Sorry for the short post yesterday!!! The glue on the first set of magnets wasn't holding correctly so I had to do the magnets over again.. and finally got my project linked at the very last minute!!!
The first time I did the magnets I printed them on cardstock and glued them on with clear Tacky glue but I did not like the way they were not drying and starting to seep through the pictures. The second time I printed them on Photo paper and they looked even better! Once I used a 1" circle punch to punch out the images, I used some 1" epoxy stickers to place over the top of the images to seal them. If I wasn't in a hurry, I would have used Glossy Accents to put on top of them to seal them in, once dry , that leaves a 3D effect as well, but it takes 24 hours to dry. My daughter tried it on her magnets and key chains that she made before I bought the epoxy stickers. I bought almost all of my supplies on eBay through the same seller, they have great prices, customer service and fast shipping!!
The seller is "histrucks_herdolls ". I bought the bottle caps, epoxy stickers, bottle cap punch and flattened bottle caps from this seller. My daughter used the bottle cap punch to make a hole for her key chain and it works perfectly! This time I used glossy accents to glue them on and they are still drying but holding better. :) I then glued on a magnet that I got at Walmart. They are thicker black magnets and work perfectly for the bottle caps, I got a pack of 50 for $5.97 :)
I used the print only option on the Imagine machine and sized the heads to 0.7" and that seem to be the perfect size for the bottle caps. I tried just printing some of the backgrounds in a 1" inch circle but it made the images SO TINY :) so later I will try printing out other backgrounds at the normal size and then punching them with the circle punch.
I can't wait to try making other cool stuff with the bottle caps :)
Here are some more up close pictures of the magnets...and a shout out to the girls! :)
This magnet is for my awesome crafty friend Sigrid M.!!!
Sigrid makes the cutest cards ALL the time. She has sent me a couple
of her wonderful creations!!! I don't know how she has the time to do
as many as she does it is AMAZING!!! :) When I bought the stuff
to make magnets I knew I wanted to make one for Sigrid because she
is so sweet!!! Her favorite color is yellow, and this girl reminded me of her :)
I am sure she would love if you stopped by her AWESOME BLOG..to see her
wonderful projects :)
This magnet is for one of my friends Valerie who can make just about anything
with a sewing machine :) She is currently making me several items!!!
She is a very busy lady!!! She is SO nice.. This magnet looks like a reddish brown hairstyle in the picture, but looks more brown style in person so that is why I picked it for Valerie! She works SO hard
all of the time to make her totes, purses, and wallets perfectly personalized for all of her customers.
That is how I met her, and she lives in the same area as I do, so we have had the chance to talk in person. :)
Here is the link to her store to see all of her wonderful items she makes with Uniforms and regular fabric. Currently she is NOT taking new orders but will be in the future :)
http://www.myherohandbags.webs.com/
Here is her FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/myherohandbags
Here is her FaceBook page http://www.facebook.com/myherohandbags
This one is for my friend Ella, who I met through Valerie's Face Book page. She makes
the most amazing bows, bow holders, TuTu's and Tutu dresses!!! I have ordered
a bunch of things from her and LOVE all them! I am so glad I got to meet
her online :) She is such a sweet person!!! This magnet reminded me of her and she LOVES
the color purple! Hopefully soon I will be able to post the card I am working on for her!
She is the reason why I decided to buy all the bottle cap supplies! She makes bows with bottle cap
images on them! I thought it would be cool to try and make some bottle caps after seeing her
bows so I bought all the supplies, and now can start making them for my friends.
She has a facebook page, her is the link
I am so glad that all of these wonderful ladies have come into my life and that we have become friends!!! I am so grateful for all they do :)
I can't wait to get these magnets mailed out to these special ladies!!!
Supplies:
Imagine
Best Friends Imagine Cartridge
4x 6 photo paper
Glossy Accents
1" epoxy seals
1" circle punch
colored bottle caps
magnets
thanks for stopping by!
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