Unusual Alice ~ Julie Nutting Doll Tags

I have a new Alice in Wonderland-inspired project to share today! I'm playing along with a Doll Tag Exchange over at Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance and decided to turn my doll into an "Unusual Alice"! I loved the tag I made for my exchange partner so much that I decided to make a second one for myself!

I stamped the Julie Nutting Doll using Black Archival Ink, I added the stripes to the legs and a little belt at the waist using a black fine-tip sharpie and then coloured the image using Prismacolor coloured pencils. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a large black keyhole and fussy cut lots of images from Marion Smith Designs Mad Tea Party collection (6x6) to decorate the tag. I added white roses that I intentionally painted red sloppily (remember the guards 'painting the white roses red' in Alice in Wonderland?) Finally, I added a seam binding bow and some charms to the tag, including a tiny box (cut on my Silhouette Cameo) with a tag that says "Eat Me"; a small glass bottle with a tag that says "Drink Me"; and a metal key - all inspired by Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. Here are some close-ups and a couple of different angles of the tags so you can see all the details!

I hope my exchange partner, Monica, likes her tag! I had so much fun making it!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Scrapping!

Collector of Memories - Camera ATC ~ Scraps of Darkness

I have a really quick share for you - an ATC created with the Marion Smith Designs Nirvana papers, which are included in the Scraps of Darkness June Perfectly Stunning Kit. This ATC was created for the June ATC swap - so my partner is getting it a bit late - hope she likes it!

I fussy cut the paper pieces from the Nirvana papers. The embellishments include some handmade flowers,  a metal flower, a wooden film strip piece, Tim Holtz film strip ribbon and a Tim Holtz rub-on from a previous SOD Kit.

That's it for now! Happy Scrapping!

Remember ~ Scraps of Darkness

This is my first layout with the gorgeous Scraps of Darkness Perfectly Stunning Kit for June 2014. This will also be my last kit designing for Scraps of Darkness - I have had an amazing year with SOD and can't say enough about how wonderful Melinda (the owner) and the SOD/SOE Design Teams are - they have made my DT experience truly fantastic!

Now, to share my first layout - based on Suepup's Sketch for the June Kit. Here is my layout, using the kit's fantastic Marion Smith Designs Nirvana papers, Prima flowers and embellishments (Main Kit, Flower Add-on and stash) and the Art Anthology media included in the Colour Add-on.

And here is the June Sketch:

Rather than using paper for the large circle element in the background, I started out by masking a large clock face using a The Crafter's Workshop 12 x 12 Time Travel  template with the Art Anthology Velvet Dimensional Paint in Kona. I used the Tim Holtz Clockwork layering stencil (previous SOD kit) with the same paint on the right side of the layout. Once that had dried, I used the Prima Stain 12 x 12 Mask and misted the background page with the Art Anthology Mocha Colorations Spray. Then I started layering my torn and distressed papers along the bottom, adding in some drywall tape and pieces of Tim Holtz Tissue Tape (Sketchbook pack). Once that was in done, I did some more masking in a few places using The Crafter's Workshop 12 x 12 Well Rounded template with the Art Anthology Stone Effects Dimensional Medium  in Sandstone and then some stamping with black ink and a mesh stamp. The last bit of layering was the distressed matting for the photo and the fussy-cut clocks. As a final touch I did some splattering using Liquitex Ink in Carbon Black. To complete the layout, I added the photo, the Prima Flowers and Embellishments and included a chipboard heart from my stash that I painted with the Kona paint. Here are some close-ups!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today - I appreciate your visits and comments so much.

Happy Scrapping!