NOV08VSNE ~ FRI., Nov. 14, 10 pm EST ~ "Ladies & Gents: The Busby Berkeley Dancers"
 

Title: "Ladies & Gents: The Busby Berkeley Dancers"
Hostess: Kathy (kkrab5)
Keyword: NOV08VSNE
Day/Date: Fri., Nov.14
Time: 10:00 PM (EST)

I love old movies and musicals. And I love big, big dance numbers. What could be a better act for our cabaret than a dance routine created by director Busby Berkeley? This over-the-top choreographer would have been right at home on the cabaret stage--a cabaret stage on steroids! Berkeley used crowds of showgirls to form elaborate geometric patterns. The attached still is from the 1934 movie �Dames,� but to get the full effect and to get your creative juices flowing you should watch the entire dance routine here. (The dance routine starts at 4:10.)

My challenge is simple: create a card using a geometric design as the focal image.


UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. ALL VSN CREATIONS MUST BE UPLOADED BY 10:00 PM EST on SUNDAY, November 16th
2. You have 45 minutes to complete the challenge.
3. Please remember to put in the correct keyword when uploading your image. Copying and pasting the challenge keyword is recommended to avoid typos.
It is also highly recommended that you post a link to your creation in the chat thread just in case the gallery is being testy.

VIEW THE GALLERY FOR THIS CHALLENGE HERE

Samples left to right: the still, kkrab5, sarahzoe

Great job, Kathy. Your challenge should produce some beautiful results.

So fun!

Wwwwoooooooohooooo, Kathy. I loved the old Busby Berkley musicals. What a great challenge. I'll git 'er done in the morning! Great job.

YAY!! What a great challenge, Kathy! Your samples are inspiring...i love the pic with the dancers. Imagine how cool that would've been to see them IRL.

hmmmmm I must ponder

Wonderful job Kathy!

this is a toughie for me, can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with

Gee... I just got here... so much for starting simple... ;) I hope a dahlia fold flower counts as geometric...

That video is so cool to watch! Thanks for a great and clever challenge, Kathy!

I could watch that clip over and over again! How cool are those shapes they made! And what an awesome challenge! I had fun working on this one!!!

see what I can do for this one

Kathy, This is a great challenge. I'll have go see what I can come up with.

So many great options for this one! Great challenge, Kathy!

Okay, I LOVE Busby Berkeley!

Great challenge! I'm hoping to get to it after Mr. Man goes to bed. :D

Great Challenge & Great Dancers....

I had to pause and Watch "Lipstick Jungle".

Thanks for the fabulous challenge!!
Here is mine: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=138483

Awesome challenge and video Kathy. Here's my Busby Berkley inspired card:
//www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1129117?cat=500&ppuser=17702

Here's my card

Dabce! Dance! Dance!
 

These just keep getting better and BETTER! I've now watched the clip 3 TIMES!!! I had fantasies of being a Rockette when I was a little girl. (Remember them, on the Jackie Gleason Show???? Okay, so I'm dating myself LOL.)

This was tough for me, and I think I know how to improve on it, just dont have the brain to do so right now, but here goes. Plus I am finding this stamp set harder to use than I had planned.
//www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1129121?cat=14768

Here's mine! Another awesome challenge! This was a fun one!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...29122?cat=4625

I knew what stamp I wanted to use, but the challenge came in making it the focal point. Hope this works: Geometry in red and green

Here's mine... http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...9125?cat=12978.. My dog is taking the tootsie roll wrappers out of the trash!!! LOL... What a goof.

First card of the night! Yeah!

Heres mine... http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...29126?cat=7183

Awesome, Kathy. Here's the link for my sample above: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...129130?cat=814

Nope, it was the June Taylor Dancers on the Jackie Gleason show. And since I know that (being the fount of useless TV trivia), I'm dating myself!!

Loved that one!

Here's mine: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=201646

Here is my card, I hope it qualifies...I was never good at geometry;)
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=71474

here is my manly geometric card...

18th birthday

Here's mine....

Feathered Birthday

Ok! Finished. :)
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=125383

Kathy,

Thanks for a really fun one.

Really enjoyed this and am happy with how my card turned out. Not the way I had originally planned it but better.

Dancing Snowflakes

Here is my sparkly star 6x6 card. This only took me about 5 minutes to do since I already had the star done in my stash from last year. It took me longer to find the paper that I wanted!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=105933

Alrighty, here's mine. Thanks for the challenge!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=88883

As soon as I saw this I thought Quilt Pattern. Here's my card. Thanks Kathy.

Great cards for this challenge everyone.

Here's mine - not very geometric, but I like it anyway!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...9375?cat=10545

I love geometric designs, but I had no idea what I wanted to do for this card lol. I finally got inspired by the Snow Swirled set. Thanks Kathy!

Snowflake Design