
All that glitters… Gilding!
Have you ever tried gilding? No, me neither.
I expected it to be super difficult for some reason - I mean, how does the gold leaf stick? Doesn't it go everywhere? (The answer in short to this is yes, the gold leaf can flake and go everywhere if you aren't careful...!) BUT, it is super easy to do - and soooo effective!
I wasn't even planning on trying it - the Pebeo gilding liquid sort of just fell into my basket at Hobbycraft when I was looking for different and new ways to decorate ceramic bauble blanks. I was fortunate to have some gold leaf* from a previous project where I had just used PVA glue to decorate air dry clay beads and added a bit of gold pizazz.
Anyway - all you literally need to do is paint what you want to gild with the special Pebeo gilding liquid*. Wait 15 mins and add on the gold leaf*.
Done. As simple as that!
I pre-painted the baubles for some bright pops of colour against the metallic look - but, I feel inspired to try it on other things! Photo frames? Glass? Furniture?! I bet it would work on 'ordinary' baubles too? It is worth experimenting when so simple to do...
Will you be giving this craft a try?
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