The year has started off wonderfully with Alpha Stamps newest January Romantic Kit. The romantic women that I created look very elaborate yet were super easy to make. Below is one of the dolls that I created using the new Chipboard Torso Die-Cuts, new trims and the wonderful image from the collage sheet The Lady In Blue. I started by cutting a slit in the center of a vintage doily, just big enough to slip over my chipboard torso so the doily hit on the "waist" and hung like a skirt. Then I added a smaller doily and a third smaller doily. Then I attached my collage sheet image to the torso. I had covered the back of both the image and the chipboard with the designed paper from The Avenues 6x6 Paper Pad. Next, I laid out sections of some of the kits beautiful trims, seam binding and vintage lace. I simply hand sewed them to the doily both in front of and behind the chipboard torso. Just a few pass throughs to make a couple of loops to attach. I used some thinner pieces of trim to thread some Glass Window Beads and Brass Flower Charms to for some added charm, lol. When I finished attaching the trims, I was able to glue the lower part of the image to the front of the doily and trims to make her more secure along with the trims. This also created about an inch of height under her "skirt" so she could sit or be place over a small container to look like she is standing. And voila..... Below is another doll that I made using this image from the same The Lady In Blue collage sheet, more wonderful trims and a 4 inch Paper Mache Cone. I hope you have had a wonderful start to 2014 and that it delivers many creative projects for you. Be sure to check out Alpha Stamps wonderful kits. Kits are announced the first weekend of each month. However, if you sign up for a subscription, your kit will probably have already been mailed to you.
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Meet Bear, a digital print of my original hand painted paper puppet. Print, cut and assemble it! This listing is for FIVE Paper Puppets. Please see images of the products to see exactly what you’ll get. The Bear is about 8" (20 cm) high, the Fox, Badger, Bunny and Bird are about 5.5" (14,5cm) high; This is a PDF download for you to print on your own and it is formatted to be printed on A4 size paper. Materials Needed: - A good printer; - Good quality paper (use a photo matte paper to get the best color results); - Scissors; - Needle of safety pin; - Tiny brads; - Wooden dowels and tape ( optional). How to Use it : - Print the illustrations on card stock paper (or use regular paper and paste it into cardstock); - Cut out the pieces and punch tine holes on the dots located on the body and limbs. Use a needle or a safety pin for this. - Assemble the characters putting the dots together ( there's a dot on the body that corresponds to a dot on each limb, put them on top of each other ( limb and body) and place a small brad on it. Use the small image on the top left of the sheet as reference to assemble your character. - You can place a wooden dowel on the back of each character for extra fun, just use regular tape to adhere it to the puppet. - It is also perfect for cardmaking and DIY projects, such as paper garlands or framed prints. It makes a great ornament when assembled! - Colors may vary slightly due to monitor and printer variations - Not recommended for young children to cut themselves. - Instant Download: your files will be available as soon as your payment has been confirmed. - This is a Digital Download product, NO physical items will be shipped. LICENSE TERMS - NO Commercial usage is allowed. Please contact me if you interested at this. - You may use this images for your personal projects only. - You may incorporate the Set into an item you made yourself (such as cards and paper goods) to give away as long as you have printed it out first. - You may not alter, sell or give away the image files. You may not copy them in any form, or posting them online. - You may post online a photo of the item you created only after printed and assembled. - You may not use any illustrations in websites, blogs, profile pictures , trademarks, logos or branding and others. Please let me know if you’re interested at it so we can discuss pricing and terms. - By purchasing this product you agree to abide by my License Terms. - If you have any questions, please contact me. Check other paper puppets here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BiancaPozzi?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=25759523 THIS FILE IS INTENDED FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. IT MIGHT NOT BE ALTERED, SHARED, RESOLD OR REDISTRIBUTED. All rights reserved ©2019 Bianca Pozzi
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This daisy puppet is so excited for summer that she can't stop dancing about it!
