3D Decoupage

 If you're a crafter, you may have heard of a technique called 'decoupage'. Confusingly, the word is used for two completely different techniques. We had a go at one type last year, using rice paper to decorate boxes, plant pots and other things. Recently, we had a go at the 'other one'!

We used images from Hundkydory from a company called Top Topper Shop who sell smaller packs of images, allowing us more options without having a lot of extra at the end.

Here's what we came up with.

Barbara

Beryl

Dominque

Mary

Nadi

Shilpa

Sue H

Sue M

Tricia

And to show all the layers ...

Decoupage

 Adrienne recently introduced us to decoupage - the art of decorating various objects with cut paper.

Adrienne had already completed a couple of projects which she showed for inspiration.

Nadi decorated a plant pot and a metal box.

Tricia decorated a couple of wooden boxes from The Works

We used a gesso base followed by some layers of acrylic paint before adding the paper. Tricia added some gilding polish later to give an 'antiqued' look to the end result.

Adrienne's Decoupage

Adrienne said, 'Beginner decoupage. I practiced on a soup can and the past 2 days I painted and decorated the little wooden box.'