Faux Coaster with Amazing Casting Products

Good day, I'm here again showing you how to create coasters using an everyday household object.  I have an obsession with coasters.

I started with a couple of lids from some containers that I hoard!  

I mixed up my Amazing Casting Resin which will give me a nice white layer 

and you can view the instructions HERE!

I poured the resin to about half way up the lid lip.

I found a wine cork print from the internet and printed it out

and cut circles a bit smaller than the lids.

After the resin set up which only took about 5 minutes

I painted some Mod Podge onto the hardened resin.

See how the resin isn't quite up to the top of the lid?

(I left the resin in the lids though and I'll explain later why I did that.)

Then I placed the circle papers onto the Mod Podge

and painted some more Mod Podge over the top

after the initial layer had dried completely.

I did let this set up for about 2 hours to make sure the

Mod Podge dried all the way.

If you look closely I did have a bit tearing

but I didn't get too worked up about that.

Maybe I should have left the Mod Podge dry underneath

a bit longer before apply more Mod Podge to the top.

After I made sure my Mod Podge had dried completely,

I pulled out my Amazing Clear Cast Resin and some glitter.

I mixed the resin up and you can view a video tutorial on that HERE

and poured a bit of glitter into the mixture.

and slowly poured it into the lids.

I let this set up for about 24 hours

and popped out my resin coasters.

They are gorgeous!

I had made one with some magazine paper also.

 I hope I've inspired you to use something you have laying around to create a mold.

What object would you use as a mold?

Thanks for stopping by and as always, have a great day and God Bless!

Simply Create Too Challenge #102 Love/Valentine

Good morning friends.

As you know Simply Create Too has a couple challenges each month.  Last month my challenge was Party Time and I had a fun time making some earrings.  This month my challenge for the blog is Love/Valentine.  Well that's easy since it's just right around the corner.

I started with some plain dollar store glasses to create these.  There are so many tutorials on pintrest on glittering them.  It's actually very, very easy.

Start with cleaning your glasses well.  I then brushed a medium layer of Mod Podge on the stem and the base of the wine glasses.  I sprinkled red or pink glitter all over the Mod Podged area.  LET THIS DRY COMPLETELY!  Very, very important to make sure your glue has completely dried.  I let them set over night.

The next day I ran a paint brush over the glitter to loosen any glitter that might not have adhered all the way.  Now this is where you have to determine if you need another layer of glitter or not.  The Pink glasses I had to add three layers of glitter because it was so fine with a layer of Mod Podge between each and then a layer of Amazing Clear Cast resin to finish it off.  Again make sure your Mod Podge dried completely.  I also etched the glasses with hearts using Armour Etch.

The Red glasses I only needed one layer of glitter because it was a coarse glitter and very dense.  I then added another layer of Mod Podge to "soften" the glitter and then put a layer of the Amazing Clear Cast resin from Amazing Casting Products over the top of that.  Now you can't feel the gritty of the glitter.

I added some vinyl lips and mustaches to two sets of the glasses and Yes, I put them in the store!
One set has already sold!  That excites me

(The chocolate suckers are a awesome too.  I print directly on the suckers with edible ink.  

Our motto is, If you can think it, we can print it)

So now, I hope you will head over to Simply Create Too and join us for our Love/Valentine challenge.