Decoupage using just scraps from magazines: the fashion box
Let's see with this example how to decorate with decoupage an old wood box using just scraps taken from fashion magazines. Of course you will never find the same pictures, but this example should help you find new inspirations for your decoupage creations.
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Materials
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Prepare the base coatBefore painting the wood box, it's better prepare the surface with a base coat that will let the colour cling onto. You can use vinyl glue to this aim, a little watered down and, once it has dried, white water paint. |
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Then let's smooth the surface using sand paper. |
The pictures
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The idea of the fashion box started once I found some fashion sketches in a magazine. Then I've been looking for other pictures of things about fashion and coutre, for example buttons, scissors, scarfs, fabric...
The three sketches above inspired the decoration of the longer sides of the box and the lid. Should the picture be too big for the surface, you can make a laser reduced photocopy of the subject, as I did for the woman on the blue background.
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The lidThe picture I've choosen for the lid is a woman with a white fur on an ice background. Before gluing the woman figure, let's paint the lid with a white acrylic, then veil the surface with some ultramarine blue much watered down and then some raw brown sienna. Let's remind that to veil means paint subsequent coats of color much waterd down in order to appear almost transparent, so that the final colour gains deepness and transparency that wouldn't have otherwise. |
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Let's cut out the words and the photo of the designer who realized the sketch, and let's glue the scrap of the woman, then with the brush we shall retouch the image in order to hide the cuts on the sleeves of the fur. |
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We shall use the blue and a bit of violet to shade the edge of the sleeve that is missing. Then let's sprinkle a bit of white using a tooth brush in order to simulate falling snow. |
The woman on the red background
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Using a flat brush let's paint with red one of the two bigger side of the box, the same red of the picture of the woman walking on the snow.
Using a tubular brush filled with white let's sprinkle some drops onto the red background so to make the bigger snowflakes.
For the smaller ones let's use an old tooth brush instead.
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Finally let's glue the woman with the white overcoat and the white buttons.
The woman on the blue and black background
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Let's put the kneeling woman on a blue and black background onto the second big side of the box. First of all let's paint the blue and black background with the white line, then let's glue the woman scrap.
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Look for irregular scraps of paper fabric taking them from the dresses published on the magazines and glue them in order to simulate lenghts of fabric. Then also some buttons.
The two small sides of the box
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For the two small sides of the box we shall use again irregular scraps of fabric, buttons, scissors, thimbles, needles, scarfs... One side with a white scarf onto a black background and one side with printed fabric scraps and a flower blouse.
Just add a needles and the sewing thread using the thin brush for the hand with a thimble.
Details in silver leaf
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The last retouches are made using the silver leaf, which must be stuck onto the surface using a special glue.
Using a flat brush let's put scraps of silver leaf onto the edges of the box, and onto the scissor,
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anywhere there are imperfections you want to hide,and onto the edge of the lid.
The inside of the box
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Let's line the inside of the box with paper patterns.
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Eventually you can shade some white acrylic on the paper should the colours of the patterns be too bright.
