Hi everyone , hope you bear with me on this, it is my first blog!!!
This is our finished book cover, we hope you like it and enjoy trying it for your self
The finished article
Next the list of materials you need
Tissue paper (we rescued this from the packaging in a box, love freebies), Archival ink refill in Sienna,Deco Art Decoupage glue, Deco Art white crafters acrylic, Deco Art metallic paints in Splendid Gold and Copper and Deco Art Antiquing Cream Patina Green and of course a book.We used an old out of date diary and lighted sanded the cover to give a little tooth or key.
Tear up the tissue paper into irregular shaped pieces between 2 and 3 inches in size and using the Decoupage glue tissue paper to cover all the front of the book.Some pieces we scrunched more to give a varied texture
Leave to dry and then paint a cover of the white acrylic paint.Leave to dry and add one more coat of glue and again leave to dry.Or if like me you have no patience, get out your heat gun or hair dryer
Then using a blending tool and your Sienna ink coat the whole of the cover
When this has dried take your antiquing cream and rub in (i used my fingers) in random areas
Leave this to dry and then take a baby wipe and gently rub back the antiquing cream until you are happy with the effect
Final stretch now, take your metallic paints and using a dry brushing technique add highlights to your cover until you are happy with the effect
And one stunning book cover completed. Hope you enjoyed my first post and hopefully i will get better. Love you all
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic and so easy to follow and looks stunning when finished
ReplyDeleteGreat technique and fab end result
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