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Skin Your Credit Card With SWEET Designs

Skin Your Credit Card With SWEET Designs
Transfer any design you want onto your credit card, from your own photo to porn. Your card will still work normally, and do you REALLY think that clerk at the supermarket is going to care what your card looks like? They never even check your signature, for Pete's sake.

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Step 1Design your credit card skin

Design your credit card skin
Design your credit card in Adobe Photocrap. You can use this free student credit card template (scroll down to the bottom of the page).
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25 comments
Dec 8, 2009. 2:03 PMkachup says:
how cool, some credit card companies used to allow customising your card but its nolonger popular, maybe it was too much work for them.
Nov 20, 2009. 11:34 PMbrowe818 says:
What i did(and it works) was i did every step listed in this instructable, and a little bit more, but this takes more time than it looks.  after you apply the spray mount and place the immage onto the card, you need to iron it for about 1-2 minutes, and then leave it somewhere safe for 3 days.  after that you need to get some white t-shirt transfer paper, cut out a card sized amount(a little more than your card size), and then put it under water and rub the white base from the paper.  once that is completely soaked, the transfer film should slide rite off.  dry the now clear film, and then (after the 3 days wait) apply more spray mount on top of the image, and this time place the clear dry film on top of it, and iron for 1-2 minutes.  after this, wait atleast 10 minutes for the heat in the cards to disapate, and then proced to trim the edges. this gives it a glossy finish, and it also makes it so the ink wont rub off.
Nov 20, 2009. 11:37 PMbrowe818 says:
also, whenever your applying a skin, use the ironing parchment as a barier between your finger and the film.  this will make for a smooth finish without wrinkles or bubbles.
Jun 30, 2009. 6:09 PMpathojen says:
I'd think that this wouldn't work... perhaps, if you put it into an ATM that sucks your card in, the card would be just thick enough to get stuck? I don't know. Super cool idea, but I'd be afraid to try it. Haha.
Jan 27, 2009. 10:00 PMGenetastic says:
Imagine the look of the cashier's face when you hand THAT to them. As in the one in the first picture.
Jan 4, 2009. 3:15 PMfalcotheimpaler says:
This card will turn blue if stolen. love it. you should have made the background blue.
Jan 1, 2009. 9:39 PMberky93 says:
be careful with the iron though. I know that irons can easily melt credit cards (theyre also used sometimes to forge credit cards by rubbing the ink off of the numbers and using an iron to melt them flat, then pressing in new numbers.
Jul 11, 2007. 5:27 PMBrowncoat says:
Ok, I was just looking more closely at doing this, and the tshirt transfers I have don't seem to have a way to peel off a front part of the sheet. Nor is there "ironing paper" included. Any hints as to what to do/look for more specificly to be able to do this?
Nov 9, 2008. 7:25 PMmicjwelch says:
You need the kind that work on dark t-shirts. More expensive, and getting harder to find, but much better quality.
Nov 9, 2008. 8:11 PMBrowncoat says:
Ah, of course! Once someone tells you, it seems so obvious! Thank you very much! :)
Nov 10, 2008. 6:40 PMmicjwelch says:
Anything for a fellow browncoat. :-)
Jun 13, 2008. 6:28 AMHADJISTYLLIS says:
i thing i will put a naked woman too!
Dec 14, 2007. 8:26 AMlinhui says:
i wonder if this could be used to skin mp3 players? instead of a iron a hairdryer could be used.
Nov 10, 2007. 6:52 AMTheTruth says:
If you're not into melting your credit card, these guys are the originator of the trend: http://creditcovers.com

Nov 2, 2007. 10:35 AMchacal says:
doesnt ironing damage the card?
Oct 31, 2007. 7:05 AMMiss World says:
oh wow! this instructable rocks! :)
Jun 27, 2007. 3:27 PMSunShine.1111 says:
yea but how do the numbers and all that appear?? and the visa sign great idea though :)
Oct 6, 2007. 11:57 PMmasterochicken says:
most of the important information is molded on the card so you can see it through a skin
Aug 26, 2007. 10:34 PMDarkshot says:
can you do this with your school id??? >:D <---evil grin :)
Jul 28, 2007. 3:53 PMaiden120000 says:
does the magstrip work when you cover it
Jul 8, 2007. 9:13 PMarch_angel07 says:
After looking at your site you are hilarious, the michael jackson prank was the funniest thing I ever read. keep it up
Jun 27, 2007. 4:28 PMTheCheese9921 says:
This is funny I'm gonna do this to a wal-mart gift card and put like "We kill Americas economy by importing crap from China"
Jun 27, 2007. 4:00 PMxboxteen01 says:
awesome,now all i need is a credit card or 4
Jun 27, 2007. 4:27 PMTheCheese9921 says:
You could always use an old gift card (or a new one)

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