…and it's Twilight! So does that surprise you that I did it? Ha!
My beautiful friend Sankari and her friend Brooke have a great Blog where they have a challenge every Saturday. On Friday they show snippets, and when I say snippets I mean teensy itsy bitsy tiny mini picture pieces of a movie, they keep adding more so you can guess the movie that they will be doing the challenge for on the following day. You would be surprised at how fast people guess with such a small hint.
So this week was Twilight. The challenge was to use the colors Red and Black in your card with Sparkles! You are not limited to those two colors, and you were to have fun adding the sparkle. Well Sankari's card is drop dead gorgeous and I love how she takes the pictures of her cards. I was gabbing with her last week, and I told her I was going to start doing her challenges, so I picked a great week to start. She also promised to come visit me in Arizona, and that I can hardly wait for.
Here is my card. I used the apple because there is an apple on the book cover, and the apple is forbidden fruit like Bella (although with me doing the cleanse diet, I am eating a lot of them lately), and I love love love this retired set, and it was full of apples. I was tempted to color them all green, except one, but I just did them all red. This is also my first attempt at coloring a full image and making a card using my sansodor and watercolor pencils, I also used the prismacolor pencils too. I love how the bucket and the background turned out. I wish my apples had more definition, but I have to practice more.
Let me know what you think…
Stamp Set: Give Thanks, Great Friend
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, Basic Black, Real Red, Patterns Pack from Hostess set
Misc: Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor Pencils, Sansodor, stumps (getting used to those too), white gel pen, little bit of bling (for my sparkle) was added on the screw of the handle of the bucket.
I like how it turned out. My friend Marjori will be so happy I used this set, it is one of her favorite…ha!!! (waving Hi to Marjori with a sheepish grin)
Here you can see it a little closer, aren't I getting all fancy with my crooked photos?
A few of you have emailed me to ask me to take pictures of my neighbors fence. I went out today to do it, and they have filled more in, and I was afraid my neighbor would wonder what I was doing.
To get a good picture, I would have to go over closer to the fence and he would really see me. He is nice, but I still don't want him asking questions about what I was doing…you will just have to take my word on it.
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Have a great Tuesday, I am headed to the dentist, I think I got a crown loose, I hope not, but sometimes it feels like it, perhaps all the apple acid juice has eaten away my crown glue. My BFF Tracy is coming for a week, the first part of June so I wanna get all that stuff done before she comes. I also have my Technique Lovers Class to figure out and post projects so that can all be ordered too by the end of the month.
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Thanks so much for stopping in! Make sure to try the Cinema Saturday challenge. I'm gonna go turn on my Twilight soundtrack while I work on my class…and be inspired!
Cute card – nice how you broke out those apples and the bucket again!!! Oh my gosh…I just looked at Sankari's card….holy holy holy – that is the bomb!
I've signed up to follow her blog, so hopefully I'll have some time to participate in a few of her challenges.
Thanks for letting us know about her blog.
Love ya
Jax
DIANA!!!! I am so glad that you played! Seriously, you are just the cutest, wittiest, sweet girl! Your card is just beautiful!!! I LOVE all the apple imagery and your coloring is awesome! I think you need to do a sansador tutorial! Maybe I have to come in person for a tutorial!! !YAY! Thank you so much for playing along – you totally made my day!!! You DA best!!! Sending you a TON of hugs!!!
Love YA!!!!
Sankari 🙂
I think it's beautiful!!
It's funny how people interpret things. When I read that the challenge was Twilight I immediately thought of something dark and sinister (I haven't read the books though or seen the movie). I was pleasantly suprised when I scrolled down and saw your card. I read that you used the apple and so I was thinking "single apple". Again, against maybe a dark backdrop with one apple glittered up. Your interpretation was totally opposite of my thinking but I LOVE it! Your coloring was great (I'm headed to Michaels this weekend with my 40% off coupon). Thank you for introducing us to the challenge.
I love the coloring that you have done. ITs beautiful. This is one of my favorite sets from stamping up.
I love all the apples!! The layout is fabulous! I love this challenge. Last week was my first time participating. I love using a new tool to get my creative juices flowing:)
BTW…good luck at the dentist. I hope everything turns out well:)
The colouring is lovely, Diana. Keep Sankari to her promise to come visit ya … that would be a fun get together!
Super cute card, love your coloring and that little brad is just perfect!
Great take on the challenge, so cute!