Learning How to Create New Decoupage All Around Your House

Decoupage is a craft that does not take a lot of specialized talent to do. If you know how to cut and paste, then you basically already know how to decoupage. This craft does not even have to cost you a lot of money. You can visit a store in order to get decoupage supplies, but you can also use many things that you probably already have around your house.

You can create a new decoupage by getting all the supplies that you need in one work area. You will first need to get an item that you are going to decoupage a picture or pictures on or in plus the decoupage glue that you are going to use. Most anything can be used for this such as photo albums, dishes, rocks, egg cartons, bottles, vases, boxes, candles and just about anything else that you can think of. Once you find what you are going to use for your new decoupage, then you need to get the picture or pictures that you are going to use. You can get these from photographs that you have taken as well as magazines, books, or pictures that you print from your computer. It does not even have to be a picture. It could be a poem, saying, a story, or one of your favorite creations from one of your kids. These are the main items that you need for your decoupage, but you will also want to have Popsicle sticks, scissors, foam brushes, tweezers, and a damp rag. Once you have all the supplies that you need, then it is time to let your imagination go wild.

You need to make sure that what you are going to decoupage on is dry and clean. You can cut the pictures out in the pattern that you will want to put on your item. This is when you can be very creative by cutting them into different shapes, placing them in different ways and even overlapping them.

You can create your new decoupage anyway that you want. Once you know exactly where you are going to place these items, you want to remove them from your item and start to apply the decoupage glue that you have. You want to make sure that you put a good amount of the glue in order to make sure that every part of your picture will stick. You can then place your pictures where they are supposed to go on your item and use your fingers or a popsicle stick in order to push through any wrinkles or bubbles that the picture might have. You then want to let this dry. Once the project is dried, you then want to coat the whole project with the decoupage glue with as many layers as you need in order to get the effect that you want. Once these layers are dry, then your project is finished and able to be used or hung or whatever you want to use it for.

Karen
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