Altered Torso

... with an inky, stencilled and stamped background and lots and lots of circles and Stickles as dress-up! I created the altered torso for the Art 'n' Soul Torso swap over at Flickr: You could dress it in clothes and accessories. Or use it as a base for collage, stamping, mixed media, whatever you fancy - in any medium you want from fabric to metal to paint. 100% digital excluded. The challenge was set by Deb who has the most wonderful ideas when it comes to challenges, thank you so much.
What to do, what theme to choose for the torso ... I wanted the colours a little bit like Spring or even a bit summary and decided to have a pinky-summer roses colour scheme. I cut the torso base from white card (about 18cm tall) and brushed it with distress ink 'Tattered Rose'. For the first time I used a rough brush, and I quite like that it gives a bit of a pattern/texture to the background. Once the base was covered with ink I stencilled a rhomb pattern (stencil: TCW) with distress ink 'Fired Brick'. To finish the base I stamped various images using a hybrid ink 'Strawberry Fool' (stamps: Stamper Anonymous, Kaisercraft)

 

Now the base was ready to be decorated - Summer dress in 'girlie' colours and rose pattern - this is the front and the back of the torso

I cut lots and lots of circles using Quickutz Circle dies from Crate Paper, positioned them, glued them to the torso and filled the gaps with Stickles. The finishing touches are a little paper flower and a little pearl necklace (lol). 

The sad part of this swap is that this is the last one, the group will be closed. This is absolutely sad, it was the first ever swap I did and it felt so much like home. I will miss the swaps with all the talented and inspiring Ladies in the group. A big thank you to Viv who has been the soul and inspiration behind the group all along! Petra.

Linked to: Unruly PaperArts - inky backgrounds
stamps & fun=Creativity - butterflies
Totally Papercrafts - things with wings 
One Stop Craft Challenge - colour inspiration and die cut