So let's start the show!

This little card is so cute. I made it a quite a few days now, so I don't remember where I got the idea from, but it's super easy and you could change the colours for a little girl card!
Stamps: Short & Sweet
Inks: Basic Grey & Chocolate Chip (to draw the face)
Papers: Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue & Whisper White CS, SU Patterns Pack II DSP
Other: 1" circle & scallop circle punch, Kraft Taffeta ribbon (frayed for hair)
I think I used Blush Blossom for the face and I know I used sponge daubers for adding cheeks to the face. I can't remember what colours! Oops!
So what do you think about these little 'Sunny Boy' boxes? Being a staunch Victorian, I have the fondest memories of Sunny Boys, taking forever to finish a Sunny Boy ice block in summer. They just seemed to last and last. You could call them a twist bag or something, but I am going to stick to my sunny boys!
They are easy to make and can be made as small or as large as you please. These are little ones - the perfect size to hold a couple of chocolates! And trust me, you just have to use your crimper for them!! It's the perfect finishing touch!

I love dolls. And I have quite a few little Babushka Dolls, Vietnamese and Japanese Dolls in my display cabinet (they're only little!). So when I saw this idea in a magazine - July 2009 edition of Crafts Beautiful. I just had to make my own. There were no patterns, so the doll was made from scratch. I also changed how the card was 'decorated'. I like how it finished!
Stamps: Big Bold Beautiful & Embrace Life
Inks: Old Olive (bamboo leaves), Chocolate Chip (face) & Pacific Point (sleeves)
Papers: Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery & Whisper White CS, and scrap DSP
Other: 1" circle & 1 3/8"punch for hair and face, 1 1/4" square punch for side border, large oval & scallop oval punch for sentiment, & Dimensionals.
I have edged the 'arms/sleeves' with Pacific Point ink and edged the sentiment with Old Olive. I have also cut one of the flowers out from the DSP for the hair and added a tiny rhinestone.
I'm hoping to do a scrap layout with dolls now that I've got the idea. Just have to put in a little more thinking .....
What I am pleased about though, is that all of these projects used scraps. I didn't have to go into the NEW stash at all. I've got more scraps though .....
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