My second goodie box from Trimcraft is a box of double knit Spiin yarn. Twenty 100g balls of it! The rainbow colours are impressive and with it being 100% acrylic, project will be washable. The 8ply construction means the yarn is relatively soft and in use resists splitting more than other yarns I have used. There is a downloadable project pattern book, which I will get to after I have finished my first project, a baby blanket.
Back when I was a Craftwork Cards design team member, I came up with a dress form for a papier-mâché torso and it sort of became my trademark make. When thinking of a final project to finish off my decoupage papers, it came to mind to make another, and what better design to use than the Modern Floral?
The dress follows the template available for purchase here. Unfortunately, the torso I use is no longer available from Creativ Company, but may be available elsewhere. I recommend using patterned paper rather than decoupage paper which was a little fragile for all the proper folding.
First Edition Deco Maché Modern Floral decoupage paper is available from Craft Stash.
I’ve not got much decoupage paper left from my goodie box from Trimcraft. I was rooting around in my altered art drawer, full of bits and bobs that I think I can upcycle, and found a stash of scrapbooks-in-a-tin from Woodware. I thought one would work well as a mini-album so decoupaged the tin lid and the included concertina pages. Matched up with some Bazzill paper for matting, I created this:
It seemed only sensible to create a full papier-mâché object – after all decoupage is just one last layer of the process. I chose to make a coin tray using the Modern Floral decoupage paper. The matt adhesive says on the bottle that it will stick to almost any surface… I can attest to that as even cling film was grabbed firmly making one of the usual steps in moulding the papier-mâché a little tricky. Again, I rushed the process (which I have corrected in the list below) which probably made things more difficult for myself. Drying overnight has left the tray very rigid and I’m sure it will hold up in use. Having used the glue, I think it would probably stick firmly enough to the microwave meal tray itself if you didn’t want to do papier-mâché.
The makes continue… I’ve finished off my pack of Rose Gold Geometric decoupage paper making this mobile/dreamcatcher. Two layers of the decoupage paper are surprisingly resilient whilst still being semi-translucent, making this a good suncatcher as well. I tried taking a pic against a window, but it didn’t turn out well… so you have it against a white background instead.
I’m on a roll! Today’s make is an art journal page featuring the new First Edition Deco Maché decoupage paper in the Modern Marks design. I decided to augment the marks and colour matched the marks to Distress Paint colours (listed below). The paper behaved itself today – I used less of the glue and the wrinkles were kept to a minimum as a result. It’s certainly a lot harder to work with a sheet rather than pieces, so bear this in mind. Time-lapse video below.
I can’t remember the last time I made a mini-book from scratch… I suspect it was one of my travel journals, and the last one of those was over a year ago. I spent the night (literally) dreaming up things to do with the other decoupage papers from my Trimcraft goodies. One that stuck was to make a mini-book using the Deco Maché Rose Gold Geometric paper as the cover. Turns out that I am a little out of practice, but cobbled this together this evening:
I love the muted pastel tones in the background and the foiled papers look splendid when not being photographed!
Hooray! After much anticipation (and waiting impatiently) my first pack has arrived from Trimcraft. You may recall I became a Trimcraft Maker at the beginning of the year, which means I get to play with new products – fun! The pack has four of twelve new decoupage paper designs along with matt glue and brush set:
From left to right: First Edition Deco Maché decoupage paper in Gold Rose Geometric, Modern Marks, Modern Floral and Animal Print designs. Foiled papers are two to a pack, unfoiled are three sheets per pack, all £2.99 RRP. They will be stocked at Craft Stash and in-store at The Range in the next few weeks.
