All Hallows Masked Ball

There's a masquerade ball taking place

over at the Marie Antoinette Mail Art group.

Everyone was asked to 

create a mask for their partner.

Here is the mask I created for Laura Carson

The color requirement 

was black, ivory and orange.

 I bought a simple black mask from a craft store. 

The mask already had the handle on it.

I glued a cardboard attachment

 at the top of the mask.

The cardboard and mask were 

then covered with fabric.

I warped the stick with two 

different colors of ribbon and added a tassel. 

I found this whimsical Marie Antoinette paper doll on Etsy.

Cemerony

Digital Collage Print Sheets by Julia van der Werf

I dressed up her headdress with 

satin flowers, a black dresden swan,

some lace and a tiny pumpkin

stick pin. 

I added copper wings and glitter

along her neckline.

This is an articulated paper doll and 

I used copper brads

to attach the limbs.

Marie holds a Jack O'Lantern, all 

ready for trick or treating!

I also added three paper medallions

 to the top of the mask trimmed with glitter.

 Dresden trim around the eye opening,

velvet trim on the bottom and 

cording around the upper portion.

A dresden spider web with a skull

& cross bones amulet/medallion. 

I decided that while 

I was making one mask, 

 I should make two!

 Very similar to the first mask, 

but the ornamentation

is different and the 

paper doll is dressed differently.  

This was fun to create and I would love to

create more mask in the 

future.