Decoupage the Easy Way


Book Description

The world’s largest manufacturer of craft supplies shows how using the newest products eliminates the hard work from this popular and beautiful craft—products that both glue and coat prints, dry quickly and smoothly. There’s a treasure trove of techniques and fast, fabulous projects suitable for beginners. “Gather your cutouts and a copy of D�coupage the Easy Way. [It] will help you rediscover the joy of cutting and pasting your memories.”—Legacy.




Cutting-Edge Decoupage


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Decoupage has always been one of the easiest, most effective ways to transform old, worn, or simply uninspired objects into one-of-a-kind masterpieces. And this cool, graphic guide gives the craft a fresh twist! Colorful and unabashedly contemporary, with innovative techniques and unexpected materials, these 30 projects end the decoupage doldrums. Every design delivers sophisticated results on such unusual surfaces as a discarded window and the blades of a table fan, and the unique embellishments include illustrations downloaded from the Internet; color photocopies of fabrics; and designs bleached into colored vellum. Retro fashion clippings transform a vintage hatbox into spectacular luggage fit for the most discriminating traveler. Ordinary children's chairs become punchy polka-dotted showpieces with a touch of paint and decoupaged circles. Every effect is fantastic. "A Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club."










Paper Mosaics in an Afternoon


Book Description

The latest entry in the popular In an Afternoon� series focuses on quick and easy techniques for paper mosaics-a simpler method than the tile and glass versions, but equally attractive. Written by highly regarded author Marie Browning, it's sure to become the next Afternoon success. Here is everything you need to get started: information on supplies and tools, including the different kinds of available paper, trimmers, backings, and coatings; how-to instructions on the basic techniques (cutting to size, assembling the pieces); numerous photographs; and projects-such as a Poker Box and Marbled Oval Tray-designed to build skills even as they inspire. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.




Decoupage


Book Description

'Decoupage' is the perfect introduction for the beginner. There are clear descriptions of all the materials and equipment required, and guidance on the techniques involved in gathering source motifs, preparing surfaces, and applying paints and varnishes.







Découpage


Book Description

Decoupage is the creative art of decorating hard surfaces with paper cut-outs and sinking them under many coats of varnish to give an inlaid effect. This work gives easy-to-follow instructions of all the processes involved in creating decoupage, and includes three projects.