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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 4, 2009 20:46:00 GMT 10
Well, after some discussion in the micro economys thread, I've decided to look into some cheaper ways of making a convincing (ish) looking passport.
The Design
For a cover I've settled on a think faux red leather table cloth.
My idea is this, using a hot glue gun, stick a decent piece of scrap booking card to the back of the lino, cut out the shape of the covers, fold, stitch pages in.
For pages, more half decent craft paper (to get that watermark look).
For the passport details on the interior flap, I am trying to find a clear hologramatic sticker of appropriate size. Print the details (photo etc) onto the interior lining card card (before gluing!), then once the backing card is glued to the lino, cover the interior with the hologram.
I think all of this should work. What I'm stuck on is the gold lettering on the cover.
Does anyone have any ideas how I could get embossed gold lettering onto red lino? Preferably using some kind of printing method, because I don't have the steady hand required to just draw it with a gold paint pen!
Sourcing the Materials
With the exception of gold lettering all the materials have proved rather easy. Spotlight, a cloth/wool/craft shop had the faux red leather table cloth material, and plenty of decent water mark looking paper.
An office supplies shop had some clear address label stickers, which I think should work for covering the printed details on the backing card.
Putting it together...
I'm going to have a shot at putting something together on the weekend, I'll post photos so you can see the outcome.
Any other ideas on materials or methods, especially a way to do the gold lettering, would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by Bokonton on Aug 4, 2009 23:16:55 GMT 10
I did some research on exactly the same kind of thing recently. For the gold lettering, a good option would be to have it embossed/foiled for you by a company; but it's really only cost effective when you mass-produce. I'll try and dig up some links. Looking forward to seeing the results!
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Post by Bokonton on Aug 4, 2009 23:30:23 GMT 10
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 6, 2009 1:07:26 GMT 10
OK, here's the first prototype, it's a bit different from the plan described above! Instead of sewing the pages, I found a bunch of small plain notebooks on half decent paper, I've just hot glued the faux leather around the outside! For the gold lettering I've used some scrap booking stickers, not a perfect solution, but it looks better than anything I could have drawn free hand. The interior card is just a laminated square that has been hot glued to the page.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 11, 2009 17:26:59 GMT 10
A second prototype for the cover
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Post by George on Aug 14, 2009 20:24:35 GMT 10
Straighten up the typography, for god's sake!
It currently looks like a Salvador Dali production.
As a qualified graphic designer, bad typography causes me heart palpitations, teeth-gnashing and loud, guttural wailing - and I don't want to scare the neighbours.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 14, 2009 22:00:53 GMT 10
It's a prototype!!!
But yes, the type needs straightening, though what I really need is a steadier hand!
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Post by George on Aug 15, 2009 9:52:15 GMT 10
Use of a metal ruler and a pair of tweezers helps to overcome shaky-hand syndrome.
And try to visually balance the appearance of words by keeping an equal amount of space - not linear distance - between each letter. ie, the space between "O" and "N" should be greater than that between "L" and "O".
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