Sunday, 5 April 2009

Octavia - Caardvarks - Fantasy

Last year I painted a dreamscape mural in my daughter Hope's bedroom. In it appears a girl we called Octavia because she has an octopus on her head (this was inspired by a piece of graffitti art that appears on a local castle) I have been thinking for some time about designing a card image 'Octavia'.....She was drawn and then scanned and printed and paper pieced . Detail added with Sakura pens.
K&Co shell paper as background and a few cut out and added on foam pads.
Hand coloured die cut leather fishy bits come out from the top of the card on wire.
Basic Grey - Beautiful - rub on.
Made for the Caardvark challenge............

Below is a section of Hope's mural that has the original Octavia in it (she is a mermaid).

Hope is 22mths old and loves all the glitter in the mural.

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18 comments:

  1. SmilynStef5 April 2009 at 23:06

    Oh my goodness ... she as absolutely fabulous ... such an amazing fantasy card.

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  2. Anonymous5 April 2009 at 23:37

    Oooh, I LOVE this! Your illustration is wonderful! What a fabulous mural too!

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  3. Nathalia Castellon5 April 2009 at 23:43

    She's a beauty! Very creative and such a wonderful fresh take on the fantasy themed challenge. Thanks for playing at Caardvarks this week!

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  4. Lucy Abrams6 April 2009 at 00:06

    Wow - such creativity. So original.

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  5. Jolene6 April 2009 at 02:36

    How incredible! The details are amazing.

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  6. Daniela Dobson6 April 2009 at 06:50

    I love her, what an awesome creation!

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  7. Saskia6 April 2009 at 07:27

    Wow!!!Octavia is a lovely creation!!!

    Greetings,
    Saskia

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  8. Jana6 April 2009 at 17:25

    WOW. This is spectacular. The image of Octavia is unreal. Love this.

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  9. Jenyfur7 April 2009 at 02:32

    Cute stuff!

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  10. Kryssi7 April 2009 at 04:19

    wow, such a creative image.. and card!

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  11. Monica Anderberg7 April 2009 at 11:50

    Very nice! I really like your combo of your decorations. Just lovely!

    Monica at scrapoleket.blogspot.com

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  12. lauren bergold7 April 2009 at 23:41

    oh wow, wow, ♥♥WOW♥♥! i LOVE octavia...both card and mural versions! that bedroom is truly a little girl's fantasy come true!!!

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  13. Carrie Gaskin8 April 2009 at 03:45

    Amazing creation - thanks so much for sharing it and your mural photo. Beautiful!

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  14. Jess8 April 2009 at 18:44

    What a fabulous fantasy card! The mural in your daughter's room is beautiful.

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  15. mel m. m. mccarthy9 April 2009 at 13:19

    WOW!!!!! Your card & your mural are both pure ART! I love that you created your own image. I just started to dabble in that process and I'm loving it. Your Octavia is such a fresh and funky fantasy character. I am so glad that you played the Caardvarks' Challenge so I could see her. I'm just blown away! :O)

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  16. Michelle Giraud9 April 2009 at 15:05

    Wow - this is fantastic! Love the card and the painting on your dd's wall. Great job on the Caardvarks challenge!

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  17. Pamela Smerker11 April 2009 at 04:18

    Awesome painting and your card is perfect for the fantasy theme. WOW

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  18. Kim Sonksen12 April 2009 at 14:12

    OMG this is awesome

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