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Decoupage for beginners on cardboard: interesting and original ideas

The decoupage technique is quite interesting and original, so it can interest absolutely everyone, especially since there are interesting ideas for beginners.

Beginners are recommended to perform decoupage on small boxes, for example, candy boxes

Decoupage on cardboard can be done using a variety of materials, in particular such as:

Multi-layer napkins are considered the most popular material for decoupage on cardboard. Initially, the required pattern is cut out from the napkin, and then two extra layers are removed. It is somewhat more difficult to work with decoupage cards, since you need to soak the prepared drawing in water so that it absorbs it well, then remove excess moisture with paper towels. Coat the drawing and cardboard with glue and glue it together.

The drawing you like can be printed and also used as decoupage. The finished product needs to be coated with acrylic
varnish so that the design holds more firmly.

Step-by-step instructions for beginners

Before starting the creative process, it is important to prepare the accessories. If you look at the photo above and want to replicate this result, you will need the following:

• Pre-prepared visual compositions (printed images or photographs);
• Regular drinking water;
• Black instant coffee to create an antique effect;
• PVA glue;
• Acrylic varnish.

Once everything is ready, you can get to work in a good mood.

• First of all, moisten the sheets of paper and rub the coffee powder with gentle movements;
• Place them on a smooth surface and wait until they are completely dry;
• Once they are dry, tear them into 5-10 cm pieces;
• Then cut the printed prints.
• Make sure that the cardboard box is not heavily soiled or damaged. If necessary, remove excess.
• Carefully glue each leaf, coat it on top and more intensively along the edges. Then apply the drawings.
• After everything has dried thoroughly, use varnish if desired – this will add shine to your decoupage.

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Description of the decoupage process

Where and on what printer can I print a picture?

First, let’s talk about printers, because this is the most important and most difficult question in this topic. It is easiest to work with printouts made on a color laser printer. This device does not use ink, but a special chemical powder that does not flow when exposed to water, adhesives and varnishes.

You can also print on inkjet printers with pigment inks (they are also not afraid of water). But printouts made with inkjet printers with water-based inks are afraid of “dampness,” and when working with them you will have to dry the printout and fix the image with a non-aqueous-based varnish. At the same time, no one can guarantee that everything will work out.

If you are seriously interested in decoupage, then the best option is to buy a laser printer (of course, replacing cartridges for such a device is expensive, but if you try, you can find people who will do it efficiently and not very expensively).

Inkjet printers are cheaper, but if you buy them, then only those that work with pigment ink.

You can, of course, find a printer at home with friends or work colleagues, you can go to photo centers and order prints on photo paper (it’s also easy to work with, we’ll talk about paper for prints later), but this is less preferred options: not very convenient for saving time and all your wishes will not always be taken into account.

Decoupage – a non-standard solution to a standard problem

However, in most cases, shoe boxes have a very mediocre appearance, which can hardly be called aesthetically attractive. Over time, the accumulated packaging gives the room the effect of clutter, causing not very pleasant emotions among the owners.

You can correct this situation using ordinary decoupage, decorating objects of different shapes, sizes, colors and textures in the same style.

An ensemble created in this way can become an accent spot in the interior of the room. Photos of decoupage boxes allow you to get ideas for inspiration.

The abundance of various decoupage cards and napkins makes it possible to choose a pattern or even an entire composition, the appearance of which will organically fit into the overall concept. For the kitchen these are drawings with products or flowers. For children’s rooms – images of fairy-tale characters or heroes of your favorite cartoons.

However, if you decorate the box with floral motifs in pastel colors, it will take its rightful place even in a living room or bedroom decorated in a country or shabby chic style.

Decoupage is the simplest way that allows beginning craftsmen who do not have the skills to draw and paint objects to decorate surfaces.

You can decorate not only boxes in this way, but also:

• furniture facades;
• bottles;
• plates;
• cutting boards

Decoupage does not tolerate restrictions and there is room for creative experiments and flights of fancy. Even children can cope with this type of creativity. This means that adults can also take up a new hobby without fear. And perhaps very soon the exciting process of creating paper compositions will turn into a hobby.

Decoupage on cardboard: decorating master class

There are absolutely no boundaries in decoupage. The most important thing is imagination. Turn on your imagination and new possibilities for exquisite design will open up for you. For example, purchase fabric materials, textured waterproof wallpaper and self-adhesive film. Remember that today the assortment is very large!

Moreover, nothing prevents you from connecting your child, who will be able to independently color a future gift for grandparents, friends, teachers, anyone you wish. All you need for this is plain paper, paint, glue or a glue stick.

1. Cover the box well with monotone paper so that there are no gaps or gaps.

2. Ask your children to arm themselves with brushes and paint in any possible way as they want. You can also dip your child’s hands in paint and leave handprints; you can simply offer to draw little people or various animals, or write the names of loved ones.

3. Adding acrylic varnish will add shine.

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Decoupage with fabric

DIY cardboard toys

Every child will be delighted that he himself made a decoration for the Christmas tree. Children love to do decoupage from a very young age. In this case, herbal compositions are used. Instead of a primer, a thick solution of gelatin is used, and instead of glue, gelatin or egg white is used.

So, let’s make a bird. We cut out the profile contour and the wing. We prime both parts. Let’s dry it. Then the outline is pasted over with colored toilet paper or napkins in a small pattern. You can make an eye for the bird, sprinkle glitter or confectionery powder on its tail and wings. The two parts of the circuit are held together by thickening gelatin.

Older children can use a safety glue stick. In this case, a layer of glue is applied to the cardboard, the design is stuck on top, the surface is strengthened with gelatin or egg yolk, you can treat the finished toy with hairspray, cover it in 3-4 layers.

