Gina K Designs Spotlight DT Call

It's that time again when Gina K does her monthly search for a new "spotlight Designer".  This month Gina has challenged everyone to create a project that is inspired by their favorite movie. I IMMEDIATELY knew what my all time favorite was.  The Wizard of Oz!  I've watched that movie every year since I can remember.  I STILL do!! It is one of my daughter's favorites as well. (I cannot tell you how MANY copies of this movie I have.. all the way from "I recorded myself"... to collector copies received as gifts... hee hee.)

"Follow the yellow brick road"... that's the FIRST thing I think of.  For my card I created my own version of the yellow brick road.  I used my Scor-Pal to create the lines of the road.  Then, I covered the entire card front with Versamark and sprinkled some Ultra Thick Clear Embossing powder over it all.  Once heated up with my heat gun... it was a HUGE come-to-life "yellow brick road" that I always dreamed of being on when I was a kid. *smile*

I wanted my card to reflect a bit of the "black and white" part of the movie as well and I chose Rupa Shevde's, "Welcome Home" set to resemble the house the movie shows as Dorothy's home.  I used only one of the houses which I thought resembled the show most.  Since in the beginning you can't see what color the house actually is... I decided to color it grey and leave the fence and porch area white.  The roof had to look a bit worn and seems to me (in that I work for my father who owns a roofing company) that most of the older homes had these gross looking "rusty" colored shingles on them. LOL  So, I used my Copic markers to create my colors and for the sky and ground (which in the movie looks like they have NO grass!) I sponged on some chalk.  I perched my image on some bright green "sparkle" card stock to mimic "Emerald City's" brilliance. 

I really wanted to use Nina Brackett's, "Vintage Backgrounds" against this but realized with the shiny surface and the slight bumpiness, it wouldn't quite look as crisp as I wanted.  So... if I can't use Nina's stamps... I used lace FROM Nina!!  She was so kind to send me this beautiful lace all the way from Croatia!!  I weaved a bit of yellow ribbon through it and added it to the side of my card.

THEN... just to make sure I got a bit of the nostalgic look with my bright and shiny card, I used some Tim Holtz grunge board and dabbed on a bit of the Distress Inks.  I stamped the "Home Sweet Home" sentiment in white which I tried not to press to hard with since I wanted it to look old and worn.  (But still readable... ha!)

If you would like to play along, choose your favorite movie and make a project featuring one of the new stamp sets from Gina K Designs April release. Add your direct link to your project on Gina's Blog in the Mister Linky area. Gina will look at each one of the projects and choose a designer who will be invited to join her design team for the May release! Have your project up by this Wednesday, May 12th by 8:00PM and the winner will be announced on Friday, May 14th.

Have fun creating your favorite movie project and good luck!!