Folder for my aunt Sirpa

I made this folder for my aunt in June 2019.
It started with a humble box of cornflakes that I glued things onto, and applied paint. I finished it off with varnish.

Here is the front:

Folder for Sirpa, front, all done

Here is the back:

Folder for Sirpa, back, all done

I tried modeling paste on the inside! I applied it with a stencil and a palette knife.

Modeling paste applied with a stencil The Kuretake brush pens worked fine on top of the modelling paste. Alcohol based. Later I tried with a pigment pen instead – from Faber Castell, and that was even better. Kuretake pens on top of modelling paste

I added eyelets! I used a tool called “crop-a-dile”.

I added eyelets! With a tool called crop-a-dile.