Nagashri Arts: July 2018

Tuesday 24 July 2018

Decoupage on coasters using the zero decoupage papers By Maansi Vaswani

Good morning

I hope you all are doing great :) .Today, I am sharing a beautiful inspiration for you all. Do share some love.

The brand zero has newly launched its speciality decoupage papers. And as soon as I received them I was ready to check them out and work with them.

First of all I checked the papers in detail. And I must say I was super happy. Most of the prints have an elaborate background design as well as well placed focal images. The printing is crisp and the paper is beautifully textured.

I decided to try them out on coasters. Many of the papers are specifically designed for smaller projects. And with a set of six patterns on a single page it's perfect for coasters.

Considering they are thick papers not much priming has to be done on the surface. I painted the sides and the back with brown paint. And I was set to go.

These papers are super easy to use. Just stick them with Modpodge and you are done. There are no issues of bubbles etc. And though the paper is thick I was still able to sand down the edges easily.

So with minimal efforts a set of coasters is done. To complete the coasters, I did stencil a pattern in the back and added some gold in the sides and on top as a slight shimmer near the edges.

And voila we are done.

I do hope all of you try these papers. And here hoping for more beautiful patterns and papers from zero brand.

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Supplies used

Mdf coasters
Zero decoupage papers
Modpodge
Acrylic paint - brown and gold
Varnish
Stencil

Wishing you a wonderful day

Regards
Maansi

Artfire Creations

Thursday 12 July 2018

Wall Art Using Zero Brand Decoupage Papers By Maansi Vaswani

Good morning ,

I am back once again with an another project using the new decoupage papers from zero brand. For those who have not seen my earlier post with the zero brand papers here's a little update.

These new papers are awesome. They are easy to use and have a beautiful texture on them. And though they are thick they are still easy to sand off or cut with hand.

I have for a long time being wanting to do some decor for my kitchen. And when I saw the beautiful still life with wine bottles, I knew I wanted to use that print.

Using a big sized chopping board. I first coloured the back and the sides with acrylic paint using 2 - 3 shades of brown. I used a sponge so as to get an uneven effect.

Then it was a matter of putting the paper on the area I wanted. I cut the top of the paper with my hand so that it blends neatly with the paint.

Using Mod podge, I easily stuck the paper and blended paint on the sides as well as the top. This paper does not have any bubbles or wrinkles while sticking.

Once my paper was stuck I cut off the excess and blended it a bit with brown paint and added a hint of gold. A bit of stencilling completed the project. Considering that this would be put up on the wall I have kept the back blank.