An altered butterfly book …

Today I’d like to share how to easily change the cover of a dummy book!

This is how it turned out:

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (7)

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A step by step tutorial:

 TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (1)
Start by sanding the cover really well to get rid of the gloss, and so the gesso in the next step will have some grip to it .

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (2) Paint the cover with white gesso, front and back!  Leave to dry…

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (3) Paint the cover with brown acrylic paint… it doesn’t have to be all covered, a distressed feel to it is OK. Leave to dry.
Paint the cover with (quick) crackle medium. Leave to dry.

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (4) Paint the cover with white acrylic paint, it will immediately start to crack, so add your paint in one streak, don’t go over the same spot twice. It doesn’t matter if the paint doesn’t get on evenly, it adds to the distressed feel of it!
Leave to dry…

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (5) Spray some color onto the book. I used a custom made pearl spray. Leave to dry.

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (6) Stamp some script (Magenta Style) onto the cover with a black permanent ink.

TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (7)  And now for the fun part:
Add structure to the cover with the Butterfly Collage stencil :
add structure paste with a palette knife.
Leave to dry. 
TCW boek blauwbruin crackle stencil vlinder (8)

LOVE this stencil, I will be using this one a lot!
Hope you like it!

See you next time;
Ellie Knol
The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

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STENCIL USED:
TCW554 Butterfly Collage 6×6
TCW554ButterflyCollage

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