Lily-by-Gilly

Happy Monday! The sun is shining, it’s time for summer dresses, and so now for something completely different … meet Mindy, my prima doll…

Can you fall in love with a paper doll? ‘Cos I think I have! 

A very good friend of mine, Joanne, gave me this stamp as a present, as well as a beautiful handmade card, and I just love, love, love her!

Inspired by Joanne’s card, I did some paper-piecing to make a card for my friend’s little girl, Pasha, who turns 9 today …

Pasha has the most gorgeous, dark-brown, curly hair, so I gave the dolly hair just like hers, using chocolate chip polka dot designer series paper (dsp) from Stampin’ Up!, and a pretty dress in sweet sorbet dsp.

It’s a little difficult to tell from the photos, but I added dazzling diamonds glitter to parts of the dress, shoes and flower centres too, for some birthday sparkle …

I stamped flowers from the flower shop and petite petals stamp sets by Stampin’ Up, punched out with the co-ordinating punches, and scattered them around the card.

So a huge thank you to Joanne for my lovely present and card – I love them both to bits, and a big shout out and happy birthday to the lovely Pasha – hope you have a fabulous birthday sweetie. 

cardstock: whisper white, pool party, blush blossom (retired);

stamps: flower shop, petite petals, Mindy Prima doll;

inks: black stazon;

punches & dies: pansy, large circle, scallop circle;

accessories: sweet sorbet and neutrals polka dot designer series paper, dazzling diamonds, two way glue pen, adhesive pearls, tombo multi glue, computer generated sentiment.

All supplies from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise stated. 

For those of you wondering, it’s an A5 size card (which is a whole sheet of A4 cardstock folded in half). Hope that gives you an idea of how large the prima doll stamp is. 

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