A girly girl Easter with free paperdolls and vintage clip

Hi!
Today we are going to be girly girl. If YOU are not girly girl, I bet you know someone who is, be she 5 or 95!

Barbie coutour in Satin, 1997 Add  a little wrist corsage, and she is ready for any Easter event!!!

Here is Sally for some Easter paper dolly time:

Is Ms. Kitty searching for Easter Eggs?

What girly girl can resist these adorable tots with ducklings?

Why not print out some of the vintage clip I have included in my blogs from day 1, and make your own Easter cards?

So so simple.

Take 1 sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock, cut in half.

You now have the base for 2 cards. Fold each half in half. You can orientate your cards with the fold on the left side, or the fold at the top.

Lay out snippets of lace, ribbon, printed color clip, perhaps some vintage buttons or Easter ones. Add in a little gold charm that coordinates, such as a little duck, or a little bird in a nest. Tear some poetry or words from an old dictionary to give a 'vintage' look to them.

How about some tiny silk or ribbon flowers? 

Arrange everything to your satisfaction.

Now, starting from the bottom of your picture/embellishment pile, start gluing things down onto your Easter Card. Remember to leave room for a sentiment (Happy Easter, For You, etc.) if you haven't already included it, or choose to put it inside as a greeting.

You can use double stick tape whenever possible(VivaLasVegastamps has the best, see side bar), but for heavier items such as buttons, I still think Aleene's Tacky Glue in the gold bottle is best. It has a heavy weight that allows things to sink into it. It dries clear.

Let dry. Open card and stamp a little sentiment, or use one you have printed or found in an old book.

Now TURN OVER to the back, and sign your work of art! Date it if you want.

For heavily decorated/bulky cards I like to use a padded mailing envelope. If you are hand delivering, then any envelope that your card fits in will work.



Voila! C'est bien!

Let's do some fantasy dress up for Easter!
These dolls and costumes are from Liana's site.
Such a wonderful, wonderful talent.
see side bar for website.

I think this one needs a big picture hat!

What do you think? A little nosegay of spring flowers tucked into her waist sash?

I have saved one of my favorites for last:

Have fun!
Don't forget to laugh today!
Don't have someone to share paper dolls with?
Find one! There's lots of girls out there...they don't have to be blood relatives
to enjoy some special time with you.
How about spreading some joy to your local nursing home?j
:0)

inkspired
http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/
dominoes@myinkspired.com

Good morning!
Had an 'off' day yesterday after I pulled a couple of muscles in my back.
Ouch!
Wasn't really in the mood to sit at a computer.
Things I have learned:
  *Write more drafts, so I just have to push a button to post on "those days".
  *Sitting in my living room chair, don't lean across to pet Tanner when he is on the adjoining couch. No matter how cute he is.

I have just been added to a treasury on etsy. Here is etsy's main site addy:

http://www.etsy.com/

Here is the exact address for the treasury that one of my items has been featured in:

 http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d65e425b5d36d9169d42d1c/about-kristina

happy dance!

oooooh, and here's another treasury my very good friend Orna has made, with one of my recycled bottlecaps:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d650ce898f16d910e34b0ba/inspired-by-nature#4d6bed08c9a18eef3dc54a55

I would like to start you off today with photos of some altered dolls that are for sale on etsy - http://www.etsy.com/

This one is from:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/shell3409?ref=seller_info

This next one can be found here :
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BaudettesPlace?ref=seller_info

"Here and there we meet with one who possesses that fairy-like power of enchanting all about her; sometimes she is ignorant herself of this magical influence, which is, however, for that reason only the more perfect.

Her presence lights up the home; her approach is like a cheerful warmth; she passes by, and we are content; she stays awhile; and we are happy."

- Victor Hugo

Are you remembering to save your gum wrappers, CDs and juice pouches?

You will want a nice variety of these for upcoming projects.

ALSO: be sure to save plastic bags from different place, like a retail store, vet, anything with a logo or pattern on it. Grocery plastic bags are too thin.





Rubber Stamping Tip for Beginners:

Here's an easy way to remember card stock sizes for making cards:

one sheet of cardstock 8 1/2" x 11"

* Cut in half, and you have 2 regular sized cards (once you fold them in half).

* Cut each half in half again, and you will have 4 pieces of cardstock ready to trim and add to the inside of your card, or to layer on the outside.

So, you can cut one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet in half=two 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" pieces

OR

You cut one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet in fourths = four 2 1/2" x 2 3/4" pieces

That tip is for Marge, who is definitely a numbers/measuring person. I am not, so I actually had to get out the calculator to re-assure myself I had split 5 1/2" in half correctly!

(I had.)

I am much more visual, and measure with my eye up to 1/16" correctly.

So, one way or the other, you still have your cardstock cut up correctly!

Well, I don't want to make this blog into a book-a-day thing, so perhaps that is enough for today!

Okay, one more quote:

"Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun."

- George Scialabba

Do have some fun today! Rainy or sunny, snowing or blowing, today is a beautiful day that God has created for all of us to enjoy.

inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

http://www.myinkspired.com/

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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