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Friday, March 7, 2014

Spring Chicks

It looks like time got away from me again, and I have no excuse, well besides physical therapy and getting caught up with my regular swaps:) Sharing my latest "Spring Chicks" paper dolls for the Roses Group and meeting the Challenge of using Eggs some way on our dolls. Crazy and fun!




Meet Bella and Char! Our Swap challenge was to use eggs, egg shells or egg images in some creative way on our Chickie dolls. As you can see I used Eggs shells for their Easter Baskets and Dresses. Shells can give some really great texture and was fun. I used spray inks for color and let them dry, then I placed the newly colored shells between 2 pieces of wax paper and rolled them with a rolling pin. I used a brush to spread my glue on like paint and while wet I added the shells. After drying you can shake off any excess. They seem to have adhered very well with no problems.
 

6 comments:

Jackie PN said...

Oh my gosh! What a riot your chickies are!! how fun Marilou! I have worked with eggshells before also and they are pretty fun! Love how detailed you got with the baskets- and especially love their feets!!!painted toes and all! Nice job Marilou- your partners will love these girls! xoxo

Janet Ghio said...

These chickies are so adorable!1 and the shells look great. What a fun swap this will be.

Sandra Kaye said...

These little birdies are super cute!!!! Great job MammaLou:):)

Jo said...

These are wonderful. I love what you did with the eggshells ... they do add wonderful texture!

Jenny's Heart said...

Crazy and cute!
Very creative too!

Iris Perez said...

Hi Marilou, I was looking for inspiration for my chickies on google and I found you. I have already seen them on "Roses", they are adorable! Thanks for the inspiration,lol. Hugs