Diva Challenge this week.

The challenge (guest challenge) on the Diva's blog this week is to achieve a "layered" look for a frame around a Bijou tile (2" tile) in Zentangle.  

The suggestion was to use actual layers…that is cut out 5-6 layers of paper/cardboard each 1" larger than the last and then tangle them and glue them together to form a dimensional art piece.

My outside edge is 7" square.

As soon as I read the suggested steps, I groaned.  I loved the idea but the TIME involved in such a project was fairly significant and I really did not want to put hours and hours into this prompt. It is actually sort of a square Zendala if you think of it that way.  

So…this is a faux layered look.

I put the art on a 7" square piece of Bristol paper and outlined the various "layers" with a pen.  I actually have 5 layers but decided at the end not to color in the last inch around the frame.  So I have 4 faux frames. Well actually the Bijou tile in the middle is a real tile and it is glued in the center.  I used my new favorite tangle "Lollywimple" on Bijou.  The borders are "Rain", "Omen", "Golven" and "Striping".  

I tried to shade the faux layers to "look" a bit like they have dimension.

Even with this much adapted version I spent well over an hour on this prompt.  I can't wait to see what other people do.  This WAS a challenge.