2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's sketch #33 - I love you card :)

Good Morning Everyone,

Kazan has an awesome sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You today! And what is really cool behind the sketch is that the sponser this week is Living Rooms Direct - who asked us to pick something from their store (some piece, like furniture, lamps, rugs, etc.) as inspiration from which to make the card from. There are SO many things in the store that it was hard to pick just one - but as soon as I saw this rug in their contemporary rug section - I totally wanted to make a card from it.  

I used these texture-y velvet soft papers for my card - kind of mimicking the soft texture of the rug. I loved playing around and creating this card :)

Card Details:

Papers: inkadinkado

Ink: Real Ruby from SU!

Stamps: Fresh Flowers from Taylored Expressions

Accessories: liquid pearls, black grommet, red bling from Martha, corner rounder, ribbon from stash. circle cutters from CM

Check out the rest of the DT's simply awesome creations!!! Hope you get a chance to play along this week! 

Have a great week!!!

Hugs!

Sankari :)

TWILIGHT - Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #32

Alright all you Twilight lovers! This one is dedicated to YOU!

This week at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge - we are featuring the hugely popular movie Twilight - which is based on the book series by Stephanie Meyers. The Twilight Saga has just taken the world by storm and it is amazing how huge of a cultural impact it has created globally. Every week, we pick a movie from which we draw inspiration in creating a card, layout, altered item,etc. And this was such a fun movie to do for that - there are a ton of different images and themes that you could do for this movie! And we hope that all of you play along!!!

The requirement this week was to use the colors black, red and sparkles - but you aren't limited to those colors. And even though we weren't limited - I just felt inspired by those colors and just kept the card to two colors. I love the cover of the book with apple in the hands - and the image of the apple and all the symbols evoked by the apple drew me in. So I created an apple card! :) Can I just tell you that I had SO much fun creating this card!!!

According to WikiAnswers: in the movie Twilight: the apple stands for the forbidden fruit - Bella is the fruit and her blood is forbidden to Edward. The whole notion of love transcending different forbidden interactions (vampire/human, etc.) was something that is just immemorial. They are both the apple of each other's eye - and so even though their love is forbidden - the purity of the love transcends any social convention and allows the walls that have been built up in their hearts to crumble. So I went with the sentiment: Apple of My Eye.

According to the author of the book Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, the apple for her represents the following: "The apple on the cover of Twilight represents "forbidden fruit." I used the scripture from Genesis (located just after the table of contents) because I loved the phrase "the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil." Isn't this exactly what Bella ends up with? A working knowledge of what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is it has so many symbolic roots. You've got the apple in Snow White, one bite and you're frozen forever in a state of not-quite-death... Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek mythology—look how much trouble that started. Apples are quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity of the picture. To me it says: choice." -Stephenie Meyer

I downloaded this apple image and then cut it out on black cardstock . I also downloaded a Twilight font and created the swirls and sentiment: Apple of my Eye, in Photoshop. After printing it out twice - I cut one up to match the apple shape and the other one, I cut out the swirls and adorned it with red crystal bling - along with one dot of crystal bling. I ran the red leaf through an embossing plate for texture and gave it a little black shading.

There are so many more ideas still floating about in my head - and I hope I have sometime this week to make another few cards!

I hope you will all play along with us!!! The Audrey recipient from this challenge, will be our next featured guest designer! YAY! So what are you waiting for!

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

See you at Twilight!

Thank you so much for coming over for a visit!!

Ciao for now :)

Sankari

Thinking of You card

Good Morning Everyone,

Seriously! Where is this week going? Why does it seem that some weeks are super slow and some weeks are super fast? Maybe its the weather... its been getting so nice around here that we have been outside alot and suddenly the day seems over with..! 

Well, I am looking forward to the end of the week... things around here have been a little unsettled... but hopefully things will settle down this weekend. I am so grateful to have a little stamp therapy available to calm the nerves :) 

I loved this Verve sketch that Julee has created  and I also have been wanting to play along with my buddy Libby's challenge: From Courtney's Closet (an Inspiration Challenge) where she picks a cute little somethin from her cutie patootie daughter Courtney's closet as an inspiration for a card, etc. You can see this week's picture here (isn't her daughter soooo adorable?!) I loved that cute outfit that Courtney is wearing... and I wish I had some scotty stamps... but I don't ... so I went with the colors of the dress and created a little card based on the sketch. I used one of my fave new sets from Taylored Expressions for this card called Fresh Flowers.

I made this card for a special lady who is such an inspiration to me... the vase and flower were paper pieced and I created a little border of silver dots... because Courtney's dress had a cute little black and white border.

Card details:

Paper: Basic Grey (Ambrosia and Cupcakes)

Stamps: Fresh Flowers for the vase and flowers and Branching Out for the sentiment: Thinking About You" - both from Taylored Expressions

Ribbon: Red Organdy Swirl ribbon from Taylored Expressions

Ink: Ruby Red Stampin Up!

Accessories: Corner rounder, liquid pearls, silver marker, button from stash

I hope you all have a chance to try Libby's challenge and Julee's sketch! I was psyched to have a half day off today and so I don't have to run to work till lunchtime - so I am off to the exciting world of cleaning up and laundry... I know I know... its such a glamourous  task that I have ahead of me... kind of red carpet glamour... but in my case more like vacumming the red carpet in our living room  :) LOL! 

Hope you all are having a fantastic week so far!

Thank you so much for visiting my little corner :)

Ciao for now!

Sankari :)