There’s no need to master drawing and painting to get started in home décor and proudly receive praise from your friends. As is often the case, you just need to try … and to respect a few basic rules.

Dare anything and do anything with gouache. Gouache is also the easiest technique to master… once you get the hang of it!

A successful framing project depends on a perfect cut of each of the elements within it. These how-to secrets will help you with this delicate task!

The bevel will enhance your work by adding depth. The English bevel and the French bevel differ in the angle of the cut in the chosen card stock: oblique, at 45°, or straight, at 90°.

This method is suitable for lightweight projects. Other methods provide for attaching a hanger in the molding of the frame.

Adept at decorating, you want your creations to be 100% original? Personalize your mats by covering them in patterned or colored paper.

After days of intense concentration, the moment has arrived to hang your frame on the wall. Hardly time to admire your work and it has already slipped from the mat... To avoid this disappointment, think of fastening the document to a mounting board, made from paperboard.

Embellish the mat with a delicate colored line? A classic framing element! Cut from colored paper, drawn or wash painted, the filigree line will increase the impact of your subjects, whether classic or contemporary.

Created from four strips of paper laminate or colored paperboard, the undermat is a second mat which shows beyond the first. What effect is created? A narrow border around the mat opening that enlivens and enlarges the subject!

Do you add subtle decorative elements to your framing projects? Yes, but you tear your hair out just thinking about gluing delicate or tiny items... That's normal! Before you begin, distempering or glazing will make your work much easier.