This tag is for the Alpha D challenge. D = Doll, dressed up, Dee (short for Audrey lol) and blue dancing shoes. It is also for the bubble wrap challenge.
I made Dee's dress a week ago for the bubble wrap challenge but didn't like the panel which started off for the mono challenge too using shades of purple, so I added more bubble wrap and colours. It's sort of more a tie die dress or maybe you can see the flowers on it lol.
When I saw the D challenge I was going to do a Dr card or a daffodil or daisy card but a few got in before me. It was whilst I was looking at my dream and discover words in my room that I spied my doll. She's new...yep I've been online shopping. What else to do during Covid19, plus there were some bargains to be had on Amazon Oz lol.
So meet Audrey, Dee for short as we Aussies always shorten words lol. I think she has a face somewhere but I can't find that stamp on Amazon lol, so we shall leave her faceless for now.
I've always intended to use my JN dies and stamps for mixed media and it was whilst I was looking for some clothes for her that I spotted my bubble wrap flower panel staring at me. Perfect. Die cut that and also the gold underskirt and top...after all just because we are in ISO doesn't mean a girl can't still dress up...or dance.
I think I must be finding my inner child...when I was young...not that long ago...*wink*, I used to spend hours playing with cut out dolls and their garments from a UK magazine called Bunty. Gosh I loved those paper dolls. My sister still reminds me of how many hours I played with them dressing them up lol. I finally threw the shoebox full of them away when I was 12 and still regret it to this day......
Which is why I now find myself cutting out Dee and dressing her up lol.
More on the process..I digress....
Bling added and shoes and hair coloured. She does have 2 legs...she's just standing like a lady. I think I must be more like her sister who sprawls around in jeans lol.
The tag wasn't any particular size. I just happened to have a piece of CS on my table. Stencilled and inked that up. Added gel medium. Why you may ask. I'm asking myself the same thing. I saw it on a video and though it looked a great technique, it's still sticky after over a day and I'm sure I've forgotten a step lol.
TH stamps out and stamped around the edges and as this lady is in ISO, dressed up and with her best dancing shoes on, she thinks it is 5 o'clock somewhere....which means champers time, or in my case G&T time lol. She is also dreaming...another D...of her next travels.
This tag will go onto a scrapbook page I intend to create about this unusual time.
Now get out those glad rags and have yourself a party in ISO...even if it is only a party of 1. Enjoy.
TFL. Keep well. Have fun
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 GMT Views: 603
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Wed, Apr 22, 2020 @ 10:18 PM
Wow! Look at all that texture and all those beautiful colors! I want to go dancing with Dee and have a g&t, too. Too bad we're all quarantined! I loved designing and making clothes for paper dolls when I was young, too. Such fun memories...too bad we didn't save our paper dolls. I also remember when I'd be home from school because I was sick, my dad, who never really showed much affection, would stop on his way home from work and buy paper dolls for me. It really made me feel special! Such a sweet gesture from a strict father!
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Wed, Apr 22, 2020 @ 10:25 PM
oh, yes...what a story and the evidence to show for it! Love that bubble purple dress...love the wine overflowing from the glass...love all the textures and bg. You do paper dolls well, Jayne!
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Wed, Apr 22, 2020 @ 10:47 PM
This is fantastic, Jayne! I love Dee's delightful dress and her string of pearls are "oh so elegant!" Fabulous texture on the tag, this will be a marvelous addition to your scrapbook page.
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Thu, Apr 23, 2020 @ 12:07 AM
I see you have been channelling Ms Susie and her Love of 1950ies fashion. This is just so stunning. I love the fabric in her dress. Keep going back to look at the tag again and again. Now I am going to have a good look at that incredible background.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131700
Thu, Apr 23, 2020 @ 12:18 AM
Fab texture in the background, Jayne. Love the stencilling. I hope the medium dries. Her bubble wrap dress is gorgeous. I'm glad you added extra colour last night.
The paper dolls I wish I knew what had happened to were a box of black and white ones I had from The Illustrated London News (a far cry from Bunty, LOL, we weren't allowed comics except for our summer holiday when they kept us entertained in the car ), and they went right back to Tudor times. It was the Edwardian ones I loved the most.
No dancing last night but I tried limoncello in my prosecco and it was exceedingly nice.
Registered: February 27, 2007 Location: LaCrosse, Wisconsin Posts: 39459
Thu, Apr 23, 2020 @ 5:33 AM
Giggle giggle giggle....your write up.........oh my. Well your tag is fantastic, I hope you find her face. I have to admit, I'm not fond of those faceless stamps, reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode. You're a hoot.
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Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32108
Thu, Apr 23, 2020 @ 10:28 AM
Yes, I am with Sharon, in that we had McCalls mag and paper dolls. Thanks Sharon, I had forgotten the name of the magazine, but do remember playing paper dolls. Never bothered me to cut them out but now fussy cutting is not high on my list of likes, lol.
Jayne, this is so fun, I don't know where to start. Love her bubble dress, wonderfully interesting background with the champers bottle and glasses. I think you had fun making this!