Sunday, June 13, 2010

ummmm......"MEOW?"

you may remember that last week's theme on the something completely different challenge blog was "home", for which i made my very first 3x5" "skinni" (similar to an ATC, only taller); this week the theme is "cats". i was a little stumped at first. i mean, i like cats, and i love the lolcats, but i wasn't sure how to make them visually interesting as a collage. then i remembered that in chinese astrology, 2010 is the year of the tiger...and tigers are, afterall, cats...so i was all set!


i think i may have set a record for sheer amount of images incorporated into a 3x5" format: i've got a chinese newspaper background, a pagoda drawing from a "learn chinese" textbook, cliffs and forest from a travel book, and a beautiful tiger illustration from a children's dictionary. you know how much i like things to have depth, so each layer is mounted on foam tape on top of the others; in the end, the space between the tiger's head and the background is about half a centimeter! a chinese coin attached with jewelry wire and a dymo labelled title complete my collage...except for this:


i don't generally decorate the backs of things, but in this case i had quite a bit of leftover tiger, and it seemed a pity to waste him! :)

and now i am looking forward to friday for the next theme!

13 comments:

  1. Oh. My. Stars. I don't think you will ever be able to top this one. I love how your tiger wraps around the page.

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  2. Oooooh, look at the pretty kitty cat! Great work Lauren, I love how you 'wrapped' the tiger! Jo x

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  3. Lauren I just ♥ this page. The tiger look so at home and then he is on both sides of the page :-) Great with all the layers and then at the end.. the coin...Just love it.... Big Hug

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  4. wow what a gorgeous skinni - fab idea to put the remainder of the tiger on the back!! love it!

    Love your bio - I too have far more supplies than anyone could every want/need or use!! and they're mine!! roflxx

    Thank You for joining us this week at SCD hope to see you again soon.

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  5. Could you be anymore creative? This is sooooo fabbie....LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the asian theme....magnificent work!!!

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  6. You always have such cohesiveness with all of your various elements ... visual eye candy for sure.

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  7. This is amazing!! I LOVE IT!!! I want it as a bookmark. I love tigers as you know hence my user name. Great great piece. You topped it girly!

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  8. you always awe me with your incredible creativity, girl! this is amazing!! LOVE da tiger!! superb card!!

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  9. wowzers!! this could not be more gorgeous!!!

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  10. Great Skinni and a double whammy. Love the idea it is double sided. Thanks for playing at SCD this week.

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  11. Very cool tiger skinny. LOVE that you wrapped him around. Very, very clever. Cool take on the cat theme too. I have struggled with the cat theme, to the point of "I give up." I am SOOOO not a cat person. I guess that would work too....

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