Fairy Stamper ~ Cupholder Coasters

  Happy Friday crafting friends and welcome to my Fairy Stamper Friday Share.

  

I had a couple of cupholder coasters that I wanted to try to stamp on to put in my car, but boy was this a trial and error excercise!  I almost trashed this whole project but thought others might learn from my mistakes.

For starters, I used Distress Oxide inks on my background, which gave me great coverage but bled once I added a little shading with copic markers and smeared a little when I put the coat of Modge Podge over it.  Next time, I will try Memento or VersFfine Clair inks instead. The bleeding is clearly seen on the daisy on the blue coaster.

Next came the actual stamping of the images.  Well using a stamping tool would be a lot better.  My first image did not stamp solid on the pink coaster.  No problem, right? Just add a little black sharpie pen.  Well, as you can see, it came out shiny and now the image looks very grainy.  Again, lesson learnt - use the Misty next time.

 And lastly, if you're going to add glitter, then be prepared to add 2 or 3 coats,  or stronger adhesive because it kept falling off.  After the 3r coat, I allowed it to dry and put a coat of Modge Podge over it, to keep it all in place.

So you see this really was one of those learn as you go projects and I hope that by sharing it, you will give it a try but be more savvy than I was 😀

In the end, I will still use them in my card.  I actually have never used coasters in the cupholders and don't know how well they work but I I'll give it try.

Here is the list of supplies I used, each linked to the Fairy Stamper store, for your convenience.

Fairy Hugs Stamps

Daisies, Dixie, Trixie, Stacked Mushrooms, Flutter Dust

Nellie's Choice Stamps

Berries

Distress Oxide Inks

Peacock Feathers, Kitsch Flamingo

VersaFine Clair Inks

Nocturne

Fairy Hugs Glitter

Mixture of Translucent Pearl and Silver Lightning

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope I have inspired you to create a project and to come join the fun. Our challenges go live on the first Thursday of each month on our Facebook group.   All you have to do is to create a project and upload the pic to our challenge album.  There is a $15.00 prize for one lucky crafter 😀

Till next time,

crafty hugs!