Mother's Day Coaster Tutorial

Make Mom feel special with a home made coaster embellished with your favorite picture of you both! This tutorial is inexpenside and great for beginners. Send us pictures of your finished product and we'll add it to this page and our gallery.

You will need:
Coaster Mold 893
Flower Petals
Mold Release
Picture of you and mom
Resin Colorant (optional)
Reusable Mixing Cups
ResinObsession Stir Stix
ResinObsession SuperClear Resin

1. After Mixing your resin and spraying your mold with mold release, pour a thin layer of resin in the outer circle of the mold. You just need enough to cover the bottom of the mold.

2. Sprinkle in a thin layer of petals. It doesn’t need to be perfect, we will be adding another thicker layer of petals.

3. Pour another thin layer of resin until the petals are about half covered. Allow this layer to cure until “gummy” (approx. 2 hours).

4. Sprinkle another layer of petals until you have reached your desired effect.

5. Pour a layer of resin until the basin is about two thirds full. Using the end of your stir stick, push the petals down, touching the stir stick to the bottom of the mold basin, until you are pleased with the arrangement of the petals. Allow to cure until hard.

6. Pour a thin layer of resin into the center of the mold that just barely covers the bottom. Allow to cast until hardened.

7. Cut out the picture you want as the center of the coaster (We have created a downloadable template for you to cut around).

8. After all resin in mold is fully casted and hard, place your picture in the center of the circle. TO prevent air bubbles from forming under the image, try to slide your image into the mold rather than plopping it straight down.

9. OPTIONAL: You can add color to your last pour of resin to compliment your flower petals. Follow your specific colorants mixing instructions to achieve your desired result. Pour the last of your resin into the mold, about 1 mm away from the top.

10. When fully cured, take coaster out of mold and VOILÁ! You have an inexpensive gift from the heart to give to the leading lady in your life on Mother’s Day.

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Rainbow Candy Pendant Tutorial

Rainbow Candy Name Pendant Tutorial

This super sweet pendant is made with real candy sprinkles and ResinObsession’s SuperClear Resin!

Material List:

ResinObsession SuperClear Resin
Candy Sprinkles
Letter Beads
Foil
Scissors
Generic Play-Doh lid (lid shown has an inner diameter of 1 5/8”)
Toothpicks
StirStix
Small file for sanding edges
Drill and 1/16” Drill Bit
Jump Ring
Ball Chain Necklace
Wax paper, freezer paper, or plastic bag to cover work surface

The first step of this project is to cut out the foil into a

circle that will fit into the lid you are using for a mold.

Pour a small amount of resin into the lid, then gently

press the foil into the resin. It doesn’t matter which side

of the foil is showing. It’s purpose is to create a background

that will show through the gaps in the candy

sprinkles. Once the foil is submerged, pour a bit more resin on

top.

Next, begin placing the candy sprinkles. I have handdivided

(yes, this takes a while) these candy sprinkles

so that I could make a rainbow swirl pattern. If you

don’t want to take the time to do this, you can just use

sprinkles straight from the container and it will be just

as colorful!

After submerging the sprinkles into the resin, begin

placing the letters of whatever name or word you want.

This lid will hold six letters across at the widest point.

As each letter is placed, slide the candy sprinkles

slightly so that the letter bead rests on the bottom of the

lid. If this is not done, they will stick up too high and

protrude through the top of the resin.

Once all of the letters are positioned, add a bit more resin

if needed to be sure all of the elements are submerged, and

if anything has slid out of place, gently reposition it using a

toothpick. Double check to be sure the letters are somewhat

centered across the lid. Check the piece again 30 minutes or

so into curing to be sure nothing has slid or popped above

the surface.

Once the piece is cured, pop it out of the lid and sand the

edges with small file if necessary.

Next, drill a hole at the top center of the pendant for the

jump ring. After inserting the jump ring, thread through

the ball chain necklace, and you have yourself a bright,

colorful, personalized pendant!

Note: If you don’t want to make a necklace from the

pendant, you can glue a magnet on the back and create

a fun piece that can be used on a refrigerator or a school

locker!