Lucky Bits Tutorial

Yesterday, I showed you guys our new little Lucky Bits jar that went by our door:

Well, here is the promised tutorial on how to make those Lucky Bits!

You will need:

Hammer

Wood scrap

Bottle Caps

Copper Acrylic Paint

Decorative papers

Little sticker backed gems

circle punch or scissors, if you are that skilled

Modge Podge

Dimensional Magic

Let's get started!

First Take a bottle cap and place it flat side down

Take your wood scrap and place it over your bottle cap and hammer away

The edges will start to curl over

You should have something like this on the left

Original on the right

Ok.  At this point I would suggest painting them copper

I didn't and did it later.  It wasn't impossible but if you have not so steady hands, do it now.

Cut out your decorative papers with a paper punch or scissors

A 1 inch punch worked perfect

I did a a few different patterns

Now, slap some Modge Podge into the well of the bottle cap and put a little paper disc in

 Modge Podge over it.

Let them dry

At this point add your little gem embellishments

A certain little leprechaun informed me that I didn't put them in until I had started the next step

Not really a big deal, but do it now before you go further.

Take your dimensional Magic and DO NOT SHAKE IT, you will get air bubbles

You don't want air bubbles.

Fill up the little well over your Modge Podged paper

It will be cloudy, but in a few hours, it will be clear and hard to the touch

This is what you get when you have them all finished and dried

with some other little bits, as well

Have your little leprechaun kiss each little bit for good luck

I did the lid to the jar, the same way, just on a little bit bigger scale

I used orange glitter paper and metallic green acrylic paint for the letters

A little ribbon hot glued on and it is finished

As you can see, I also couldn't wait another little while for the whole thing to dry

You can see the cloudy stripe; its not all the way dry

I did set it level and let it dry all the way :)

Hope you could all follow my tutorial!

See you tomorrow for the

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