Decoupage on Coasters using Leather Sheets

Good Afternoon, 

I am back today to share something absolutely new. Its a new product called leather paper. It's new for me, though some of you may have used it earlier. And this again is part of my experimentation with new products as a part of the DT for Nagashri Arts. 

When Nagashri sent a whole bunch of leather paper sheets to me I was quite unsure what to do with it.

I had never worked with these before. But on first look, I was an impressed with these, especially with the texture. It not only has a textured look but you can also feel the texture. 

So the first project I have done with these are a set of decoupaged coasters using leather sheets.  And I was super impressed with this paper.  It's is super easy to work without any tearing or bubbling or wrinkling.  

The inspiration for this project is a lot of leather work that I had seen when I had gone for a holiday to Rajasthan. There I had seen coasters with stonework and leather/wood holders.  Taking the same concept I have tried to give the holder a leather look with rims of gold.  

Here are some pics of the completed project.

Supplies used 

Leather sheets 
Coasters
German Napkin
Modpodge 
Acrylic paint 
Archival ink for distressing 
Metallic paint
Varnish 

Hope you have enjoyed this project. 

Hexagon Coaster

Good Evening,

I have done a lot of projects on coasters. And I have done various art forms and techniques on them. Starting  from Warli and Madhubani I have come a long way to Decoupage.

Coasters are a perfect way to test new products and papers. But I have done a lot of projects in both square and round shaped coasters.

But recently I managed to pick up a set of Hexagon shaped coasters. And I was super excited to try out some new papers on these. And having collected a large collection of papers from various places I set about trying to find a suitable print for the coasters.

And I found this beautiful English shabby chic pattern paper. Its soft green with yellow daffodils all over and it was perfect. Being a decoupage speciality paper it was super easy to work with this paper and here is what was the final outcome.

Using brown as the base colour for the coasters I completed with a distressed look at the edges using brown and rust coloured inks.  

Hope you like these...