Introducing Dress Up Dolls...
February 06, 2016
Welcome to the first day of product reveals for the big Papertrey Ink February release and Anniversary bash! The first set of products being introduced is a series I'm doing this year called Dress Up Dolls. There have been lots of customer requests for this kind of thing, and it was also loosely inspired by my Pin-Ups mini kits. Many of us enjoyed dressing up those little clothespins and adding all of the different accessories, so I decided it would be fun to have a whole series of little people to dress and accessorize!
To kick off the series we are releasing Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamps and dies. This is exactly as the name implies...a set of boy and girl "dolls" along with some basic clothing and accessories. This is a $15 set. Each month we will be releasing a $5 companion set of clothing and accessories, each with a different theme. We are releasing the first accessory set this month as well, and it's called Dress Up Dolls: Easter. It is, of course...an adorable bunny costume in which to dress your "doll". This Basics set, along with the accessory sets will be perfect for creating actual paper dolls, but of course they can be used on cards and tags, too!
The new Dress Up Dolls stamps and dies will be available for purchase beginning at 10pm EST on February 15 from the Papertrey Ink website.
Also, a note of caution - please be aware that while many of the projects in today's post are designed with kids in mind, the projects created using the Dress Up Dolls sets do contain small pieces - please use discretion when crafting for the little ones! :-)
I put together a little video that shows the Dress Up Dolls stamps and dies in action, and gives you some helpful information for creating a set of cute magnetic paper dolls!
Now that we have all of that out of the way, let me show you some fun projects I put together using the new Dress Up Dolls items! First up is a set of paper dolls. And let me just say, my 8 year old daughter is in love with this! I had to pry it out of her hands to photograph it. It has kept her totally occupied while my kids were off school for a couple of snow days. She had fun helping me make it too, looking through my stamp collection for accessories to add! Let me explain a little about how this was put together. The whole thing is stored in a tin - these will be available in the Papertrey Ink store as well, beginning on February 15th. The dolls and their clothing and accessories were created by sticking the Adhesive Sheets (also in the Papertrey store HERE) to sheets of thin magnet material, which were then diecut using the Dress Up Dolls dies, and stamped with the coordinating images. The magnet sheets will also be available in the store beginning on the 15th. ***One big thing I want to point out is that you will need to use a thinner paper with the magnets, such as the adhesive sheets - using heavy cardstock like PTI's Stamper's Select is going to cause you to have issues with the magnets sticking through the thick paper. The Adhesive Sheets are a great solution - just the right weight AND you can stick it right to the magnet sheet before diecutting, making the whole process pretty quick and easy!
The Dress Up Dolls: Basics set includes outline and solid images of a simple t-shirt, jeans, and shoes so that you can choose to stamp them in a colored ink, or stamp the outline and color with your favorite coloring medium. There are also 4 different interchangeable hairstyles that can be added to the girl. There are glasses for both the boy and girl, and even freckles! The boy and girl "bodies" are the same, which will allow you to use all of the clothing and accessories from the sets on either one. Their hands are positioned in a way that will make it easy to have them "hold" the various accessories.
Besides the basic clothing and hairstyles from the Dress Up Dolls: Basics set, I included lots of accessories in my tin that were gathered from other sets in my collection. This part was such fun! I found that lots of things from the Tiny Treats sets were a good size, which is where the cupcake and notebook came from. The kite is from Up, Up, and Away.
I created a scene in the one side of the tin using a sheet of patterned paper from the Petite Places patterned paper collection. I left the other side of the tin bare in order to provide the best adhesion for storing the magnetic pieces. I found that if I covered it with paper, the pieces tended to fall when the lid was on, since they're basically hanging upside down on the underside of the lid (this was driving my slightly OCD daughter a bit batty, LOL). Leaving the tin bare on that side solved the problem (OCD daughter was a happy camper once again).
Here are the four different hairstyles that can be added to the girl -- a bun, ponytail, braids, and then just some shoulder length hair...
I personalized the lid just for her. Funny thing is, this little girl almost looks like her! We worked on it together and added details that matched her features...the braids, stamped freckles, and a bit of pink ink sponged onto the cheeks. We dressed her in cute jeans and a pink t-shirt (embellished with a small flower stamp and die from the Love You to Pieces: Fox set). I used the Limitless Layers: 3 1/2" Oval dies and diecut a frame to put her name, with was cut using the Modern Alphabet dies. Such a fun project!
