What's In The Box?

....can you guess?

.. of course you can...

a head .. what else would it be!

The papers are Graphic 45. You can find the handles and the doorknob here

Open The Box....

and let me out!  Here's another of those little cupboards, a bit different from the last one. The head is made from Paperclay with a stamped image of a face stuck on....

Want some little light bulbs like the one on his head and the top of the box ... then visit you local Pound shop and buy a set of 6 car replacement bulbs... for yes a pound!

The wheels are made from a giant ribbon reel...the drawer front is cut from an old ruler and a bit of bling added.

I may make some more of these....project 648!

EfemeraInk

.. met on Monday, we decorated canvases, instead of paper, stamps and Mod Podge we used fabrics..this is a brief description of how we did it.... first cover the canvas with a layer of thin lace or tulle, use PVA glue, then add patches of thick lace, glue down..cover everything with gesso..

add extra depth and texture with chipboard shapes.. glue down and gesso.. I used the same brush all the time, next time I think I will make up a mixture of equal parts gesso and glue.

The aim was to get everyhing 'melded' together and create a textured surface.Colour was added with spray inks.. sprayed on and wiped off and extra bits added with a paintbrush. Extra embellishments added when everything was dry. Add the focal point.. I used a Tim Holtz doll... with a crown of course.

I love this bling stuff.. you can get it here..

This one is a work in progress... I wanted a little more colour this time..the flowers were gessoed and inked, layered and stamens stuck in the middle.

Well....

..Christmas has been and gone...and for me it passed in a haze of antibiotics and painkillers! so no lovely festive food or drink( look on the bright side I may have lost a few pounds!) and definately no crafting. This is something I made  a few weeks ago.
 3djean has some cute little cupboards.So loving all things box like....

I added a house shaped roof

Gave the doors some  new handles and took out the shelf.

and some feet.....

 

and one of the odd dolls heads I have hanging about.There's another to follow decorated in an altogether different style

if you would like one of these cute cupboards then you can find them here

 

 

 

Body Parts....

Meant for sugar paste...... but I'm sure I can use it for Paperclay. The bits are drying as I type.

There may be a papier mache cone and a crown involved!... I'm off on a little vacation and stash shopping... be back soon!

All Dressed Up

Remember these paperclay dolls? well one got dressed and one didn't, one lay naked on the desk for months. She has now had her face painted.... I think she looks a little like Miranda!

She is now dressed in a confection of pale aqua and silver gilt.

with stripy stockings....

and the odd bit of lace....

EfemeraInk....

.....met yesterday (Monday) and we finished our paperclay dolls...we painted faces,

stitched on arms and legs and gave them clothes. I decided mine was going to be a bareback rider in the circus.

compltete with stripy stockings which were painted on. Bits of vintage jewellery and scraps of recycled fabrics made up her outfit.

Rubons make fabulous tattoos!

She hasn't got a name .....all suggestions are welcome!

Body.........

parts.............more paper clay stuff. We had our monthly EfemeraInk meeting on Monday and we're making paperclay dolls, this month was the body making bit and next month will be the fun bit, painting and dressing up!

I'll post the finished dolls as soon as they're done. there's a great on-line class here

Project 957 Finished!

Well it sometimes feeels like there's 957 on the go!......Is there such a thing as crafting overload? I think I need a change, spring is comming so there will be gardening to do.She's finished, though not quite what I had in mind, she's a little too neat and tidy... I wonder what that says about me?

The dress is made from scraps of patchwork fabric, a small print works best. The lace is from The Ribbon Girl, I threaded it with seam binding in Oloroso ( Is that a sherry?)

And gathered some to add a frill.
I think I'll do another but try for the shabby grungy look....project 958!

Hello Dolly

This project has been on the ToDo list forever! She's made in the same way as the bunnies... a body of calico only this time a layer of paperclay is added to mould the head. There's a great class and tips on Cloth Clay Dolls. Prims, the magazine from Somerset Studio is packed with fabulous stuff too. This is still a work in progress ..

She does have pants....... though no attched arms as yet.

I think painting faces may take a little more practice!.. though she's turned out prettier that I thought she would.

once she's finished it's on with the bunnies!

Enough..........

of the Christmas theme............It's Halloween time!
I don't know about anyone else but sometimes I have a real dilemma when crafting......I'm torn between the nice clean look and the dirty grungy stuff... I suppose Mr Sigmund Freud might have an oppinion on the subject!
Here's my dirty grungy witch...The head and torso is a stamp from Character Constructions, The Mad Tea Party collection

The wings are Artchix...usually available through 3djean

The rest is bits from the trusty bit box.......which seems to expanding at an alarming rate!

Home Sweet Home

.......is this weeks Gothic Arches challenge............. it's not 5 minutes since I've done the last one.......... must work faster! The house is a clip art image , the trees are Hero Arts and the doll is Catslife Press

Meet the Girls....

These are something I did quite a while ago, my first passion has always been textiles. These 'dolls' were made using Crayola fabric crayons, the doll was drawn free hand onto copy paper, coloured in and then ironed onto calico. They were then cut out and stuffed and finished with embriodery... I like them, some folks find them a little spooky!

Mannequin!

I'd had this artists mannequin forever and knew I wanted to do something with it, but quite what I didn't know, then I saw an article in the November/December issue of Sommerset Studio by Christine Crocker I was inspired... Having no antique doll to hand But having drawers full of old lace out came the mannequin. I think she turned out OK. She needs more bits adding to her hooped skirt but I'm sure that wll be remedied with time!