Monday, July 25, 2011

Spots and dots: The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge

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Hello everyone! Here I am back from vacation with a speedy quick post for The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge!

The challenge for the week is Spots and Dots!

Our friend Ringo the Ring Master joins us this week on a Holtz tag that is embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. The dots are swiped with a black ink and the entire tag was colored with Tim Holtz's Compendium technique (page 33).

The technique usually results in a heavily-coated sheet, but because of our dots ... tada ... it raised the stock slightly allowing only bits of the ink to touch the tag. Cool huh?

Not as cool, frankly, as the phrase My Guy has coined for Ringo, and all of our lovely Octopodes: Cheerfully disturbing.

Isn't that the best?

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Perhaps I should create an entry plaque for my craft room that features lots of Octopode Factory characters and reads "Cheerfully Disturbing."

In the meantime, I'm expected at the office early tomorrow so the bed is calling my name ... have a wonderful week all and let me know what you've been up to while I've been gone!

(I swear that for the upcoming TOFF challenge I'll break out a new parade of Octopodes, but I just *had* to use one more from the Circus collection this week!).
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12 comments:

  1. Silvia(Barnie)July 26, 2011 at 2:51 AM

    How fabulous, thanks for the big smile on my face.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 2:56 AM

    I like that "Cheerfully Disturbing". Your tag is great. I love how the CC technique turned out, thanks for the close up. Hope you had a wonderful vacation, thanks for dropping by site.

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  3. Mrs A.July 26, 2011 at 4:11 AM

    Wow. The close up of the tag shows the spots/dots up really well. Love the texture it has produced. Hugs Mrs A.

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  4. JingleJuly 26, 2011 at 4:54 AM

    This is a GREAT tag!

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  5. MeggymayJuly 26, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    Wow, he is quite a charactor, such fun , the arrow looks like his tail to me. Fab background as well

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  6. DonnaMundingerJuly 26, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    He's brilliant! Cheerfully disturbing, perfect! Haven't broken out any of my circus Octopode's yet. Hmmmm.... good challenge for them. Love this! xxD Welcome home!

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  7. NigelJuly 26, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    Nice tag :)

    Cheerfully disturbing? More like "Something not quite right about him"

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  8. TerryJuly 26, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Love the "look into my eye" for this cheerfully disturbing tag! This really is cool!

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  9. The Craft Cupboard Under the StairsJuly 26, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    Cheerfully disturbing....Yepper. LOVE the background! And your posts have me smiling even before the page is fully loaded!

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  10. GailJuly 27, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    ahh tracy i really like this technique you did..awesome close up..beautiful background..as always ..lvoes your art..and loves ya

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  11. MikaelaJuly 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    really cool!! i love it!

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  12. SannaSJuly 28, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    extremely cool tag!! so awesome!! =)
    hugs, SannaS

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