#51

Challenge 51: Make something that would not normally be considered cute and cuddly into something that is.

Ok, first thought - a teddy bear!  I realized that I had just put some newspaper and ads into the recycling bin, which are never cute or cuddly.  The idea can about simply and I whipped up this bear in no time, with the help of some masking tape and a marker to help me make his face look cute:

Sure, he's a little lumpy and not quite proportional, but just look at that face!!!

So, in the end, is he cuddly?  Not really.  Cute?  YES!  I loved making this bear and it was a fun way to spend a little time unwinding after work.  

45

Challenge #45: Create an image with masking tape or any other kind of tape, for that matter.  Try making it on a nontraditional surface.  Extra credit: Leave it for others to find.

My first thought was to create some kind of tape sculpture - an animal or building or something.  Then I looked around at different surfaces in the apartment and zoned in on the boring coffee table:

Regular, plain ol' table top.  Nothing much to see here, but it's usually covered with books and coasters and remotes and other crap.  Still, I decided to jazz it up with a little easy masking tape geometry:

BAM!  This table totally pops now!  So my sister roommate saw this later and I suggested to her that we paint in all the triangles.  She wasn't thrilled with the idea, so I will probably just leave the tape on the table and take a few pieces of it off every day until it's all plain again. 

I played with some editing tools and came up with a cool graphic image of the tape on the table, though: