Fairy Theme Rice Paper- 6 Unique Printed Mulberry Paper Pages 30gsm

Fairy Theme Rice Paper- 6 Unique Printed Mulberry Paper Pages 30gsmDECOUPAGE is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cut outs onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cut outs from magazines or from purpose manufactured papers. Each layer is sealed with varnish (often multiple coats) until the "stuck on" appearance disappears and the result looks like painting or inlay work.

gold leaf and other decorative elements

Always make sure that the surface to be stencilled is clean and properly prepared with no flaking paint

To remove oil paint and glue from your stencils and brushes soak them in turpentine for a few minutes

Apply the paint using an up and down stippling motion

to produce stencil work of HIGH QUALITY on Furniture

start on the outside of each of the stencils cut outs and work your way in towards the middle

during this period

family or whatever craft project you're currently working on

Spray the back of the stencil lightly with spray glue and position the stencil on the chalk line or registration mark

Place stencil on garment and use sticky tape or low tack spray glue to keep stencil from moving

The traditional technique used 30 to 40 layers of varnish which were sanded to a polished finish

HOW TO STENCIL