A friend asked me to make a card for her grandaughter who is turning 10 and she is a dancer. I've made Lia other cards with die cut and stamped ballerinas and so went searching in my bottomless pit of a craft room for something different!
I found an unopened bag of Baseboard Dolls from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology that I've had at least for a year but have not used and when I looked through them I found this wonderful vintage ballerina! So then I searched Tim Holtz YouTube videos on how I could color the image (the Baseboard Dolls are all black and white photographs printed on thick baseboard.)
I found a video on coloring with Distress Watercolor Pencils (another thing I have had in my room for over a year but have never used - and totally forgot what to do with them) I rubbed both Tattered Rose (for the flesh parts) and Tumbled Glass (for the dress, hat and shoes) onto my craft mat in two different spots. Then I used a water brush pen to pick up the colors brushing over the flesh parts first and then the dress. It gives a wonderful soft color! You can see, especially on the dress, that the blue doesn't cover the whole dress, which makes it light and airy!
You can brush over these Baseboard Dolls with clear Gesso and let it dry before watercoloring - then the color covers more of the area and is darker- this works well especially if you are coloring a Baseboard Doll that has a lot of black that wouldn't show the color (like a long coat or pants) But I digress......
I embossed a white card panel using All Star Burst EF and water-brushed the same Tumbled Glass, lightly radiating out from the center along the embossed lines.
I popped the ballerina up on foam dots and added a computer generated personalized sentiment for Lia!
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11 comments:
Your ballerina doll looks amazing atop that background, Julia - very clever!!
I had no idea you could color those dolls ... that really brought your lovely ballerina to life ... so very glad you joined our SuperSTARS Challenge at Shopping Our Stash.
You've done a marvelous job with that darling ballerina! Lia will love this!
Lovely card, Julia. The colouring of the Tim Holtz doll is fabulous.
What a lucky find and I am so glad you went looking and have now been able to use something new. Your ballerina is perfect and I love the soft blue and the background star burst. Perfecxt for a 10yr old xx
How fun, Julia! I'll be looking forward to seeing more of these dolls now that they have surfaced. Love the blue and how the tutu looks so natural. At first I thought you had layered tulle on her. The radiating embossing makes this lovely lady a big star!
What a fun card, you coloured the ballerina so beautifully. I'm sure Lia will love the card ♥
What a magical card you've created, Julia! Love this, Jo x
This is so amazing, Julia!! LOVE your sweet ballerina doll with the soft colouring that makes it look like a real tutu. The background is perfect with the light radiating and those wonderful stars. Fabulous card and so fun to play with a new colouring medium. Lia is going to LOVE this card! xx
What an awesome card, love the ballerina in those soft colours and the background makes her look as if she's on stage! Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x
So glad you found those Baseboard Dolls, because the ballerina looks just fabulous! I love how you've found the perfect colors to color her with, and not only that, the perfect background as well - it really makes her the star! Thank you so much for joining us at the Seize the Birthday challenge with your wonderful card!
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