Long time since I've done decoupage but anyone burning anything on edges hold it over the kitchen sink if it flares up you have water on hand!! Can see some newbies getting in trouble here!! Want everyone to be safe!! I recently made cookies & the wax paper was about 8 in. from stove,I had put the cookies away but had some others to frost. I put water in a pan & turned on gas stove, that wax paper shot over & flames were going above the stove hood, I dumped the water I had just put on stove on it to get it out. I had had waxed paper there a thousand times over the yrs. Don't know what caused it to "creep" to heat & was really scarey. We don't know what they are putting in things these days so use the sink!! Jan

It's well worth a try, CREATIVE. Whatcha got to lose by trying? When I wanted to make faux Van Gogh, I painted the back of textured clear glass. When I cut the sheet of glass there were a few chips around the edges, but most of them were covered by the mortar and grout.

I'm with steiconi -- I like apply the liquid to the item. For one thing, it isn't flopping over in my hand while I'm trying to apply the medium! I "paint" an area the size of the paper, lay the paper on carefully, smooth it with my finger (and sometimes with an index or credit card, depending on the paper), then I let it dry for about a minute before adding a thin coat of medium over the top. (The timing is actually however long it takes to add the next piece of paper!) When everything has been added, I put one more thin coat over the entire project. The key to decoupage is to use multiple thin coats, rather than one thick one.

Dandyrandylou, I used Delta Ceramcoat acrylics, I probably painted the whole thing blue and then sponged on shades of greens on the top. Sea sponges are great for muddling colors together. Then after that’s dry, decoupage the paper on. Then more coats, crackle medium, stain and then varnish. Simple really, just sounds like a lot. Thanks the compliments!