Nerida Carter - Independant Stampin'Up! demonstrator.
Just a quick card today.
Did you ever make clothes for your dress up dolls? I really enjoyed making these two Russian doll cards. Thought I would share the process with you ...
Step 2. Fold a piece of cardstock in half and place your doll template over the front cover and trace it out, pushing it over to the left hand side and leaving atleast a 2 cm edge that is not cut.
Step 3. Using your template - Cut out a head scalf and skirt from patterned paper. I've used Raspberry tart designer series paper from stampin' up. Then punch out a circle for the face to show through, mine is 1 3/4", but it could be smaller for a more petite faced doll.
Step 4. If you are using a dark coloured cardstock for the body you will need to punch a white 1 3/8" circle for the face. Then cut two half circles for the "hair". I have used the 1" circle punch to cut out close to cocoa coloured Urban Oasis patterned paper.
Step 5. Draw a face (with coloured markers) onto the white cardstock. And I have cut a scalloped edge to the skirt with the eyelet border punch.
Step 6. Assemble your doll's face, hair and head scalf then stick together with either snail or 2 way glue pen for the fiddly bits.
Step 7. Cut out two fluffy slippers - I have used the scallop oval punch but you could use two 
Step 10. Place all the pieces onto your cardstock doll. Add a piece of ribbon around the neck of the headscalf to cover the join.
Step 11. Cut out a baby doll from cardstock using your doll template.
Step 12. cover your baby in matching DSP (designer series paper), and punch out a small circle (1.3 cm) for the face to show through. Draw a face on the cardstock with the close to cocoa marker.
Step 13. Make a hole in the base for the pink brad to attach your baby to it's mother. (It doesn't hurt very much, not as much as the heel prick in the hospital. )
Step 14. Take mother and baby out for some visiting and support from other mum's in her local community. 
This was the card I ended up with after Tuesday night's evening of stamping with a couple of friends. It is nothing like the original card I was intending to make, but none of my "creations" ever do I'm afraid, so I will stop apologising for that now.
So the card is fairly simple only a few layers ... but I wanted to use one of my wheels: the baroque wheel in versamark ink, and then I decide to clear emboss it to make it dark and glossy. The patterned paper is from the Raspberry tart pack of papers. It is rose red, real red, cameo coral, kiwi kiss and pretty in pink. 
I love buttlerflies, and the wings kind of mirror the shape of the flowers in the background paper. I have rock and rolled the butterflies in regal rose and rose red ink. The Centre butterfly has a velum layer and is attached with a silver brad. If you look closely you will see I have used some versamark and clear embossing powder to accentuate the wings. I think my clear embossing powder has some dazzling diamonds in it, too. This greeting "Best wishes" is from the Oval All stampset, which becomes available on 1st of August in the new mini catalogue.
Materials used:
Well the holidays are over and family is back at school - I didnt get much stamping done in the last two weeks but had a great time with my daughter at home and with friends.
I chose the Pacific Point blue card base as it would contrast nicely with the white stazon ink on the velum. The patterned paper is in baja breeze from the Urban Garden DSP pack.
I have made this gorgous little flower with two layers of kiwi kiss cardstock and one of velum punched out with the 5 petal flower punch. The centre is made with the gorgous filigree metal brad set. The whole flower is raised up with a dimensional. 
I have to say this was a very quick card to make. The fresh cut cards with a pre - punched flower in the centre coordinate with the flower punch.
The small purple flower was punched using the one of a kind punch. I have attached the flower to the card with a small white eyelet and a dot of crystal effects with a clear rhinestone ont the top. Behind the flower cut is a piece of lovely lilac cardstock stamped with the Enfrancais background stamp in elegant eggplant.
Recipe:
