Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge # 13 -Mama Mia

YAY!! Finally the big reveal!! You guys had great guesses and it was one of the most fun sneak peek previews we have had!!! So for all of you who were wondering about those boards and beams of light in the sneak peek, here is the sneak peek photo (definitely sneaky!!!) :

Sneak Peek Photo

See, this photo is not from a scary movie, just a hot guy movie nothing to be afraid of...LOL!!

You were all so stinkin' cute with your guesses..

Well, first a little bit about the movie Mama Mia!! For those of you who haven't seen it --- you really must!!! (unless you don't like musicals or ABBA, but for those of you who like musicals AND ABBA, then this movie is really, definitely for YOU!!!! This movie is just fantastic and full of fun and love and songs that will get you on your feet dancing!!

According to Wikipedia, Mama Mia is a stage to film movie that is based on the 1999 musical of the same name and is based on the songs of the hit group ABBA. It has become the MOST sucessful Hollywood musical of all-time and in Britain, it even beat out the movie Titanic for highest grossing film of all time!! Now, that is something!! You can read more about the movie here.

And for those of you who haven't seen it - you can check out the official home site of the movie version of Mama Mia! here. This is a great site - it shows a trailer for the movie, along with some great clips also! We hope you all have a chance to watch this beautiful, toe-tapping, amazingly fantastic musical!!! Its just full of beauty, sweetness and absolute fun!!!!!

Brooke's Quick Mama Mia inspired cards:

So I ran down to my little studio this morning I only had a short time to make a card, and I just had to do two... I was really inspired with the textiles in this movie.. In Donna room on here bed there is a coverlet that's white with red and white embroidery. I love the simplistic beauty of the red and white... I choose the Sentiment on this card because "Life happens" and you just have to keep moving forward and enjoy every moment wether you planned it or not. In Donna's room there is a blue and white pillow that stood out in my mind. I had to make it, it reminded me of Greece's flag.. What is more Greek than blue and white. Jump over to my blog a see my favorite picture of Donna and her gals walking through the most beautiful fabric in the whole movie.. If I get a chance I want to make a project with that fabric as a inspiration...

So for my Husbands birthday this last July, he choose to go to "Mama Mia" and dinner for his b-day. We had a great time.. We both grew up listening to ABBA so we pretty much could sing along. I think my dad even had a 8-track. We had a great time watching this movie. There was a group of ladies in the front of the theater that got up and danced and sang along... If I would have had a group of girls, I probably would have danced and sang right along with them. I bought the sound track a week later... I just couldn't resist. My 5 year old (4 at the time) was at the park one day just swinging away and started belting out the song "Mama Mia" and my friend started laughing..... What have you and your mom been listening to I wonder... He loves to listen to the CD in the car but only he gets to sing along... If we sing he says "no singing please". My 10 year old know the music and is just so bummed that I won't let her watch the show... She will just have to wait a few years...

I got this movie for Christmas this year so I am sure I will be viewing it multiple times... I have watched it 3 times already.... :)

I just wanted to thank all who guessed and commented in our sneak peek this time. I thought it was a hoot to read all your guesses. It's really fun when we get all our minds together...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Brooke


Sankari's Mama Mia Inspired Card

Okay - can I just say two things! First of all, you guys are AWESOME!! I had so much fun at the sneak peek last night (errr... this morning ;) I loved reading all your guesses and it was like a total slumber party!! Seriously, you guys totally are the best!! and secondly, I am soooooo excited about this movie!! I only watched it for the first time two days ago and already, I have seen the whole thing twice and certain songs about 30 times!! Just ask my poor dear husband, LOL!

I have to say, I kinda resisted watching this movie... don't ask me why... I mean, I completely adore Colin Firth and Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnon (ok... enough said!), but somehow, I just didn't want to watch it (what was I thinking!!!) and I knew this movie was coming up and I still hadn't seen it! but at the last minute, we got it and started watching it and thus started my love affair with this movie! I LOVE IT!!! So for all of you who might not have seen it - this movie musical is fan-tas-tic! or should I say FUN-tas-tic!!! (sorry, couldn't help it :) Seriously - its just absolute fun!!!

I had a project idea in my mind when I first started making a card for this movie - to make Aphrodite's Fountain of Love like seen in the movie and I was working on it... till suddenly when I looked at it -- it didn't so much look like a fountain - but more like a lot of mush thrown together... so I scrapped that idea really late in the game (just ask Ann and Samantha! who were up a little late with me ). So I fell back on my number 2 project idea (I had like a zillion project ideas for this movie... sheesh!) to create a card based on the song "Take a Chance on Me" using the colors pink and greek island water blue :). If you click on the song link above, it will take you to a Youtube video showing less than a minute of this song from the movie. I so love Julie Walter's doing this song!!! So from this song, I created this card:

I love this song - to me it totally summarizes this movie for me... (****spoiler alert for movie plot details - for those who don't want to know this - skip this paragraph :)
It shows the daughter Sophie taking a chance and inviting all her potential dads to her wedding, the three guys take a chance and leave their lives to come back to where they fell in love, Donna takes a chance at the end of the movie and reveals that she doesn't know who Sophie's dad is (which she was afraid to do since she didn't know what her daughter might think), Donna and Sam take a second chance on each other (soooo sweet!! and in the end they all take a chance on love and on following their dreams :) !!! Totally lOVE this song!! I have to dance everytime I sing... well, dancing and spinning around too :)

The opening of the shutters - is kind of like the opening of your heart to the possiblities in front of you ... for more details you can check out my blog :)

I have so enjoyed getting to meet you through this blog challenge and hope that this New Year brings you all amazing possiblites for you to take chances on!!! You all have been so sweet and supportive and just so fun!!! I love doing these challenges - because of all of YOU!!!!
Thank you so much for coming back each week and playing along - we absolutely love all of your creations - and are totally inspired by YOU!!!!

Happiest of new years to all of you!
lots of love,
Sankari :)

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So, a little something special for you this week!!! The Audrey receipient of THIS week's Mama Mia inspired project/card/scrapbook layout -- will be have their winning project featured on Paper Craft Planet! We hope - you have a chance to play along this week - its definitely a fun one!!!!!

Here are the rules:

Create a card or scrapbook layout or altered project that is inspired by the movie : MAMA MIA (it can be inspired from the movie jacket, the characters, the dialogue, the music, the costumes, the themes --- ANYTHING reallY!!) and then link your creation to us by commenting on this post. If you are using SplitCoast please use the KeyWord: CSCC#13 and if using PaperCraftPlanet - please use the Key Word - cinema saturday (all in lowercase)

Link your creation anytime from now until Thursday, January 8, 2009 (wow!) at 9pm PST!

Also, don't forget to check the Audrey recipient on the previous post for last week's Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge: An Affair to Remember. Thank you to everyone who visits us and for all those who play along !!! You have totally inspired us and we are thankful for all of YOU!!!!

Wishing you a magical and sparkle-y 2009 !!!!

Hugs and New Year Cheer!!!
Sankari and Brooke