Jess here today.
I recently got this cool Art Doll Nicho(coming to the store soon) from GSL and immediately thought I needed to put butterflies in it.
The doll comes in three pieces. I started by cutting a dress out of a bright bold patterned paper and glued it to the main body piece. Then I was stumped. I realized I don't do bright often. So I tore that dress off and went with a more neutral paper (read grungy). Once I did that she really started to come together. The paper was splattered with Black Soot Distress Paint. The edges were inked up using Distress Ink in Pumice Stone. The gold is Dina Wakley Gilt(this is quickly becoming my go to gold color).
The large butterflies on her dress are from the Tim Holtz French Flight stamp and die set. I cut them using mop up paper I had on my desk. The tiny key centers are from Ideaology.
The large wings were die cut using the Fanciful Flight Die using the same mop up paper I used to cut the small butterflies.
Her arms are from the Santos Doll. They are painted with Dina Wakley Gilt. Then stamped using the Blank Page Muse Correspondence Script stamp in Black Soot Archival ink. I used craft thread to make the joints and attached them to the body using a strong glue.
The second piece of the doll is the head. It's really just a circle that you can use to support the head of your choice. I had this art doll sheet from Art Chix Studios and used one of them. I gave her a halo using the Medallion Impresslit. Some teeny butterflies finish her halo. I wanted to give her a little necklace since the doll head has a long neck. I used some chain from the Tim Holtz Assemblage line to make her necklace and the pearl dangle. The butterfly is a another one from the French Flight set.
The last piece is the little belly box that needs to be folded up. The box is tiny. Use a good strong glue to keep it together. I painted the inside using Peeled Paint Distress Paint and added a flowery paper to the back. The butterflies were cut using the Tim Holtz Butterfly Frenzy die. I spritzed several colors of Distress Oxide ink on my gel press and used a piece of vintage book paper to pull my print. Once the paper was dry I ran it through the Vagabond. The butterflies were glued down to fill the cavity. There are a couple teeny butterfly brads in her belly too.
The legs are vintage ceramic doll legs. I poked holes into the belly box and ran craft thread though to keep them on the box. They are tied on so they can dangle and move.
I hope you like her!
