leopard swirl wine tumbler

First, clean your tumbler with rubbing alcohol to remove any fingerprints and/or oils and protect your working surface with a disposable table cover.

Put on a pair of the gloves included in the prep kit and place your cup on the spring arm of your tumbler turner.

Turn on your turner and pour a layer of white paint pour until the outside of your tumbler is covered.
TIP: You can cover the bottom, but it isn’t mandatory.

Let your tumbler turn for a few minutes to allow the white paint pour to level out on the surface.

Now, add Pink, Fuchsia, Vivid Orange and more white paint pour to your tumbler. Alternate the paint order, placement and amount. Once you are happy with the paint pour added, leave the turner on the fastest speed for a few hours to let the marbling settle, level and start to dry; then turn it down low to let the paint completely dry.
TIP: Your turner should still be on and turning while you are adding paints. You will see it start to marble. If needed, tilt the turner back and forth to move the around a little more.

Now, with gloved hands, mix epoxy as noted in the directions. Mix only what is needed for one layer at a time.
TIP: For first epoxy layer, use the measuring cups included in the prep kit and measure part A to the first line. Pour it into a clear cup and then repeat for part B. Stir for two full minutes. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the cup when stirring.

Pour enough mixed epoxy onto your tumbler to completely cover it with a thin layer. Use your gloved fingers, or a craft stick, to spread around. Turn your tumbler and repeat until your tumbler is covered.

Turn your turner all the way up to the fastest speed and allow it to turn for about 4 hours.

Click here for design in Cricut® Design Space™ and cut out of foil metallic adhesive vinyl.
TIP: Alter the design as desired.

Use your weeding tool to remove the excess material around and within your design.

Place your design onto your tumbler so you can read the words from your design through the plastic carrier sheet.

Cut a piece of transfer tape that is just a bit larger than your design. Peel away the tape’s backer paper and place the tape, sticky-side down, over the cut-out design piece. Burnish the vinyl so that it’s completely stuck to the tape.

Now, gently peel the white backer paper from the design layer, which now should be stuck to the transfer tape.

Hold the transfer tape with your design over your tumbler to determine where you’d like it placed; then press it onto your tumbler. Burnish the vinyl once more to make sure it’s completely stuck to the tumbler and gently peel away the transfer tape.

Repeat Steps 6-8 to add a last layer of clear resin over your cup. Allow it to turn for 4 hours. Turn off your turner and let sit overnight.
TIP: Full cure time is about 3-5 days.

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