Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Diva Challenge #261 & Made by Joey #106


Diva  Challenge #261-Stacked Bijou

This week's challenge was presented by guest blogger Jane Reiter, CZT who asked us to create a bijou (2"x 2") tile as the central focus of a stack of tiles, grading in size and to use colored paper or cardboard to which we would add border patterns.
I pondered this for a good part of the day while going about my business, planning my paper scrounging and drawing time. I didn't really feel compelled to pull out boxes and drawers to see if I had paper to start measuring and cutting. When I got home from work (very late), I had every intention of starting in the morning and put on a DVD to chill for a bit before bedtime. I got the brilliant idea to grab a piece watercolor paper and paint a faux stack to frame my little bijou (a left-over from my Christmas refrigerator magnet project). I figured I'd just set up the watercolor before bed and then draw this morning...
HA! This took me forevvvvvvverrrrrrr.
faux stacks-a scan of the 6" x 6" base.

Roman Numeral Series: VI
patterns: Emingle, Prestwood, Mooka, Rokpool, Dex

For this week's challenge Joey asked us to use patterns of our own choice with a specific interest in what we chose for the top and bottom bands. I thought I'd continue on with some borders and grid patterns discovered whilst creating swap tiles recently. Not a big fan of grid patterns previous, I landed on a few that I really like: "Emingle "& " Dex". I love "Prestwood" as a border as well as "Oybey" (used in the Diva tile).

Here's the series so far


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18 comments:

  1. Very nice work with beautiful colours, this time the first one is my favorite!

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  2. Whoa, your faux stacks had me completely fooled lol. Beautiful soft colours too. Joey's tile is lovely too.

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  3. Your stack looks so real, I thought you'd made a typo when you labelled it 'faux'. Your gem looks like an antique piece of jewellery.

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  4. Wow your stack is gorgeous!! Joeys tile is beautyful!

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  5. Your stack is very original, beautiful tangled and lovely colors!

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  6. I'm glad I'm not the only one who went faux for the guest Diva's challenge. If you hadn't admitted it, I think I would have thought you followed instructions. ;-) It's lovely.

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  7. this is actually a great idea. I've been putting off starting this one, not looking forward to the measuring and cutting...but tracing it all out on a piece of my multi media paper...GREAT idea! and yours turned out so delicious...love it!

    Nice VI challenge entry too. Mooka fits nicely in the V

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  8. You always manage to get your colours just right. I love the gentle gradations and soft blending. Lovely.

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  9. I really love your stacked tiles and the colours are wonderful. Very clever idea how you put them together :-)

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  10. Wonderful work! I love the combination and the beautiful colors!

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  11. Wow... Your stacked tiles are just amazing! The colours are great as every time and the swirly stack is wonderful...

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  12. Love the subtle colors you used - I like the movement your selected tangles create.

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  13. I bet the faux stack took forever! Gorgeous piece! Love the colors, as always, and the tangles you chose, but more than anything, I love that empty (almost) bijou space. Brilliant! Your Joey tile is striking!

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  14. What a wonderful idea to make your own stacked tile background! Lovely tiles all of them.

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