SWEATER WEATHER CUP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y0c_uAZDhA

Hey guys, my name is Callie and today I will be teaching you how to make this cute tumbler. To start out, this bottle is just from Walmart and I think they're like five bucks. So first thing is just taking some Mod Podge to glue this on our cup. Spread a thick layer with a foam brush and I slit the bottom end to get the gift back to kind of wrap around the bottom since it's rounded like that. You do not have much time to move this around before the Mod Podge start setting up. Especially using paper, it doesn't want to move. Try to get it in the right spot when you first put it on. I always think I have more time to adjust it but it does not want to. I also decided I needed some more cuts in the bottom. Anytime you're doing this kind of technique with paper or a gift bag, you're going to feel like it's a hot mess. You're going to think "this is stupid, this looks dumb". It's not though, it's just a disaster. Just keep working with it and I promise it'll get there. The Mod Podge stage is gonna be messy, but we will fix it later. So just keep working with it, and keep molding it to the shape of the cup. Keep pressing and squishing it together and it'll start to mold down and keep it's shape.

Then I went back in and slit the top side and kept pressing that down, then I let it dry. Once it was dry, I went back on top of it with more Mod Podge to get it all to lay flat and to be secured and glued in there. So once that was all dry, I taped off the top and used some more Mod Podge to add some glitter. I didn't want it pure white because I was thinking I could paint it white first but I didn't really want it pure white. I kind of wanted it more like a distressed look. I wish I would have painted it a little bit white, just so then it wouldn't have shown the black so much. Anyways, I then used one of my Colorflex glitters. It's just a super fine white silvery shade, it's really pretty. Also doing the same thing on the bottom.

I feel like the trick with using gift bags or any kind of paper that has lines, is using a lot of glitter or maybe pigment paste or just other things that you can use to distract from the imperfections. Then I went in with slate. This is a custom mix from my Colorflex line. It's brown with a little bit of black and blue in there. It's really pretty.

I then added more Mod Podge on that whole middle section and added the sleek glitter. I thought the nice warm brown would look really nice with the sweater pattern. Then I let that dry. I somehow skipped over the part where I put epoxy on it, I don't know where that video went but I did one layer of epoxy on top of that. Then I cut out my decals. This decal says Sweater Weather. I did white and then I did an offset like this gray silvery shade and then I used some scotch tape to layer these decals together. This the only thing that works for me.

Then I figured out where I wanted them on the cup, kind of mapping it out and just placing my decals. I have this little tiny tape from Foils and Flakes, they have a lot of gorgeous stuff. Anyways I just wrapped it around the edge of the slate glitter just as a little accent detail and I thought it turned out really pretty. I also wanted to add more glitter coming down onto the sweater part. So I'm just adding more at the top and then kind of brushing it down. Then I'm going through the whole sweater part and adding anywhere there is a little imperfection. Just adding a little bit of Mod Podge and sprinkling on some more glitter to hide any spots that aren't looking the best.

So then I waited for that to dry and kind of dusted the excess off. After that we're going in with another layer of epoxy. This is the Artistry Tumbler Art Epoxy. Once it was dry, I wanted to add a little leaf detail on the bottom. So I just got some stickers that I believe were from Hobby Lobby. I then placed it on the bottom and it kind of hid the fact it was Mod Podge. Unfortunately I can see lines in the glitter from the Mod Podge. That really bugs me about Mod Podge but you can always hide it by adding a cute little sticker. Then one more layer of epoxy and this cup is done. I put the lid back on and honestly, I don't love the black lid on this cup but it is what it is.

So this is the final cup. Let me know what you guys think. Stay tuned for my next tutorial. Bye!