Breastplate:
You will want to prepare a decorative breastplate for the front of your Shaman. Since we are making a “Star” Shaman, that theme is appropriate, but you can use any design stamp you wish.

Cut a 3/4" x 2" piece of card stock which cooordinates with the color of the paper you will use as a body. Stamp and emboss the design in a gold or copper metallic EP. Mount the piece on one or more pieces of card stock that also go with the color scheme. Put the piece aside for later.

Body Papers:
You need a 5.5" square of a soft, heavyweight, yet pliable paper that will fold without scoring and not crack or break. The best thing we have found is Moonrock paper which acts very much like a thick fabric. We love it for many things but it is hard to find, because most folks don’t know its potential. They figure its lava-like surface (or “cottage cheese” reverse) isn’t much good for stamping or painting, so they don’t think of it. So many dealers who previously carried it have let it go out of stock. For this reason, we offer sheets sized for our projects at Cre8it. You will find sheets intended for this project on our Doll Kit Page.

We used purple and green, sponged with a gold acrylic craft paint, on the many Shamans we made for the gallery, but we found that they must be kept away from direct light. The dyes used in these papers are very fugitive - which means they fade easily. So our preference is to use the white Moonrock and paint or dye it ourselves. Our doll kit ships with white, but you can request one of the other two colors if you wish.

To color the white Moonrock without making it too stiff, thoroughly wet the piece under the faucet and lay it on a waterproof surface (freezer paper or styrofoam plate). Then “feed” liquid color onto it and let it flow until you are happy with the saturation. You can mix several colors if you wish.