Christmas tree decor

In this master class, we will decorate the ball using the decoupage technique and craquelure (aging effect).

So, we will need the most ordinary ball, you can old, which is stuck in your Christmas toys.

To begin with, its surface needs to be sanded a little, for better adhesion of the surface of the ball to acrylic paint. Then wipe well with a cotton swab moistened with alcohol.

On the printer, we print out the New Year's motive of the right size. New Year's pictures are abundant on the net. It is better to print on a napkin, which must first be fixed with a stapler to an A4 sheet or on sandwich paper (not to be confused with baking paper). You can use a ready-made napkin. The resulting print needs to be sprayed with hairspray 5-6 times on both sides, so that the paint does not spread during operation.

We cover the ball with bronze acrylic paint. Let’s dry.

Then we apply craquelure varnish in one coat and also let it dry.

We apply acrylic paint to the varnish layer, while covering a large surface area with blue, and where we glue the motif - with white. Let’s dry. Almost immediately, cracks appear on the surface - crackle.

After the acrylic paint dries, we glue our motif on the PVA glue, while carefully smoothing the surface of the picture so that wrinkles do not form. Since the surface of the ball is not a plane, wrinkles can still be obtained, but they can be easily removed after the glue has completely dried by sanding with the help of the finest emery paper.

We will cover everything with one layer of acrylic varnish.

For the finishing touches of the decor, we need semolina and PVA glue, which must be mixed to the consistency of thick sour cream.

We fill the syringe with this mixture, naturally without a needle, and, by clicking on the piston, decorate our toy. Let it dry and apply glue with sparkles to the surface.

On top we cover again with acrylic varnish.

Done!