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New Art Doll; New Team Member; Bees & Hats; BIG Collage Sheet Sale!
Filed under Art Projects, Back in Stock, Laura Carson, Lora Mahaffey, Spring Farmhouse Kit, Steampunk, Susan Killam
Wow! Another newsletter with a wide variety of projects! Let’s start with:
The Easter Bunny is Coming! by Design Team Member Susan Killam
As this is the first project by Susan, let’s start with a bit from her bio:
I was a late-blooming artist, finding creativity near 40. That was a loooong time ago. Since then I’ve dabbled in all kinds of media and still have more to explore. I make shadow boxes using found objects, paper whimsies with a vintage flair, and assemblage jewelry with vintage bits and pieces. I have a soft spot for overly embellished greeting cards.
I’m a vintage & antique costume jewelry dealer. I collect vintage rhinestone jewelry from the heyday of affordable bling and I’m probably wearing something old and sparkly right now!
Welcome aboard, Susan! (Psst! Susan was a guest designer for us ages ago… you can view that project, too.)
Here’s a bit of the intro from Susan’s blog post to get us started on her new project:
Hello crafty friends! The March Kit from Alpha Stamps is “Spring Farmhouse”-themed. How cute! It comes with this house-shape basket as well as pretty papers and Easter collage sheets.
I’ve added a white picket fence around the outside and hid a few eggs in the flowers.
The handle is three strands of braided jute that were carefully stuffed into the holes on the box. Ok, ok, I admit I made the holes bigger, but not before TRYING to fit all three strands through the existing hole. 🙂
I pulled the brad ends off the metal bunnies and glued them to the fence.
I used a Cathe Holden Stencil on the inside. Since the house is wee, I stenciled it in three stages, allowing each one to dry before adding the next. In the second photo you can see how I lined up the rooster, select, and eggs in a column to fit the small space.
Me breaking in: I included a couple photos from Susan’s mini-tutorial in the wide photo below. (And clever to align the stenciled elements closer together than they are placed on the stencil!)
There’s much more to see in Susan’s blog post and/or her supply list. And don’t forget to come back to see some new goodies and the FLASH SALE!
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Trixie Likes Bees by Design Team Member Lora Mahaffey
Aw… Lora made a fun art doll with the new Art Doll Nicho (plus one of my fave papers from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe Deluxe Collector’s Edition 12×12 Pack with a clock/bee pattern)!
The shadowbox in the art doll set has little flanges to glue to the back of the doll body (see my naked photo of the parts at right).
Lora includes lots of step-by-step photos for putting together the little doll in her blog post.
Note: I’m also showing a new bee at left in the window of the art doll for size.
Note x2: We don’t have quite the same collage sheet as Trixie, but we do have a bunch of options for funky paper doll parts by the same designer: Teri Calia (whose designs are under the name Catnip Designs). Here’s some I think would make a fun art doll:
– Wings & Things Collage Sheet
– Get Dressed Collage Sheet
– Doll Parts Collage Sheet
AND in honor of Trixie…
ALL Catnip Designs Collage Sheets ON SALE – 50% off!
This is a HUGE group: over 200 items! And this group includes tons of styles, from Dollhouse Miniatures, to Christmas, to TONS of Halloween! Just a preview of 3 are shown below (plus my doll picks above; a couple shown at right).
The sale ends at midnight TOMORROW NIGHT, March 29th.
Click: FLASH SALE to see everything!
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More New & Back in Stock Goodies! (Lots of Hats!)
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And some of the images from that set (and repeated on the coordinating Time Machine Collage Sheet) include that fine Victorian woman doing battle with a dinosaur trying to come through the time machine! All this talk about revisiting the Time Machine Shadowbox leads me to the…
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I love that pink house!! I would make a steampunk shadow box
That’s really cool. Something new for me.
I love love love anything Laura Carson…and steampunk. Would definitely use this project….bring it on.
This sounds like a lot of fun…I am in favor of everything steampunk!!!
Steampunk library.
I can definitely use this in my steampunk project.
All of the projects featured today were fabulous!
My heart always leans towards steampunk though, and those collage sets are amazing. I would love to do my take on a mad scientist room with a time travel machine. Thank you for the chance
The time-machine shadow box is awesome!
This is just great. Love the look of steampunk projects!
Oh my, I love me a bit of Steampunk!
Welcome Susan, look forward to seeing more of your designs. The doll by Trixie is awesome. Love Steampunk!
Love anything steampunk
I like everything. the time machine is a cool idea.
what an adorable Easter basket!! and I love the steampunk too!!
This one of my very favorite styles….would love to win. Thanks.
The clock is a work of art!
I love this!
This is cool!
Pick me, pick me. I love this!!
love this.
Steampunk is my absolute Favorite design. I would dearly love to win these items. I am desiring them….is that bad?
I would love a time machine!
love the steampunk piece with the dinosaur!
Love these projects
I have a cigar box! I’m all set to go.
I love the steampunk house and shadow box. Wow! What talent Laura has.
I am going to make a steampunk box just like Laura!!
This is so much fun. I love this idea just like it is! Thanks for inspiration and the wonderful giveaway.
I absolutely LOVE the new pink house!! GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This time machine kits is the best. I love this.
I would turn it into an airship factory!!
Well now…I like the idea of creating my own royal family to wait on me!
This is destiny! A friend just gave me a cigar box! I was meant to win this giveaway! Please, please, please!
I love everything on this blog post!
Jenn McCann
I’m a huge Laura fan! She’s amazing!
I’m looking forward to beginning another of her beautiful projects!
Steampunk, my all time fav..
I’ve never tried Steampunk but I love the Time Machine.
Another creative and inspiring project. Thanks for the fun ideas.
Very cool project!
I so LOVE the Steampunk Vibe! This is an awesome project!
Steampunk Love it all!!
My son and I love this! So creative. We want to make this, too.
Love the pink house! And the funky doll parts!
Oooooo! You’ve got me squealing with delight at the thought of winning this amazing prize package! I would do a shadowbox showing what I think life will be like in 10 years! It would make interesting art and be cool to look back in ten years to see how much I get right for predictions! TFS!
Love the steampunk! The digital building image looks AMAZING!
Love me some steampunk. Would love to win this prize!!!!
Love that clever AF shadowbox! It’s hilarious in the most delightful way!
Oh gosh! Nothing I would make would equal what Laura can do but I would make a Victorian gilded age mansion. Probably a Vanderbilt style mansion! So if I win, I’ll be ordering a ton of shiny things to go along with it!
I’ve been wondering what to do with the cigar box my daughter bought and left with me – a steampunk time machine shadowbox – perfect!
I love the steampunk look, although I have not made anything in that style yet! I’d make a shadowbox!