St Patricks Collection Rice Paper, 20.32 x 26.67 cm - for Decoupage Furniture Craft

St Patricks Collection Rice Paper, 20.32 x 26.67 cm - for Decoupage Furniture CraftDECOUPAGE 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

especially when changing color

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

Wait 5 - 7 seconds until the glue on the back side is heated

Each layer is sealed with varnish (often multiple coats) until the "stuck on" appearance disappears and the result looks like painting or inlay work

Preparation

Clean-up: Wash your stencil frequently in hot soapy water

Virtually any paint can be used to stencil with

especially when changing colour

Like a rhinestone cowboy

wipe off most of it on a piece of kitchen paper

Remove Stencil