remember this one?
Well check out the new and improved version
the details are still a little fuzzy ... think I would prolly have better results if I use photo paper, but I didn't have any in the house and I wanted to experiment.
And now presenting the rest of the bunch:
this one I made to go with my beerings. It's kinda bleh but it's just for me
of course the red wings one you've already seen ... I'm still working out how to add a stanley cup to this one.
This one is NOT in a Stella Artois cap .... just plain old budweiser. I'm thinking ofmaking a bunch and giving them to my fellow dart league players on Thursday. (and i kinda got impatient with this one... you can see the white ring around the pictar where I didn't let the glue completely dry before moving onto step 2)
one of my faves. Altho she lost some detail. Again I think if I used photo paper I would have better results, but this one is just for me so I don't care. AND i kinda like the impressionistic quality of the fuzziness.
And this one is my absolute FAVORITE!!!! I can't wait to attach a jump ring and wear her!!
So you wanna know the secret?
CLEAR NAIL POLISH!!!!!
Yep ... that's right.
Apparently the modge podge reacted in a fuzzy way with a combo of the ink of my printer and the diamond glaze stuff i'm using (altho I'm thinking I may move onto real resin cuz I'm not sure the diamond glaze is getting hard enough for me ... course doesn't help that it's humid as all get out here)
So even tho I followed directions to the letter, I was still getting subpar results. Until I saw someone else who used rubber cement to glue the images down and then sealed them with clear nail polish before adding the resin. a lightbulb went on in my head and I decided to try it and BINGO!!!
All in all the process for each pendant takes about 3 days each. 1 day to flatten out the bottlecaps and remove the rubber ring and then glue in the image and then seal it with the nail polish. must let glue dry first which lately has been taking about an hour.(refer back to dartboard cap) next day when everything is dry you can punch the hole and attach the jump ring (or do it before you add the image, just as long as it's done before you add the resin). LaY on a flat surface and add a layer of resin/diamond glaze and then set it down and leave it the hell alone!!!! let that sucker dry for at least a day. If you want to add more resin (like to try and make it dome, which is hard as hell to do) add it after you've let it dry for at least 24 hours.
Since I'm not a very patient person the waiting is frigging hard. But it's so worth it!!!
