When I created these bubble Christmas ornaments...I wanted to cover the seam where the bubble was glued to the cardboard to give it a nice finished look.
I pictured them being soldered.... Well if you've ever soldered before, you know that it heats up not only the solder & copper foil but whatever it is that your soldering. Seeing how the bubbles are made out of plastic, soldering wasn't an option. Sooo-- with that said, I had to do a faux soldering treatment on these little fairies in the bubbles. Here is how I did it,
so easy-peasy.
I laid some masking tape onto some cardstock paper...
then just cut that into 1/4 inch sections.
Then I just pulled each piece,
tape side in the ink through the embossing ink and then covered each with a generous amount of silver embossing powder. Hit each one with the heat gun and wah-lah, instant soldering that is ready to be applied to my plastic bubbles.
Here are the bubbles with the soldering pieces glued in place~
Easy peasy~
great idea! and these are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThose ornaments are gorgeous, and I love your solution to the soldering problem! Now have you got any alternatives to welding?!
ReplyDeleteGENIUS!!! Great solution!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative hun
Annie x
I guess my mind just doesn't think like that. Again, I am just amazed at your creativity and problem solving. These are so pretty but I still can't get over your faux soldering - amazing!
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