Molly's Closet!

Molly just has too many clothes that she's "coming out of the closet!" Okay, I couldn't resist. But seriously, here's a new stamp set from Molly Stamps, created by the talented funny-man, Russ Jones. The Paper Doll stamp set comes with three heads, three upper bodies, three lower bodies, three legs, accessories and several sentiments. I had a blast making this project. If I was still a little girl, I would go crazy with this set. Imagine, making your own paper dolls!

The first thing I did was to get a magnetic sheet. I found a package at an office store. It's the kind that you can put through the printer. It's not a very strong hold, but it works. If you can find a stronger one, please let me know. I had purchased some alterable tins from SU! a few months ago when they were having a special and used one of those to house all the dolls and clothes. Then, I stamped the images right onto the magnetic sheet, on the white paper side. After I did the first few pieces of clothing, I thought it would be more fun and practical to do paper piecing for the rest of the clothes. So, I took out some of my designer papers and went through a ton of scraps.

After the coloring and cutting was done, all that was left to do was to decorate the cover of the "portable closet" and the inside of the closet. If you look at the picture above of the tin, you can see that I used Molly Stamps' Alphabet Stamp Set to decorate the front of the case. I love the size of the letters and the bold look of it -- it just seems to pop out! Then, at the last minute, I decided to add a ribbon around the case, not only for looks, but "just in case" the lid pops open accidentally.

Well, like I said, this was really fun. It's a perfect gift for a little girl to take on road trips or if she gets a little antsy at church.

"LACEY DAYS"

Actually, I should call this card "Lazy Days," which is how I feel right now. This card is for today's Sketch Challenge (SC194) over at SCS. When I first started, I wanted to make a Christmas card because I'm so behind with that project. But then I saw my laces... I love laces! When I'm in a fabric store and I see a lace I like, I usually get a small amount, enough for a card or two. Then I store it until I get inspired. The flowers on here are actually from a ribbon spool I found at JoAnn's. They're attached side-by-side and are almost 2 inches wide each. The panels and laces, except for the flowers re stitched together with a sewing machine. Under the flowers, I placed a piece of mulberry paper torn around the edges and sponged lightly , but it didn't show through too well. So, I took a piece of vellum card stock and die the same thing with it then placed that piece over the mulberry paper to make it more visible.

Stamp: All Holidays
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Mulberry Paper, Vellum Card Stock, Making Memories (Various Scraps)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand
Acc: Scallop Punch, Small Oval Punch, Sticky Strip, Sponge, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Button (from my stash), Sewing Machine and White Thread, Various Lace from JoAnn's