Handmade Papercraft. Paper and Resin Pendant. First attempt.
Things I used: Homemade modge podge (water + elmers glue), ripped up pieces of newspaper, cardstock, acrylic paints, acrylic varnish, epoxy resin, sparkles.
Now that I’ve tried this out once, I have many more ideas for the future. Also, in retrospect I won’t make such a big hole to attach a necklace.
I added sparkles in the resin because I thought it would be pretty however, it didn’t turn out like I had hoped.
My favorite part about this kind of craft is the words and choosing them to go with each design.
I used a cheap resin for my first time and had a ton of air bubbles too. Stirring slower has been said to help avoid so many air pockets.
If you have any tips on using resin please don’t be shy, I could definitely use them.
If you added a layer of Envirotex Lite on top of the other resin, you would add glossy shine, and you can sprinkle in the glitter during this step, giving you more control over the amt. of glitter that will be seen. You can use a small butane torch over the resin, (not pointing the flame into it)but you’d have to be careful not to set the paper on fire. You can also fill pendants with Envirotex Lite, it holds better than casting resin. : ) http://www.moonprincess.biz Let me know if you’d like any more suggestions.
Thank you so much!