New Year's decoupage of a Christmas cup for a gift – decoupage master class
When snow covers our lands, andthe weather is getting colder and colder, you want to wrap yourself in a blanket and read a book, drink warm tea, listen to pleasant music. In addition, this means that very soon we will have a period of New Year holidays - a time when we can relax, have fun and rejoice that Santa Claus has come to our home. But, we must not forget about our family and loved ones. Most often, we ourselves come up with unique gift ideas, design our own cards, or make presents using auxiliary techniques. What can stay with a person for a long time and remind him of the New Year holiday? Of course, a personalized mug. Many people start their day with a cup of warm tea or coffee. Of course, they can use any mug or cup for this, but it is nicer when you have your own, personalized product. Making one is not difficult. Our master class will tell you how you can design your own idea of decoupage of a cup, using modern methods of decoration in a New Year's style with your own hands. A nice gift for the New Year is a cup!So, such a cup can become pleasanta gift or an addition to your New Year's holiday. You can make it for yourself or themed for your friend or loved one. The technique of decoupage and varnishing allows you to preserve a beautiful illustration on the cup for many years, and your manual efforts will be remembered by your loved one. As before, we will need a special list of materials, as well as a set of step-by-step lessons, with the help of which we can stylistically design each moment of the cup. Therefore, if you are ready to create something new, follow along and dive into the decoupage technique:
- A glass of transparent glass will be required.
- Special paints for baking and ceramic products
- Paper of a dense appearance for registration of a template drawing
- Adhesive tape for work
- You will also need a brush
- Means for removing fat from the cup
- Oven for baking
Creating a sketchBefore you start working on the decorationour cup, you need to prepare all the materials for work. To do this, you need to recreate the future drawing in the form of a sketch. We do it on special thick paper so that later you can form a template. For those who do not want to form the drawing themselves - there is the option of buying a decoupage card. Otherwise, you can get by with a napkin, as well as tearing out the necessary design elements for the drawing. Degreasing and preparing the template - drawing Next, using a cleaning agent, you need todegrease the surface inside the mug. To do this, you will need either alcohol or regular dishwashing detergent. We treat the entire surface and then wipe it dry. Then, a template version is inserted into the inside of our craft. Please note that during the preparation of the drawing version, your template was stationary. For this, you can use regular tape. Using ceramic paints, we transfer the drawings, or rather - its contours to our cup. To do this, you need to outline each area of the template with a fine-tooth brush. After - we paint our parts, this is the most exciting work. But, here you need to try not to go beyond the contours, so as not to spoil the appearance of the work. Where you have the sky, you need to draw the stars with white acrylic paint. Smoke from the chimney, we draw on both sides, using glass inside, as well as on the outside. After, using white paint, we paint over our house. In this case, the windows do not need to be painted. To prevent the color spot from showing through and to ensure that the paint is applied evenly, several layers of coloring must be applied. After that, the sky must be painted. Usually, one layer of paint is enough. The brush must be held perpendicular to the surface of the mug. The paint is applied using tamping movements. This will help to form the necessary texture of the drawing. Decorating and baking Afterwards, it is necessary to useblue background draw white details of our celestial bodies smoke, as well as stars. Draw for fixing. After, wait until the paint dries from all elements. Next, it needs to be placed in the oven in order to carry out the baking processes. After some time, the mug will be completely ready. Keep in mind that you need to put something under the mug (for example - foil), so that the paint does not leave marks on the household device. Now, the cup is ready, you can safely give it as a gift or use it!