Découpage Tutorial - Cream and Gold Plaquette with Hand Made Ribbon Rose

Hi Funky-Junkers
I've been a bit silent recently but haven't forgotten about you.  I've been a busy bee and this is one of the things I've been busy with.

This lovely plaquette was a gift for a work colleague and I wanted to share it with you and give you one of my top tips on découpage.

First, I'll run through how I did the découpage on this one.....

You'll need a board - wood or mdf (not too thick)
Some nice paper or a napkin
Some mod podge or découpage glue and a small flat glue brush
Fine grit sandpaper
Varnish
Chalkpaint and paintbrush to suit size of project

Paint up your board in a colour that you like.  When dry and you are happy with the finish, take your napkin and pull away all but the top layer so that you are left with a much thinner napkin. Cut out the part of it that you want to use and position it on the board  - or you may wish to use the entire napkin.  Using your découpage glue, apply it to the napkin brushing outward from the centre until you have covered the entire piece and the board.  Be careful not to use too much glue.  Leave to dry.  Apply a second coat.  When dry sand lightly.  Apply several coats of varnish letting each coat dry thoroughly until the napkin looks like it is part of the board and not raised.  Sand lightly in between coats.

And you're done, you've just découpaged!

Today's Découpage Top Tip:  For a better look, if using an entire napkin, paint the board in the same colour as the napkin background. i.e. if the background is white on the napkin, don't paint the board dark blue as the napkin is thin and very transparent and the colour of the paint with show through.

Thanks for dropping by and don't forget you can ask any questions by commenting below or by sending me an email through the contact form on the right hand side of this page, I'm always happy to help.

Bye for now