When we did that shit in elementary school, we just dipped it in thinned white glue and then ran a roller over it. But then, I guess that's what you'd do in elementary school.
Hmm. For some reason my reply didn't go through. Might be a #bugski. I haven't seen any tutorials use that technique. That's not too suprising though. That sounds a lot messier than the whole Mod Podge/Sponge Brush technique that everyone seems to show. I might experiment with the idea though. We never did any decoupaging or collaging or any of that fun stuff in art class when I was in elementary school. It was all "these paints do this and this is how you simulate depth perception and blah blah blah." I made an ashtray for my dad once, out of clay. It was pretty cool looking. Then the man had to go and quit smoking. What a waste of a perfectly good ash tray.