This is for Jacqueline's fun Teapot Tuesday challenge and Karen's Technique challenge - embossed folder stamping.
The idea for this card came about thanks to Angie and Susan's IC challenge last weekend....dress-up Barbie!!
The background was from my ginormous stash of Dylusions ink spray's and Distress ink backgrounds. There is some really faint stamping pocking out behind the dress, which is how I clean stamps, by stamping onto some backgrounds. Same applies to the text stamping.
I did add the dotty tree today, using sepia coloured Versafine ink. A few liquid pearl spots were also added.
For her dress I used an embossing folder that I bought about 5 years ago, but as this is its first outing I'm classing this as my 'new' element.
H = hair
N = Nutting, as in Julie Nutting doll stamp
E = embossing folder technique.
I inked the inside of the EF with a purple and pink distress ink, squirted on water then pressed the cardstock onto the folder.
Karen provided a great link to a tutorial by Audrie. Up until I saw Audries video, I always thought you actually ran the EF through an embossing machine after inking it....LOL no wonder mine never worked before.
I digress, after the cardstock dried, I stamped the image on, then fussy cut. To give the skirt a 3D look, fold the skirt (mountain fold) where each seam line is, carefully manipulate the folds in line with the curves. Doing one fold at a time, scrub a foam dauber along the folded edge, I don't generally need to add more ink as the residue from walnut stain and other dark ink lasts for ages.
If you still need a bit more dark shadows, use a Copic or pencil and draw a line next to the fold. The actual doll body is just copy paper coloured with pencils and a few Copic highlights in her hair, the dress was then paper pieced on top.
Because this image is too big for the card base, I just chopped her legs off and tucked them under the skirt.
Happy new year everyone and thanks very much for looking.
Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 GMT Views: 1953
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Tue, Jan 01, 2019 @ 9:28 PM
Ouch, she is chopping again---LOL I remember your girl cutouts loosing parts of their bodies---wow, lots of work went into your sweet colorful card, from your image to all the background layers---great job Miss Susie
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Tue, Jan 01, 2019 @ 10:34 PM
Wow Susie...this is absolutely gorgeous. Love how you created the dress and oooh that BG...yummy. Love it all. Happy New Year and TFS Happy Wednesday from the West
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Tue, Jan 01, 2019 @ 10:59 PM
Wowzers, Susie, this is amazing! Such a gorgeous dress and a wonderful background. The poor girl looks marvelous for having surgery! Outstandingly amazing card!
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Tue, Jan 01, 2019 @ 11:17 PM
Susie, this is a master piece once more!! I'm in admiration!! The dress print is gorgeous the background terrific and if you don't know who to send it I think you've got my address...Happy New Year Susie
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Wed, Jan 02, 2019 @ 6:17 AM
Isn't she a knockout! I love her dress. I can't believe how well you achieved that 3D draped look with embossing folder stamping, it looks as if you had really cut it out and draped it. With the softness of the ef stamping and the colour, it reminds me of a batik gown my mother made for my half-sister for a college ball. (Yep, it was the seventies), but it was actually lovely.
The inking and embossing is a different technique - and definitely harder to get full crisp coverage although I think DOX makes it easier. When it first came out it was called the Cuttlebug Negative technique because Cuttlebugs were all that most people had back then.