Jungle Tumbler

by JOANN |

Item # 472234449P506
Intermediate Weekend Project

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

  • We R Memory Keepers Tumbler Turner
  • White Tumbler
  • Lime Green Vinyl
  • Dark Green Vinyl
  • Taupe Vinyl
  • Brown Vinyl
  • Resin and Resin Hardener
  • Cricut Machine
  • Cricut Weeder
  • Plastic Gloves
  • Mixing Containers
  • Popsicle Sticks
  • Paper Towels
  • Painter's Tape
  • Fine Grit Sandpaper
  • X-Acto or Craft Knife
  • Optional: Heat Gun

DIRECTIONS:

  1. In Cricut Design Space, select a cheetah print and monstera leaves.
  2. Size them to fit your tumbler. Cut out the cheetah prints and monstera leaves with the vinyl.
  3. Use your weeder to pick out the shapes.
  4. Apply the leaves and cheetah prints randomly on the white tumbler.
  5. Place the tumbler onto the tumbler turner and make sure it is level. 
  6. Apply a thin layer of resin onto the tumbler.
  7. Let it spin for 8-12 hours.
  8. Sand off any bumps with the fine grit sandpaper.
  9. Apply another thin layer of resin and let it spin for 8-12 hours.
  10. Remove it from the tumbler turner and trim off any excess resin around the top of the tumbler with your X-Acto knife.

JOANN HACKS:

  • Use a heat gun to remove any air bubbles from the resin. Be careful not to get too close to the resin with the heat gun or it will cook.
  • Make sure the tumbler is level as it is spinning.
  • Check on it a couple of times early in the drying process.

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