STUDIO 490 ~ WENDY VECCHI STYLE !

Great Monday morning everybody!  It's time for a new SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW CHALLENGE!  This week's challenge is based on the unique and unmistakeable style of Wendy Vecchi of Studio 490.

I decided to combine Wendy's wonderful Art Parts and some of her amazing stamps with a really cool Santos Cage Skirt/Jointed Paper Doll.  This is what I got....  I hope I "did you proud" Wendy! (smile)
 

The head of the doll is from Wendy's Residences Art Parts.  It is the smallest of the houses and is the one with the "picture window" in it.  I covered the house with 7 Gypsies Life Collage Tissue Paper, using Matte Multi Medium as my glue.  I have a really cool set of stamps from Invoke Arts called Block Faces.  I chose the eyes from one of those faces as the eyes for my doll.  Those are peeking out of the picture window.  Next, I cut a couple of butterflies from a sheet of Graphic 45's Botanicabella Collection.  I stacked them, glued the at the body only so that the wings could be more 3D.  Then I added them to the face.  Reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs...don't you think?  The "hair" aka "roof" of the head is colored with Black Archival Ink.  I made a layered tissue paper flower from the 7 Gypsies Life Collage paper.  I stamped it with the flower from the Dimensional Rose Art stamp set as the pattern.  I also used a smaller flower from Wendy's Ticket To Art stamp set as the center for this multi-layered flower.  I used an antique brass brad to put them all together and added a piece of black netting behind the tissue flower for extra interest.

This is a jointed doll.  She was stamped out on cream cardstock using Black Archival Ink. I lightly distressed her using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  She is put together using small antique copper brads.  The body of the doll was a piece of color on color stripe that I had.  I added the polka dots using Black Archival Ink and yet another of Wendy's wonderful stamps.  This time is was All About Art.  I think the polka dots add a lot and they are "vintage Wendy".  The flowers adorning the body of the doll are also from the same sets I used to make the layered tissue paper flowers on the head.  This time, I cut the larger dimensional rose out of the Graphic 45 Botanicabella paper.  The smaller flower is the 7 Gypsies tissue paper.  The leaves are stamped using Peeled Paint Distress Ink and are from Wendy's Nature's Art stamp set.  "Be Yourself" (don't you LOVE that?) is stamped using Black Archival Ink onto cream cardstock.  I distressed it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and edged it in Black Soot Distress Ink.  I then glued it onto a piece of kraft paper and edged it with Black Soot Distress Ink.  I added the antique copper eyelets and a small ball chain to "Be Yourself" so that my doll could be holding that sentiment.  Be Yourself can be found on Wendy's very hot A Form of Art stamp set.

The skirt for the doll was cut from one of the papers from Graphic 45's Le Cirque Collection.  The actual skirt is in several pieces on the stamp and is put together with antique copper brads.  The sentiment "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try" is also part of Wendy's A Form of Art stamp set.  I edged everything with a black cats eye ink pad.

Now, I encourage you to visit our site at SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW CHALLENGE.  The design team has some outrageously creative samples to share with you.  Just amazing stuff!!!  Then it's your turn to create and share!  Post your entry to our blog and YOU could win a $50.00 credit voucher from our ever so generous sponsor.  

And....if your work is considered to be among the TOP 3 entries for the week, you will receive our coveted Blinkie to proudly display on your blog!

Enjoy your week and I can't wait to see YOUR Wendy style!