I don't know about y'all, but as a kid, I loved my Barbie dolls. I was such a tomboy that Barbies were one of the only "girly" toys I liked. My sweet aunt Sandy used to make gorgeous, tiny little Barbie outfits for my sis & I every Christmas. I couldn't wait for Christmas just to see what she'd made for Barbie. I saved them all and put them away then I let my DD play with them when she was young. Later, she saw how much vintage Barbies were selling for and big $ signs cha-chinged in her eyes. Until I brought up the fact that ours would probably not fetch as much due to the Military haircuts she'd given them.
As for my card, I went with Tribute Barbie. I liked the winding flower flourish and the colors. All images are Our Daily Bread designs. On the blue bg, I stamped the butterfly bg image with blue ink and sponged on a couple of colors of blue ink. I used a white gel pen and a blue micron pen to add the highlight/shadow lines for a faux embossed look.
For the woodgrain bg, I stamped the image w/ choc and sponged on choc & sienna inks.
I stamped the butterfly vine twice w/ choc ink and colored them w/ markers & a water brush. I trimmed on a diagonal the right edge of one & cut out some extra butterflies from the other. The trellis was made by punching the lg garden trellis punch, back to back (to make it wide) and then I snipped out some of the internal crossbeams to make my trellis more open. The sentiment was die cut w/ a tag tie that I cut one end then turned the die around and cut the other side so they'd both match.
Thanks so much for looking!My blog:The Write Stuff. Sorry! I had to delete a bunch of really old posts from my blog & this is one of them.
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 GMT Views: 2003
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Sat, Jan 22, 2011 @ 9:23 AM
LOL about the military haircuts...I, unfortunately, had a sister who used a hair dryer and MELTED the Barbie hair. Did she stop at one? Oh, NO...she had to do it to ALL the Barbies..Then, she WROTE on them with a ball point pen. Back then, the Barbies were really rubbery and the ink acted as a permanent tattoo!
Your card is FABULOUS!!! Love the cut work and how you transitioned from the brown to the white on the lattice.
Registered: May 27, 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 12844
Sat, Jan 22, 2011 @ 9:45 AM
What is it with our daughters cutting all their Barbies' hair off?? My daughter always wanted the latest and greatest Barbie, and they all ended up naked on her bedroom floor with their hair cut off. I couldn't tell one from another at that point!! Your did a beautiful job with your Barbie-inspired creation. Love your colors, butterflies, and lattice work.
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