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.

18 comments:

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

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

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  3. 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. Wow - such creativity. So original.

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  5. How incredible! The details are amazing.

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  6. I love her, what an awesome creation!

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  7. Wow!!!Octavia is a lovely creation!!!

    Greetings,
    Saskia

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

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  9. wow, such a creative image.. and card!

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

    Monica at scrapoleket.blogspot.com

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

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

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. Awesome painting and your card is perfect for the fantasy theme. WOW

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