My second Cup I flopped a couple of times, and I have found that sometimes the simplest cups can be the most difficult. I started with acrylic inks mixed with epoxy; which looked amazing but chime the "trial and error bell," Acrylic mixed in epoxy seems to dry faster then expected and as I let it turn I tried to add more acrylic ink and it no longer wanted to "flow." So had to strip it. Then I went to an acrylic pour, what can I say, I hated it, didn't have the look I wanted, so second go was striped... So now we get to the third and final, I wanted something a little darker almost a royal blue so I went back to the good ol' alcohol inks and was able to achieve the look I was going for. After adding a little extra darker blue ink the cup was ready to dry. One more learned lesson was do not use a heat gun once the epoxy has started to cure. I ended up having large diviets that had to be sanded out. Once sanded and washed it w...
Most people love a little wall art but sometimes we are looking for something sweet and simple. I have found the a cute design for simple wall art. The origin should have been a reverse canvas but for the first attempt I measured the space incorrectly, I had to put the canvas on the original way but in the end it came out looking great. It has a place right over our front door.
It has been exactly a year since my last post, what can I say, life happens. Since I have been away I have picked up a new craft...Customizing Tumblers. I know, I know there are a lot of crafters out there that have picked up this craft but to be honest it can be a very satisfying craft. I tried my hand at this craft a little over a year ago and bomb on the first cup so I threw in the towel, I didn't have the right tools nor the patients so at the time it wasn't for me. Fast forward to a couple of months ago I asked for a tumbler turner for my birthday and got it, This is where the journey has begun. I have been able to create some pretty awesome cups since then. I know there are many different techniques to learn along with experimenting with a few ideas. I have made some amazing gifts for people. I am not going to post all my cups in this one post but I am going to show you where I started on this journey. I have not done what I have seen so many others do and go c...
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