Hello friends! For my monthly video tutorial for WPlus9 I decided to explore a 3D decoupage look and translate it onto my cards.
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3D decoupage is the art of layering paper to create a 3d effect by cutting out elements of varying sizes from a series of identical images and layering them on top of each other, usually with foam adhesive between each layer to give the image more depth.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS
I used Petunia Builder stamp set to create a faux 3D decoupage look on my 4 Bar cards. To create a 3D decoupage look I needed to first make identical images and I did so by stamping two of each image onto white paper. My images are identical in size and I will offset them when I go to foam mount them to add additional dimension to my card.
I used my mini MISTI stamp positioner and stamped 2 sets of images – flowers and leaves using 2 sets of ink colors. I used Miami Spice, Sweet Nectar and Flamingo colors to stamp peach colored petunias and Bloomsberry, Cockleshell and Cranberry Crush to stamp purple petunias. I also stamped leaves using Last Leaf and Appletini ink.
As soon as my stamping was done I cut these images out using coordinating dies. Since this technique requires a lot of cutting it’s best to have coordinating dies for your images so that you’re not doing a ton of cutting by hand.
After I die cut my flowers I noticed the centers became too pale for my taste, so I used Cranberry Crush ink and re-stamped those to make them much more prominent on my flowers. I used Cranberry crush for my peach flowers and also intensified the centers on my purple flowers by using black ink.
I made simple backgrounds using Big Top Background stamp and stamped it using Fairy Dust ink color. I also added a sentiment onto each of my panels and my sentiments came from the Kind Soul stamp set. I used two kinds of adhesive to adhere my die cut pieces – foam adhesive and glue. Glue was used to adhere leaves (the bottom layer of leaves) and foam adhesive used to adhere flowers and 2nd layer of leaves.
For a true 3D decoupage look you’ll need to foam mount smaller images over your main images, but since I didn’t have smaller versions for each image (I had some smaller flowers but I didn’t have a smaller version of a flower that is facing sideways and smaller versions of leaves) I foam mounted identical images and simply offset them.
Lastly, I embellished my cards using few enamel dots in green.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 WPlus9 Petunia Builder Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 WPlus9 Petunia Builder Die Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 Wplus9 Petunia Builder Clear Stamp and Die Combo Shop at: SSS |
 WPlus9 Kind Soul Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 WPlus9 Big Top Background Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | WP9 |
 WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Miami Spice Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Sweet Nectar Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Flamingo Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Bloomsberry Dye Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Wplus9 Cockleshell Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Appletini Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 Wplus9 Shell Pink Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Little Piggy Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Sweet Gelato Dye Ink Shop at: WP9 |
 WPlus9 Enamel Dots – Autumn Splendor Blue Shop at: WP9 |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 EZ Runner Grand – Permanent Shop at: SC | AZ |
 EZ Runner Grand – Permanent – Refill Shop at: SC | AZ |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
