Patterns and Colors and Textures... Oh My!

What's next? Something different but the same... of course! I've been playing around with the faux enamel technique again... using the Cuttlebug embossing folders on blank metal sheets from Vintaj. Dropping Adirondack Alcohol Inks on top... and then sanding the patterns to bring back the metal. I think I'm going to make a journal and possibly a necklace out of these two beauties. Experiment begins... now!

Got To Get Back To The Land... And Set My Soul Free...

We are stardust... we are golden... we are billion year old carbon... and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden...

Moving from one dolly to another... I spent some time recently playing with an oversized 1ft. x 2ft. Suzi Blu-inspired Petite Doll on wood. I traced the outline with a woodburning tool (love the smell of burning wood!). Then I painted the entire piece with layers and layers of acrylic paints... created texture with stencils... Stickles for bling... rub-ons, fabric, buttons and such.

I really loved the larger format and definitely will create more like this in the future. After some other stuff that's in the works! You know me... something different all the time. Wheeeeeeeee.....

Introducing... Giselle...

I am finally ready for the Débutante Ball. Mom made this beautiful gown from a vintage blouse she found at the mission thrift shop for only $2,99. I'm so tiny... she was able to use the shirtsleeve as the entire dress... I just love the buttons! With the extra material, she fashioned a tiny rosette for the waist and a scarf for my neck (she knows I'm always chilly). So now I'm ready for my coming out party.

At the moment... I'm just sitting around waiting for Claude to pick me up. I hope he brings me a pretty corsage to complete my ensemble. Mom thinks I'm too young to date... actually she thinks I'm too young for a lot of things! C'est la vie, Mommie...

I Am Doll Eyes...

...doll hair... doll arms... doll legs...

After adding some curly ringlets to my little paper clay dolly, I spent the weekend playing around... building a torso and limbs... painting and assembling the parts so she could sit, stand and bend at the knee. Now she just needs a vintage-style party dress! I went shopping at the Salvation Army to search out some old clothing I could use for dress fabric... so I have a couple of options. However, since I don't really know how to make any kind of clothing... I'm kind of flying blind. But I'm looking forward to experimenting. Until then, my yet unnamed dolly is going to keep warm in her little blanket of muslin!

Me, Described...A Faux Enamel Booklace...

While attending the Winter 2010 CHA Trade Show, I was really inspired by the wonderfully creative people at Vintaj. Recently I was playing around with some of their unusual techniques and impulsively created this faux enamel booklace. For the cover... I embossed a sturdy piece of metal... dabbed on Adirondack white acrylic paint... randomly dropped multiple colors of Alcohol Inks on top... and then sanded to bring out the pattern. Top it all off with a thick coat of Glossy Accents, and that's it!
For the pages inside... I tore small pieces of watercolor paper... then stamped images... and collaged snippets of words and definitions that describe who I am. I love this technique so much that I want to try it with different colors and patterns! Too many passions... not enough time...

Thanks to all the wonderful ladies at Vintaj for turning me on to this technique. I'm addicted!