Wicked Witch

 Hi Guys, 

I am posting for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts today.

 Meet the sweetest wicked witch ever.  

Using a gel medium, cover your art doll with the paper of your choosing.  I covered the front and back of my doll using pages from an old shorthand book. 

Go around all of your edges with Distress Ink in Antique Linen. Using an awl make holes in your doll for her joints and put her together using brads.  

You might notice she is missing her head. I used an image and then popped a witch hat on her head. 

I just glued the head to the body.  

The witch hat is mounted on a scrap of chipboard that was the edge of something I had from Gypsy Soul.  I ran the hat through my Xyron sticker maker and then just trimmed the chipboard around my new sticker.  The fabric on her hat is that same as her skirt.  I took white cheese cloth and sprayed it with Distress Stains.  The vintage bingo marker has a little spider rub on. 

The Bird Cage is covered with Emerald Creek Embossing Powders.  Instead of carrying a bird, she has a little bat in there.  

I cut her boots put of cardstock.  They are a little wonky since I freehanded them, but witch shoes don't have to be pretty.  

I love the brad on her belt and the necklace details too.

Here she is one more time.

Jess

Medium Art Doll
Bird Cage

Special Delivery

Hi Everyone,

I'm up on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Blog today. 

Once again I was a bad design team girl and didn't take step out photos.  Here's the thing, these cabana houses are so easy to assemble I just got carried away.  They just fold together.  A tiny bit of glue or double sided tape and they are done in a flash. 

I started by using some tissue wrap and crazing collage medium to adhere it to the house.  Once the collage medium was dry I used Distress Crayons  and Scribble Sticks to add color.  

I love making my tissue have wrinkles.  I smush and scrunch it until I have enough wrinkles. 

The roof was stamped using the Emerald Creek Kimilese stamp and then colored using Distress Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn and Vintage Photo.  

The roof edges and the bottom of the house have some washi tape.  

The little postman paper doll was colored using my distress markers and given some wings.  The teeny letter and wooden heart complete him.  The house got a bingo marker house number;a word band colored using my distress crayon in Chipped Sapphire; and a clipping sticker.  My teeny house is done. 

The cabana houses come in a set of 5! Such an awesome deal. I've shared another one I made over on my Instagram page(@twomaddahlias).

Daper Halloween Cat

This has to be one of my favorite projects I have made in a very long time! I have a full tutorial up on Unruly Paperarts today.

I just love that this super serious dude turned into a gangster cat from the 1940's!

This serious dude was fussy cut and then given a slight makeover. 

 I hope this kitty made you laugh as hard as I did when I finished him!

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Tim tags for June

Tim tag time.  Whew! Just under the wire!

I made two this month.  I am not a coffee girl so I had to think a bit outside of the box on this one.
Since it is so close to the fourth of July I decided my first tag was going to be patriotic.

I used salty ocean, tumbled glass, and faded jeans for my plaid background.  When I first started I was going to use the entire cloche, but I ended up just using the base for my patriotic lady to perch on. 

My second tag is celebrating the supreme court decision from last week.  Love is a language everybody understands. I hope this decision takes everyone one step closer to understanding and acceptance for all.

I hope you enjoy my tags!

What have you been crafting?

Jess