Category Archives: Decoupage Cards

Cute Bears Decoupage #1

You can make beautiful cards with easy to use die-cut decoupage. This is the first in a series of 3 cute bears 3D die-cut decoupage card ideas, click on the following links to view cards 2 & 3 – Cute Bears Decoupage #2 and Cute Bears Decoupage #3.

Below is the completed card, further down there is a picture taken at an angle to show the decoupage layers.

Cute Bears Die-Cut Decoupage Card #1

Items used to make this card:

  1. A6 white card blank
  2. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Cute Bears
  3. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Gold
  4. Sticky foam pads
  5. Ruler
  6. A small amount of spare white card and scissors (optional)

Directions to make:

Push all of the image ‘A’ sections out of the decoupage sheet and using sticky foam pads layer them in the correct order onto the centre of the card blank.

Remove one of the Happy Birthday wording sets of stickers from the diamond gold happy birthday peel off backing sheet and stick the ‘Happy’ to the top left of the card blank and the ‘Birthday’ to the bottom right of the card blank using a ruler to ensure the words are straight.

Remove two of the flowers from the same peel off sheet and stick them to some of the spare white card. Carefully cut each flower shape out and use a small sticky foam pad on each to attach one to the top right hand corner and the other to the bottom left hand corner of the card blank.

Of course, if you would prefer, you can simply stick the peel off flowers directly onto the card blank surface.

Cute Bears Die-Cut Decoupage Card #1 Flat

Card Idea by Janine

Tulip Decoupage Card

This card has a fresh springtime design. It is a useful card to have made ready in your craft box to send for a variety of occasions. Spring flowers make great cards for Easter or why not even use it as a simple note card to write to someone special. Add a peel off sentiment to the top or bottom of the card if you wish or simply make it as it is shown here. See further down for a picture of the decoupage sheet used for the tulips to make this card.

Tulip Decoupage Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. Small square (120mm x 120mm) cream card blank
  2. Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet for the tulips (pictured below)
  3. Mid Green Mulberry Tissue Paper
  4. Craft glue and sticky foam pads or silicon glue
  5. Decoupage Scissors
  6. Craft knife, ruler & cutting mat

Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet

How to make:

Cut a rectangle from the mid green mulberry tissue paper that measures 6cm x 12cm. Use your finger or a cotton bud with water to make a wet line across the longest side of the paper 2cm down from the top edge. Carefully pull the paper apart from either side of the wet line so you end up with a 4cm x 12cm rectangle with a nice fluffy top edge and then put this to one side to dry.

Use the decoupage scissors to carefully cut out all of the tulip sections.

Once the mulberry tissue paper is dry use some craft glue thinned down with a little water to stick it to the card blank, aligning the straight edge with the bottom edge of the card blank as shown in the picture, then the fluffy edge at the top makes a nice grass like effect.

Stick the bottom layer of the tulips with the bottoms of their stalks overlapping the fluffy top edge of the mulberry tissue paper.

Finally use sticky foam pads or silicon glue to stick all of the remaining tulip layers in place.

Useful tips for this project:

  1. Thinning the craft glue down before sticking the mulberry tissue paper will stop it showing up as much behind the paper once it has dried, whilst still sticking the paper in place.
  2. When you cut out the tulip sections, you can lightly pencil in numbers on the back of each section to make it easier to match them up again later.
  3. Use felt tip pens of the same colour as the decoupage sections to carefully colour the white side edges of the paper as this helps to ensure there are no white bits showing on the completed card.

Card Idea by Janine