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Secrets to
Bottle Cap
Decorating
Success

by Jenn Spencer
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One of the hottest ways to decorate the center of your hair bows is
with beautiful bottle cap embellishments. Here are the simple
supplies and easy steps to create your own bottle caps.
You can even wear these bottlecaps as jewelry or add to other craft
projects, if you’d like. They are fun to make and beautiful to use for
embellishing all kinds of crafts.

Supplies Needed



Bottle caps –I prefer to use ones you can buy at most craft
stores in the Scrapbooking section, but I’ve seen people use
bottle caps off soda/beer bottles too (just not as pretty and
could be sharp!)

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Craft table or table covering (it can get messy!)



Acrylic paint (if you want to paint on your caps )



1 inch hole punch (in Scrapbooking section at craft stores – I
got mine at Hobby Lobby) – shown in pink in photo



Scrapbooking paper, magazine images, old children’s books,
newspapers or other design to cut out intoa 1 inch circle



Buttons or other embellishments (if you want to use them to
decorate your caps)



Mod Podge and/or Glue Stick or mounting adhesive dots (1
inch size)



Resin – I use EnviroTex Lite Pour-On High Gloss Finish (16
oz. kit should last you pretty long!)
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(Michael’s and Hobby Lobby had this, but AC Moore
didn’t carry in store, FYI)



Hammer or mallet(if you want to flatten out your bottle cap for
a different look) – OPTIONAL



Krylon Outdoor Spray (if you want to make your entire cap a
different color)

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TIP: If you want to flatten the edges of the bottle cap for an
optional unique look:
Simply use a hammer (or better yet a mallet) and carefully pound
theedges to slightly flatten. CAUTION: Watch your fingers so you
don’t hammer them!
You could also flair the edges of the cap out by using a pair of pliers
and pulling the ridges out slowly.

In this photo, the top is the
regular bottle cap and the
bottle one has hammered
edges.

To make it even, be sure you are applying the same amount of
pressure with your hammer and pliers, if you chose todo one of the
above options.
There are a few ways to decorate your bottle caps. Here are steps
for the most popular types you’ll want to create:

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Paper Bottle
Cap Design
Use a 1 inch punch to cut out your design from paper, a bottle cap
sheet design, newspaper, magazine, old book, sheet music, or
anything else youdesire!

In this photo, I’ve used my
1 inch circle punch to cut
out a piece of yellow shiny
scrapbooking paper (on
left) and a plain piece of
white paper which I wrote
on with permanent marker
(on right).

TIP:

Can’t find a 1 inch punch? A quarter is the perfect size!

Simply trace the quarter around the image you wish to use and cut
out carefully!

TIP:

Want to find out whatpart of your paper design or magazine

page will look best? Make a template out of card stock with a 1 inch
circle cut out. Then you can hold the template up against the paper
design and figure out what looks good!

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Next coat BOTH sides of your paper gently, and completely, with
Mod Podge to seal the paper well.Allow to dry.
Now position your paper centered on the top of the bottle cap and
glue down. I like to use a scrapbooking embellishment glue stick.
Allow to dry for just a few minutes; be sure that it is completely flat
against the cap.

If it is not completely
secured, you’ll find that
the resin will creep up
under your paper image
and will not look very
good.

Now mix your resin as...
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