paper doll play

for the tag tuesday "paper doll" prompt: i used julie nutting prima doll "keira" and patterned papers by gecko galz for 2 of the dresses and paper by heather hudson for the heart dress.

i stamped the doll on a cardboard base, cut it out and outlined in black ink.  i then stamped just the dress several times and cut it out.  so much cutting!  but fun to make a paper doll.

linking to "children" at try it on tuesday blog, as paper dolls are children's play (although since i am an adult i guess it is adult play too!)

enjoy; love to all.

april gecko galz inspiration -- showcasing some fabulous papers

every month gecko galz releases new products and these products always include a variety of gorgeous papers. recently i purchased a few prima doll stamps so i decided to do a paper-pieced prima doll showcasing several of the new papers from gecko galz.  my final creation is an easter card.

i used a combination of papers from the new easter parade paper pack and the new flower power paper pack.  i stamped my prima doll "mindy" several times on the different papers.  and then i commenced a whole lot of cutting and gluing! i took some cardstock and cut it to make a card -- about the same size for a legal sized envelope.  i covered that cardstock wiht two more of the gecko galz papers, then added a gecko galz easter image from the easter icons set.  the final step was stamping "happy easter" on more of the gecko galz paper and adding that to the card.  my stamp is from savvy stamps.

please be sure to visit the gecko galz blog to see many more of the design team creations and also to participate in the monthly customer challenge (the theme is "easter time") for a chance to win a gecko galz collage sheet. if you are making things for easter and you're using at least one item from gecko galz then you can join the challenge.  remember that if you sign up for the monthly newsletter (sign up at the blog) you'll get monthly freebies so you'll always have gecko galz images to work with!

love to all.

prima doll runway challenge

in one of my art communities, scraps of color, a member challenged us to a "prima doll runway challenge" -- to dress up some prima dolls for runway fun.  well i didn't even know what a prima doll was but i found out and i ordered two.  once the first came i got to work right away.  here is what i made first.

i really love how this came out.  i stamped the stamp on a cardboard base and cut those out.  i also stamped the doll multiple times on a variety of designer papers from gecko galz and from heather hudsons' bitty hearts collection.  i then did a lot of cutting and gluing and this was the result.

i have another doll coming in the mail so expect more fun dress up dolls!

love to all.