Decoupaged Desk Organiser with Foamiran Roses

Decoupaged Desk Organiser

Hi friends...happy to share a special project I made for my craft-room ...a decoupaged desk organiser. This is a mammoth desk organiser and has place to hold a lot of my crafty supplies but truth be told I just feel like looking at it and not using it at all...it turned out too pretty to use!!!

Decoupaged Desk Organiser

This is the MDF organiser I got from TCES... I love the quality of Rakhi's products and this is the 2nd one I got from her...you can see my first project here : Ocean Themed Shadowbox Desk Organizer.

MDF Desk Organiser from TCES

This organiser is pretty huge measuring 16 x 11 x 10 inches and  made of thick sheets of MDF so it is pretty sturdy. It was quite easy to decoupage too as it comes already smooth and well sanded  thus saving a lot of time  when decoupaging and it is easy to get a  beautiful finish.

Desk Organiser

I chose to use Graphic 45 once again....somehow Graphic 45 papers are my go to papers for large projects and those really special ones and the themes are so fabulous and it is also easy to coordinate the papers!

Desk Organiser

After a coat of gesso , decoupaged  the organiser using Graphic 45 papers from 2 stacks : Portrait of a Lady and  Portrait of a Lady Patterns and Solids.

Desk Organiser

Used rice papers from Stamperia to add the lovely roses and petal on the draws. Though rice paper is expensive it  is so much easier than decoupaging with napkins.

Desk Organiser

I used Folk Art paints and Distress Inks  to change  the  white around the roses to a cream shade with a peach/pink tinge.

Decoupaged Desk Organiser

The above picture is how it looks without the roses and is actually pretty sober and functional but I just couldnt resist making matching foamiran roses and rosebuds with my new Graphic 45 flower dies.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

I used the large die to make the big roses and the medium one to make the rose buds...the shape was just perfect that I didnt have to even heat the foamiran !

Foamiran Flowers with Graphic 45

To get the exact shade of peach to match the papers I used 2 colours of artists oil pastels to colour cream foamiran.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

The foliage around the flowers was also made using Graphic 45 papers...I just inked it a bit using Shabby Shutters Distress Ink for a perfect match.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

The little white filler flowers were also made with foam but this time I did heat the flowers for a second or two to help shape them.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

The roses were given a sprinkle of "sparkling dust" for a subtle shimmer!

Handmade Foamiran Roses

The little bird cage is a chipboard piece mounted on a clay base and dressed up with lace and a rosebud.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

The images from the Graphic 45 "Portrait of a Lady" are so lovely I could stare at them all day!

Handmade Foamiran Roses

On the "shelf" two of the floral arrangements have roses and foliage attached to a shell so that I can move them away when I want.

Decoupaged Desk Organiser

I am so glad I could use the beautiful rose pattern paper on the sides...I had been hoarding it for a special project.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

And here are all the foamiran flowers I used to decorate this desk organiser.

Handmade Foamiran Roses

I hope you liked my project .