Materials for creativity:
- leather cover for a passport in white;
- a beautiful paper towel;
- glue for decoupage or ordinary PVA glue;
- synthetic brushes (thick for glue and thin if drawing is needed);
- sponge for washing dishes;
- acrylic or glassy varnish;
- acrylic paints and contours (if necessary).
If you have a high-quality leather cover, you do not need to take any steps to prepare it for decoupage. But you can just wipe it with a cotton swab or a sponge dipped in ordinary nail polish remover (without acetone).
When decoupage, ordinary two or three-layer napkins are used, which we buy to decorate the table. If you need an unusual napkin - you can order it via the Internet on specialized sites.
Cut off excess from the napkin by attaching it to the passport blank. It is better not to trim the edges of the napkin with scissors, but to cut it off with your hands - so the transition from the napkin to the workpiece will be less noticeable. Remove the lower white layers from the napkin.
Pour glue (decoupage or PVA) in the middle of the picture. With a thick brush (or fingers), from the center to the edges, glue the napkin to the workpiece. Be sure to take into account the fact that when wet, the napkin tends to stretch, so glue it very carefully to the workpiece, trying to prevent creases and cracks.
If creases still form in the picture, wait until the glue has completely dried (at least two hours) and walk through the creases with fine sandpaper (null).
If you did not cut off, but cut off the edges of the napkin, you can trim them a little after sticking the picture on the cover. This is necessary so that the transition of the napkin into the paint is as imperceptible as possible.
Treat the edges of the cover with acrylic paint in the color of a napkin. Use a piece of regular dishwashing sponge or a synthetic brush. In this master class, the edges were processed using a sponge with black acrylic paint, a little white paint was applied on top (using a brush).
If necessary, paint a little with acrylic paints or contours. In this example, the word "Paris" was very requested for contour processing.
Cover the cover with several layers of acrylic or glassy varnish. Acrylic varnish can crack on a bend, so apply no more than 3 layers. If you want to use the cover for a long time, get a special artistic glassy varnish. It can be applied on the cover up to 10 layers.
The original cover for your passport is ready.
