Monday, April 26, 2010

eenie, meenie, meinie, roe!

i love making funky, unusual-sized cards...right up until the time i have to photo them...at which point i generally vow to convert immediately to A-2's and never stray again! oy.

i mention this because the card you're about to see--made with the new tyggereye SUSHI TONIGHT digital mini-kit-- is accordion folded, with five 2.5 x 2.5" panels. it is ADORABLE in real life. i swear!!! just try to bear that in mind, ok?!

here it is folded up and tied with a bow...being square, it looks fine at this point:


i used some gorgeous green hand-printed paper purchased at pearl paint in chinatown last week; punched circles from some paper co. straw textured paper that's been in my stash for aaaaaaaaages; and for this card i scaled gina's fabulous sushi elements quite small and printed them with their drop-shadow option on matte cardstock. then i used a very fine copic outliner (".1" to be specific) to go around the image and add highlights for a "hand-drawn" sort of look. expanded half-way, the card still looks pretty good:


it was when i tried to photo the entire thing that everything went awry. i just could not get a pic where you could see EVERY frame without it being tiny, crooked and just generally awful; and i'm totally out of time, so we're just gonna go with the best of the worst and call it a day, ok?!


as you can see... (sorta!) ...each panel has a circle, a sushi, and a dymo label. sequentially they read: "eenie, meenie, meinie, ROE!" and then the last panel says, "how about sushi?!" it really *IS* very cute indeed, irl, HONEST! but don't take my word for it, grab up your very own copy of sushi tonight from gina's etsy shop and see for yourself! :)

11 comments:

  1. It is REALLY CUTE here, too!! LOVIN' the sentiment!! Just makes me smile! I just LOVE your style and sense of FUN!!

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  2. It really is very cute. Even the picture that you think is bad, is cute. You always make me smile. Thank you.

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  3. you are way too hard on yourself. This is a beautiful folded card and it photographed perfect!

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  4. You are Gina's best advertisement :)

    Who else could ever think up the cleverest of all sentiments/blog titles?

    I love Lauren-y art :)

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  5. this is soooo clever! awesome!

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  6. AMAZINGNESS!!! wowsers Lauren this is so cool! I love how you hand drew on the elements and really made the contrast strong. Very cool. What a great saying. You are always so clever with those. Love this girlie!! YOU Are my best advertisement EVAR!

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  7. wow! amazing project!!! LOVE those sushi! very cute design!

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  8. LOL - love this (minie roe, etc.) too funny! What a clever idea and great use of these designs!!!

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  9. I LOVE eating Sushi, but never thought of putting it on a card... hm.. Now I know what I have to try... Thankyou for the inspiration!!

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  10. Oh, yes!! Sushi tonight, tomorrow night... hell, EVERY night! :)
    You rock, girlfriend!

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  11. LOL...I LOVE it!!! You are sooo very clever!!!

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