How to Decoupage

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Introduction

Decoupage is a popular method used in crafting and card making as well as home decor. The actual definition of decoupage is: "the art of decorating surfaces by applying cut-outs of paper and coating with several layers of a clear finish such as varnish or lacquer."

The art of decoupage was developed many years ago and was very popular in Victorian times where people would use decoupage to decorate furniture and other household objects.

3D Decoupage is a particular type of Decoupage and could be described as multiple layering of printed images to create a 3 dimensional picture and it is this aspect of Decoupage we will deal with in this article. 3D Decoupage may also be referred to as Step by Step Decoupage which we will cover later on.

Decoupage Tools Required

• Decoupage Paper Sheets or prints
• A pair of good quality general purpose scissors.
• A pair of fine point decoupage or embroidery scissors either straight or curved blade (or both).
• A set of fine point tweezers.
• Double sided sticky tape.
• Double sided sticky foam spacer pads or tape.
• Silicone Glue or Glue Dots.
• General purpose PVA glue, glue stick or similar.
• Decoupage varnish.

3D Step by Step Decoupage.

Step by Step sheets are designed to make life easier for the Crafter by removing the decision making process of what to cut out. These are produced as a set of 3 - 5 images and are very often numbered e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 where 1 is the full image and then each successive image has had parts of the image removed, the last image being the smallest of the set.

Method

Using the example above:

1. Cut around each of the four images pictured above using either straight or curved blade decoupage scissors.
2. Apply PVA glue or glue stick to the back of image No. 1 and apply image to your card or project.
3. Take image No. 2 and using sticky foam spacer pads or silicone glue, stick it on top of image No. 1 taking care to align the elements of image No. 2 with Image No.1
4. Repeat the above procedure with images 3 and 4, building up a 3 dimensional picture.
5. Optionally add varnish and other decoration to all or part of the image to produce a more outstanding effect.

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