and totally inspire all with your beautiful creations. Here are the rules for this award:

1. Select 5 blog that you feel deserve this award for their creativity, design, intreesting material and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog.

3. Each award winner upon acceptance should show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given him or her the award.

4. Link to the Arte y Pico blog, so that everyone will know the oribin of this award.

5. show these rules

So I would like to pass this Award to these amazing bloggers - if you don't already check them out - you have to see what these amazing crafters are up to - no doubt you will be inspired!

1. Eva of  For the Love of Life 

2. Anthonette of Chavez Designs

3. Samantha of Ryemilian's Stamping and Scrapbooking

4, Tina of Traveling Mama

5. Kisa of Kisa's Paper Cuts

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My SCS blogging buddy Traci, nominated me for this beautiful Butterfly Award - so sweet Thank you so much Traci, I am totally honored! You have to check our her site and see all her lovely creations - along with reading her fun stories that she shares with her blog posts. The rules for this award is to

1. pick 10 people to pass this award to them

2. Contact them and let them know that you have chosen their blog for this award

3. Link to the person who gave this award to you

The 10 People I chose for this award are absolutely wonderful creative bloggers who always amaze me with their creativity and inspired me with their sweet comments.

1. Samantha S. of The Scrapmaster's Paradise

2. Curt - Curt's World

3. Maria - of Stampin' Inspirations -

4. Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad -

5. Sioban - Adventures from the Monkey Hut

6. Sherri - Roses in My Heart -

7.. Ann - Creative Antics -

8. Erin - Cards by Fishlips -

9. Louise - Louise - that's me!

10. Becky - Scrapbooking by a Long Time Beginner

11. Tori - Wild Stamping Sprinkles

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Traci also nominated by for the Kreativ Blogger Award - Traci - you are tooooo much!! you really know how to spoil a girl!!! Thank you so much for this double honor!!!

1. pick 5 people to pass this award to

2. Contact them and let them know that you have chosen them for this award and then

3. Link back to the person who gave this award to you.

The five bloggers who I chose for this award are just stellar crafters - they are amazing, funny, creative and total sweethearts.

1.Mackenzie - Midnight Scramper

2. Regan - Stampy McStamperson

3. Stacy - Stacy's Stamping Stage

4. Donna - Serenity in Stamping

5. Rachel - Inspirations by Rachel

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So in the midst of Award fever :) I thought I would make a little inspiration award too - to give to some of the amazing crafters in our blogland who I have had the chance to get to know- here are twenty wonderful ladies who never cease to amaze me in both their crafting and in who they are as a person. Ladies, I have totally enjoyed getting to know you through the magic of blogland and in our conversations either on the phone, through emails or the discussion boards. Check out these wonderful bloggers :)

1. Brooke of Designs by Brooke

2. Catherine of Inksomnia

3. Amy 0f Tethered 2 Home

4. Savitri of Scrapbit

5. Christiane of Eye Can Stamp

6. Lauren Meader: My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence

7.Tammy 0f Stamp-Happy Tammy

8. Adela - Creations by AR

9. Lynn - Stamperosity

10. Kim - Clearly Inspired

11. Wendy - Paper Ink and Smiles

12. Susanna of Card of the Week

13. Jen - Jen Tapler Designs

14. Lori - Inking out loud

15. Dianna G - Stamping with Di

16. Jessica - iembellish

17. Melanie - Hands, Head and Heart

18. Erika - Stampin' Mama

This award is also for all those who are reading this - I am totally blown away by all the wonderful crafters I have met doing this blog! Even if your name isn't here - you are totally tagged!!!If you would all like to post this award on your blog and pass it on that would be great. Choose however many you would like...its hard to choose a set number... :) and pass it on!

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I have been so far behind in posting... that I didn't even post my Cinema Saturday Card !! How did I forget that?? Probably because I already posted it on our challenge site...sigh...

This week,Brooke and I picked the movie: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving - for the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge since it is just a classic - for the Thanksgiving Holidays that are fast approaching!

Originally,  I wanted to make a popcorn card - from the scene where snoopy tries to make popcorn and toast - but after 3 or 4 failed attempts and paper strewn about the floor - I thought I would go a different direction and go with Linus. I used Tammy's awesome sketch for the Sketch Challenge over at PaperCraftPlanet for my "Thankful Linus" card. Join our sketch challenge group here on PaperCraftPlanet - and stay tuned because this Friday, we are launching our 12 Days of Christmas giveaways!!!

I love Linus and I love that he loves his blanket. I never grew up something like a favorite blanket - but my husband did - and my mother in law has saved his blanket his little memory box of treasures, where it is preserved in its tattered glory. I printed a blank and white image of Linus from this site, and then colored him in and used some waterfall stickles on his blanket for a little extra something. I cut out the image and popped it up on dimensionals and on the oval cut from my CM oval cutters. I wrote the sentiment on some leftover foam and adhered the buttons from Making Memories. The cardstock and DP are from my scrap stash - so not a clue from whence they came...  :) This was a really fun card and the best part was making this card for my nephew and also making this card with my son.

Did you know that this Charlie Brown Special has been running on air for the last 35 years! WOW! Even listening to the theme music evokes so many memories of watching this on our couch when I was a little girl. So this year it was fun to watch it with our son who is 3. He really enjoyed the scene where Snoopy makes toast and popcorn! Brooke and I thought that it would be fun to have the kids make a Charlie Brown inspired card to post on our site too - and invite everyone to have their children or grandchildren make cards and post them too.

