I ordered these scrabble tiles and bails from Pick Your Plum a few weeks ago. This is what I decided to do with them:
In addition to the tiles and bails, I used E6000 glue, DG3 Art Gel, some art that my husband designed, and an image of shirt and tie from a vintage magazine.
The first thing was to cut the art to the size of the tile. I printed it out at 1 x 1 inch, but cut it down just a tiny bit because I didn’t want it to hang over at all. I’d rather have it a smidge too small than a smidge too big. All the images except the vintage magazine were coated in Mod Podge. Once that was dry I put a few drops of DG3 Art Gel onto the tile and spread it around with my finger. I pressed the art onto the tile while the DG3 was still wet.
After it dried for an hour or so, I added some more DG3 on top of the art. I used my finger again to spread it out evenly.
After it dried, I glued the bail onto the back with the E6000 glue. Once that had dried, I used the DG3 and finger painted a coat onto the back and sides of the tile. After more drying, I put one more coat of DG3 Art Gel on the top of the tile pendant. You can see it’s getting pretty shiny.
That’s it! I put the tiles onto this necklace that was holding another pendant. I love that I can use the same necklace and change out the pendants. What do you think?
Linking up to some of these fabulous parties:
Lil’ Luna
Printabelle Link Party
Sunday Round Up @ Heatherly Loves
Passion Parade Friday @ Petites Passions
Love these!
Thanks, Laurie! You should give it a try!
Thanks for linking up! I can’t believe how adorable these turned out!
Thanks, Belle!
super cute! i would love for you to add this to my weekend link party. check it out here:
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They look great! Thanks for sharing this with us @ the Sunday Round Up.
Hope you have a wonderful week,
Rose
This is so fun & a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing at sunday round up! Have a wonderful week
-Kayla
What a fun idea!
Love jewelry
Thanks for sharing at our Sunday Round Up! Can’t wait to see what you have for us next weekend. Have a GREAT week!
xoxo
Heather
These are just so fun! Thanks for the great tutorial!
yep pretty stinkin cute – I made some last year and I may just have to fish out some of my tiles to whip out some more!
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Very cute! Love the robot it reminds me of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang:)
I have made these but I used a diamond resin, wonder if the craft gel you used is easier. I know with the resin I like it because it dries real hard and is durable, but the bad thing is it will bubble, so you need to keep an eye on it as it dries to make sure you don’t end up with a blemished product from bubbles. Thanks for sharing. I will have to look for the product you used.
I’m featuring these tonight!!! They’re so cute!
Yay! Thanks Rachel!