Sunday, April 3, 2016

Diva's Challenge #261: Bijou Stack

Jane Reiter, CZT, is the Diva's Guest Blogger this week; 
and she's come up with a fascinating challenge: 
Start with a Bijou tile (2" square). Cut 5 squares of   
mat board,  card stock, recycled cardboard, 
watercolour paper  or Bristol board in 
 successive sizes to correspond to the Bijou tile:  
3”, 4”, 5”, 6”, and 7” squares. 

Tangle the Bijou tile with any tangle (or tangles) of 
your choice, then tangle the borders of the larger squares. 
This is a good opportunity to use border tangles, 
or any linear style tangle.

Here are mine before stacking:
and here is the finished stack:
 I thought I was going to do a few of these, but those 
5 borders took much more time than I'd expected. 
But I really like the concept, and I know that I'll
try it again, perhaps in color.

Be sure to visit the Diva's site to see the other wonderful 
entries; it's amazing how different all the responses are, 
especially with this technique. Maybe you'll be inspired 
to try out one of the Challenges yourself. 

8 comments :

  1. This is really worth the time you needed to do it. Beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so much, Annemarie. Your comments are always appreciated.

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  2. Excellent choice of tangles for your borders! It amazes me time and again how powerful black and white + shading can be, when skillfully applied. And you definitely displayed your skills in these tiles! 😊

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    1. Thanks for your comments. It helps much to have others' opinions.

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  3. I love your stacked tiles,but the largest pattern worked out beautifully as it really does look like a frame. I have to agree with Miss N above as to how powerful black and white are. Gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you. I specifically used that pattern because, with a little shading, it really does look like a frame.

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