14 November 2009

as mysterious as a cat.


Poe PAT
Originally uploaded by amyfaerie
I made this card for my art friend kristin. She collects ATCs of cats, and ATCs of Edgar Allan Poe--so I decided to combine them. :)

The black cat's body is from an antique halloween postcard, and I just cut Poe's head from one of his portraits. The saying, "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat" is a quote attributed to Poe.

This is a collage of ledger paper, tax stamps and scrapbooking paper. Then, rubberstamping was added, as was the rubberstamped jar with a raven in it. The pencil is also stamped.

Over top, the card is edged in watercolor crayon and black marker, then layered with melted tulle and transparency with alcohol ink. It's all held together with a few purple staples. I really, really would like to keep this, now that he's finished . . . i just think it's so cute.

3 comments:

  1. i know. i just showed the hubs this morning, and he said--you should keep it. make her something else. LOL!

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  2. Oh...I would be happy to have him too! Very clever adaption of the theme!I can understand why you would like to keep it.

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