I really love the puffy stickers from Japan that are selling at our HM Ben Franklin Crafts. They are so cute and squishy but I don't use stickers too much so I came up with a craft to use them....resin charms! I started with some small resin molds sold at HM BFC for jewelry making. I covered the bottom of the molds with tiny sequin glitter and added some UV resin. After mixing up enough to cover the bottom of the mold, I set the resin with the UV light.
Next, I added more clear resin and placed a puffy sticker in the mold. This was then set with the UV light. That's it! Some of the molds have a peg that will form a hole for hanging the charm but you will have to resin on a tiny jump ring cap on the ones without a charm hole.
Even the backs of the charms are pretty because of the glitter pieces which are easier to use than resin powder colorants. The charm cords maybe available at HM BFC but I bought mine from Daiso.
P.S. When trying to attach the charm jump ring caps I often feel like I need three hands so I came up with this solution. I found a small container and filled it with coarse salt. The resin charms were then propped up in the salt while I added a small dot of resin to the top of the charm. The jump ring cap could then easily be placed on the drop of glue before setting the resin with the UV light. I'm patting myself on the back for this clever solution for a 'sticky' situation. LOL! Hope you will try making some squishy fun charms for everyone!
Have recently been seeing many social media posts of others making charms from various kinds of sticker and have been thinking of trying this out as well. Using puffy stickers sounds like a super cute idea, especially like how you added the glitter for the pretty sparkle. Also will keep your clever tip about propping the charm up in salt in mind when I try this.
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