I am so pleased to be a guest designer for Try it on Tuesday today! Thanks so much to this fabulous and talented team for asking me to create for this challenge, which is one of my favorite themes - A Fine Romance/Valentine! I absolutely love making Valentine cards more than any other type of cards. One of my big pushes towards Valentines cards has always been my love for making paper dolls. I really had fun making this one!
I started with a Character Constructions lady and set of arms. I sponged them to create the color. Then I took a stamped torso tag (I don't know the maker - I stamped a bunch from a friend's stamp years ago) and cut the top off (the tag part) and curved it in to make a dress. I covered the torso with an experiment in resist gone bad. I had stamped and clear embossed a bunch of roses on hymnal paper, but the paper was too thin and the ink bled through to the back of the roses, eliminating the resist effect. It was still pretty in color and I wanted to use it somehow. Thus the 'Tover (leftover) part of my entry. The painted book page is a 'Tover too, as well as the inky paper I stamped the heart onto.
This particular doll has always begged to be used for Valentines because of that heart tear drop. If you are looking for a source for some paper doll stamps of your own, try Stamp Diva. I've had most of my dolls for so long, they are actually on wood blocks, but this shop carries all of Catherine Moore's new unmounted collections plus the dies to coordinate. It is so much fun mixing and matching all of the collections!
I just loved these cool brads and decided a key would be perfect to go with the heart (Prima). Notice that the arms are articulated. Those sweet arms can open wide for a Valentine hug... <3
Rather than giving her legs, I decided to make her into a mannequin. I traced a grunge board die cut (a latch) onto manila and inked it black. I stamped a crackle stamp in gold over it to give it a little dimension. The I Love You sentiment is Inkadinkado and Always is Penny Black. The gorgeous gold embossed stamp is also Penny Black.
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54 comments:
This is a little bit different Autumn, love it as well as the monochrome colors.
B x
Beautiful piece, great to have you with us at TIOT this time, hugs, Valerie
Wonderful arty project and lovely to have you as guest designer at Try it on Tuesday
Chrissie xx
Congratulation on your guest design spot!! This is so awesome!! I love the paper doll!! She looks amazing!! All of the details are so fabulous!! I love this!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
A lovely project the paper doll is super, thank you for being our guest designer on Tiot hugs Bee.
Lovely to have you as our GD over at TioT's. This is a beautiful piece, Love the art doll and all the details.
Yvonne
What a fabulous project! Love your amazing lady, the textures and colors. A cool design!
Thank you for being our Guest Designer for this challenge.
Mar xx
Such a preety image and love the added gold embossing stamp. Great take on the challenge for your guest designer spot.
Hugz, Z
Oh Autumn, your piece is brilliant! Love the paper doll! So nice to have you as Guest Designer at TioT. Hugs!
A wonderful tag! Great to have you as a guest designer at TioT's
oxo
Susi
YOu come up with the most interesting & pretty design ideas! Love the paper doll concept, and wow, did this ever turn out so well. Perfect mannequin against the music background, and loved the dimension of the bodice key too. Clever idea, and having the arms off the side, created even more dimension to this cute Valentine! TFS (oh yes, congratulations on being a Guest Designer. Easy to see why you got asked too).
Congrats on the GD spot, Autumn!!! What a cute VD tag!!! So clever to turn her into a mannequin and have the arms going over the sides!!!! I love the music paper you used!!!! So beautiful!!!
Have a great day!!!
Hugz
She's a complete treat, Autumn - I love the musical background and lovely inky effects on her body, and the tinting of her face is perfect!
Alison xx
Wowzer Autumn this is absolutely fabulous what great papers and image the design is superb
hugs
lorraine x
She's a beautiful lady! Love the musical theme here and the colours are perfect for romance.
Lovely to have you join us at our Guest for this challenge.
Hugs, Avril xx
Congrats on the feature! What a fantastic and creative project! Love her wings!
Wow and WOW! This is such an amazing creation... playful and chic and absolutely gorgeous all in one!
What a sweet Valentine's Autumn. She is a beautiful lady. Love your colouring and the gorgeous gold embossing in the background.
