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Category Archives: Paper Dolls
Getting Ready for the Holidays
It is time to begin getting prepared for those special winter holidays. Whatever your family traditions, you can find great products for cards and decorations at Vintage Street Market. Both of these cards were made using the Family Fun Paper Pack and May Arts Ribbon. I love the vintage feel for my holiday cards and the paper dolls come with such adorable outfits. The little boy looks a lot like the boys in my neighborhood growing up with the fabulous plaid and check outfits.
The little girl is straight from elementary school. Wouldn’t this make a great special card for a teacher? For this card, I again used a cute paper doll and layered her over altered chipboard, which was inked to enhance the retro/vintage feel. The skeleton leaves were added with liquid adhesive under the ribbon. The ribbon is from May Arts. The Vintage Street Market store has some awesome green ribbon just like this red ribbon, which would be really fun for holiday greetings!
I hope you are able to enjoy a relaxed holiday season full of fun times and creativity! Watch this spot for more great ideas!
Vintage Street Market & May Arts Blog Hop Day 3
Have you been enjoying all of the inspiration this week so far? So many fun ideas to implement in your own projects!
This next project is by Diane Payne (http://www.dianepayne.typepad.com):
Per Diane:
“I knew the fun bright colors of the Party Games Paper Sheets and Tags would look beautiful with the bright colors and chevron designs of these May Arts ribbon. I wanted to keep the layout playful to complement my photo so I simply layered the bright papers and placed my photo on top. To carry the whimsical theme through with the ribbon, I folded it over to create ruffles and stitched it down onto the page with my sewing machine. I finished it off by tucking some die cut tickets behind the paper layers along with a few colorful buttons.”
Stitching gathered ribbon adds amazing texture to projects, and is another great way to use up scrap ribbon! I think all of us have that jar of scraps that are just waiting for that special project… And, that little touch of Numbers Tinted Tape adds that little something extra as well!
Today’s next sweet project is by Victoria Warren-Mears (http://vmellifluousmusings.blogspot.com):
For this project, Victoria uses the Family Fun Collection Meghan Kay cardstock and paper doll. The May Arts lace ribbon adds a very subtle texture to the card, and the pink striped twill ties it all together. Love the little flower detail in her hair!
We hope you are enjoying all of these fun ideas! Be sure to visit the May Arts Blog for even more inspiration!
Also, have you entered the GIVEAWAY??? You can find those details HERE!
Have a happy day, and see you tomorrow for more!
Michelle
For You
Hello, everyone!
I had so much fun with this sweet little paper doll this week!
I decided to make my very own dress for her—a lovely chocolaty-brown crepe paper dress just for fall…and a left-over piece of crocheted lace was just the thing for her little collar…
…her arms were cut-out just a bit to make them pop-up, as well—so that she could “hold” her flowers…she’s just so darn cute!
And here’s a little treat for a friend…
A bag of favorite shortbread cookies are all ready to deliver with this easy-peasy tag…
Elements found in the Twirly Twine kits, lovely paper prints–even a vintage cocktail fork found a fun use here!
So glad you stopped by today–have fun creating!
Julie
Products Used:
End of Summer
Well, it is almost time for school to start here in the Northwest. Some of you have already gotten over the first day……..congratulations! I was looking through some older photos and got inspired to scrapbook some of the fun events of past summers.
The first LO features Kitchen Kitsch found at Vintage Street Market. It shows some Vintage Fusion – old and new made fun! I took these photos of my DS, DH and my feet. I made these bricks quite awhile ago. When we made a basketball pad in the backyard we had the concrete folks lay them in on the edge. Now my DS has feet bigger than mine, but this is such a fun memory!
Supplies used for this LO were:
- Bingo Craft Cards
- Patterned paper from Crate Paper
- A Vintage Milk Bottle Top
- Vintage Bingo Markers
- Ink from Prima: Dark Bark
- Pink Paislee Timber wood letters
My second LO is from Disneyland and again uses Kitchen Kitsch combined with some great Vintage Street Market papers and embellishments.
Supplies used for this LO include:
- Bazzill Dotted Swiss Card Stock in Deep Sea
- Patterned Papers – Echo Park For the Record Picket Fence, VSM Family Fun Distinguished Dad, Brother Fashions
- Letters October Afternoon Mini Market Pink and Black
- Embellishments – Ranger Stickles Burgundy and Ruby Slippers, Metal Fork, VSM Brother Paper Doll, VSM Tinted Tape in Linen, Words from the Dimestore Vogue paper pack, and Twirly Twine in Red
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful school year everyone.
Fun & Simple
Hello, everyone!
I’ve got a couple of fun and simple cards to share with you today!
First of all, a card with a bit of farmer’s market/county fair flair to it…I loved the colors of the beautiful paper, and the country-style vintage accents like the milk cap & bingo marker were so much fun to use! A tag from the Brown Twirly Twine kit added the perfect little sentiment–short & sweet!
And the women in this fabulous vintage photo? Two of my great-grandmothers! They lived near each other in a small, western town in the early part of the last century, and were best friends since they were teenagers…wasn’t it wonderful of their kids to marry each other?!
Vintage Fusion Ingredients (click to locate in store):
And next:
A fun little card to send to a creative friend…a bit of Pink Twirly Twine serves as a garland at the top. I love this “Mother” paper doll from the “Family Fun” kit–and pieces from “Dimestore Vogue” and the vintage buckle were the perfect addition!
But my favorite thing of all? The vintage pin strip! As soon as I saw it I knew it needed to be a border for something–and here it is!
Vintage Fusion Ingredients (click to locate in store):
Vintage Sewing Notions (pin strip)
Well, that’s all for me today. So glad you stopped by!
Julie
