I've been in love with Crate Paper since I dropped in with Emma's Shoppe in 2011. The collection was super cute and inspired me to create fancy, feminine projects. And, oh my gosh, this season I found it's sister collection, Oh Darling! Both bring back memories from my childhood. When I was a young girl, I spent a lot of time playing with my dolls, including Barbie and my favorite, paper dolls. I especially loved the process of making a doll from paper and scissors. Do you remember those days? I really liked the pages of pretty girls and their cute dresses and accessories.
Thinking about those paper dolls inspired me to create "paper doll" cards for today's Stationery Style using Crate Paper's Oh Darling collection. The collection reminds me of my darling and dazzling girlhood. Not surprisingly, I dipped into the paper doll patterned paper, Little Lady, right away with it's pretty girls, cute dresses and various accessories.
There was a second must-try item that caught my eye from the Oh Darling collection; beautiful satin bow garland! I pulled the cute bows from the garland, and placed one next to each girl. What better than bows to accent sweet cards such as these?
Maybe you already noticed, but these cards are slightly different from most - Yes, there is more to be shared! The following cards look similar to a notepad....
I prepared three different papers per card; white cardstock, vellum and matching patterned paper. I layered and stitched them together along the top edge to convey a notepad appearance.
Between the top and bottom papers, the vellum and journaling tags are a blank space for notes. The tag and additional layers are a bonus and lend a decorative edge to the interior.
Again, this assortment of adorable cards was inspired by my memorable childhood, and my love of pretty paper dolls. I felt a great deal of happiness while creating them, just as I had when I played with my paper dolls a long, long time ago. Oh Darling is a super cute collection and catered well to my project. The cards are graciously crafted inside and out!
I love this!!!! It brought back fond memories of me and paper dolls. My DD LOVES paper dolls, and she was very excited to see this paper, and seeing this, I just might 'share' with her! I also have that garland, which is absolutely amazing!!!
Posted by: Laura Turcotte | April 10, 2014 at 03:03 AM
Beautiful!!
Posted by: marivi | April 10, 2014 at 06:05 AM
Fabulous projects. Adorable and useful. Just love them!
Posted by: Jessica T | April 17, 2014 at 02:37 PM