Above are the backs of paper dolls cut from 1950's magazines so you get abstract patterns, text, photo's and recipes. This silhouette effect would be good to use for mood boards and source books either cut from printed papers or from fabrics backed with tape to prevent them from fraying. The paper dolls would also be a good source of templates, people collect images of them and you can google or flickr your way to great archives and modern fashion illustrators interpretations of this historical fashion pass time. The above images are from Barbara Jean's collection
Crushing on Malin Koort’s clever, quirky Paper People series. Each creation has its own little personality shining through in 2D!
Make paper lanterns and decorate them with pressed flowers in this easy tutorial from HGTV Gardens.
From Cathy71, Australia :-)
Hi all, I'm back with two more French Pantin - Jumping Jack - Paper Dolls by d'Epinal from the late 1800's. This time it's two of my favorite figures - The Chinese Dancers. And to add a bit more fun to the restoration process, I've created several new color versions of both dolls for your crafting pleasure. The original colors for the dolls as you see them below are nice but these are such fun characters that I thought they could take a bit of jazzing up just for the fun of it - so you'll have to tell me what you think after seeing them all. These are my restored version of the original characters. Pantin is the French word for Jumping-Jack Puppet and these type of dolls were popular in Europe from the 1700's till the early 1900's. Originally such dolls were made of wood or a pressboard material then later they were made simply of paper. The "Jumping-Jack part of the dolls comes from how they are assembled and the strings used to help the puppets: move, jump, dance... The great thing about these dolls is you can simply put them together with adhesive if you want a stationary doll or if you want a bit of poseable movement, brads or eyelets work great. An example of a large "Jumping-Jack" with string can be seen - HERE See more about Jumping-Jacks HERE and on string assembly HERE My Pantin paper doll assembly instruction sheet on how to make them dance can be found HERE There are several nice sized images of vintage Pantin paper dolls on the web, however you have to remember that when they were originally made many of the mass produced figures were extremely inexpensive and not of the greatest print quality. One of my projects over the past several months has been to see if I could "perk" some of these old treasures up for use in several upcoming projects I wanted to undertake. I have to say that so far they are cleaning up quite nicely. I'll let you be the judge as to weather you would be more inclined to use these dolls in their original state with all their antique charm or the updated versions I've created. Either way I hope you enjoy these Chinese Dancers and the other d'Epinal paper dolls I've posted before them. This is my restored version of the China Lady Doll This is the original Antique image I started with - from pilllpat at flickr Even in her vintage stat you can see this dolls charm and why I was drawn to give her a makeover. She just begged to be played with but the drabness of her face and the faded/splotched ink blemishes cried out for attention before that could happen. The above original doll can be found - HERE The same went for her partner who originally started looking much the same. This is the original vintage image of the China Man paper doll from - pilllpat on flickr I am ever so grateful to generous contributors who place lovely vintage images like these on the web so us crafty types have the opportunity to digitally own them and alter them as needed for our projects. I hope you will take the opportunity to discover all the wonderful vintage treasures pilllpat has placed on her flickr account for your viewing and crafting pleasure. The original of the China Man can be found - HERE *** Hours of digital work in Photoshop was required for me to change my little China man from his original vintage state to the new man he is today, or at least one of my versions of him - giggles. My updated version based on the original French Pantin bu d'Epinal I believe his outlines are sharper, his coloring while still retaining some of the antique charm are now brighter, the coverage is improved and his face has perked up a bit. I pretty much stayed at restoring the dolls in my other "Pantin" conversions and maybe adding in a few additional limbs for variety. I wanted to somthing a bit different with this set of characters and decided to create several color versions as their variety factor - since the are just too fun for words, in my opinion. I've even taken a few of them and created png dolls so you can see them in a few poses or to be used in digital or handmade crafts should you wish to do that. png versions of two of my re-colorized dolls in fun poses - these two coordinate but don't match exactly. The above figures required an additional arm for each of them to create these poses. To create the same in paper you would need to print the man twice so you could get a duplicate of his left arm, allowing him to have one arme pointing up and one behind his back. For the lady you would need to print one normally and one in reverse so you have well matched arms to place behind her hips. png versions of two of my re-colorized dolls in fun poses - these two are a matching set. Here are two more that work well with the set above yet are in slightly different poses. This time the figures are a matched set color wise. I've digitally cut away the extra "draping" fabric so you can see another way to easily alter their appearance, should you choose to do so when creating these as paper dolls. Only one image of the man or lady would be needed to create these poses. The New Paper Doll Collection - Colors!!!! I hope you enjoy hours of crafting pleasure with this selection of Dancing China paper dolls as did those who originally played with them in 1800's France. The best part is we now have color options they never did. Tip - for durability I suggest mounting your printed sheets to heavy cardstock or light chipboard (recycled cereal boxes are great for this) before cutting out your figures, especially if you will be constructing them with mini brads or eyelets. Also, for variety you can print multiple image in regular and reverse so you can create more options for posing your figures, it's just fun to play and see what combinations you can come up with. I like the idea of printing one regular and one reverse. Mounting them on chipboard and cutting them out then assembling each doll back-to-back using eyelets so that no matter how you flip the doll you see the pretty side and not a plain back. I've made matching set so you would have figures that worked well together at all times; however many of them mix and match well together so you figures don't always have to be matchy-matchy. There are 10 sets of dolls total so hopefully you will find a few you like - grins. Aubergine version 1 Remember to click on each image to pull up the larger version of it before saving. This way you will be saving the larger image and not the smaller thumbnail you see here. Aubergine Version 2 Blue Version Blue-Green Version Brick & Slate Version Green & Grape Version Plum and Raspberry Version Teal Version Wine Version And one last time my version of the original color scheme from the vintage set. My version of the original d'Epinal doll set Again - Remember to click on each image to pull up the larger version before saving it. This way you will be saving the larger image and not the smaller thumbnail you see here. This will make a huge difference when you finally try to use the image later on. Please visit my previous post to learn more about French Pantin Paper Dolls and to see the other vintage doll images I've given a makeover. "Pantin" Post #1 - About French "Pantin" Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #2 - Mr & Mrs Polichinelle Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #3 - Gypsy Lady and Man Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #4 - Scottish Lass & Gypsy Pirate - click HERE "Pantin" Post #5 - Harlequin, Pierrette, Polichinelle - click HERE "Pantin" Post #6 - China Doll Dancing Dolls - Currently Viewing The French were not the only ones to produce these types of puppet dolls. They were made in a variety of countries and called by various names. "Pantins" are what they were named by the French maker d'Epinal on his printed sheets. Originals of these types of dolls are still available if you search hard and are willing to pay the price, luckily there are very generous people who do not mind posting images of originals so the rest of us get to drool over their collections and occasionally find images in a high enough resolution to play with; as I've been able to do for these posts. (you can even find them in animal form like these d'Epinals - also from pilllipat at flickr) The Show Pony/Circus Horse and Donkey paper dolls by d'Epinal make an interesting twist to a jointed paper doll collection and these are in great printing condition, so I hope add them to your collection too. The Pony can be found - HERE and the Donkey can be found - HERE ***** Personally I am not actively searching to add originals of these dolls to my collection; however there are a few exceptions of that rule as always. Here are a few elusive sheets I hope to one day own and post for your playful enjoyment, so wish me luck as I search for the following d'Epinal sheets. Top on my list is this set of Chinese and Turkish dolls - arn't they great? d'Epinal Pantin Sheet #1 - Pantins Danseurs Chinois et Turcs- Dancers Chinese and Turks I discovered this sheet - HERE and am able to purchase a reproduction print at places like - HERE but then I can't share them on my blog. I love this set so much that I may one day break down and buy it to frame and hang on my wall. We shall see. d'Epinal Pantin sheet No.845 I would like to get the lady Spanish Dancer, the Cavalier next to her and the uniformed man above her - who knows it could one day happen and I'll post them for you if it ever does. d"Epinal Pantins sheet No. 844 I'd like to get the two lovely ladies from this sheet as well so if I'm ever fortunate enough to get these or any other vintage "dancing" dolls like them I'll do my best to share them with you. - grins. Vintage Pantin from the - Spielzeugmuseum Nurmburg So far this is the best quality image of the Fairy Dancer "Sylphide" I've been able to locate; but at least it lets me know that she was available individually and not just on a group sheet. I believe that wraps up my French d'Epinal digital collection for "Pantins" at this time; but I do have some other vintage "Dancing" dolls and some interesting modern ones to share with you on upcoming post. Please let me know if you are enjoying this series or if you know of any resources out there there with vintage pantins out on the web that I may have missed, and so others can find them too. Till Next Time...
