Decoupage passport cover

Decoupage - one of the interesting modern handicraft techniques, which is widely used for the manufacture and decoration of handmade products. It is very diverse and interesting because the range of creative products is very rich and the themes of decoration can be very diverse. For example, you can decorate everyday necessities using the decoupage technique, which you can make for yourself, and also use as presents and gifts. Quite often we buy covers for documents. We even take a passport, although we change the cover once a year simply because it tears and wears out. And the monotony somehow gets boring, which is why the decoupage technique is good. You can turn the same cover into a bright and colorful one and do it yourself.

For this master class we need to take:
• A regular store-bought passport cover;
• Napkin for decopage with poppies size 21*21 cm;
• White acrylic paint;
• Acrylic red paint;
• Glossy acrylic varnish;
• Small plates;
• Paint brushes and a special fan brush for decoupage;
• Sandpaper;
• PVA glue;
• Garbage bag and regular plastic bag;
• Small foam sponges.




We place a garbage bag on our workplace, pour white paint and about 15-20% plain water into one plate. Stir well. Unfold the cover and place it on the bag.




We blot the sponge and apply a layer of paint with gentle movements. We dry the layer under the warm steam of a hairdryer, or wait until the layer dries on its own. Apply a second layer and also dry. We make sure that the surface is perfectly evenly painted; if there are places where spots are still visible, then we apply a third layer. Dry until completely dry.




Carefully fold the cover halfway and the paint on the edge begins to fall off. There is no need to be upset, we don’t need it there, the cover will be painted over with a different color of paint.




Unwrap it again and place it on a clean bag. We are preparing a napkin.




Unroll and remove the top layer from it.




Carefully tear off the two rectangles we need and apply them to the cover to completely cover the places where the white paint is applied.




We dilute the glue and water in the same ratio in another plate, mix everything very well and with this adhesive mass, using a sponge, glue the napkin onto the cover, starting from the center, first one rectangle, then the other. We do it carefully so as not to tear the napkin. Dry the surface with a hairdryer.




Lay out the cover, cut off a small piece of sponge and dab it in the center from top to bottom along the edge with red acrylic paint. Make a couple of layers.




Fold it halfway and go along the edge.




We unfold the cover and go in a circle with a sponge along the very edge. Dripping paint.




All that remains is to completely cover the cover with glossy varnish. Cover with 3-4 layers. We dry each one.After 1-2 layers, remove excess bulges with sandpaper.





The cover is ready!