Fun With Paper Dolls - New Christmas Mixed Media Art Picture Creations

As mentioned in my previous post, over a year ago JoAnn Robinson, who is an amazing artist, posted about some of the mixed media digital paper doll images that she had created.   I saw them and just fell in love with them.  They were just adorable and I knew I had to create something with them.  

Jo is an online friend of mine from some of my Artful Gathering online classes who sells her digital art in her waifsNwhatnots Etsy store.  As I usually do I got carried away and ended up buying a lot of her digital images.  I just couldn't resist them.

Well, as craft projects usually go with me I wasn't able to play with them until a couple of weeks ago and play I did.  Jo's paper art doll images are just so much fun to create with and I couldn't resist creating mixed media art paper art doll pictures on art boards.  

I wanted to create different seasonal and holiday picture decorations of various art board sizes and envisioned some would hang on my wall and some would be stand alone art pictures in picture stands. 

I also wanted my mixed media pictures to create a 3d effect so I added a combination of collage images, sponge painting,  mixed media fibers, ribbons, buttons, 3d paper flowers, paper foliage, dried floral, and fringe. 

Given that Christmas is my all time favorite decorating season I knew I would love all of Jo's Christmas paper art doll images.  So, when I saw Jo's paper art doll star angels and elf I knew I would be making some of them right away.  They were the first pictures I created.  

I ended up making 3 pictures for the Christmas holiday decorating season and they are as follows:

Created from Jo's Christmas Twinkle Star Articulated Paper Doll Instant Digital Download.

For this picture I added glitter paint, puffy paint, fiber embellishments and paper flower embellishments.

Created from Jo's Christmas Star Bright Articulated Paper Doll Instant Digital Download.

For this picture I added glitter paint, fiber embellishments, silk ribbon floral embellishments, paper flora wired embellishments and paper flower embellishments.

Created form Jo's Printable Christmas Pixie Elf Articulated Paper Doll Set With Whimsical Fox Friend Digital Collage Sheet Instant Download.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, elastic glittery embellishments, puffy glitter paint  and silk floral ribbon embellishments.

Please stay tuned for my subsequent posts as they show in more detail the mixed media paper art doll pictures I created for a present for one of my grandsons.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, silk ribbon floral embellishments, paper flora embellishments and paper flower embellishments.

If you get a chance to visit Jo's waifsNwhatnots Etsy shop to see her adorable paper doll images I hope you end up playing like I did.  Way, way too much fun for a senior citizen to be having.... lol

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh

Fun With Paper Dolls - New Fall and Halloween Mixed Media Art Picture Creations

As mentioned in my previous post, over a year ago JoAnn Robinson, who is an amazing artist, posted about some of the mixed media digital paper doll images that she had created.   I saw them and just fell in love with them.  They were just adorable and I knew I had to create something with them.  

Jo is an online friend of mine from some of my Artful Gathering online classes who sells her digital art in her waifsNwhatnots Etsy store.  As I usually do I got carried away and ended up buying a lot of her digital images.  I just couldn't resist them - especially the witches.

Well, as craft projects usually go with me I wasn't able to play with them until a couple of weeks ago and play I did.  Jo's paper art doll images are just so much fun to create with and I couldn't resist creating mixed media art paper art doll pictures on art boards.  

I wanted to create different seasonal and holiday picture decorations of various art board sizes and envisioned some would hang on my wall and some would be stand alone art pictures in picture stands. 

I also wanted my mixed media pictures to create a 3d effect so I added a combination of collage images, sponge painting,  mixed media fibers, ribbons, buttons, 3d paper flowers, paper foliage, dried floral, and fringe.

I ended up making 4 pictures for the fall and Halloween decorating season because the witches were too adorable to resist.  The pictures I created are as follows:

Created from Jo's Halloween Pumpkin Girl Paper Doll Digital Download.  

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, button embellishments, and paper flower embellishments.

Created from Jo's Halloween Witch Paper Doll Poe Crow And Friend Lenore Articulated Instant Digital Download.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, paper flora embellishments, and paper flower embellishments.

Created from Jo's Halloween Articulated Whimsical Witch Paper Doll, Blanca Moonglow, Instant Digital Download and Jo's Halloween Articulated Whimsical Witch Paper Doll Witch, Hazel, Instant Digital Download.

For this picture I used two different sizes of Jo's witch images.  I also added fiber embellishments, button embellishments, paper flora embellishments, dried floral embellishments and paper flower embellishments.

Created from Jo's Halloween Articulated Whimsical Witch Paper Doll, Winifred Screech, Instant Digital Download and Jo's Halloween Articulated Whimsical Witch Paper Doll, Charlotte Stargazer, Instant Digital Download.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, silk ribbon floral embellishments, and paper flower embellishments.

Please stay tuned for my subsequent posts as they show in more detail the mixed media paper art doll pictures I created for the Christmas holiday season, spring season and as a present for one of my grandsons.

I still have a lot left to create when I get a chance.  I'm not sure when that will be but I do, eventually, end up with some free time when I can play with Jo's paper art doll images again.  

If you get a chance to visit Jo's waifsNwhatnots Etsy shop to see her adorable paper doll images I hope you end up playing like I did.  Way, way too much fun for a senior citizen to be having.... lol

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh

A Mixed Media Art Picture For My Grandson

As mentioned in my previous post, over a year ago JoAnn Robinson, who is an amazing artist, posted about some of the mixed media digital paper doll images that she had created.   I saw them and just fell in love with them.  They were just adorable and I knew I had to create something with them.  

