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You can make these as simple or as elaborate as you want and then either sell them for $2 a pop or give em to friends.
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Conner W. added Custom Lighters to fashion
08 Jul 20:18
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amy p. favorited Custom Lighters
24 Aug 05:28
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Step 1Gather your supplies.
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Step 2Find images in your ephemera pile that go together nicely and fit on your lighter. I chose a beautiful Cambodian dancer threatening a distressed business man with The Shocker.
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Step 3Find some colors of tissue paper that compliment the images.
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Step 4Slather your tissue paper with a glue stick and press it down all around the lighter. Experiment with layering and tearing and don't be afraid of some wrinkling. (This is the first time that I've covered the bottom)
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Step 5Glue on your images. I find that smaller pieces are easier to put glue on if I drag them over the glue stick.
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Step 6I added details with white out, permanent markers, and a little colored pencil.
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Step 7On the other side, I painted smears of white out over the tissue paper and then did a "Sharpie VanGogh" with lots of colors and little dashes. I added more white out in celestial shapes on top of that and colored them with a yellow marker.
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Step 8Finally, seal your lighter. Mod Podge is definitely the easiest method, but I don't have any, so I have used packaging tape. I apply the tape vertically and to one side at a time so that the seams are on the edges. I put one more piece on the bottom and trimmed off the excess with my exacto blade.
people are always stealing my lighters because everyone's always look the same.
i just made one with sailor jerry tissue paper.
it's so great.
<3
Plus your description is awesome, I think I can do this one. Thanks!!
I like the way you made it comic and personal with the white out message.