decoupage

< /ˌdeɪ kuˈpɑʒ; French deɪ kuˈpaʒ/.

1. the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
2. work produced by the art or technique of decoupage.

verb (used with object), de·cou·paged, de·cou·pag·ing.

3. to decorate by decoupage: walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars.
4. to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique: Let’s decoupage these maps onto the tabletops.

noun

1. the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
2. anything produced by this technique

n.

1960, from French découpage, literally “the act of cutting out,” from decouper “to cut out” (12c., Old French decoper), from de- “out” (see de-) + couper “to cut” (see chop (v.1)).