Craft express blog: Happy Birthday...A Decoupaged Layout with Water Colour Embellishments.

Hello friends…Hope all are doing great. Sharing today my DT post for Itsy Bitsy.

This is the first time I am sharing a layout and it is one with decoupage !!!

I have made this 12 x 12 inch layout using decoupage technique and watercolour embellishments. Hope you are excited to see how a scrapbook layout can be decoupaged and can be a great party decor piece as well !!!

Apart from decoupage, I have played around with some beautiful watercolour embellishments on a 8 x 8 inch burlap canvas. The embellishments from Itsy Bitsy are versatile and can be a part of any craft form. Have a look.

Some close ups-

Water colour banner shapes used as photo mat. Have decoupaged a napkin with cute picture of girl on the banner. You can adhere an original picture of birthday girl/ boy too, for a personalized one.

Have given a base of sisal fiber to the coloured flower embellishments. Created beads with pearl drops.

Water colour bricks are interesting to play with. Have decoupaged them in my layout.

The stepped decoupage look created with bricks...Bricks are available in rectangular, triangular, hexagon shapes too.

Have coloured all the water colour embellishments with distress inks.

Once the canvas was ready, it was time to give the canvas a backdrop and make it a part of the layout. So, I mounted it on a thick 12 x 12 inch chipboard. Decoupaged a grey wood grain paper from the paper pack ‘Cottage Lace’ on the chipboard. Further created some layers with a pink polka dot paper (with distressed edges ) and green burlap sheet. For firmness and ease of cutting, I used burlap sheet from the store that comes with a backing.

Party decoration is incomplete without a banner. So added one to the layout. To make the banner, I have used three triangular watercolour pieces from the banner pack. Decoupaged them with small napkin pieces from my stash. Have done colour blending around the napkin, using distress inks for oneness