2018 Topic 10: Paper Dolls Kaz Hall Well hello and bonjour everyone, Darcy here. I have just returned from France to bring you our latest challenge. This one is fun and will take you back to your childhood play days. Do you remember cutting out paper dolls from magazines, or even creating your own? I definitely did, I went through a phase of drawing and colouring paper dolls, each with a different outfit. I had a box full and they went everywhere with me. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 9: Colour: Vintage Neutrals Colour Challenge... The winner is: Hazel Parr from Create a smile cards Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] There are many versions of paper dolls available now, you can find an abundance of downloadable dolls online but if you don't fancy the cutting out then the Tim Holtz die cuts are for you. They come in packets with over 100 pieces, enough to play for ages. These vintage images slot nicely into so many layouts, themes and colour schemes. These examples will show mostly this type of 'doll' but you can use any paper dolls that you have, or even create your own from stamped parts. The Lynne Perrella Collection has lots of heads to start you off. This example is very much a vintage collage of ephemera, beautiful neutrals combined with a little texture. Emma Williams More vintage dolls/people, this time on tags. The theme remains layered and distressed but it set off by the strong blue of the pieces of denim fabric. Katje Mezzanotte I love the use of the embroidery hoop framing this project, it really adds tot he traditional feel. Emma Williams Here the colour scheme is simple and elegant with a splash of vivid colour on the butterfly wings. Bobbi Smith As you can see the vintage dolls work equally well on a colourful background, these tags are stunning. Beautiful blending and inky edges pulls all the elements together. Barbarayaya More colour here, not just in the background but also on the figure which has had subtle colour added. Bexta A fun keepsake in a tiny tin, this little girls with her blushed cheeks fits perfectly inside this tin with her butterflies. Nichola Battilana Now for a piece that is full on 3d, there is so much to look at here, it is such an inspirational project. From the wheels, the bottles and the flowers tot he boy and the butterflies. I especially like that he stands out for not being coloured so brightly. The carefully placed words lead your eye around all the elements. Barbarayaya More 3d pieces, this time small houses, subtle tints combined with splashes of colour is the key. Annie Such a beautiful colour in this background, with lots of well thought out and placed elements of interest. Tracy Evans I had to include this piece as it is so sweet, all dolls need clothes and somebody has to wash them. This line of dresses has so many lovely little details, peer between the layers to pick them out. Nederhoff913 If you love the clothes of paper dolls then how about adding textured clothes to them, a little scarp of lace looks fabulous. Maygreen Fairies You could also collect petals and leaves and create some stunning fairy outfits. Artful Adventures These little origami dolls are wonderful check out the link under this photo to find a tutorial. Omiyage blogs Another way to join in is to use vintage photos of your own, such as old family photos. Here they are attached to cubes. Barbarayaya This next one could be so much fun, make these for family and friends, work colleagues or teachers. the templates are on Claudine Hellmuth's blog, find then HERE. Mendy You can also make your own dolls from blank templates, there are several templates on Kimberly Crick's site, once you have the body shape you can use rubber stamps and patterned papers to add character. The templates are free to download, check them out. Kimberley Crick So , how will you play with dolls for this topic, will you draw and paint, or stamp and collage or use bought die cuts? whatever you decide to do be sure to link up as we really want to see your creations. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! ~ Darcy To join our challenge and win a new Zinski apron: Simply make something arty relevant to the topic, and link your creation from any social URL (eg. Instagram, Pinterest, Blog Post etc) sharing your original make to this challenge page. The current topic link Topic 10: Paper Dolls will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, June 17th 2018, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. NB you have 3 weeks for this challenge due to New Products being announced All links go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy creative apron. Please make sure we can contact you as a prize winner - it helps if you share your contact info from the platform you opt to use. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Scratch your crafting itch by making one of these 15 gorgeous vintage crafts. From ornaments to pin cushions, this collection has it all.
