KNIGHTS

The movie of the week at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge is: What a fun movie! It's about a young man who wants to be a knight, but is a peasant and therefore not eligible for knighthood and tournaments. He works hard to "change his stars" like his father told him. The challenge for this movie is to use a star. I took the color green, like William's banquet tunic that was sewn by Roland, as my inspiration.
Last week I made an 18th Birthday card for a nephew and came across this star stamp set. I thought that this stamp from the set would be perfect for his Graduation this spring. Then, along came this challenge! This star has alot of good advice on it, but I had to add the heart stamped with my final advice. Whatever you do it has to be what you want.
I enjoyed planning my project and putting it together, but I'm not a great (not even good) photographer. I couldn't get color and clarity to work together. I decided to go for clarity in this post.

I used Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Always Artichoke card stock and ink for my green (the colors are darker in the photo). I also used brushed silver (like armour) embossed in my Big Shot and Brushed Gold (for the prizes) cardstock and the large heart punch. I used In the Stars (ret.) and Whimsical Words stamp sets. All from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping to see...I love your comments, Grammie

AUTUMN

Surprise, surprise! Here is a post that I started just before Halloween and never got published. It's amazing, because the drive that we had all of our photos saved to died, but these pics live on in blogdom.
Anyway, I love the colors and freshness of Autumn. It also feels calmer when the children of the neighborhood are at school and there are no bikes and scooters rushing past the house. Maybe a little lonelier too. Of course, there are the weekends when the grandkids want to get away from their parents, and they come to visit.

Last year, I went to my first corn maze. I was looking for something different to do with Spencer. The theme waas Narnia, and the entrance was a wardrobe. When I stepped out of the back of the wardrobe, I felt like Lucy...there was "snow"all over. It was beautiful.
That was the end of the magic; it took us 2 hours to find our way out and we missed one of the check points. We did decide to do it again this year, but we brought Grampy with us to navigate. This year the theme was "Honey, I Shrunk the Farm". Above is Spencer and me on a giant chair. Next
we have our navigator checking the map...that's why it took us only 45 minutes this year.
Norm and Spencer also tried slinging pumpkins. They got good distances, but no bulls eyes.

I hope you don't mind months old blogs. But you are patient, that's why Grammie loves YOU.

Cinema Saturday is back!

It's been a long time since I've blogged, but I'll make excuses and show what's been happening in another blogg. This blog is simply to get me back into challenges. What could be better than Cinema Saturday's challenge to bring iridesent sparkle to the gorgeous "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"? This may be, to me, the most beautiful movie of all time. I has so much important information in the story, but I would watch this movie with the sound off if the story wasn't good.

The recipe for this birthday card is:

Brushed Silver & Not Quite Navy card stock and retired Soft Sky Carousel notes;

Medallion, Party Hearty, & Wings Of(ret.) stamps;

VersaMark and Encore! silver ink;

Elementary Ribbon Originals;

Iridescent Ice and Silver embossing powder

All Supplies from Stampin' Up

love you, Grammie

HALLOWEEN

Hocus Pocus is such a funny movie with everything Halloween in it; witches, zombies, trick or treaters, mischief, spells, brews, etc. I swear that any time it's on TV my husband finds it and watches it. He loves Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker, and they look so goofy in this movie.

For my card I wanted to use a really great witch stamp that I got from Waltzing Mouse Stamps. It's in the Halloween Party set, and as soon as I saw this witch I wanted the set. She's very old fashioned looking and I think she could be the Sanderson sisters' mother, so I stamped her on green paper, cut her upper body out and framed her for the "girls" to hang on their wall. Then I stamped a caldron for each sister, but put a different brew in each. Claire Brennan, the stamp designer made this easy by making the caldron and brew stamps separate.

Besides the Halloween Party stamp set, I used SU certainly Celery and Perfect Plum cardstock, Night & Day DSP, and cosmo fine glitter.

Happy Halloween, all!

Cinema Saturday 54

Doesn't everyone love "Finding Nemo"? It's a story that all ages can relate to. Children wanting to be independent, and parents who want to let go, but aren't sure that their child is ready yet.

It's a parent's worst nightmare when something bad happens to their child, and they'll go to any lengths to make things right again.

Fortunately, I was in Marlin's place when he took Nemo to school, but I never had to undertake a major rescue.

I made my "Bloom" card as a tribute to my girls who have made my parenthood relatively easy, and my grandparenthood wonderful.

I interpreted the Challenge Colors as Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy, Whisper White, and Cameo Coral (too pink in the photo I'm afraid) by Stampin' Up. The stamp set is "Bloomin' Beautiful".

Love to all you parents and good children who visited.

CSCC #53: ELIZABETH THE GOLDEN AGE

The requirement this week at Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge is to be inspired by the movie "Elizabeth the Golden Years", and have a crown on the project. I hadn't seen this movie, but I was glad to have the need. I love this period of history, and this film is gorgeous...the clothes, the jewels, the wigs not to mention the setting and actors.!

There is no way I could choose a single element for inspiration. But, I did need to make 2 birthday cards. My nephew Andy, and a friend from my card playing group are having birthdays. I decided to use the same stamp set and color scheme for both, but they are very different.


I used "Card Games" stamps from SU (note that the King and Queen are wearing crowns) and SU color markers Summer Sun and Real Red to color them on Whisper White cardstock. I used "Pink Flamingo" DSP by SU; the red flower on Mo's card to represent the beautiful brocades that were Elizabeth's dresses, and the golden rays on Andy's card to show strength. I also tried to highlight the crowns by putting diamond dust on them.





I finished Andy's card with a piece of retired SU ribbon and verse from "Party Hearty" stamp set by SU. I used Real Red and Summer Sun cardstock.

Ifinished Mo's card with organza ribbon and a rhinestone brad and flowers from the Pretties kit, one colored with Summer Sun. I used some sticky rhinestones from my stash in the Queen's neckline to represent her jewels. It was all set on Brushed silver cardstock.

I really enjoyed making these and I hope you liked looking.
Thanks for coming by.

MY BIG FAMILY

Boy it's been a long time since I posted something new on my blog. Last week I was kind of busy getting ready for the Stamping Cruise and my niece's wedding. This week I was having fun with my little sister who was up for the wedding and staying over for the cruise that I was still getting ready for.

I come from a family with 6 kids. We love each other, but we don't get together enough. There is the annual Christmas Party (except last year...SNOW!), weddings, and at the end of May 27 of 35 members of my extended family surprised me with a Birthday party. It was great!

A couple of weeks ago Norm and I celebrated granddaughter Erin's Birthday with her. She and brother Jonas were so happy to be visited by Red the Red Robin. We all had so much fun.

This last weekend one of my nieces got married...my oldest brother's daughter. It was so much fun with brothers, sister, nieces and nephew all together.

Today, before sister Sara leaves town, we got together with our older sister's (she isn't with us anymore) daughters...red headed twins. They're fun and just gorgeous.

I am so lucky to be in the family that I'm in. I love them all so much.