Saturday, October 9, 2010

Oh Alice! Ch.34 A Mad Tea Party

`And ever since that,' the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.'
A bright idea came into Alice's head. `Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?' she asked.
`Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh: `it's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.'
`Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice.
`Exactly so,' said the Hatter: `as the things get used up.'
`But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice ventured to ask.

~Chapter 7, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

This week's challenge at Oh Alice! is to use a tea bag fold on your project.
Now, I know what "tea bagging" is, but had to refer to YouTube for help with this one! .
I found some great tutorials on traditional tea bag folding,
but when I ran across this altered tea bag scallop flower,
I decided to go WAY outside of my box and give it a go. 

I found this amazing art online by googling "zombie".

Although she doesn't appear to be infected,
she is gorgeous and possibly deadly anyway.
I colored her with Copics and returned to my purple addiction,
coupled with my penchant for fluorescent green. 

This fleur was created with a SU scallop punch.
It was pretty simple, but I can see where practice could be
helpful.
I can't say I will be making these fleurs like a mad woman in
the future, but I did reconnect with the notion of what a challenge really means.

Feel free to stop by the Oh Alice! blog to check out 
how the other ladies rose to this challenge.  

12 comments:

  1. This is TOTALLY gorgeous! Fabulous image and great idea for tea-bagging
    xXx

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  2. this is just wonderful, she is the most gorgeous drawing ever and the colours go wickedly well together this whole card is super duper lush x

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  3. Glo!! This is BEAUTIFUL!! OMGoodness....I didn't know zombies could be so gorgeous! Your colouring is to die for! and well...your tea bagging reference make me chuckle this morning.... Great job Creepy lady!
    Cheers
    Cheri

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  4. WOW, Love your Zombie, she looks AMAZING. Such gorgeous coloring!

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  5. That is the best looking zombie I have ever seen! Fabulous image and coloring! She is amazing.

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  6. Glo this is gorgeous! I must find that image! Fantastic flower too! xxD

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  7. Wow, super cool flower, wish I had found that fold, what is it called? Wonderful card, the purple and green are great together, so why deviate? Charming zombie and you have colored her in a beautiful, yet dead way, LOL!!! ;-) Love your style!

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  8. Oh wow this is really pretty. Love the glitter swirls too!!

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  9. wow i love this. you have coloured her so beautifully and i love all your embellishments. i have been trying to google this to find the image but i can't find it anywhere. any pointers?

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