When I was cleaning the drawer in the tables beside the couch, I found a coaster with a scene on it - of mountains and trees and water.
My hands froze in mid air. I gasped! The stamp set "Snow Front" immediately came to mind. I had made a lot of swap cards for On Stage Toronto using this very versatile set - sSo I had an Ah Ha moment. Use this stamp set to make some coasters!
Here is the result:
These are the first successful two. I had made others but the process of sealing them caused the colours to run. Mod Podge was the worst offender.
On a piece of water colour paper, I drew two circles approximately 3 5/8" in diameter (one of the layering circle dies), and used the pencil lines as a guide where to stamp the images. Then I used that same die to die cut them.
For the backing, I die cut two slightly smaller circles - one in chipboard and one in cork. And for this I used one of the original 3 1/2" circle die by Sizzix. I got the chipboard on Amazon, but you could use some thick card board instead, and the cork at the dollar store.
After the coaster was sealed using 4 coats of a Krylon spray followed by a spray Shellac all three layers were adhered together using a combination of tacky and hot glue.
The sealant used caused the colours to become darker and more intense, so subsequent coaster were made with a lighter colour of ink.
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