Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge # 5 - Memoirs of a Geisha

Good Morning Everyone,

This week's Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge showcases the Oscar winning movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). It is a movie that I have wanted to see and that Brooke has wanted to see - so we picked it for this week's challenge. What a great way to watch a movie - to be able to talk about it with your blogging buddy and then create something from it that was inspiring - I had a really great time this week making this card.

I created two cards for this challenge. I (actually made 5 cards in total from these papers - the whole set is at the end of this post. Here are the two cards for this week's challenge:

The inspiration piece really came from this part of the movie, where the geisha's perform and are wearing this beautiful pink, purple silk with flowers flowing from their hair.


The card that I made came from the scene above. I used Julee's holiday blitz sketch #4 for this card. I beaded silk flowers with pink, champagne, lavendar color beads that I then attached to a golden color knitting needles. The papers are from Yosumato and are origami papers, the stamps are a gift from my dad (from last year that was inked finally) and then it was embossed with gold EP. I love the sentiment: Fortunate" because Chiyo was so fortunate to have someone to help her in a world where no one could be trusted. This is doubling as a birthday card for a friend - and is wishing that she is always blessed with good fortune.


This second card that I made is inspired from when Chiyo is practicing the art of dancing with these golden fans. Its really quite amazing and beautiful. I wanted to incorporate the red and black colors that are painted in a geisha's face (the striking red lips, the striking black eyebrows and hair). And the sentiment of friend and joy - that having a good friend brings a great joy to the heart. This card uses Julee's holiday release sketch #5 from the

These cards were so much fun to make - I thoroughly enjoyed working with these beautiful papers and beading for this project.
Don't forget to check out Brooke's awesome card for this challenge! I hope that you have a chance to check out our movie challenge over at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge.

Come on over and play with us!!!

Thanks for coming over for a visit!!
See you at the movies!
Sankari

Sweet Friend Card (2nd card for Kristina's challenge & 2S4U challenge)

Happy Thursday everyone,

A quick post for a quick card that I just made this morning for a dear friend of mine in town. A few days ago she gave me a box of embellishments. When I say a box, I mean a crate...  literally, a crate. She has had a ton of stuff and was giving them away and she gave some boxes of things to friends she knows are into craft stuff. I was just blown away by her generosity and have wanted to make her a thank you card. 

While going through the box this morning, I came across these felt flowers that were so similar to Kristina's color inspiration challenge this week, that I had to make a second card. The flowers felt like it could work with Laura's sketch #12 this week at 2S4U (I have missed playing these sketches and was so psyched to be able to play this morning). 

The swatch of colors for this week are Pacific Point, Taken with Teal, Elegant eggplant, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White. I totally totally totally love these colors together - for some reason - it reminds me of an Indian sari that my mom has... and so I had to play again. 

You can check out my first card Kristina's CI here or just scroll down one post). I rounded my white cardstock, rounded the "teal" color that I had and added the felt flowers that were in the box of embellishments that my friend gave me (they are from the company "Handmade Art"). I used a blue Marvy Matchables to stamp the sentiment "Sweet Friend"  from Taylor's SASI collection. The ribbon is from Offray, the blue scallop-y edge is from a Martha punch. 

I can't wait to give her this card with elements from the gift she gave me... so sweet of her...

Hope all of you are having sweet days. 

Thanks for coming over for a visit,

Ciao for now,

Sankari :)

come on over on friday for a sneak peek for Cinema Saturday's Creative Challenge.