Paper Doileys as Flowers

In my layout "Sweet Girl", I've used some paper doileys to create a flower. It's a very simple technique and details in paper doileys actually creates very beautiful flowers.

To create your own paper doileys flowers, simply follow the steps below.


1. Use a piece of paper doiley and paint or ink your choice of colours on it. In my flower, I've used some red pigment inks to ink the first layer and then lightly dab on some black pigment ink to give some depths to it.



2. Cut your paper doiley into halves and fold it in a way that you're creating pleats to it.



3. Then join both halves and voila! You have your flower! If you would liked to have a full flower, you can add more paper doileys to it until you get a full circle. In my flower, I've used some mini brads to hold the pleats in place.

Combining Distressing Techniques

In my latest layout, I've combined the scissors distressing technique with some other distressing techniques in my background paper.

After using the scissors distressing technique, I've added the following steps in creating my final distressed background paper.

1. I've used the "Paper Doileys in Masking" technique to mask on the paper using the Pine Needles, Frayed Burlap, Black Soot distress ink and some cosmetic sponges. (Link to the "Paper Doileys in Masking" technique: http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/2007/12/paper-doyleys-in-masking.html )



2. Then, I've used teh faryed burlap distress ink pad to lightly drag on part of the surface of the paper. This will gives it a kind of wood grain look. It would be interesting if you could put your paper on top of certain grains or textures and do it.



3. Lastly, I've wet my hand with water and randomly flick my fingers to drop some drips of water on the surface of the paper. As distress ink will reacts to wetness, some of the colours will come off when I dab a kitchen towel on the water drips . This will further distress the look of the paper.

This is my final distressed background paper for my "Sweet Girl" layout in my baby galllery.

Scissors Distressing Technique

I have use this techniques a few times before but I guess somehow I've forgotten to blog about it until one of my blog reader asked me about one of my work. So, I've decided to use this technique again in my latest layout titled "Sweet Girl" in my baby gallery.

Here are the steps in using the scissors distressing technique.

1. Use a pair of scissors and drag or slide it across the edge of your paper. (Tips: Be bold and do not worry about tearing or cutting your paper)

2. After you've finished all the four edges of your paper, this is what it will look like. You can absolutely use your paper as it is now or you can add some depths to it with the next step.

3. For my layout, I've used two colours of Distress Ink to ink on the distressed edges of the paper. The choice of colours here, will depends of the colour scheme of your layout. Since I want to create a combo of green and red layout, I've used frayed burlap (which is dark but has a hint of green in it) and black soot. This step would definitely adds more depths to your distressed paper.

I've also used the same technique to distress the photograph in my layout.

Birthday Card

This is a birthday card that I've made for a friend of mine. I've used the "Paper Doileys in Masking" technique to create the upper flap of the card. (Here's the link: http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/2007/12/paper-doyleys-in-masking.html)

I've also used the paper doiley which had been used for the masking earlier to create the fan in the lower flap of the card. I've added some details by doodling on it.

I've cut around the upper edge of the fan to enable the upper flap of the card to be tucked behind it. This will hold both flaps of the card together.

Sources: Cardstock: Provo Craft, Ink: Tim Holtz's Distress Ink and Memories, Brads: Making Memories, Others: Zig pens and Uni-ball Signo Pen

Paper Doileys in Masking

This technique is used on one of my birthday card in my other gallery. You could always find some very beautiful and cheap paper doileys in most stores. Normally, the paper doileys has some very detail pattern on it and it's definitely great for masking.

Simply follow the steps below to achieve the effect on my card.

1. Prepare a piece of paper doiley and a piece of card stock to do your masking on.

2. Use a temporary adhesive to attach the paper doiley to the card stock. I've used three colours of Tim Holtz Distress Ink to do the masking and ink the rest of the card stock. To apply the ink to the mask and the card stock, I've used some cosmetic sponge to do it.

3. Then remove the paper doiley to reveal the mask image. To blend the colour better, I've used a mist spray to spray some water directly onto the ink areas and use a kitchen towel to lightly dab on the wet areas. (Tip: Do not over spray or else your card stock would be soggy)



4. Lastly, I've used the same paper doiley to mask on another corner of the card stock. This time, I've only use the "Black Soot distress ink". Then, I've used some blue fluid chalk to partially ink the first masked image.