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  I think you'll agree that skinning a credit card with your own design is quite possibly the coolest thing ever, especially when the design is skin. This example (and the step-by-step instructions below) come courtesy of the brilliant Jeffrey Rutzky, who also designed the ZUG book PRANK THE MONKEY. Here's how you do it.  You will need:
Step 1. Design your credit card in Adobe Photocrap. You can use this template.  Step 2. Print onto the T-shirt transfer paper. Do a test run first on regular paper to make sure it prints correctly. Allow for a little bleed over the edges.  Step 3. Cut it out. No, really, I mean it. Cut it out.  Step 4. Spray the card with the spray mount.  Step 5. Peel the backing from the transfer paper and place onto the card.  Step 6. Place the ironing paper (comes with the T-shirt transfer paper) on top of the card. Iron on LOW heat for 30 seconds. (I got the iron too hot and warped my credit card.)  Step 7. With the X-Acto knife, turn over the card and carefully slice away the excess transfer paper.  Step 8. Repeat for the back side of the card, but use masking tape to cover the magnetic strip before you spray mount. You can use the knitting needle to push the transfer paper into the crevices.  Here's my final card. "THIS CARD WILL TURN BLUE IF STOLEN." After I posted this to my site, a few people asked whether the cards still work. Jeffrey Rutzky came to the rescue again, with this video proving that they do function like normal credit cards. Except, of course, 40,000 times cooler. I spent the next few days skinning the rest of my credit cards. Check them out. | ||||||||||||||||||
