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This boring wall is about to be Butterfly-ed...Mariah Carey style.
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Step 1:
Select the image or images you'd like to use on your "wallpaper" and scan into a computer. Make whatever adjustments you'd like (add a background, change the sizes or colors of the images, arrange them where you want, etc.) and save your wallpaper. Super-designer and Crib Crashers host Todd Oldham made 3 versions with different arrangements to prevent the wallpaper from looking too repetitive.
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Step 2:
Bring the wallpaper on a disk or CD-Rom to a copy store and have them print color copies of it onto 12"x 24" paper. Print 100 copies to be safe.
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Step 3:
Put drop clothes on the floor and mask off the walls where you want the wallpaper to end.
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Step 4:
Using a sponge brush, apply a thin coat of polyurethane, followed by your first sheet of wallpaper.
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Step 5:
Using the edge of your cardboard, smooth the wallpaper onto the wall. To get rid of bubbles, smooth with cardboard edge from the middle toward the edge of the paper.
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Step 6:
Repeat until entire wall is covered. At edges of wall, fold extra paper and let hang.
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Step 7:
When paper is dry, take Exacto knife and gently cut extra paper along edges and pull away from wall. Remove masking tape and enjoy!
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After:
The finished Decoupage Butterfly Wall with the glitter-girl herself, Mariah Carey.
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