Decoupage Projects
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The beauty of decoupage is that it can be applied to almost any surface.

In this instance I have used a blank mdf letter rack and decorated it with the ducks paper following the Decoupage Method.

Venetian Carnival Mask
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The face is embellished with gold relief pen following the contours of the cut-out papers with gold painted around the eyes to create a mask effect and finished off with goldfinger paste.

The 'hair' is made from card - each side having been glued  with contrasting decoupage paper, a 'jingle' bell and pearl attached to the top and then edged with gold ribbon. Each piece of 'hair' is then carefully rolled and curled and attached to the mask using a hot glue gun.

The frill is a folded over piece of decoupage paper, edged with gold ribbon, pleated and attached with the hot glue to the chin. The mask is then finished off with a gold braid and gimp edging, fitted with a hanger and ribbons for wearing.

 

Stately Home Egg Box
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This arrived at my workshop one day as a blank item, delivered by the chauffeur who works for our local stately home.

"Could I decorate this in an appropriate style, it's an egg box - with one compartment for each day of the week". As the chickens lay their eggs the collectors place them in the slot appropriate for that particular day thus avoiding the problem
of mixing fresh and old eggs!

I've used the chickens and chicks papers for this one, printed out the weekdays on the computer, crackle glazed the front and back panels and finished the edges with goldfinger paste. On a darker painted surface you can also use liming wax which gives a white cracked finish as an alternative to the usual dark cracks.

This design proved so successful that I've repeated the commission many times since, as the boxes are used as gifts for friends and guests of our stately home owners!