If you like Edgar Allan Poe and you enjoy creating artful projects, you are in the right place!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #43: TIC-TAC-POE

The calendar says April, but the weather still does not herald the arrival of Spring in the Northeast of the United States!  That said, I continue to search for Spring's earliest blossoms--in the snow!  

Thinking of flowers made me curious about whether Edgar Allan Poe wrote about flowers, and, indeed, he did.  His short story Eleonora tells of star-shaped flowers never seen before, and that captured my creative interest.  You can read the short story of Eleonora here.

Today's challenge is a creative game of Tic-Tac-Poe!  This new twist on an old game is here to inspire you.  



I chose to use flowers, Poe and feathers--straight down the center!  I have been making a lot of tags lately, so decided I would make one for this challenge:



The background paper featuring red feathers is one of an 8-pack of digital 8-1/2" x 11" images that I purchased and downloaded from Smeared Ink and is called "Poe Boy."  The flower, flat-backed pearl, and butterfly are all from my stash.  The ribbon is uncolored crinkle ribbon from Tim Holtz' idea-ology collection.  The excerpt from Eleonora was computer generated and printed.  

I hope you can ferret out some time this month to get inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and our Tic-Tac-Poe challenge this month. This challenge asks that your choose 3 elements from the grid above--horizontally, vertically or diagonally--and use them in your project.  The only rule is that it must--in some way--be related to Edgar Allan Poe.  



11 comments:

  1. Lovely tag- who knew Poe could write such beautiful prose! -You did! heehee

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  2. Gorgeous and I really love that backing paper :-)
    Hugz
    IKE
    QTR Teamie xoxoxo

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  3. Another very beautiful tag Kay!! The contrast of colours is very beautiful, background paper is great and the words by Poe you chose are superb of course. I really will think to all of your samples including Allan Poe wonderful prose if I need to find inspiration... the area of application is vast! Bises!

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  4. Enjoying your Poe series of projects Kay, always learn something and get to see your beautiful ArTwork:-) xxx

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  5. Ohhhhh Kay !!!! I shall be endlessly sorry when this time of Poe is done. I hope it is not in my time. I loved reading "Eleonora" and love seeing your tag today ... it's beautiful and lovely and a perfect tribute. Thank you for bringing something so sweet to a worrying week. (((hugs))) <3

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  6. Lovely Kay, Poe is growing on me :) xx

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  7. Nice Kay. I love the way the background looks. xox

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  8. lovely poem, beautiful tag! Thanks for sharing it.

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  9. this is stunning. I love the simple colors and the sentiment is perfect. Beautiful art.

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  10. Beautiful tag. Love the red and white. Hugz

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