Decoupage Design Idea

The word découpage comes from the French verb découper, 'to cut out'. The découpage technique can be used to personalise almost any item in your home and the great thing is that the designs can be as simple or as complex as you like. Put simply, découpage involves cutting out pictures, gluing them to an object and then coating the pictures and the object with layers of varnish. The finished item can look so beautiful that it appears to be professionally painted!

Decoupage: the basic technique
1. Prepare surface - once you have selected your item to decorate, make sure the surface of it is clean and dust free as the varnish magnifies any imperfections.
2. Cut out pictures - select your pictures and cut them out. It may be easier to cut out the pictures roughly with scissors first and then cut them out more precisely with a craft knife. If a white edge shows around the picture you have cut out, colour the edge with a crayon/pen that matches either the picture or the background on which it is to be used.
3. Arrange the pictures - before you glue the pictures in place, ensure you are happy with the positioning. Use tweezers for placing tiny pictures.
4. Glue the pictures in place - smooth out any wrinkles and wipe away any excess glue with a barely damp sponge.
Most flat materials can work for decoupage. Consider these sources: wrapping paper, tissue paper, scrapbooking paper, seed packets, menus, ticket stubs, napkins, wallpaper, old book pages, magazines, pressed flowers, ribbon, photographs, greeting cards, fabric, stickers, posters, calendars, maps, doilies and more.
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Decoupage is an old and venerable art form, and you can see examples in many dating back many hundreds of years. It was extremely popular in the eighteenth century, and became popular again during the late Victorian era. Today, decoupage is rinsing in popularity, and new technology and easy access to computers means that it's easier than ever to create new images.

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