Blessings
Maxine
Very fun lady you created! Super fun construction and inking/painting. Even your music bg is super. Great job. Hugz
I'm such a fan of collage art, and you really have the touch! This is delightful in every way. I also wanted to thank you for the lovely comment you left on my Bee Box project. You are so kind! xo
Very beautiful lady. Hugs Marjut
Beautiful Autumn. Love the different elements that you layered together. Such a fun and unique Valentine's piece. Congrats on your guest spot too. hugs :)
WOW! So unique and artsy! Awesome design! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘LOVE Letters’ challenge and please come back again soon!
Darlene
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
How wonderful! Love your paper doll Valentine - she's delightful! Have a fabulous day!
This is brilliant, such a fabulous design and lots of great details.
Pauline
x
Wooow :) What a unique work! Wings and music motiv are so... perfect
Congrats on your GDT spot, Autumn! What a beautiful and unique Valentine's piece! I adore that art doll, it's awesome! I love to create paper art dolls lately!
Hugs! Branka xxx
She's just delightful. What a beautiful Valentines card - I love your attention to detail and that lovely little key - absolutely perfect.
This is brilliant and so different for valentine's. Thanks for the visit to mine and sharing this great project. Happy crafting, Angela x
Wow! What a fabulous tag design using an even fabulous-er paper doll! Love the combination of the shapes, dimensions, and layers! But it is the color which really grabs me, Autumn! I can never think to combine collage elements into an entity like this! big hugs, de
Just awesome! All the layers of different type of text add up to one incredible, vintage, amazing design. So in love!
I love this Autumn! Great to see you as our guest this time! Hugs, Chrisx
Congrats on being a guest designer! I must say, Valentine's not within my comfort zone, but I can see you're in your element with this! Love the key and the heart!
This is gorgeous Autumn. Love that doll. She deserves to be a Valentine.
Hugs
xx
WOW!! This is absolutely beautiful and so creative!! I am not into dolls, but this is fantastic, and very inspirational (to get me past that doll thing!) xx L Lynn
Oh so creative and cool!! Love it! Thank you fro joining us at The Sisterhood for our 'love letters' challenge!
Diane TSH DT
It's me again Autumn. This time I want to thank you for playing along with us at Mixed Media Mojo. What a fabulous piece and cool design!
This is such a creative card and your Valentines doll I just adore. Brilliant Autumn.
Have a lovely weekend, Julie x
beautiful project, thanks for joining us at Mixed Media Mojo
Barb Housner (Mixed Media Mojo DT)
Really fabulous and so very cleverly put together, - absolutely love it!! Brilliant project!
Well your Tover is excellent and so fun! Very eclectic doll and her dress is awesome sauce. I can see why you like to make these and you have done a beautiful design. And a huge congrats on your guest spot at TIOT. Bravo! Hugz. ~Niki
Such a beautiful doll. I am glad her arms can open wide for a Valentine hug, you can never have too many hugs !
Thank you so much for sharing her with us at Mixed Media Mojo.
Good luck.
Really love your gorgeous tag.You are so creative!
Love it!!!!!!!!!!
I thought I commented on this piece of awesomeness... I definitely saw it this week. Let me just say that this is a wonderful piece of artsy-craftsy Valentines-y love! I love that old-fashioned bradded-doll (I mean, you know what I mean... what are those even called? A paper marionette?) Very cool, Autumn.. very cool...
Such a fun idea for a Valentines! Love it. Jenny x
Wow, this is a neat tag. I love it.
Wonderful idea to create a Valentine's doll and it looks so nice.
Greetings
Sabine
This is fabulous,thank you for sharing it with us at Mixed Media Mojo.
xxx Hazel.
Stunning tag ! love the vintage look with the valentine's doll.
Thanks for playing with us at The Artistic Stamper's heART challenge, wishing you good luck to win !
Fantastic design and creativity. Really well thought through with great attention to detail. The key inside the heart is just awesome. Thanks so much for linking up to LLC's Love is in the Air challenge.
Hugz, Sandy
Owner & Operator @Live & Love Crafts
Very cool card. I think the girl is fun and funky. Thanks for playing along with Mixed Media Mojo.
Autumn, that is so lovely, amazing paper piecing on your beautiful lady! Thanks so much for joining us at Mixed Media Mojo this month! Deb xo
loved the embossing work . she is a beautiful Valentine doll.
xxx MIxed Media Mojo
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