London Calling

Today the Tour de France made it's way to London. LONDON BABY! I love London. Yay!

I pulled out some A-Muse Studio stamps called British Invasion for the bus and sentiment. So cute! The bicycle is the same little one from Hero Arts that I used on Saturday. Told ya I love that stamp! I had to add clouds, because it's a known fact that cute clouds make any card happier.

And yesterday at the Tour we learned that podium hostesses do not care for unsolicited smooches...

(David Bower's Vine, brought to my attention on Twitter by @dwuori.)

Ouch! No kisses for you, Vincenzo Nibali! Ha ha ha ha!

The British start has been completely full of awesome, but tomorrow the Tour heads to FRANCE!! Game on.

Stamps: British Invasion from A-Muse Studio, On The Go Bike from Hero Arts
Paper: Neenah Solar White
Ink: Hero Arts (Red Royal, Butter Bar, Black)
Other: MFT dies, washi tape, twine, foam tape

Cinema Saturday plus some others!!

First of all, very sorry for the crappy, blurry photo. *sigh* But anyway... I have one whopper of a challenge card for you today!!! First and foremost, it's my card for the latest Cinema Saturday challenge - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!! Of course I *loved* the original Willie Wonka movie and saw it about a gazillion times growing up. And I was soooo excited when I heard they were remaking it, and that none other than my one true love Johnny Depp would be in it!! (Oops, sorry Joel, I mean my second true love? Hmm. Probably still bad. Let's just say he's my favorite actor and leave it at that!) And while I did like the remake, I have to say the original is still my favorite. So this is my card inspired by the movie(s). I just went with the general chocolate theme, not focusing on any particular aspect of the movie. The images are from Stampin' Up's long-retired Oh So Sweet set (which I still LOVE!) and that awesome sentiment is from AMuse. This week's challenge had the added rule that we were to use BRIGHT COLORS. I think I achieved that. Yes? The colors are actually Dawn McVey's brand new color challenge. How fun to play along with a challenge right from the get-go, starting in Week 1! I wonder if I'll be able to be a regular? We shall see! But as for the Cinema Saturday rule - I thought using a plethora of different polka dots also added to the general "brightness" (or shall I say craziness?) of the card! You all know I love polka dots. I think this may be a new record for the amount of different ones on one card!!?? LOL! I played another challenge too - the sketch is this week's Sketch Challenge over on Splitcoast! It's a fun one! The chocolates have clear Glaze pen on them for shine, and Star Dust Stickles on the papers. My stitching is crooked, but so be it. ;-) And finally, I also made this for Jennifer Tapler's blog candy challenge. It's Jen's 1-year blogoversary, and she is doing something really special - gathering cards to use in an auction to benefit the Alzheimer's Association. Sadly, Jennifer's father has been afflicted with this horrible, scary disease. The blog candy she's gathered is YUMMY to say the least, so go and check it out!! And thanks for stopping by today!

• Stamps: Oh So Sweet from Stampin' Up, All I need is love from AMuse
• Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Passion, Whisper White, DP from The Paper Studio (yellow), AMuse (orange), Making Memories (pink)
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Passion, Chocolate Chip marker
• Accessories: Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots folder, Janome Sew Mini, Bazzill mini brads, scallop ribbon (American Crafts? May Arts? I forget.), clear Glaze pen, Star Dust Stickles