Tutorial Tuesday:: Marble Thumbtack Tutorial

18 Jan

I was asked to do a tutorial on how to make my thumbtacks after someone saw my Inspiration Board Tutorial.

So, here we go….

What did I use, let’s see…

Mod Podge

E-6000

Thumbtacks

Glass Marble

Fabric

Get comfy….

Here we go….

Place marble on wrong side of material and trace it out

Cut it out {doesn’t have to be perfect}

Use a popsicle stick or something to lather the Mod Podge on

the back of the marble.

{again, doesn’t have to be perfect}

Smooth the RIGHT side of the fabric on the back of marble with your fingers

It might look a bit cloudy, but don’t fret

When it’s dry, it’ll will disappear and look just fine.

Let the Mod Podge dry.

I let it dry for about an hour just because I wanted to finish the tutorial.

But… you could do a whole bunch one evening and let dry over night.

{or earlier during the day}

You’ll figure it out. 🙂

Just simply make sure the Mod Podge is mostly dry

before you go on to the next step

Carrying on….

Put a dollop of E-6000 on the back

Simply put the tack on the back

and let it dry.

Here’s a bunch on my board

So, I used Mod Podge for this tutorial to adhere the fabric to the marble … but … I have used E-6000 to adhere the fabric to the marble in the past and it works just fine, too. It might be a bit stickier though. But what I’m saying is that if you only have E-6000, and you REALLY want to make these TODAY, you don’t have to run out and buy Mod Podge to do this {no offense Mod Podge, still love ya!}.

Also, if you have a bunch of scrapbook paper that you want to use, you can use that instead of the fabric.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!! If there’s anything that you would like to see as a tutorial, please leave comment or contact me and I’d be happy to see what I can do … I’m always up for challenges {most challenges}.