Saturday, February 6, 2010

welcome to *MONSTA*piece theatre


how funny & adorable is that MONSTA?! i fell in love with him (or her?) at christmas time when designer digitals was having discounts every day, he's from a set of digital stamps by jesse edwards... (he has brothers too--or perhaps sisters? it's hard to tell!) ...i digitally paper pieced him and added some birthday greetings in random bursts at various font sizes to participate in prompt #25 at the creative type, which is to incorporate type in your embellishments. (i've incorporated some of my type CORPOREALLY...do i get extra points for that??!)

i also used kazan's sketch #45


but i will forgive you for not believing me, since it is quite clearly round. i was completely inspired by the sketch, however; that's what made me cut out around the funky pointy shape instead of making a plain old rectangular card! i printed the monsta's body & cupcake base on photo paper, the mouth, teeth, eyes & cupcake icing on plain index stock and the background shape (with more bursts of text) on some grungy acid green paper, then cut everything out and popped the different layers on foam tape for added dimension. i'm pretty sure the birthday dude will not receive two of *THESE*!!! ♥


(finished card measures 8.5 x 8". digital materials: monstrous stamps by jesse edwards & pop icon shape by katie pertiet, both from designer digitals; papers: bennett's hammock by roben-marie smith & cherry sugar sunshine by girl friday, both from digichick; city streets by gretchen thomas & notebook paperpack by katie pertiet, both from designer digitals; cupcake dingbat from pea delilah's doodle font; text fonts: cry kitty, saco de pao, broken 15... all from dafont; scrappy materials: cardstock: basic grey, prima, core'dinations & plain white from staples plus staples' glossy photo paper; epoxy sticker: ki memories; pen: zig; ink: versamark; adhesives: tombow mono runner & 3m foam tape)

16 comments:

  1. Girlie!!! OH MY GOSH. You totally rocked the creative type challenge and the 2S4Y in one!! Wow. They might have to call you winner again this week on creative type for another amazing card. I wouldn't be surprised. The only reason they wouldn't would be just so they don't show favoritism cause WOW! I love it and now I want those monster digi stamps!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Fun card! Love the Monsta! Thanks for playing along at 2S4Y! :) Kathy

    ReplyDelete
  3. Look at you kickin' monsta butt on the type on embellishments challenge ... this is one awesome birthday card.

    ReplyDelete
  4. You bring back fond memories of watching Sesame Street with my childs, though I do not think they appreciated Alistaire P Cookie as much as I did. I LOVED Monsterpiece Theater!

    You are the Queen of Monstas! LOVE this card!

    ReplyDelete
  5. HA!! he's too cute! did you colour him using your new Prismacolor techniques you learned in class?

    bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

    love him, doll.

    ReplyDelete
  6. OH he is darling! This is a fab take on the sketch - love it
    Hugs
    K

    ReplyDelete
  7. I can too see the circle. Just can't decide whether the Monsta is running to or from that cupcake!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. SO much fun!!! You rock the cards or sure:)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Gotta love your Monstas!! this is fabulous!! LOVE it!!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Holy schnikies!!! This is just as fab as your bday card. Girl, you are rockin the talent!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. woot woot...this just screams "lauren"....I absolutely LOVE it!!!

    CORPOREALLY....good one:)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Great Lauren. It is so YOU. Like that you have turned the circle in to a STAR...Love your Muffin MonSTAR ! Hugs

    ReplyDelete
  13. As always, you're thinking outside the box (or circle in this case)! Love what you did with your fonts. What a fun card to get in the mail. :D

    ReplyDelete
  14. ♥LOVE♥ him! So stinkin CUTE!

    (-: Heidi

    ReplyDelete
  15. You are the BEST! This is a fabulous monsta card. What caught my eye (besides the fun shape) is his body made from "happy birthday" paper and that adorable cupcake. I {heart} this card!

    ReplyDelete

the *BEST* part of blogging is the comments, dontcha think? thanks for taking time to leave one! ~♥~