Caly Person

Hi friends!

I have a special project to share and it’s not a card!

I have been working part-time as a pharmacist and wanted to find some badge reels (retractable badge holders), but didn’t like how bulky the ones I saw online were, so I decided to buy a few tools to make my own. Spoken like a true crafter, right? Why buy something for $20 when you can spend $70 and make your own??? 🤣

Anyway, I had so much fun making these and love that I have extra tools and supplies to make more in the future!

You can find out more about the Mama Elephant Name Tag/Lanyard project HERE.

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Card size: A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″)

Products used:

• Doodlebug Design Happy Pills Stickers (SBcom | SSS)
• Doodlebug Design Made with Love Paper Pad (SBcom | SSS)
• 1 3/8” punch (AMZN | SBcom | SSS) *please note that I didn’t have a 1 1/2″ punch and used one that is smaller, but I do recommend it here.
• 1 1/2” Acrylic Discs
• Badge Reels
• LF Pick up Tool (LF | SBcom | SSS)
• Distress Collage Medium (AMZN | SBcom | SSS)
• Distress Brush (AMZN | SBcom | SSS)
• UV Resin
• UV Light
• Lighter
• E6000 Adhesive
• Mama Elephant Name Tag Stamps (ME | SSS)
• Mama Elephant Name Tag Dies (ME | SSS)
• Mama ElephantLanyard Pocket (ME | SSS)

To make these, I punched patterned paper for the back of the acrylic discs. I used a 1 3/8″ punch because I didn’t have a 1 1/2″ punch, but I didn’t mind a little border. I used Distress Collage Medium to adhere the patterned paper. Be sure to remove the protective film from the acrylic discs before doing this. Mod Podge woud work, too. I found that my bottle was dry and was glad I had something else to use. This requires some drying time, so I just set them aside while I worked on others.

Once the back was dry, I added the sticker to the top (after removing the protective film on the acrylic). Then to seal it all in, I flooded the top with UV resin and cured it under a UV light. Depending on what you want it used for, you could totally stop here and turn these into pins! Not everyone needs an ID badge holder like I did for this project. I think a pin would be so cute!

For my purposes, I used E6000 adhesive to add these discs to a retractable badge reel. SO FUN AND EASY!

Here’s a link to the reel I made for social media:

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I hope you enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for visiting!

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