Here is my son making his card - he wanted to make the toast and popcorn scene. That's Charlie Brown's squiggle shirt that he drew there : totally cracked me up watching him do that... :)

And here is the finished product... He put a lot of time and effort into it and let me tell you - it was one of the cutest things watching his little hands glue everything together and explain everything to me as to what is what. Here is a picture that HE took!!! He was so excited to have take a picture for the blog :)

If you want the explanation - look no further... here it is in his words as to what is what in his picture  (I wish I had it on tape to record his little voice while he was telling me all the parts of his card..)

It was so funny to see that he drew a car for Charlie Brown and he totally insisted that the stamped sentiment that he picked out - had to be upside down. It was so nice to have some quality craft time with my son - and the cutest thing was that after he finished he told me that he had "blogged"

And as a special Thanksgiving treat - we are giving away a special little Blog candy for this challenge. We are so thankful to all those who follow our challenge site and to all those who play along. All you have to do is to make a card inspired by A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and post it to the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge site and you will be entered in a drawing to receive this sweet stamp set:

So, what are you waiting for!! Go on over to our Cinema Saturday site  for more details (click here) and join in the fun. And we would love to see the cards or projects that your children or grandchildren have made too!!! 

And that's not all. this coming Saturday's challenge has a special blog candy prize all of its own!! So come on back this Saturday for another Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge movie pick!!! 

Hope you are all having a great week so far!!!

Lots of stamping hugs to all!!

Best wishes,

Sankari :)

Special Card for Alzheimer's Day

Afternoon All,

When I came home from work - so thankful its Friday - all I wanted to do was surf around a little and relax. In my blog surfing, I came across THIS beautiful and amazing post that offers everyone the chance to contribute to a good cause as well as a chance to win a generous amount of blog candy in recognition of World Alzheimer's Day, over at Cammie's blog. Alzheimer's is a 

fatal and progressive brain disease that destroys brain cells. Cammie wanted to do something special for those who are the caregiver's for those who have Alzheimer's and so she asked everyone to create a card for this amazing group of people. So I made this card for the caregiver's at the Artman house in PA. 

I used Laura's beautiful sketch this week from 2S4U - I loved the little flourish on the right hand side and decided to use that to make a little flap for the card.  I tried to keep the card simple-ish. 

The curve-y part of the flap was made using my Creative Memories Decorative Trimmer. There isn't a sentiment because I didn't want to cover the pretty paper - which is actually gift wrap  - (the same gift wrap in white on the front and then the same pattern in red on the inside). 

The button on the bow on the front, has painted dots around it and a little red bling in the center. I used a clear velcro swatch to close the card together and when it opens up there is centered box for the note of the card. 

I have pictures of before and after the note was written to the staff at the Artman house. There is a scalloped edging on the inside of the card as well as some Prima flowers embellishing the bottom.  

All in all, this was such a special card to make for those who take care of those with this disease. Hopefully this card will help brighten someone's day and let them know that their care makes all the difference in the world.

The deadline for the blog drawing is 8pm central - but even if you can't do it by then - you can still make a card and send it either to the Artman House or to other caregiver's of this disease in your area. Thanks so much for looking and for coming over for a visit.

 

Ciao for now,

Sankari

Address for the Artman House:

 

To the Staff at the Artman House

250 N. Bethlehem Pike

Ambler, PA 1900

Card Recipe:

Paper: Gift wrap, cradstock from scrapbasket

Ink: Burgandy gel pen

Accessories: Ribbon from American Crafts, Paint, Circle punch with scalloped edge from Martha, Velcro adhesive, Prima flowers and Making Memories brads

Shows watched: I usually note down what show I watch while card making (because its usually at night after the wee ones are sleeping)- but this time  since it was during the day- I listened to the melodious sounds of my three year old and one year old trying to make music on their little tykes piano player.... I don't think I have much hearing left :)

BIRTHDAY BLOG CANDY!!!!

HI Everyone,

I love love love birthday celebrations - and for some reason - this year, I am really excited about my birthday! Which happens to be today - September 3rd :) YAY!

Why am I excited? I don't know - but I am really looking forward to it -  So I thought I would give away something special ------one of my most FAVORITE craft item ---> to some lucky person, which is.............. (drum roll please!!!)..........

an EVERYDAY DISPLAY BOARD from Creative Memories! (in white)

Here is a picture -   (note: the decoration on the board is just an idea - it doesn't come with the board)

This board measures 18 inches by 18 inches and is pretty solid.... it has a magnetic frame so you can always change things around and display your scrapbook pages, your pics, things to do list.... the possibilities are endless.... 

 if you click HERE - you can read more awesome features of this great product! (You can also click here and here to see some projects that I have made with it)

So all you have to do for the chance to get one of these awesome boards is leave a comment about one of your favorite birthday traditions -  here at the end of this post. (my most favorite tradition is our breakfast birthday party in pajamas with my family - a little pancake here, a few cupcakes there, throw in some waffles, a fruit salad and hugs from my kids and DH --- the day couldn't get better!)

You can comment from today through Sunday (Sept 7th) at midnight - then on the morning of Monday, (September 8th) - I will print out your comments - put your names in a hat and let my son pick out the lucky person!!! So be sure to check back here on Mon!  

Please only leave one comment per person! and also because of the heaviness of this item - only US/Canadian residents - sorry guys - i will do a lighter one for everyone soon! :)

Hope all of you are doing well!!! 

Best wishes!!!

Sankari :)