I made you a present to celebrate it being almost a year since I started sharing my work online and as a thank you for all the amazing support, emails, reviews, and general loveliness I’ve ha…
I have an entire folder of wonderful vintage magazine paper doll scans, which I will post over the next couple of weeks. They're all amazing.
From Cathy71, Australia :-)
Ballerinas and dancers always exude a sense of elegance, grace, beauty and control, something that I would love to introduce to my home. If you feel the same as I do then you’ll just love
Coleção rara e divertida.
Looking for a homemade Christmas gift? Any Little House on the Prairie fan will appreciate this fat quarter rag doll DIY.
Gardening season is upon us, and it's time to get our hands dirty and bring some color and life to our backyards and window sills. However, instead of heading down to the DIY store for the same old plastic and ceramic pots for indoor plants, try this new trend that is popping up on Instagram: Doll planters.
This list of 20 handmade Christmas gifts to start sewing now is sure to give you plenty of ideas to get started on while you have plenty of time.
Flip her one way and she's happy. Another and she's sad. Be careful, she might change on you when your back is turned ;)
Hi all, I'm back with two more French Pantin - Jumping Jack - Paper Dolls by d'Epinal from the late 1800's. This time it's two of my favorite figures - The Chinese Dancers. And to add a bit more fun to the restoration process, I've created several new color versions of both dolls for your crafting pleasure. The original colors for the dolls as you see them below are nice but these are such fun characters that I thought they could take a bit of jazzing up just for the fun of it - so you'll have to tell me what you think after seeing them all. These are my restored version of the original characters. Pantin is the French word for Jumping-Jack Puppet and these type of dolls were popular in Europe from the 1700's till the early 1900's. Originally such dolls were made of wood or a pressboard material then later they were made simply of paper. The "Jumping-Jack part of the dolls comes from how they are assembled and the strings used to help the puppets: move, jump, dance... The great thing about these dolls is you can simply put them together with adhesive if you want a stationary doll or if you want a bit of poseable movement, brads or eyelets work great. An example of a large "Jumping-Jack" with string can be seen - HERE See more about Jumping-Jacks HERE and on string assembly HERE My Pantin paper doll assembly instruction sheet on how to make them dance can be found HERE There are several nice sized images of vintage Pantin paper dolls on the web, however you have to remember that when they were originally made many of the mass produced figures were extremely inexpensive and not of the greatest print quality. One of my projects over the past several months has been to see if I could "perk" some of these old treasures up for use in several upcoming projects I wanted to undertake. I have to say that so far they are cleaning up quite nicely. I'll let you be the judge as to weather you would be more inclined to use these dolls in their original state with all their antique charm or the updated versions I've created. Either way I hope you enjoy these Chinese Dancers and the other d'Epinal paper dolls I've posted before them. This is my restored version of the China Lady Doll This is the original Antique image I started with - from pilllpat at flickr Even in her vintage stat you can see this dolls charm and why I was drawn to give her a makeover. She just begged to be played with but the drabness of her face and the faded/splotched ink blemishes cried out for attention before that could happen. The above original doll can be found - HERE The same went for her partner who originally started looking much the same. This is the original vintage image of the China Man paper doll from - pilllpat on flickr I am ever so grateful to generous contributors who place lovely vintage images like these on the web so us crafty types have the opportunity to digitally own them and alter them as needed for our projects. I hope you will take the opportunity to discover all the wonderful vintage treasures pilllpat has placed on her flickr account for your viewing and crafting pleasure. The original of the China Man can be found - HERE *** Hours of digital work in Photoshop was required for me to change my little China man from his original vintage state to the new man he is today, or at least one of my versions of him - giggles. My updated version based on the original French Pantin bu d'Epinal I believe his outlines are sharper, his coloring while still retaining some of the antique charm are now brighter, the coverage is improved and his face has perked up a bit. I pretty