Rice Paper

Rice Paper

Hallo Everyone!

Loving the lighter evenings now

although there's still time for

crafting............

Louise Thomson is with us

today to start the new theme 

with a useful door hanger 

"Today I’ve been having a play with beautiful rice paper. 

It’s so versatile, you can add it to pretty much 

any alterable item to make a beautiful gift.

Start with an alterable door hanger

and give it a coat of white gesso

front and back

Next gild the edges with green gilding wax applied with a soft cloth

I chose a garden print rice paper and 

selected some of my favourite parts to 

start decoupaging together.

Don’t worry about having overhanging edges – 

these can be tidied up once you’re happy with the arrangement. 

I found little bits of foliage and flowers could be used

 to soften the edges between joins.  

Fix the paper down with a decoupage glue, 

or alternatively use a 50/50 mix of pva and water. 

Once it is really dry, sand the edges in 

downward strokes to get a neat finish. 

There happened to be a wodge of sandpaper 

on my desk but a sanding block would be the

 ideal tool for this

Blend a selection of distress inks on to 

smooth finish card. 

I used bundled sage and pumice stone. 

From this, die cut the lettering you require.

Paint a little fresco paint on to your door hanger in patches 

where you wish to add your lettering. 

I used nougat which has a lovely opaque finish 

but you can still see some of the print through the paint. 

Once dry, glue on the lettering.

Stencil on some more distress ink to tie the whole theme together.

Here is the finished front....

..... and the back"

Project materials:

MDF door hanger

White Gesso

Rice paper

Fresco paints

Adhesive

Distress inks

White smooth finish card

Sandpaper/Sanding block

Alphabet letter dies

Green gilding wax

Stencil

Thank you Louise - such a useful way 

to let the family know where to find you

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx