Personalised Wall Plaquette

Hello again everyone,

I have another one of my decoupaged name plaquettes completed and I wanted to show it to you.

Like the previous one, this is also floral themed and depicts a fairy on the right hand side.  It is découpaged with some beautiful rice paper from the Stamperia collection and on this one I have also included some texture by adding some heavy body paste here and there.

The butterflies were made using cardstock to back some ricepaper butterflies that I fussy cut from a sheet and then glued to the plaquette giving it a 3D dimension.

For the letters, I used acrylic paint to fill in a pencil outline, a bit tricky but a super fine brush did the trick.  Finally a pink velvet ribbon was added for hanging.

I hope you enjoyed my post.  You can comment below with any questions or comments or use the form on the right to email me.

Bye for now

Irish Plaquette

I wanted to design some plaquettes that were typically Irish and I chose this Guinness theme as my first.  I thought it would be nice to start with some old Dublin scenes which will have a special appeal to Irish people living away from home and visitors to Ireland who may wish to bring something handmade of Ireland home with them.  This Guinness plaquette is now in an Irish home in France.

Birds on a Branch Vintage Style Plaquette

I love bird designs especially vintage style bird designs so I couldn't resist making this lovely plaquette which I am so tempted to keep for myself.  The pink base is a mix of red, white and cream paint that I mixed up myself to create this great colour.  Of course, I didn't write down the amounts so it will be a challenge trying to make the same colour again!  I think the pink is a great match and at the same time, contrast to the blue and I will definitely reuse this design - maybe next time I will try it with an orange background.  I hope you enjoyed my post, I'd love to hear what you think or answer any questions, so don't forget to comment below or on my Facebook page.

Multi Frame Plaquette

This is one of my larger plaquettes for hanging several different sized photos.  I painted this one in pale grey with a darker grey crackle finished edge as usual using my own mix chalk paint.  Pastel hearts and sparkle finish completed the look along with some varying shaped frames.  It is making a long journey at the end of the week, all the way from Dublin to it's new home in Arizona.

Salle de Bain Plaquette

I'm addicted to making these bathroom plquettes - they are so cute.  This one's a simple design but effective.  For the bath I used a very old print that was one of many that I came across in my collection from almost 20 years ago when I first moved into my house and was crazy into home decor, découpage, furniture renovating and stencilling .....actually.....just like I am now!!

The bath cut-out was perfect for this little job, I just added some paint and a little sparkle to it. I dry-brushed a distressed effect border to the plaquette edges, added some typography that I transferred using a HB pencil.  A few coats of sealant, dark finishing wax and some pink ribbon finished this off nicely while it waits to be hung in someone's bathroom.

Le Bain Vintage Style Plaquette

A Shabby distressed look for the bathroom, this Plaquette was made using découpage techniques and some hand-painting and stencilling.  Some colour washing and a little dark wax gave it the 'old' look that it has.  I'll be sorry to see this one go...