*** A Fun, Quick & Inexpensive Project ***

Hi there! Today is my DT Day over at Meljen's Designs and I thought it would be fun to try creating something other than a card with one of Meljen's adorable images and so I came up with "coasters". Quick and very in-expensive to do, these would make a lovely gift...maybe even for Mother's Day {which is approaching very quickly}.

I decided to work with one of Melissa's new images "Flowers In My Pocket". {It was one of the April New Release Images}. It is just so cheery, it seemed the perfect choice. After printing it on cardstock, {I was going to try it on Kraft but changed my mind and went with plain white}, I coloured it with Copic markers.

I trimmed the image so that there would be a border of tile showing around the edge. Using "decoupage" I adhered the image to the tile. {I bought the plain white ceramic tiles at Home Depot for 28 cents each}.

Let dry. Then I doodled around the top edge where the tile showed, with a blue Sharpie Ultra Fine Marker. Then I added another coat of decoupage. {I ended up giving it 3 coats in total}. Finally, I sprayed it with a clear coat of varathane.

I found some self-sticking, clear rubber, circular thingies at the $ Store to put on each of the bottom 4 corners to prevent the coaster from scratching the table surface. Voila! Done!

I already have family and friends wanting some, so I can safely say I will definitely be making more of these fun coasters. Hope you'll give it a try too!
Hugs, until next time, Nancy

Challenges:

*The Cheerful Stamper - Flowers/Showers
Craft Your Passion - Floral Delights
Created With Love - Mother's Day
*Get Inky - Floral Fun
Love To Create - For Mom or Special Lady
Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes
Marker Pop - May Flowers
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes
My All Craft Challenge - Anything Goes - But No Cards Please
***This project was a Gallery Gem over at Scrapbook Challenges***