Wall art using Zero Brand Decoupage Papers

Good evening

I am back once again with another project using the new decoupage papers from zero brand as a part of my project for Nagashri Arts.  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 Modpodge, 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.  

Here are some of the completed pics of the project

Hope you enjoyed this project 

Wishing you a wonderful day 

Mix media spectacle box - Butterfly

Good evening,

There are things that we use everyday and we continue using them even though they may be tattered or may have started looking old or shabby.  It's usually the love or comfort that we feel with objects that we have had around us for years.  

This is the story with my Mom's spectacle case.  It's old and completely worn out but she refuses to give it up.  She is very happy and comfortable using it.  But I decided to give it a bit of life and add glamour to it.

As you can see from the pic below it's a black leather case from which even the leather has started peeling away

Thus started the journey of altering the spectacle case.  

First of all I gave it a coat of black gesso.  As the original case was black in colour I decided to stick to the black color.  Another reason for this is the fact that it's an every day use item so it should not get spoilt easily with regular use.  

After this, I decided to add texture by adding some gauze and again painting it over with black gesso.  I did this on both the sides.  

Once this was completely dry,  I added some more texture on top with some stencils and modelling paste.  

Thus my base was ready. Time now for adding in the embellishments.  I have added some mdf embellishments,  a few metal charms, flowers,  rhinestones and some glitter balls and shaker elements.  

Being a spectacle case I did not want it to have too much of depth and at the same time the working surface is small. Thus the design was simple and elegant. 

I stuck everything using the 3D gloss gel. And once everything was properly stuck and dry, I went ahead and covered it completely in black.  

Then I added sprays in shades of red,  gold and copper.  I have even made sprays out of the metallic paints in my DT kit  which added a wonderful shimmer to the project .  Between the coats of sprays I have lightly dry brushed with white gesso to lighten up the colours and have them pop out a bit.  

Once I was happy with the colours I completed the project with rubbing in some Prima waxes in turquoise, red. Additionally I also rubbed some of the metallic paint in gold. 

Here are some of the pics of the new altered spectacle case.  And I must say my mom was super thrilled with the new look. 

Hope you like this make over and do leave your comments and love below. 

Decoupage on coasters using the zero decoupage papers

Good evening,  

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.   Here is the images of the final coasters

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


Wishing you a wonderful day