Prepare your Christmas gift paper for decoupage

When you download the Christmas presents under the tree this year to try to save tear the wrapping paper for Christmas without a sack. Decorative images on these colorful sleeves are ideal for arts and crafts such as decoupage.

While children will enjoy hours to cut out the images of Santa and his reindeer, red and white peppermint candy, snowmen and the like, and turn them into homemade greeting cards, for example. You canCollect your own set of images are used as decoupage project.

Decoupage is a French word, and it is a hundred years. It refers to the painstaking craft of gluing and painting cut out pictures of everyday objects like plates, cups, tea trays, lampshades, boxes and anything with a shiny surface can be painted, glued and lacquered.

I'm not sure if the French art of this product from China has led to the beginning of learningDealer if it can otherwise be around to learn from the Eastern French for all I know. The Chinese and Japanese are famous for their examples of this craft, jewelry boxes, vases and furniture also monitors are very popular. The process is sometimes referred to as "Japanese Gardening" under the influence in Asia.

And while the Oriental furniture is often painted on a dark wood, it can be done in terms of decoupage plates, cups, cans or items of handShadows and colors. All it takes is a few simple tools, like a pair of scissors and a knife or box cutter, sand paper, paint, varnish and glue.

A friend of mine from Sydney, one thing special about mermaid pictures. She lives with her Siamese cat totally flawed, and has some tables siren in their homes. Now she tells me that will create some trash mermaid.

I think mermaids are a thing as a girl, and she loves them. Other women get the same warm fuzzyFeelings on the sections of the fairies. Just as girls have parts fairy again! But you do not use Santa Claus and snowmen, mermaids, fairies. Simply select a topic you would with joy, or something that the person giving the product to enjoy the latest.

Sort the pictures you want to use, and decide which are the targets will be. Cut decoupage your photos and put them up, so you have a vague idea of how and where you're going to stickthem.

If the object needs painting, give him a rough cut, then carefully brush the dust. Give the item a few thin layers of paint, completely dry your hands and then sand lightly with fine paper.

Stick your neck on Christmas packaging images - or decoupage images for that matter - for the object and tap gently with a clean sponge.
If the images are dry, add a couple of coats of paint on your creation, andvoila! You have to show a piece of decoupage art to your friends. They are personal gifts, including great Christmas next year!