The problem is the inkjet printer. Any time you hit the image with a liquid the ink becomes liquid again and will run. You need LASER color copies. Save the item you want to decoupage on a cd or a usb drive and take it to your local copy shop. Make sure you ask for LASER color copies. They make the copies, you pay the lady and then you go home, cut them out and proceed with the project. Photo paper will do nothing but drain your wallet. Its about the ink, not the paper. Laser involves no liquid, its powdered toner. Even if you soak it it will not run!
Have fun!I love to decoupage but when I try to decoupage something that I print on my printer the color runs.?
Try to secure the image by spraying it with Blair spray fix. Watch out for the fumes! Let it com pletely dry before doing anything more to it. Experiment with something small and disposable.
You'll have to use images other than ink jet printed papers.
Elmer's glue for some small things can work a light covering of it then letting it dry completely. My daughter uses a spray that she gets from an art supply store which is used for chalk drawings. She takes the photo outside, spray it lightly and lets it dry, then does what she wants with it.
i have once done decoupage using a printer paper - i just used white glue which turns transparent after it dried and applied some lacquer after the glue dried so it shines a bit not much because of paper -
u can use the pictures in also calender-
my decoupage is just perfect still hangs on my door
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