Fastening is done simply: a hole is cut at the top, it is better to use a hole punch, and a braid or thin ribbon is pulled into it.

Interesting examples

With the help of decoupage boxes you can easily revive any interior or change things that have become familiar. All kinds of boxes for spices, baked goods or sweets will help create a cozy atmosphere in the kitchen. Using things made with your own hands is certainly more pleasant.

In any home, the issue of storing things is acute. First of all, this applies to all sorts of little things (keys, chargers). Once you put them in beautiful boxes, the situation will become more neat.

Round boxes look the most elegant.

But when it comes to the internal organization of cabinets, you should give preference to square or rectangular ones – they are more ergonomic and spacious.

Even hidden behind doors, an elegant box can quickly lift your mood.

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Lucky.

Separately, we need to talk about varnishes that can be used to protect the printout before thinning.

Stores sell special transfer products called transfer gels or transcryls (suitable for prints made with non-aqueous inks).

They are elastic and do not break, do not tear when wet, are used according to the instructions: the image is covered with transcryl in several layers, dried, then soaked and the film with the image is separated from the paper.

However, if transcryl is applied in a thin layer, it will stretch very strongly when the paper is separated, and the image will be deformed. Therefore, I prefer to use slightly less elastic construction varnishes.

To understand whether any varnish is suitable for protecting an image, you just need to try it in action: thin out any image by first covering it with this varnish in several layers. If the varnish film breaks when wet and rolled, then this varnish is not suitable for thinning.

If the varnish stretches very much, then our image will stretch along with it, and it will be inconvenient to work, because due to the stretched varnish you will get a lot of folds: you need it to stretch, but in moderation. By the way, during my experiments, it turned out that most artistic and construction varnishes are quite suitable for the thinning procedure.

Let me draw your attention to the fact that using the described methods you can thin out not only printouts, but also thick decoupage cards, pictures from magazines and photographs!

As you can see, working with printouts is not so difficult: the main thing is not to be afraid, but to try. I wish every beginner (and not only) decoupage artist to master the technique of working with prints and expand their capabilities, get new sources of inspiration!

New application

Why buy an organizer when you can use the shoebox decoupage technique? What can’t fit in the new storage: writing instruments, spices and seasonings, paper, both clean and with some very necessary information!

• You need to remove the lid from the box, find the center of the long sides, make a cut at an angle and bend it.
• In order for the fold to come out even, you should draw a line with a pencil along the ruler, draw along it with scissors, and then bend it. This will create the central wall of a double organizer.
• The second part of the organizer is organized in the same way. Both parts can be different in size depending on the purpose.
• The sides should be glued together, and the inside should be covered with soft cloth or paper of the selected color.
• The outside of the box needs to be primed in 3 layers, just like any other decoupage box.

Eggshells can be used in the next step. Quite original and very affordable decorative material. Such a decoupage style box will look interesting and correspond to zero waste trends.

Shell preparation:

• Wash with detergent,
• Remove film,
• Divide into small pieces.

Apply glue to one of the walls of the box and attach the pieces. To consolidate the result, you can apply a layer of glue on top of the shell and wait until it dries completely.

You can apply a drawing to other walls using the simplest and most accessible method:

1. Because. The box is already primed, all that remains is to apply glue. It is advisable to use decoupage glue or PVA. The use of silicone glue should be avoided.
2. If you plan to use a napkin for decoupage, you need to separate the top layer.
3. Place multicolor on top and iron until air bubbles and folds under the pattern disappear.
4. Repeat on all sides of the box you plan to decorate on.
5. You can separately work on the corners and folds to give them an antique effect.
6. Add decor from beads, ribbons, buttons, if this was the original idea.
7. Apply 3 layers of decoupage varnish or parquet varnish.
8. The decoupage style box is ready!
9. To achieve an antique effect, you need to paint the edges of the box in a dark color.
10. You can apply the dye using a sponge, gently tapping it into the box to get a unique and very realistic image.
11. Applying a small amount of patina will have the same effect. After the manipulations, success needs to be secured with varnish!

The box decoupage master class has come to an end. Note: a photograph of your loved one is also suitable for this technique, forward to new achievements!

Preparing cardboard for work

Decoupage of a box made of cardboard begins with preparing the surface.

In order to prevent the box from “floating” from glue and water-based paints during the process of gluing pictures, it is necessary to make a kind of protection from moisture. Then the paper container will last for many years. If the walls are slightly dented, the shape is restored with an iron.

It is more convenient to iron boxes from the inside.

Primer compositions:

An excellent smooth surface is obtained after applying a layer of gypsum. It must be diluted in small portions – it hardens in a minute. The consistency should be as thick as possible – the plaster should spread like thick jam. Be especially careful when covering the corners with primer.

Apply paste-like plaster with a dry piece of foam rubber or a wide paint brush. A hairdryer will speed up the drying process. Instead of plaster, acrylic wood primer is used to protect the cardboard before decoupage. It is applied with a flat spatula or narrow spatula. Dries 2-3 hours outdoors at room temperature.

It is possible to prime the cardboard with universal PVA glue; it is thick, white, and does not become transparent when cured.

The clerical “brother” is not suitable for protection. It is better to use a freshly opened package of PVA; the glue should not be dry or with lumps. In the absence of a primer, glue, or plaster, thick cardboard is immediately coated with acrylic paint. The first minimum thin layer should be thin.

After drying, the surface is coated again and again. Make up to five layers. This significantly increases paint consumption. Make sure to dry the box every time, otherwise the paint will start to clump.

Examples of decoupage on cardboard (photo)

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