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| Halloween Paper Doll designed and created by Marla L. Niederer |
I
hope you have been enjoying the Halloween season this year. I can’t tell you how much fun it has been for
me this particular Halloween season as a result of participating in a Halloween
Paper Doll Exchange through the Facebook Progressive Paper Doll Party group.
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| First draft of paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
Before
I joined the group, I must admit, I had never designed a paper doll
before. What inspired me to join the
group was seeing a paper doll posted on Facebook by one of my Facebook friends
to this group. They are such a talented
group that after viewing it I had to join in the fun!
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| Second draft of paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
So
after joining the Bell, Book, & Cauldron challenge I threw myself into
designing and creating a Halloween paper doll to meet the challenge
requirements. It was such fun to do. To get the paper doll the way I wanted I went
through several versions first before designing my final one.
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| Final draft of paper doll by Marla L. Niederer |
The
process I used was to draw by hand all of the elements for the paper doll and
background. I then scanned them into my
computer and added them to my Silhouette Cameo 4 (a cutting machine)
software. The software has a print and
cut feature, so I was able to print the elements out onto cardstock, color them
with watercolor pencils, and then send it back into my Silhouette Cameo to have
all of the pieces cut.
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| Halloween Paper Doll by Marla L. LNiederer |
After
putting the piece together I mailed it to the group member I was assigned to
share my Bell, Book, & Cauldron Paper doll with.
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| Exchange Paper Doll package sent to me by Marilou Bain |
After
all of that fun, I received this amazing package in the mail from Marilou Bain,
another member of the Progressive Paper Doll Party group! The package was beautifully presented wrapped
in orange and black tulle. It was almost
too pretty to open.
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| Witches' shoe created by Marilou Bain |
When
I opened it almost everything was tucked inside of a witches’ shoe. There was an articulated witch paper doll, a
recipe for cookies, a cauldron filled with all kinds of delights including a
recipe for cookies.
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| Pumpkins and brooms created by Marilou Bain |
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| Pumpkin and recipe card created by Marilou Bain |
In addition to all of these lovely items was a
handmade card to go along with everything.
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| Halloween card created by Marilou Bain |
All of the items were created meticulously and
sprinkled with German glass glitter.
What a delightful gift! Thank you
so much Marilou!
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| Halloween items created by Marilou Bain at home on my fireplace mantle |
If
you are still feeling in the Halloween mood I have a free video tutorial on my
OrsinisAngels YouTube channel on how to decorate a needle sculpted face to look
like a Sugar skull for a necklace focal point.
The
complete downloadable PDF tutorial for the necklace is available in my shop here.
You
can find out about more of my self-study classes by clicking on the picture
below.
You
can find out about all the free tutorials I offer by clicking on the picture
below. It will also bring you to my
newest free video tutorials on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel
If
you want to find out more about me click on my picture below.
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About Me |
Until
next time…….
warm
hugs,
Marla
