"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit,
the greater your capacity to create."
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Here's my second paper doll - an african giraffe. I thought it would be fun to try to dress my animals for their native country.
This one also has movable limbs, attached with brads. I drew the giraffe freehand and, again, used markers and chalks to color it. The mane was made by unraveling the edge of a gingham ribbon (a trick I picked up from my mom). The native dress was cut out of some cool wrapping paper I had saved.
Teri Calia, in our Paper Traders group, is hosting a Twisted Paper Dolls swap... the object is to create two dolls with animal heads.
This is my first creation. The panda head was drawn freehand and colored with markers and chalks. The legs and fan are attached with brads so they are movable.
I made this little fairy (she has a twin sister, too) for my mom's Bottled Fairies swap on Paper Traders. I still need to decorate her "home" - a little glass jar.
I cut her out of peach cardstock, painted on a little white shirt and dressed her in silk flower petals. Her hair is a gold tassel and then I created a little flower chain for her to hold.
Who didn't LOVE David Cook's performance on American Idol last night? This guy took a sappy slow love song and turned it into an awesome rocker ballad! I am anxiously awaiting for i-Tunes to add last night's performances to their downloads so I can listen to it over and over and over again.
David wasn't originally a favorite of mine but, each week, I have been more and more impressed by his talent. True that he's not your typical pop singer and really more of a rocker but, then.... so am I! Even Simon liked it =)
Here's what I spent my afternoon working on. It's totally different than what I started out to do but I am happy with the results... sometimes art just works out that way.
The background for this ATC was created with metallic acrylic paints rubbed onto cardstock and then sanded down. Then I used clear embossing for the script and brushed a light coat of gesso over all to make the script pop.
Last night, I attended my friend Kelly's bachelorette party. We took a stretch limo up to Sing Sing's in Denver - it's a dueling piano bar - and we had so much fun! The musician's were amazing - not just pianists but each one of the three was very accomplished on keyboards, drums, vocals, etc. Basically, they play requests (for a monetary tip) and the crowd sings along. If you don't like the song, you can tip more than the requester and get your song played instead. It was crazy fun!!
