Each individual's passport is unique. So why not make a unique cover for it? The covers for the handmade passport look very original and can tell a lot about their owner. For thin and sensitive women, an excellent gift will be the decoupage of the cover on the passport with the image of flowers or pictures in the style of Provence. Many masters do these things to order, but it's not so difficult to make it yourself. We offer to consider an uncomplicated master class of decoupage of a cover on the passport.
How to make a cover for a passport?
The following materials and tools will be needed for the job:
- acrylic enamel;
- acrylic lacquer;
- image printed on a laser printer;
- standard leather cover for a passport;
- adhesive for fabric;
- acrylic paint for backgrounds;
- two-step craquelure;
- brushes;
- bitumen;
- vitreous lacquer;
- sheet of sandpaper №0.
The author of the lesson uses the image of a chocolate bar. You can print out any drawing in advance and attach it to the cover to roughly "draw" the future picture. Now consider step by step how to make a cover for a passport.
1. Priming the cover with acrylic enamel. Cover it in several layers until the surface is completely white. We give the enamel a good dry.
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2. Expand the image and cut off the excess.
3. Put the picture for soaking for 10 minutes.
4. An important point: very often, when thinning the printout, the paper breaks, so it's better to hedge and prepare two copies at once. After the treatment, a very thin layer should remain, practically of varnish and paint.
5. Apply the glue for the fabric to the workpiece. It differs in that when the cover is folded, the picture does not burst. We work on a polyethylene file.
6. We put the file on the cover and work with the roller. It is necessary to press the picture well so that all the air bubbles come out.
7. One part of the cover for the passport is handmade ready.
8. In the same way, we apply the rest of the images.
9. When everything is dry, apply a layer of gray paint for the background.
10. Now it's time to apply the first layer of craquelure. After a while, we apply a second layer.
11. Then we rub the cracks with the help of patina.
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12. Before making the final stages of decoupage of the cover on the passport, we let the crackle dry completely. It is better to leave the blank for a day.
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13. Using a skin, we make the surface smooth.
14. At the end we apply vitreous lacquer and leave for another day. Decoupage of the cover for the passport is completed.
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