Halloween Faux Mosaic with Mod Podge

Do you Mod Podge? I’m still learning but seriously this stuff is versatile! Recently I was lucky enough to get a special delivery of Mod Podge goodness from the folks at Plaid Crafts to create something for Halloween. You may have seen my “haul” video over on Facebook where I showed off the goodies I received. It was a lot. I felt like I robbed a craft store!

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw the Dimensional Magic in my goodie box-a faux mosaic. And lets just say it took me a while!

Supplies Needed:

Mod Podge-I used Gloss
Scrapbook Paper in various designs/colors to fit with your design
scissors
tweezers
Dimensional Magic
Patience!!

The process itself isn’t very complicated, just time consuming. sketched out my design on a piece of heavy cardstock and then cut various patterned scrapbook paper in the colors I wanted into small pieces. Working in small areas at a time, I used Gloss Mod Podge to adhere them to my base of cardstock.

This took a while. Like a long time. But I also have three kids and my house gets to be crazy-town at times so I had to work in 5-10 minute pockets.

After the entire design was assembled it was time for the fun part: adding the Dimensional Magic! I love this stuff! I added a thin layer over the entire “mosaic” being careful not to shake the bottle to avoid bubbles.

Then I let it dry for three hours and voila! Faux glass Halloween Mosaic!

What do you think? I love it! It was totally worth the time! Helpful hint-if you try this, it’s helpful to work on a tray so you can put it away, move around the house, etc without spreading tiny pieces of paper all over!

I have a few more Halloween treats I made with Mod Podge coming up over the next few days so check back soon!

You can visit Plaid Crafts on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest for more inspiration!

I wrote this post as part of a paid campaign with Mod Podge and Blueprint Social. The opinions in this post are, as always, my own.

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Comments

Crystal says:

October 3, 2012 at 9:52 am

Very cool!!! It turned out great!! I don’t think I have enough patience to do it, but glad you did!!

Courtenay says:

October 3, 2012 at 10:21 am

You did it! I can’t believe it really looks like a mosaic. That’s just amazing!
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Rebecca says:

October 3, 2012 at 8:00 pm

This is so cute! I’m still finishing up my project – LOL!!!

keri @ shaken together says:

October 4, 2012 at 4:29 am

WOW … I can hardly believe that is paper!! What a cool craft!
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Inspire Me Heather says:

October 4, 2012 at 6:36 am

Wow, I really like your mosaic! I’m going to look for that Dimensional Magic up here, that stuff looks cool!
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Janel from NellieBellie says:

October 4, 2012 at 8:49 am

This was a crazy cool idea!! Love the mosiac. And the patience to cut all of those squares…girl, you are an inspiration!
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Gina says:

October 4, 2012 at 10:20 am

What a fun project. My kids would love that.
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Sarah says:

October 4, 2012 at 3:10 pm

It totally looks like real tile! I love it. If you get a chance come link up at my Halloween Edition Pin Party.

http://sarahdawndesigns.blogspot.com/2012/10/pintastic-monday-halloween-edition.html#.UG3XYq4-WnA