Paige Girl Greeting Cards

In my attempt to find new things to do with my Paige paper dolls, I decided to make greeting cards with them.

I hand drew some frames on 5.5" x 8.5" mixed media paper.

Then I glued some of my paper dolls on top.

Next I scanned each one and reduced them in size to be 4"x5". Finally, I printed some greetings and hand drew some flags around them. This way you can personalize your cards for any occasion.

The cards will be printed without the greeting. Then you can cut out your own greeting you want to use and glue it on the card yourself.

Another project you can make with these cards are mini journals.

 Gather up some miscellaneous junk papers and fold them in half.

Put the junk papers inside the card and trim around the sides or you can make them different sizes, which would add more interest too.

With all the junk papers stacked inside the card, use a stapler and staple the pages to the card down the middle seam.

 Pictured above is the inside center of the mini journal.

And now you can have 14 mini journal books to make as well.

I'm planing to sell the set of 14 different Paige doll cards with a sheet of greetings and envelopes for $24  + shipping. If you buy 2 sets, you'll get a free roll of my Paige doll washi tape (while supplies last).

If you're interested in a set, email me at artfulplay@gmail.com.

Black and White Mark Making

This morning I had a fun play date with my good friend Lois. We challenged ourselves to just use black paint and ink and make some marks on papers. These are Lois's beautiful creations...

These are my pieces...

I also added some black and white papers, napkins and tissues.

And for my large piece, I added some floral napkins for a pop of color.

We decided to turn these pieces of paper into envelopes, by folding them in thirds and sewing up the sides.

We think the small ones would be great for gift cards.

What a fun play date we had! I'm always inspired by Lois's creations.

I also wanted to share my felted journals I made in Wendy Brightbill's, All Things Paper". 

These were so fun to make and I love using up my scraps of fabric and ribbon.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Another On-Line Class from Wendy Brightbill

"All Things Paper", is the name of my latest on-line class I'm taking from Wendy Brightbill.

We're learning how to paint abstract loose florals on vintage media, build some collage pieces, create a felted journal and so much more. Below is a picture of a floral I painted on a copy of a journal cover.

 Abstract florals on black gesso.

 It's fun to paint knowing it's not a realistic image, but just your impression. :-)

I'll try to scan these images and turn them into greeting cards, notebooks or something. I'm in the process of making the felted journals - stay tuned.

Hope you're having a good week!

Great Class from Kelly Rae Roberts

I'm taking Kelly Rae Roberts on-line class called. Hello Soul, Hello Mixed Media Mantras and I just love it!

These are all the pieces I've made so far on canvas boards. I'm glad I found another use for my Paige dolls.
Here's some close up shots...

As you might have noticed, I re-used some of my older girls I painted in my large journal and embellished them a bit more.

I really had fun with the collage pieces - the bird above the the flower below. It's a great way to use up scrap pieces.

 I made pieces from 12"x12" to very small 2"x2" pieces.

 I used vintage wall paper and floral napkins for some of the background images.

Finding floral napkins is a fun hobby. They work great on collage pieces, as long as you separate all the napkins layers and only use the very top printed layer...which will be very transparent.

Thanks for visiting!

Selling My Own Washi Tape

Thanks to Mindy Lacefield's class on "Create your own Washi Tape, Stickers and Pouches", I now have some of my own Paige Doll washi tape for sale...how cool is that?

The washi tape is a 1" wide and 32 feet long and has 5 of my Paige paper doll designs printed on them.

It's so amazing to see my original Paige paper dolls next to the washi tape with the same design- it's like magic. :-)

I'm really impressed with the quality of the washi tape, just like store bought. The color is great, it tears easy with just your fingers and sticks well to paper.

They're great to use on your planner, manila tag or any scrap paper where you need just a little girl embellishment.

I'm selling them for $5 a roll plus shipping. Message me at artfulplay@gmail.com if you would like to purchase a roll.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Playing With Tea Bags

I've been wanting to make something with tea bags, because I love the color and texture of the bag. I don't drink tea, but my girl friend saved me her used bags and so I was all set.

I dried them out on a rack and then carefully opened up the bags and dumped out the tea leaves.

I saved the tags too,

I used a liquid adhesive, like mod podge and adhered the tea bag to various printed tissue papers.

For my first piece I decided to use one of the images from Tim Holtz's vintage paper doll pack.

I cut pieces of the tea bag to make dresses for each of the girls.

I added some embellishments and a ribbon around the frame. 

The next piece is a little dress I cut out from one of the tea bags.

I hope you make something fun with your tea bags!

Have a great week!

Valentine Shaker Cards For Sale

I drew this girl with a black pen and watercolors during my trip to Japan last April.

The heart in her hand made me think of Valentine's Day and so I decided to make her into a shaker card.

If you would like one, message me at artfulplay@gmail.com and I'll send one out to you just in time for Valentine's Day. I'm selling them for $2 ea.

Sneak peak at some tea bag art coming next post. Save your tea bags, you'll want to try this one.

Happy Sunday!