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today i have a tutorial on how you can use thicker papers uh to decoupage with when you're using a
thicker a thicker paper and you're trying to decoupage you get lots of wrinkles and lots of
bubbles so i have a technique that will make this job easier for you and you can use scrapbooking
paper you can use photo paper with this technique so it opens up all the possibilities to decoupage
with greatly so today's a step-by-step tutorial on how you can do this and also if you go back
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okay i'm going to make a sign with some scrapbooking paper and i'm going to show you
how you can decoupage with it and make it thinner so it's easier to work with and you won't have
any bubbles or any wrinkles the first thing i'm going to do is i want to put a quote on my scrap
booking piece of paper so i'm going to cut it down to the size of a piece of computer paper
so i can put it through my laser printer i'm doing this step just so i can make it into a pretty sign
i'm going to put this through my laserjet printer so i can put the quote on it
this will also work with your inkjet printer if you seal it with some hairspray
now i'm going to cut my scrapbooking paper a little bit bigger than the actual board that i'm
going to make the sign on this technique that i'm going to show you will work on scrapbooking paper
any paper that's thicker photo paper if you're going to use a photo make sure you don't use
an original photo though use one that you've printed off on your printer so you still have
the original copy when you're trying to decoupage thicker paper it really tends to wrinkle and have
bubbles and it just doesn't lay very nice so this technique will get rid of all of those problems
and what you're going to need is some packing tape and i never fold the tape over when i'm finished
with it so it's easier to get apart so i'll struggle here for a minute and you're going to
cut it bigger than the size of the piece of paper and press it firmly down into that scrapbooking
paper and then the next piece you're going to overlap it a little bit and lay it completely
across the piece of paper again and you're going to keep doing this until you've covered the whole
paper you're going to overlap it and then press it down firmly and cut it now the next step is to get
a credit card or something that you can really firmly press that tape right into that paper
and get all the bubbles and wrinkles out of it make sure it's adhered really well to the paper
now you're going to start at the end of the last piece of tape that you just put on and be
really careful get the edge up and then just slowly pull the tape away and as
you're pulling the tape away you'll see that there'll be a layer of paper
that will completely come off the back of that scrapbooking paper
and now you're going to pull the next piece of tape slowly you don't want to rip it just
slowly pull it away and see all the paper that's coming off and it's making it that much more
thinner to be able to work with easier when you're decoupaging and we'll just take off the last piece
and you're left with a really thin piece of paper that's way easier to work with
and to decoupage with if your paper still feels thick you can do this process again
and now we're ready to decoupage it onto the sign there are lots of different decoupaging
methods i'm going to show you the water method i put my scrapbook paper face down on a paper
sheet protector that i got from the dollar store and you're just going to dab it with a wet sponge
you want to completely soak the paper you want it nice and wet and after it's completely wet
you just want to let it sit for 10-15 seconds and let all the water go right through the paper
now i've printed my quote off on my laserjet printer this is where you might have a little
bit of difficulty if you used an inkjet printer and you've printed on your paper
as it may run so you're just going to have to do trial and error and see if it works for you
a little bit of hairspray on the quote might help seal it
and now i'm just going to take a j cloth and just dab it and get all that excess water off
and gently make sure that it's laying completely flat there's
no wrinkles or no bubbles and you're ready to put it on your piece of wood
i'm going to take my mod podge matte finish and put a layer across the whole sign
put a liberal amount fill your brush up a couple times make
sure the wood's completely covered with the mod podge
now you're going to pick up your plastic paper protector and the scrapbooking paper
will stick to it because it's got the water on it and you're going to
make sure it's exactly where you want it on the sign have it centered nice and you're just going
to press out any bubbles or wrinkles and i like to take my little credit card and just run it
across the plastic and make sure that the paper is adhered really well to the board this technique
is perfect to use on anything you can use it on signs on jewelry boxes on furniture on coasters
the possibilities are endless and now you know how to make your paper thinner to make it easier
to decoupage you can just imagine what you can use just carefully peel away that plastic sleeve
and you can see that it's nice and flat no bubbles no wrinkles on that sign
i'm now going to put the top coat of mod podge over the whole piece of scrapbooking paper
just a light coat just to seal it
i made a video of four other mod podge transfer methods and i'll put a link below in the
description or up here in the corner and you can check that out after you've watched this video
before you do your project test it with a scrap piece of paper so you can get
the feel of how you can tear away that paper before you start your main project
i've let it dry completely and now i'm going to take my sanding block and just sand along
the edge of the wood and the scrapbooking paper and you'll see that it makes a nice clean edge
and that's how you can turn a thick piece of paper or photo paper
into paper that's more manageable to decoupage with i hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial
and i've inspired you to try this technique yourself thanks for watching and have a great day