Easter Eggs DIY

February 27, 2017

Easter Eggs DIY – It’s Easy to Decorate With Decoupage. In the past, I have seen Easter eggs decorated with type from books and thought it would be fun to create some antique-looking eggs. Then, I came across a pin of two beautiful eggs that are just beautiful.

How in the world did they manage to get the lovely aged color behind the black print? I was curious. The pin led me to this site, Unique Papercrafting Graphic 45.

Upon further investigation, I discover that it is tissue paper that has been stamped!

Easter Eggs DIY - It's Easy to Decorate With Decoupage — DIY Easter Eggs

So, I made a little trip to the craft stores and found the ink pad and some botanical and Easter – Spring-like stamps. Remembering that there is some patterned tissue paper in the bin with all the wrapping papers, I sift through the papers and find three, which seem to go together well.

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Have you ever heard of ‘StazOn’ ink? Well, I never had, and let me tell you, it does stay on! It works really well.

You must know that I am pretty excited to begin this project. Then, after placing the plain white tissue paper on the wooden kitchen table, I use the StazOn ink pad to ink the butterfly stamp. Then stamping begins…unknowingly, right through the tissue paper and onto the kitchen table!

No big deal, right? Isopropyl alcohol takes off almost all ink and acrylic paint. Hmm, not so much. It lifted a little. This was not so critical; the tabletop needs to be refinished anyway. Getting ribbed by Dave is another story.

Brainstorming, I remember the ‘Magic Erasers’ and with a little elbow grease, they work perfectly, but this ink is impressive. You will note that in the pictures, which follow, there is paper protecting the table.

Supplies Needed for DIY - It's Easy to Decorate With Decoupage — Supplies needed.

Anyway, for this project, you will need Mod Podge, stamps of your choice, tissue paper, paintbrush, StazOn ink pad, and eggs with the contents blown out of them.

The instructions on the Graphic 45 website said to tear the paper but I like to cut in strategic locations so that the design desired will be showing. You can see that glue is brushed under the bunny’s belly. That is where gluing began. The design is kind of large for the egg and positioned strategically.

This paper has lines of color printed on it and most of the cuts follow those lines. After gluing the cut sections, the bunny’s pants overlap the tissue on either side.

You can see there are some wrinkles in the tissue paper but using the rounded handle of the paintbrush or the X-Acto knife, those roll out easily before the Mod Podge is completely dry.

Wanting to preserve the ‘B’ design, I cut around and glued over the top of the type and flourishes on the previously glued tissue sections. You don’t want a lot of layers, and sometimes, at the bottom of one of those sections, snipping off an unnecessary piece is easy to do.

Patiently, continue gluing the tissue paper onto the eggshell. Continue adding tissue paper, trimming as necessary, until you cover the entire egg. If you put the glue mostly under the paper, it won’t be so sticky and you should be able to cover the entire egg with no problem. If you apply too much glue on top, you might have to allow the glue to dry before completing and then finishing any white spaces left.

Notice the picture above. You can see cuts made along the bunny’s ears to make it easy to glue the ears on top. In my mind, tearing would not produce the best results in this case.

Remember to use the rounded handle of your brush or X-Acto knife to gently roll over and smooth the wrinkles from the tissue paper. Then, let the egg dry.

Aren’t these gorgeous? I liked the muted colors of these tissue papers, but you could use any colors you like. Fresh spring colors would create an entirely different look.

I love this vintage look! What do you think? Inspired to make some of your own? Easter Eggs DIY – It’s Easy to Decorate With Decoupage!