Hey y'all! It's Stephanie here with my very first tutorial! I am so excited to share something I'm very passionate about...doilies. Yes, you heard me right. Doilies. I am doily obsessed and have a huge collection! I have paper doilies, plastic doilies, and crocheted doilies. I am always adding to my collection too. I am clearly a granny in a 34 year old's body.
Today I'm going to talk about something I love to use my doilies for...misting with Mister Huey's.
A wide selection of doilies work well as masks, and here are a few of my favorites. The plastic (aqua and cream) doilies are vintage and can be found in junk/antique type shops. The white paper doilies were found in the baking sections of grocery stores and craft supply stores. The yellow and pink doilies were Easter themed doilies that I found at the Dollar General.
Today I want to share my favorite ways to use doilies and Mister Huey's together. It's a match made in heaven! And this is coming from a girl that not too long ago had NEVER had any desire to try misting.
I have doilies as masks on many layouts, but the most recent is my glorious layout from my field guide gallery. Field Guide is still for sale here!
I think the reason I like this layout so much is that the Calico Shine Mister Huey's on the dark cardstock is just so subtle, shimmery, and pretty.
For this layout I placed a large circular paper doily on cardstock and misted it with Calico Shine. I misted pretty freely here, not caring that there were larger splotches and uneven spots.
The final result is hard to relate in photos, but it is shimmery and elegant. There is plenty of room on the design to add photos and embellishments in the center of the doily. Voilà!
For this next misted background, I used my vintage plastic doilies and a bright white background. Please note that I placed them a bit off of the sides of the page. I chose to use the Cameo Mister Huey's here.
I decided to mist the center of the doilies a bit heavier so that they would pop more than the rest of the design.
The final result is, honestly, my favorite of the three designs I did for this tutorial. I can't wait to use it! I love the Cameo on the background. So pretty.
For this last background, take medium sized circle shaped paper doilies and cut them in half.
I chose to use Dewey Mister Huey's on a cream/light brown background. Take three of the half doilies and place them around the perimeter of the cardstock. One to the bottom left, One to the upper right, and one in the upper left corner.
I lightly misted the doilies with the Dewey mist. On this page, I decided to lightly mist the doilies only, not extending the mist to the middle of the page, except for a few splatters here and there.
The final result is soft and feminine and subtle. You could certainly mist heavier here, but I wanted a light effect.
So there you have it! Three different ways to use doilies as masks on your layouts. I honestly could have shared a million more ways, but I had to stop myself. :)
I really hope you are inspired to try this technique soon. And if you do try, please share your links here. I would LOVE to see!
Have a beautiful,blessed day!
xoxo
Awesome, Steph! ... perfect for the challenge this week :)
Posted by: ShellyJ | 10/12/2011 at 12:20 PM
What a fun layout! great tutorial Steph.
Posted by: Latrice | 10/12/2011 at 12:31 PM
Fantaastic "first tutorial", Steph! :) I think I may just have to do some misting this afternoon! Thanks for the ideas! :)
Posted by: Ann Ploch | 10/12/2011 at 12:37 PM
Gorgeous misting! Can't wait to give it a try!
Posted by: Brenna C | 10/12/2011 at 01:13 PM
SO LOVELY!!! Fantastic LO with those buttons within the photo borders!
Posted by: Michelle | 10/12/2011 at 01:19 PM
loving this!!
Posted by: amy tangerine | 10/12/2011 at 01:28 PM
Thanks for the great ideas/how to! I can't wait to see what you do with them! Love the one you already used.
Posted by: Amy S. | 10/12/2011 at 01:41 PM
Great "first" tutorial Steph! Now I have to go dig in my scrap space and find me some doilies! Any size!!
Posted by: Linda | 10/12/2011 at 03:25 PM
This is fabulous!..I love doilies and I am happy to see that I could use them in such lovely ways!TFS
Posted by: Priya Mohan | 10/12/2011 at 03:25 PM
so amazing. I wish we could get those doilies here in Australia!! I want some immediately!
Posted by: Linda Trace | 10/12/2011 at 04:09 PM
i love the arrangement of the doilies in your third example! i have some doilies somewhere in this room! ha!!! thanks for taking the time to put together this tutorial!
Posted by: lindsay k. | 10/12/2011 at 04:21 PM
I loved this lo in the gallery and was wondering about the size of the doily! So glad you shared this...thank you!
Posted by: Diane Payne | 10/12/2011 at 08:16 PM
Love the subtle effect you went for! And I know this is probably bad that I don't know this - but PLASTIC doilies?!!!!!!! I must get one!!!!! I have so many doilies from dollar stores and such, will be trying this soon! TFS
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | 10/13/2011 at 02:02 AM
great idea to use the plastic doilies as stencils!!!!!
Posted by: Saneli | 10/13/2011 at 03:12 AM
Great tutorial, Steph! I just love doilies too! I hope that we'll see you use those 2 pieces of cardstock on an upcoming layout because I totally love them both!
Posted by: heathyr | 10/13/2011 at 01:11 PM
Thanks, Steph. I'm just getting started with mists, and must try this!
Posted by: Joyce | 10/13/2011 at 01:21 PM
Love this Stephanie! Definitely makes me want to get messy with some doilies for sure! xx
Loves,
K
Posted by: Kimberly Neddo | 10/13/2011 at 03:49 PM
Stephanie I love your style and your tecnique, but your doilies are amazing where do you buy them? They are so particular!
Love
Lory
Posted by: lory | 10/15/2011 at 04:18 AM
Thanks Steph for the tutorial! I'm passionate about doilies myself but had not tried misting with them! I love the results! Here is my page:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/49060
Posted by: Linda | 10/17/2011 at 02:09 PM
Very nice. Saw this on pinterest, TFS!
Posted by: Donna | 03/12/2013 at 09:49 AM