Saturday, April 23, 2016

Coasting into Mother's Day No Silhouette Needed!




I am so excited to be doing my first blog post here. With Mother's Day being about 6 weeks away, I thought it would be fun to make some posts for Mother's Day gifts you can make yourself.

I love the blank acrylic blank coaster sets from Craft Chameleon. I especially love that they come in a set of 4 blank coasters and include the feet. This makes it so easy to customize and finish. The coasters themselves are nice and thick so they hold up to lots of use.

I made the design in Silhouette and printed them on my inkjet printer. I couldn't find my cardstock so I used regular copier paper. After letting the ink dry, I sprayed acrylic sealer over the images.



  Once the sealer had dried, I cut out the designs to make it easier to apply to the coasters.





I removed the protective paper coating from both sides of the coasters. 




 Using a foam brush, I applied the modge podge to one side of the blank coaster, which would then become the bottom side of the coaster. Then I applied the cut out design onto the mod podge, right side up.








 After letting the mod podge dry for a couple of hours, I applied 2 more coats of mod podge to the backside of the design to help seal it and secure it on the coaster. I applied the coaster feet right after I had applied the final coat of mod podge.



 Here are 2 finished coasters. I did experience some of the ink bleeding from the modge podge even though I used a sealer. I would recommend using scrap book paper or card stock if you are printing your own images. I think the copier paper is just too thin to hold all the ink.

I hope this helps to inspire you for some fun and different ways to use these coasters.
















Tuesday, April 12, 2016

We'rrreeee BACK!


Sorry for the long break! We took off for Atlanta and have returned. Here we are before the doors opened on the first day. From left to right- Jodi, Shelley, Peggy, Jamie, Chaney, Candi, Sarah.

Now that we are back and I have this photo, I want to introduce our new Blog Editor, Sarah (now you can put a face with a name).

Let's welcome her and I am excited to see all the great things she will bring with her!