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies, Magnet Sheets, CD Tin
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My next project uses the magnetic paper doll idea again, but this time on an interactive card. Here I used the Dress Up Dolls: Basics girl along with the bunny costume from the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set. I started off by diecutting a Limitless Layers 3 1/2" oval from one of the magnet sheets. I cut the scalloped oval from Lovely Lady cardstock and adhered it to the back of the diecut magnet. Covering the magnet with paper will reduce the magnet's ability to hold the pieces in place, so I just left it as is, and it became part of my design. Over this I was able to layer the girl doll along with her bunny costume, basket of eggs, and carrot, all of which are from the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set.
Along the bottom I sponged some pink ink and stamped the "happy Easter" sentiment, also from the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set. The flowers were stamped and diecut using the Bigger Blooms set.
I also added a diecut magnet to the inside of the card. This will give a space to store the pieces so the card can be tucked inside an envelope, and the recipient can move the pieces around from inside to out as they wish.
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies, Dress Up Dolls: Easter stamp set and coordinating dies, Magnet Sheets
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My next project uses the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set again, but this time as an actual little paper doll set inside one of the Nugget Tins. I lined the tin with some white paper and added some diecut grass along the bottom, which was cut using the new Easter Grass die, which is also new for February. I covered the outside edges and inside edge of the tin with patterned papers.
Inside the tin, the walls can act as a place to store some additional magnetic paper doll pieces, such as a few different hairstyles, etc. That way, the bunny head can be taken off and exchanged for one of the hairstyles. Just a fun little interactive gift.
I tied the whole thing up with a bow and tied one of the little baskets to the bow with twine.
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies, Dress Up Dolls: Easter stamp set and coordinating dies, Easter Grass die, Magnet Sheets
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Next I have a card using the boy doll along with the Dress Up Dolls: Easter bunny costume. He just kind of makes me smile every time I look at him! He isn't made from the magnet material, he's simply made out of paper and adhered to the card with foam tape.
I chose to position him holding the bunny head instead of wearing it. I gave him some whiskers, which are also included in the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set. The little bow from the Basics set was positioned at his neck for a bow tie. After coloring the bunny costume I ran it through my Xyron and coated it with white flocking to make it just a little fuzzy. I used a little jar of white flocking by Doodlebug that I've had for a long time. I sponged some Spring Rain ink in the background and stamped a few dots using the Confetti Toss set. The "happy Easter" sentiment from the Dress Up Dolls: Easter set was stamped in Blueberry Sky ink.
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies, Dress Up Dolls: Easter stamp set and coordinating dies
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Next I have another project using the boy. I still had one of the Pedal Pusher bikes laying on my work table from the Sr Team challenge cards I made the other day, and my daughter thought it was the perfect size for the Dress Up Dolls...she was right! I used it here to create a cute birthday card. I used the solid t-shirt, pants, and shoes from the Dress Up Dolls: Basics set and layered them over the boy doll. I gave him some freckles and glasses.
Behind him is the Pedal Pusher bike, with a puppy in the basket. Looped around his arm is a balloon - the string was cut using the Balloon Strings die. The balloon is from the Balloon Bash set, as is the sentiment, which I thought was just perfect for this card! A new bike, a puppy, and a party balloon...those look like some pretty typical birthday boy wishes!
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies
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My last project for today is a fun little encouragement note, perfect for that little one that's done a great job! I started off with the Shaker Shapes: Square die and stamped the Dress Up Dolls: Basics girl directly onto the solid inside square. I chose to use the longer hairstyle and stamped that as well. I colored her with Copics, added the small diecut bow from the Dress Up Dolls: Basics set to her hair, and layered the diecut t-shirt over the top, which was stamped with Winter Wisteria ink and embellished with a small diecut flower from the Garden Gild dies.
The sentiment and gold star images are from the Lunchbox Love set, which is the perfect companion to the Dress Up Dolls set for creating all sorts of cute kiddo cards! I finished it off by layering the square stitched frame from the Shaker Shapes: Square die over the top, cut from Lovely Lady cardstock. The whole works was added to the front of a small Aqua Mist square card base.
Supplies not linked, but available on February 15th from Papertrey Ink: Dress Up Dolls: Basics stamp set and coordinating dies
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Well, I hope you enjoyed this first day of introductions for the big Papertrey Ink Anniversary celebration! The whole Dress Up Dolls series is a bit of a different look for me, with the outline images and coloring and all, but it's been so much fun so far! What sort of themes and accessories are you hoping for to dress up these little cuties? I'd love to hear! I have several of the sets already designed, but there's still lots of room for suggestions!
We'll see you back here tomorrow for more fun reveals!