Jo is an online friend of mine from some of my Artful Gathering online classes who sells her digital art in her waifsNwhatnots Etsy store.  As I usually do I got carried away and ended up buying a lot of her digital images.  I just couldn't resist them.

Well, as craft projects usually go with me I wasn't able to play with them until a couple of weeks ago and play I did.  Jo's paper art doll images are just so much fun to create with and I couldn't resist creating mixed media art paper art doll pictures on art boards.  

When I saw one of Jo's art doll digital images of a Victorian man in the moon I knew I had to make a picture from him as a graduation present present for my grandson.  He would be perfect as a handmade gift that I could give him and the words were definitely fitting for a college graduation.  

I decided to sponge paint him using 6 different masculine metallic colors and added lace for a 3d effect for his ascot as well as adding paper flowers, ribbon embellishments and button embellishments.

Created from Jo's Mister Moon Man Articulated Paper Doll Whimsical Crescent Moon Doll Instant Digital Download.

I wanted his image to stand out from the art board so I pasted his image to thick watercolor art pages and then pasted those to the art board I had sponge painted.

 

I still have a lot left to create when I get a chance.  I'm not sure when that will be but I do, eventually, end up with some free time when I can play with Jo's paper art doll images again.   

If you get a chance to visit Jo's waifsNwhatnots Etsy shop to see her adorable paper doll images I hope you end up playing like I did.  Way, way too much fun for a senior citizen to be having.... lol

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh

Playing With Mixed Media Paper Dolls and Art Pictures For The Spring

As mentioned in my previous post, over a year ago JoAnn Robinson, who is an amazing artist, posted about some of the mixed media digital paper doll images that she had created.   I saw them and just fell in love with them.  They were just adorable and I knew I had to create something with them.  

Jo is an online friend of mine from some of my Artful Gathering online classes who sells her digital art in her waifsNwhatnots Etsy store.  As I usually do I got carried away and ended up buying a lot of her digital images.  I just couldn't resist them.

Well, as craft projects usually go with me I wasn't able to play with them until a couple of weeks ago and play I did.  Jo's paper art doll images are just so much fun to create with and I couldn't resist creating mixed media art paper art doll pictures on art boards.  

I wanted to create different seasonal and holiday picture decorations of various art board sizes and envisioned some would hang on my wall and some would be stand alone art pictures in picture stands.

I also wanted my mixed media pictures to create a 3d effect so I added a combination of collage images, sponge painting,  mixed media fibers, ribbons, buttons, 3d paper flowers, paper foliage, dried floral, and fringe.  

I absolutely adored Jo's bunnies and decided to use two of them in one large art board picture for the wall in my farmer's porch.  I ended up making 2 pictures for the spring and summer decorating season and they are as follows:

Created from Jo's Easter Bunny Articulated Paper Doll Instant Download and Jo's Easter Bunny Articulated Paper Doll Instant Download.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments, silk ribbon floral embellishments, paper flora embellishments and paper flower embellishments.

Created form Jo's Easter Lamb Articulated Paper Doll Instant Download. 

I absolutely love sponge painting and I tend to favor certain metallic paint colors for my sponge painting.  To my surprise, unconsciously, I ended up using metallic paints for Jo's Easter Lamb image picture that matched the jester art dolls I had created during the Artful Gathering 2019 Session 1 "Leonardo Loves Zia" Class by Christina Zinnia Galliher that I took two years ago. 

I love how they look together and decided to remove the cross-stitch picture I usually had with them and replace it with my new mixed media lamb paper art doll picture.

They looked perfect with the two jesters and paper flowers I created based on that class, which are shown in the picture above.

For this picture I added fiber embellishments and ribbon embellishments.

 

Please stay tuned for my subsequent posts as they show in more detail the mixed media paper art doll pictures I created for the Christmas holiday season and as a present for one of my grandsons.

I still have a lot left to create when I get a chance.  I'm not sure when that will be but I do, eventually, end up with some free time when I can play with Jo's paper art doll images again.   

If you get a chance to visit Jo's waifsNwhatnots Etsy shop to see her adorable paper doll images I hope you end up playing like I did.  Way, way too much fun for a senior citizen to be having.... lol

Fun With Mixed Media Paper Art Doll Pictures

Over a year ago JoAnn Robinson, who is an amazing artist, posted about some of the mixed media digital paper doll images that she had created.   I saw them and just fell in love with them.  They were just adorable and I knew I had to create something with them.  

Jo is an online friend of mine from some of my Artful Gathering online classes who sells her digital art in her waifsNwhatnots Etsy store.  As I usually do I got carried away and ended up buying a lot of her digital images.  I just couldn't resist them.

Well, as craft projects usually go with me I wasn't able to play with them until a couple of weeks ago and play I did.  Jo's paper art doll images are just so much fun to create with and I couldn't resist creating mixed media art paper art doll pictures on art boards.  

I wanted to create different seasonal and holiday picture decorations of various art board sizes and envisioned some would hang on my wall and some would be stand alone art pictures in picture stands.  

I ended up making 4 pictures for the fall and Halloween decorating season, 3 for the Christmas holiday decorating season, two for the spring and summer decorating season and one as a graduation present for my grandson.

I still have a lot left to create when I get a chance.  I'm not sure when that will be but I do, eventually, end up with some free time when I can play with Jo's paper art doll images again.  

If you get a chance to visit Jo's waifsNwhatnots Etsy shop to see her adorable paper doll images I hope you end up playing like I did.  Way, way too much fun for a senior citizen to be having.... lol