Hiding Wallpaper Backing

When using wallpaper for crafts and you don’t want the back side of the paper to be seen, you can cover it by bonding the wallpaper to something else, such as tissue paper, gift wrap, or even a coordinating piece of wallpaper.

One way to adhere them is by fusing plastic with an iron. Plastic bags from dry cleaning or any very thin plastic will do. Food wrap is OK, as long as it is not the heavy microwavable type. Cheap garbage can liners will work, too. Using an old iron is recommended (not the same one you would use for ironing clothes).

On a firm surface (such as a wallpaper book covers), layer the wallpaper face down, then the plastic, then the tissue paper (or whatever paper you are using for a backing) in that order. To achieve a unique look, crumple the tissue paper first, then smooth it out and place it on the plastic. Using as hot of a setting as you can, iron the tissue paper. This will melt the plastic, and bond the papers together.

TIP: If you want to make a box, use this same procedure to bond the wallpaper to cardboard from a cereal box or other thin cardboard you may have.

If you want the wallpaper to have a plain white backing, you can iron freezer wrap to the wallpaper. You won’t need the plastic, as the freezer wrap has a plastic backing on it.

NOTE: You can also use the freezer wrap to bond with tissue paper, gift wrap, maps, calendar pictures, paper napkins or tablecloths, or any other recycled paper to make many of these same projects.

SOURCE: http://www.angelfire.com/ia/barbspad/wallpaper.html

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