After lunch today my husband and I wrapped our children's presents and that's when I realized that I forgot to alter the art journal I bought for my daughter! She loves to draw/doodle/tangle and asked for zentangle pens and a sketch book so being a stamper, I can't possibly just give her a sketch book, it has to be altered, right?!
I bought this Prima Doll last spring but tonight was her first inking. Oh what fun! I can't wait to play with her again!
We are in the midst of a tornado warning with lots of lighting and thundering so half way through my little project my daughter came down the stairs. I quickly hid the project under a pile of papers (not difficult to do since it looks like a bomb went off in here!)
Since this was my first inking I looked up Pinterest to get some ideas and so I had the page up on my computer. It caught my daughter's eye and we sat here for a good 30 minutes scrolling through the dolls. I hope she won't be disappointed with this as it's not nearly as extravagant as the ones she pointed out as favorites.
I colored her hair and body with copics but used Susie Australia's watercolor technique for the dress. I stamped TH Distress Wild Honey on aluminum foil and then with my aqua brush I colored the bodice, head band and added accents to the patterned paper skirt! I will be using this coloring technique frequently!!
Thank you so much Peggy for the fun color challenge! I decided on my color combo for this project after looking up today's challenge!
TFL!
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Wed, Dec 24, 2014 @ 12:23 PM
This is beyond fantastic! I'm betting this will be her favorite present! Straight into favorites!
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Fri, Dec 26, 2014 @ 4:25 PM
Oh my goodness Angie, this is fantastic. I am sure your daughter loved it. I love the dramatc black and white chevron design with the rich and happy yellow. The flowers, pearls, her hair, well actually everything, is wonderful. Straight into My Favs Angie.
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Sat, Dec 27, 2014 @ 7:18 PM
Angie, your daughter will be so happy with this. You created something just for her - that's as special as it gets. It's a piece of sunshine of paper - beautiful!
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