much stayed at restoring the dolls in my other "Pantin" conversions and maybe adding in a few additional limbs for variety. I wanted to somthing a bit different with this set of characters and decided to create several color versions as their variety factor - since the are just too fun for words, in my opinion. I've even taken a few of them and created png dolls so you can see them in a few poses or to be used in digital or handmade crafts should you wish to do that. png versions of two of my re-colorized dolls in fun poses - these two coordinate but don't match exactly. The above figures required an additional arm for each of them to create these poses. To create the same in paper you would need to print the man twice so you could get a duplicate of his left arm, allowing him to have one arme pointing up and one behind his back. For the lady you would need to print one normally and one in reverse so you have well matched arms to place behind her hips. png versions of two of my re-colorized dolls in fun poses - these two are a matching set. Here are two more that work well with the set above yet are in slightly different poses. This time the figures are a matched set color wise. I've digitally cut away the extra "draping" fabric so you can see another way to easily alter their appearance, should you choose to do so when creating these as paper dolls. Only one image of the man or lady would be needed to create these poses. The New Paper Doll Collection - Colors!!!! I hope you enjoy hours of crafting pleasure with this selection of Dancing China paper dolls as did those who originally played with them in 1800's France. The best part is we now have color options they never did. Tip - for durability I suggest mounting your printed sheets to heavy cardstock or light chipboard (recycled cereal boxes are great for this) before cutting out your figures, especially if you will be constructing them with mini brads or eyelets. Also, for variety you can print multiple image in regular and reverse so you can create more options for posing your figures, it's just fun to play and see what combinations you can come up with. I like the idea of printing one regular and one reverse. Mounting them on chipboard and cutting them out then assembling each doll back-to-back using eyelets so that no matter how you flip the doll you see the pretty side and not a plain back. I've made matching set so you would have figures that worked well together at all times; however many of them mix and match well together so you figures don't always have to be matchy-matchy. There are 10 sets of dolls total so hopefully you will find a few you like - grins. Aubergine version 1 Remember to click on each image to pull up the larger version of it before saving. This way you will be saving the larger image and not the smaller thumbnail you see here. Aubergine Version 2 Blue Version Blue-Green Version Brick & Slate Version Green & Grape Version Plum and Raspberry Version Teal Version Wine Version And one last time my version of the original color scheme from the vintage set. My version of the original d'Epinal doll set Again - Remember to click on each image to pull up the larger version before saving it. This way you will be saving the larger image and not the smaller thumbnail you see here. This will make a huge difference when you finally try to use the image later on. Please visit my previous post to learn more about French Pantin Paper Dolls and to see the other vintage doll images I've given a makeover. "Pantin" Post #1 - About French "Pantin" Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #2 - Mr & Mrs Polichinelle Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #3 - Gypsy Lady and Man Dolls - click HERE "Pantin" Post #4 - Scottish Lass & Gypsy Pirate - click HERE "Pantin" Post #5 - Harlequin, Pierrette, Polichinelle - click HERE "Pantin" Post #6 - China Doll Dancing Dolls - Currently Viewing The French were not the only ones to produce these types of puppet dolls. They were made in a variety of countries and called by various names. "Pantins" are what they were named by the French maker d'Epinal on his printed sheets. Originals of these types of dolls are still available if you search hard and are willing to pay the price, luckily there are very generous people who do not mind posting images of originals so the rest of us get to drool over their collections and occasionally find images in a high enough resolution to play with; as I've been able to do for these posts. (you can even find them in animal form like these d'Epinals - also from pilllipat at flickr) The Show Pony/Circus Horse and Donkey paper dolls by d'Epinal make an interesting twist to a jointed paper doll collection and these are in great printing condition, so I hope add them to your collection too. The Pony can be found - HERE and the Donkey can be found - HERE ***** Personally I am not actively searching to add originals of these dolls to my collection; however there are a few exceptions of that rule as always. Here are a few elusive sheets I hope to one day own and post for your playful enjoyment, so wish me luck as I search for the following d'Epinal sheets. Top on my list is this set of Chinese and Turkish dolls - arn't they great? d'Epinal Pantin Sheet #1 - Pantins Danseurs Chinois et Turcs- Dancers Chinese and Turks I discovered this sheet - HERE and am able to purchase a reproduction print at places like - HERE but then I can't share them on my blog. I love this set so much that I may one day break down and buy it to frame and hang on my wall. We shall see. d'Epinal Pantin sheet No.845 I would like to get the lady Spanish Dancer, the Cavalier next to her and the uniformed man above her - who knows it could one day happen and I'll post them for you if it ever does. d"Epinal Pantins sheet No. 844 I'd like to get the two lovely ladies from this sheet as well so if I'm ever fortunate enough to get these or any other vintage "dancing" dolls like them I'll do my best to share them with you. - grins. Vintage Pantin from the - Spielzeugmuseum Nurmburg So far this is the best quality image of the Fairy Dancer "Sylphide" I've been able to locate; but at least it lets me know that she was available individually and not just on a group sheet. I believe that wraps up my French d'Epinal digital collection for "Pantins" at this time; but I do have some other vintage "Dancing" dolls and some interesting modern ones to share with you on upcoming post. Please let me know if you are enjoying this series or if you know of any resources out there there with vintage pantins out on the web that I may have missed, and so others can find them too. Till Next Time...
Keren (Free Pretty Things for You) and I are bringing you a darling vintage Paper Doll image along with her clothes! I was lucky enough to score this paper doll and her clothes not too long ago. Keren changed up the clothes' colors, so we've got the original set plus the new set available for you. The paper doll's in great shape - the only thing is that some sweet little girl wrote her name on the front of her slip - but that just makes her all the better! I'm always drawn to paper dolls because my mom loves them. One of her favorite things was playing with paper dolls. I made one of these projects specifically with Mom in mind. First up, is the card featuring her oh, so sweet pink dress: I fell in love with the kitty buttons and had to have them. (You can find them HERE.) Hard to tell in the photo, but her dress is attached to her by only the tabs on her back, so it looks like someone just slipped on her dress. Now, this is for my mom: She's just a little "sweet nothing" for mom to set on her desk to enjoy. I've got some tips for you if you'd like to make something similar: Print paper doll at 5". Now, you want her to be VERY sturdy. You could print 3 more of her, cut them out and stack them. What I did was trace her onto scrap 110 lb cardstock. The base will also need to be sturdy. I used three 110 lb circles. Glue two of her layers to her and save the third one. Make the stand from sturdy cardstock. The base isn't quite 1 1/4" across - it's the width of her feet. Glue her feet about 3/4" down on the stand. Score the stand underneath her feet and cut to fit her legs. Glue the last layer on the back of the paper doll covering the stand. Then make the slits as indicated above. The stand will slip into the slit base. Start with 1 1/4", you made need to make it a little longer. Tip: Angle the corners of the stand to easily slip into the slit. Glue the other two base circles covering the stand. One last thing to make sure she stands steady on her base: Put a little bit of hot glue under the tips of her shoes and hold them in place until dry. Before you add the hot glue, make all the changes to the paper doll that you want to do. For example, tie the ribbon around her waist and add button, etc... That way you won't tear the hot glue from the paper while you work. (Yeah, I did that!) You could stop right here (see top picture) or you can go on to adding other embellishments and placing her on a block or large spool. (If you would like to do a rosette and don't know how - just go to YouTube, you'll find lots of videos.) Okay, I'm trusting you to be gentle with me on this next one! I hand lettered the sentiment! Yes, it has a couple of "oops!" places. but it was FUN! I watercolored the background and the hearts. (Inspired by Lori at Elvie Studio.) Download Paper Doll with Original Clothes HERE. Visit Free Pretty Things for You to download Paper Doll with New Clothes. Have fun creating with this darling paper doll. So glad you stopped by and have a wonderful week!
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