So, I found this adorable woodland animal scrapbook paper that I want to use in the kitchen of my dollhouse. I carefully cut everything to size and when I finally glued it onto the wall of the dollhouse the paper buckled so horribly that there was really nothing I could do to smooth it down properly. Of course initially I am just really ticked off, I rip the paper out of there and I fume for a while before I decide to try it again. This time I planned to apply the glue to the wall and then smooth the paper on. At first it seemed to work fabulously, there was no wrinkling or buckling at all, but then as soon as the paper becomes damp from the glue, it’s buckle city AGAIN, and AGAIN I had to rip the paper out. Of course by now I don’t have enough paper left to finish my kitchen and I’m a mix of angry and sad.
As things stand now, since there is a snowstorm raging outside, I just have to stop working on the house. I only have one more sheet of the paper left, and I’m not going to try papering again until I know I can secure enough paper to finish the room. I did start experimenting with a few of my trimmings scraps though. I tried using modpodge on the test strip, and it spreads better than other glues, but it’s still really wet, and after turning away from the paper for a minute it started buckling again. I did have a more promising experiment using Tacky Glue Gel formula, but since I am only testing with a small strip, I am still suspicious. Either way, the gel glue is a pain to spread, but it stay pliable for quite a while after, and doesn’t seem to dampen the paper very much. I think I am going to try to seek advice on a miniature forum that I found. I’m just so frustrated and upset right now that I feel like chucking the whole damn house down the stairs. XP