Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Inspired by My Fair Lady

Welcome to the Gina K Designs Illustrator Challenge to create a card inspired by a movie. You have to use one of the newly release stamps that you can find HERE. Gina will pick next month's CSS Guest DT from one of the participants and will receive the entire May release! How exciting is that? You can find all the details on Gina's blog.

My cards today were inspired by a classic, My Fair Lady, starring one of my favorite actresses, the glamorous Audrey Hepburn. My girls and I watched it together for the first time just a few weeks ago. This movie has it all: great acting, awesome music and beautiful costumes. I remember one scene in particular when Liza was taken out to the public for the first time after she started training under Prof Higgins. It was the horse race scene and the ladies showed up with beautiful gowns and hats on. Those patterns remind me of the ones on my Vintage Backgrounds set.

I followed the colored scheme from the movie poster above for both cards, using Passionate Pink, Black Onyx and Smokey Slate. The first card uses several images from Vintage Backgrounds. The girl from Asela's Sew Pretty set reminds of the high-class ladies from the movie. She has an air of confidence that's similar.


My second card uses the text stamp as background. The little twigs are from Tropical Flowers an the butterflies are from the Spring Mix Stamp TV Kit.

Make sure you go to Gina's blog to find more information then check out these designers' links for all the projects they have prepared for tonight's challenge:
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29 comments:

  1. Wow! Nina, those are both lovely - but I just ADORE that second card! SO gorgeous!!

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  2. WOW--these are super pretty! I LOVE both! You are super creative--love love love your style:)

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  3. Amazing! We both had PINK on the brain. hehe. I love it Nina. :)

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  4. Oh beautiful!!!! I also just LOVE that movie!! The pink and black design is fabulous!!!

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  5. LOVE that movie...your cards are gorgeous. Love the black and pink!

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  6. so pretty in pink!! gorgeous cards, Nina!

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  7. Oh, great cards! A pink and black is one of my favorites -- My Fair Lady also!

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  8. Awesome movie and your creations! LOVE the pink and black, so gorgeous!

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  9. Gorgeous cards.......love the pink and black!

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  10. Wow great minds must think alike. I used the same stamps & color combo but a different movie.Lol... You are really rocking these new stamps Nina. Can't wait for you to see mine

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  11. This pink and black is gorgeous.

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  12. Your cards are absolutely amazing! Love this pink flower and pink butterflies!

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  13. Both cards are beautiful, Nina! Love the colors! The paper flower and butterflies are so pretty!

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  14. Beautiful cards! I'm soooo loving the colors and the inspiration for them.

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  15. I love both of these, but the first def. picks up on the My Fair Lady theme. It's a great movie!

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  16. terrific inspiration and poster! I've seen this movie about a hundred times. Love your built up background with the rows and the lady over it, looks great! beautiful butterfly card!

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  17. Gorgeous cards, Nina! What fantastic inspiration and interpretation!!

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  18. Your cards are stunning, Nina. What a great movie to select. I absolutely love the Vintage Boarder stamps and have been using them on nearly all my cards since I got them.

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  19. Absolutely gorgeous!! Love how you did the background!!

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  20. Oh la la...that second card speaks to me with those pretty butterflies and gingham ribbon! :)

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  21. WOW...both of your cards are over-the-top fabulous!!!

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  22. Oh, how fun. I love My Fair Lady. Love the butterfly card too!

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  23. i love pink and your cards, nina! it looks so great with the black:)

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  24. Beautiful cards Nina and that is one of my favorite movies too! Just can't get better than Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison :o) Such a classic!

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  25. I love both cards! I can especially see how the image and colors in the first card represent "My Fair Lady". (I love that movie, too!) I love the second card just as much.

    How did you make the flower on the first card? I'd love to know what type of paper you used, too.

    Thanks!

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  26. Hi Nina i want to learn to make this type of cards.Can you tell me how u make it?

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  27. These are great!!! I totally love the colors and the butterflies are amazing!

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  28. Seeing all the cards I missed is like drinking in beauty... you never cease to delight me, Nina! These are particular faves so far... I love all the pink. Gorgeous!

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