Stickers in Resin

Toulouse Lautrec painting encased in small resin charm

You can put stickers in resin to make some rather nice keyrings. Do check in advance whether your stickers are waterproof by immersing a corner of your sticker sheet in water. If it starts to look a bit soggy, then you’ll need to seal it by painting it over with glue or covering it in tape. The lovely Katherine Swift at Resin Obsession has more information about this on her site.

What You’ll Need

Very cheap, if you buy your stickers from a Pound Shop and have a keyring-sized mould along with some 2-part resin and hardener.

2-part epoxy resin (resin and hardener)
Keyring-sized mould (mine came with a starter set from Amazon)
A sticker of your choice
Mixing cups and stirring sticks
Safety gear

Steps

Step 1

Check to see if your sticker is waterproof

We don’t want it to get discoloured in the resin. Test it by dipping a corner of the sheet it came on in water. If it becomes discoloured, you’ll need to seal it. If it remains the same and can just be wiped dry, then we’re good to go.

Hand holding up small Toulouse Lautrec sticker

Step 2

Check that your sticker fits into the mould

It might sound obvious, but it needs to have a little room to spare. I gave my sticker a trim with scissors to make sure it would fit.

Tweezers grasping a face down sticker over a silicone mould

Step 3

Mix some clear resin and hardener

How much resin you want depends on how many sticker keyrings you plan to make.

Step 4

Pour a thin layer of resin into the bottom of your mould

Make sure this is a very thin layer. This will be the front of our keyring.

Hands pouring a thin layer of resin into a silicone mould

Step 5

Immerse your sticker in the mixed clear resin

This is to prevent bubbles from forming later. A nerve-racking moment, to be sure. Don’t worry – if you’ve done the water test, then the sticker should be fine. As you can see, I didn’t bother removing the backing from the sticker and used some tweezers to grip the sticker.

Tweezers immersing sticker in cup of resin

Step 6

Place your sticker face-down in the mould

The bottom of the mould tends to be nice and smooth, and that’s why it’s the front of our keyring. Adjust the sticker’s position with a toothpick if you like. At this point you can leave it to cure for a few hours.

Step 7

Fill the mould with more resin

As this will be the back of the keyring, you can add glitter or even colourants to the resin before pouring it in. I decided to make my keyring completely clear. Leave to cure for 24 hours.

Hand pouring clear resin into silicone mould with sticker in it

And you’re done!

Toulouse Lautrec painting encased in resin — A sticker that lasts forever.