"Swine Flu"--paper (and kleenex) pieceing--à la Mo

Only Mo (of Digital Pencil fame) could make the "Swine Flu" cute!

This was a surprise for my poor sweetie who has that big bad piggy bug.

Inside the card says:
"Hope you're squealing much better soon!"
Hopefully, laughter is the best medicine?

My poor fella, he keeps mumbling in a mad fever: "I'm not a piggy!"
This morning he woke me, standing there, asking me:
"What are those dolphins saying?" (whuh!?!) Can you say "FEVER"?

[Answer: They're sayin' "So long and thanks for all the fish!"]

Honnnnk!:

The piggy's housecoat...

...is paper pieced by printing on BasicGrey paper (the digital image is embossed by smooshing on Matte Medium with my hand, printing, & applying embossing powder & heat-gunning. Then colouring with green Copic marker.)

Monsieur 'Grippe Porcine' was printed 4 times:
(For the last two printings (to paper piece things), I just used Photoshop
to erase away some of the image to save paper & ink.)

1st-- to make the main image or base (to glue pieces onto)
2nd-- to make the head, hands, and 'pork shoulder' (badoompaaaah) & cut the tissue box & tissue on the left
3rd-- to paper piece the house coat sleeves & belt
4th-- to make 3D sleeves: the sleeves were printed on more patterned paper, cut, & glued on two layers of patterned paper scraps (and the edges were copic coloured to hide the white)

The piggy's PJs...

...are made with a stripey paper free-hand cut into little wee "cuff" pieces and pierced with a needle to detail the cuffs.

The garbage pail was made by:

1-Cutting some Metal Mesh (from the dollar store) & curving it to make a rounded basket
2-Gluing strips of paper (each strip on the front has a matching one on the back for hold)
3-Colouring paper strips with a silver sharpie marker & filling the basket with tissue balls

Here are the little crumpled up tissues:

If you don't want to mess with layers or sticky bits of kleenex, no problem
Mo's gorgeous image has all the nifty elements in one lovely layer:

• Swine Flu image from Mo's Digital Pencil
• Printed on Neenah white c.s.--coloured with Prismacolour pencils
  
• BasicGrey Blitzen paper-Velvet Stocking (Pig's housecoat & card mat)
  
• Pin striped light blue paper (Pig's PJs & card mats)
• Kleenex (tissues) & Tombow Monomulti
  
• Paper piercer, white thread & a needle
• scissors & double-sided tape
• Metal mesh, paper strips, & Tombow (to make garbage pail)
  

Clickable pics:

Plus, I've been remiss: I haven't properly announced my lucking out &
getting to be on Mo's Dream Team! (I'm happy as a pig in mud!)

There's so much talent here, it'll put a spring in your step &
a happy lil' curl in your tail!:

Mo's DT
Suzanne (team leader)

Elaine

Jak
Rachel
Lori
Michelle
June
Cheryl
Kerttu
Mina
me

Mo's Challenge Blog DT
Peggy (team leader)
Elaine Leinhart (no personal blog)
Lisa
Dawn
Sandy
Cathy
Caryn
Sheila
Lydia
Denise
Michelle

You can also check out
Mo's Challenge Blog here :o)

Hope you are as healthy & happy as can be!

P.s. Great minds 'oink alike? ;o) After I started rollin' tissues, I saw my fellow DT member Michelle's gorgeous take on this Flu-y Piggy. Gotta love how she used ribbon for his housecoat tie-Brilliant!

P.P.s. random, but i thought this was giggle-y: MEH-Swine flu