Thursday, September 19, 2013

eclecticPaperie Birthday Blog Hop!

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Welcome to eclectic Paperie's Belated Birthday Bash!  Today we're celebrating the (belated) one year anniversary of the store's new ownership! It's been an amazing year, full of inspiring projects, wonderful classes, and many, many new products!!  eclectic Paperie wouldn't be where it is today without the ongoing support of our customers and as a BIG thank you you'll have an opportunity to lots of great prizes!  eclectic Paperie will be giving away the following prizes!  You have until midnight tomorrow (9/20) to comment.

A full set of Tim's NEW Distress Paints
6x6 Paper Pad Bundle
Dylusions Stencil Bundle
A set of NEW Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks
Crafter's Workshop Stencil Bundle

To be entered into the prize drawing, please be sure to comment on the eclectic Paperie blog and on each of the eTeam blogs.  Check out all of the thumbnail links below to view the rest of the eTeam projects!  Enjoy the hop!


Today I would like to share with you my little project for the hop!
Since I'm a literal thinker, I decided I wanted to create a birthday cake!  So, being the over-achiever that I am, I started looking at my svg cuts files, and found a slice of cake!  I thought that that would be perfect!  Especially since it comes w/ a candle!!!!  Bonus!

The paper that I used for the cake is plain white cardstock, and the decorative paper for the frosting and candle and flame are from Authentique's Grace 8"x8" pad.  

The girl is actually a cross between Prima's Lorrena and Swing Dress Doll.  I used the head of Lorrena and the body of the Swing Dress Doll.  I was going after the Marilyn Monroe look.  What do you think?  Did I achieve it?  

I colored her and the dress w/ Prismacolor Watercolor pencils and turpentine.



























Have a great time hopping!

57 comments:

  1. GREAT JOB..LOVE HOW YOU MIXED THE PRIMA DOLLS

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  2. Lovely lady! What a nice way to greet guests on the table for a special event!

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  3. This is incredible - I love it!
    Thanks for sharing

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  4. Never would have thought of transposing heads---great idea. It works! You definitely channeled Marilyn.

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  5. Fantastic. Love your cake and your 2 in 1 doll. Very Marilyn. These dolls are so lovely. Must get me one or two.

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  6. Wow! what a lovely project you created. Stunning!!

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  7. This is so sweet! What a great display piece! LOVE the girl!

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  8. Erin, this is absolutely fabulous and just perfect for the birthday hop!!

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  9. She's adorable...very Marilyn! You brought the cake and I made the presents...we make a great team.

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  10. This is so sweet and lovely, Erin!

    Lucy x

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  11. How cute is this. Love the cake. Very sweet. Hugs x

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  12. Lovely - I just picked up some of these Prima stamps..

    Will most definitely have a play mixing and matching bits and parts together..

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  13. Erin, this is TOO CUTE for words! LOVE the cake and she is just a doll! Brilliant project!

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  14. Wow this absolutely adorable. I'm in awe. It's awesome!!!!! Wonderful and yup, perfect for this Birthday celebration.

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  15. Sooooo elegant and so soooo pretty Erin!!
    Hugs
    Tracy
    Xxx

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  16. Great project! Love the Marilyn look, and that dimensional cake is fabulous! Love it!

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  17. HOW CUTE IS THIS?!! I see this as a perfect accent for a little girl's tea party!!

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  18. You ROCK Erin, your Prima Girl is perfect ( those Julie dolls are so much fun) and the cake is pretty, so creative !!

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  19. This is so pretty and so perfect for
    a birthday.

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  20. Soooo cute. Great for a little girls party.

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  21. She is beautiful!! And I love that cake . . . this is a wonderful project!

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  22. Now this is absolutely tooo cute!

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  23. I love the dementional look all around. I can see the Marilyn inspiration :)

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  24. THAT is so chic!! WOW! Love the dimension!

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  25. Wow the Marilyn Monroe look works in my eyes. I imagine if it were brought to life how the material would feel and the sweep of it against the cake being careful not to get the delicious cakes ingredients on the dress of course.

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  26. What a great idea! I hadn't thought about switching the heads on the Prima dolls - must try that!

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  27. What a fun project! Love the cake with the candle and the doll!

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  28. Definitely achieved it! Fabulous project!

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  29. Your project looks like a fairy tale ! Great !

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  30. Great idea love your elegant lady

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  31. This is so pretty .. love this .. and yes you achieved "the look" :)

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  32. Love it! Totally Marilyn those dolls are great!

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  33. What a sweet project. Loved your dimensional cake.

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  34. Lovely project..Liking the idea of mixing the bits and pieces of Prima stamps..

    thanks for sharing

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  35. Amazing! And I think you did a fab job capturing Marilyn :)

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  36. It almost looks like a fairy tale project ! So beautiful !!

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  37. So cute, Erin! I love these doll stamps...so fabulous!

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  38. BETTER than Marilyn Monroe! Her dress isn't blowing over her head! LOL What a fun project and it would make a delightful centerpiece at a birthday party. Thanks for sharing.

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  39. What a fun project love her and the cake, and the candle looks good. kim

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  40. Lovely in every way. Beautiful and delicate. Nice job.
    <3 J

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  41. Very creative! Looks like a party for a diva! Great job!

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  42. What a cute project! She looks just like Marilyn.

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