la carte fabuleuse d'amelie poulain

i've gone a bit of french in honor of this week's challenge at shopping our stash, which is called "inspired by a movie". one of my all-time favorite films, and the first one that came to mind when i thought about the challenge, is the jean-pierre jeunet film whose full title is, "le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain" but is better known as "amelie". here's my card and then i'll explain:

page from an old dictionary; eiffel tower image from anna aspnes' "french kiss" brush set printed on an inkjet transparency; plain (ancient!) basic grey chipboard letters... painted with acrylic craft paint and stamped with glitz design's damask pattern in ranger archival black ink; florals: prima, recollections, petaloo; brads: mme, queen and co; pearl flourish and gem embellishment: prima; stencils: tim holtz, glitz design, heidi swapp; red and purple inks: colorbox; pens for outlining: faber-castell pitt xs in black; sharpie poster paint fine tip in white; adheisves: xyron, elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape, gluedots

i was inspired by the current cardabilities sketch (#117) though admittedly my rendition is a bit loosey-goosey:

for that matter my card doesn't make ANY direct reference to amelie, but if you've seen the film you'll probably notice some of the ways i was inspired: the eiffel tower is pretty obvious, it swaps our for the "A" in paris (and in amelie!); the rich red and purple shades are taken from the colorful, slightly vintage decor of amelie's flat; the pearl flourish represents the box of marbles amelie finds at the beginning of the story; the text paper refers to the letters that "cher mado" has saved from her long lost husband; there are flowers from the garden amelie's father tends... but really... i was going more for a vibe than any direct image from the movie, and i feel pretty happy with the result!

and now, why not head on over to SOS to see additional movie-inspired fabulousness, and start planning your own bid for cinematic card domination?! au revoir, darlings! ♥