My New Mixed Media Paper Doll Witch and Frankenstein

 

I had so much fun with creating my mixed media paper doll for the ""BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE.... LET’S GET BUSY ON THE DOUBLE" swap I decided to make another mixed media paper doll for myself.

Now, if you know me, you have to know that "moderation" in creating is not in my vocabulary. When I'm  creating I usually create several different items or more than I really should.  This time I restrained myself and created just one additional Halloween mixed media paper doll.

I wonder if this is the new me - nah....... lol 

It's just a singular aboration..... lol

However, the paper doll I created entered up being both a witch and a Frankenstein so you could say I created two more mixed media paper dolls....lol

I wanted this design to be a sceptical witch and friendly Frankenstein standing in front of a witch's brewing pot.  Even though the Frankenstein was friendly I decided to have him hold two bloody heads ready to go in the pot.

Given the width of this creation I decided it would be easier to not make this duo with articulated arms and legs. All of the layers would be fixed.  

Given how much I love mixed media, I decided this duo would have several embellishments, paper flowers, several different types of fibers, ribbons, chipboard stickers, paper graphic images and various scrapbook papers.

I already had an idea for my witch and Frankenstein "paper dollie's" faces. 

As you know my biggest weakness when it comes to my dolls are painting and drawing the faces.  I can't seem to keep my hands from shaking when I have to paint tiny little details, like the face of a paper doll would be.  So, I decided to use two graphic image faces I had designed years ago for one of my witch e-patterns and one of my Frankenstein e-patterns.

I already had the graphic design faces in my computer so I would be able to easily re-size them to fit my "paper dollie" heads. 

I also decided to use one of my own ghost digital images, as well as several of the  heads that I created for one of my ghost e-patterns years ago. I figured they would be a cute addition to the witch's brewing pot that for this design.  After all - what's a witch's brewing pot without a few heads....lol 

With all those ideas in mind I set about to design the two bodies and the front and back of their costumes.  

I wasn't as concerned with the back of this duo as I wanted them to hang on the wall in my farmer's porch bathroom for the Halloween holiday season.  Since no one was going to see the back I decided to just finish their backs with the same scrapbook papers I would be using on the front of their outfits.

I'm still thinking about a name for this scary duo but I'm working on it.  For now they are hanging on the wall in the bathroom.

I hope you like the way they turned out.

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