Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Pink & Gray Stitched Doily Journal Page

Hi, Everyone,

Doilies are so delicate and pretty.  They look so beautiful as the focal point of the Journal Pages below.

I cut the oval doily in half, gluing one piece onto the left side of the page.  The other piece was used as a stencil over which to apply Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Gray Paint through on the right side of the page.  I just love how the reverse paint shows through.  No use throwing out the painted doily stencil, so I glued it onto the page.

Rummaging through my paper stash I found this pink and ivory butterfly paper and thought it would look great with the doilies.

I also made my own white handmade paper with several layers of white tissue and Golden Fluid Medium.  After the handmade paper dried overnight, I tore it in pieces to use on this layout.  I used white thread on my sewing machine and randomly sewed all over the torn pieces.

I added music washi tape and hand stitched a variety of pink and white stitches over the layout.


The colours flow so smoothly from one to another around the layout.


Have a look at the stitching on the butterfly wings.


See the stitching in the doily. . .  this was so much fun to do.



If you like to stitch, add it to your pages and make beautiful art.

Have fun creating!




3 comments:

  1. Heh Kathleen! Love your butterfly and doily page. I see you've been in the creative mode! Very Lovely! I enjoy your posts and like how you've kept the original look of the doilies, tea towels, Raggedy Andy and still have preserved the beauty by not splashing a lot of gobby paint and stuff over it. Very Beautiful!! Judy @ hehjude53@hotmail.com

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  2. Heh Kathleen! Love your butterfly and doily page. I see you've been in the creative mode! Very Lovely! I enjoy your posts and like how you've kept the original look of the doilies, tea towels, Raggedy Andy and still have preserved the beauty by not splashing a lot of gobby paint and stuff over it. Very Beautiful!! Judy @ hehjude53@hotmail.com

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  3. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. Creating with various mediums is true Art. You don't have to throw ink and paint all over your finished product to make it look beautiful. Sometimes simplicity is best!

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