With paper and a little Dimensional Magic, you can have fun and fashionable DIY belt buckles to wear with your favorite pair of jeans.
I can't stop with the Dimensional Magic – you know I made rings and then also a damask frame (among others). I love this stuff!
So the other day I made some DIY belt buckles with Dimensional Magic, and they turned out so great that I had to share.
Let me tell you, it was totally touch-and-go there for a moment, using Dimensional Magic on such a large area. But it worked out. Here's how.
DIY Belt Buckles
Gather These Supplies
- Belt buckles – I got mine from Etsy (search for “belt buckle blank”)
- Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
- Mod Podge Gloss
- Scraps of scrapbook paper
- Embellishments – stickers, brads, rhinestones, glitter . . . whatever you have in your stash. The cool flowers are Maya Road Resin Blossoms in Red
- Vellum
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Tape
This is a super easy tutorial with only a few steps.
First, use a piece of vellum (or another scrap of paper) as a template – trace the inside of the belt buckle with your pencil. I did a rubbing of the edge and it worked well.
Tape the template on your paper and cut it out (with scissors or a craft knife).
Mod Podge the paper into the belt buckle blank and let it dry for about 15 – 20 minutes.
Add embellishments (you can't see them under my hand in this photo, ha!) and then add Dimensional Magic. Here's the whole trick to doing the DIY belt buckles. THREE layers.
I did one layer and allowed to dry in a warm place (to prevent cracking). I did a second layer and allowed to dry again. THEN I did a third layer and added the scrapbooking brad embellishments so that they would be “dimensional” on the top of the Dimensional Magic.
What do you think? Are you ready to sport a DM belt buckle? I so dare you. One more thing – I had everything on hand except for the belt buckles, so this project was budget friendly.
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StampinCathy says
April 21, 2011 at 11:16 pmThis is totally AWESOME!
VeganCraftastic says
April 21, 2011 at 11:16 pmThose are really cute!
Seattle Mama says
April 21, 2011 at 11:32 pmYes! I saw some belt buckle blanks a couple of weeks ago and I have been working on a plan ever since. I actually bought some Dimensional Magic last week for this very reason. So excited to see this!
Hippie Missy says
April 21, 2011 at 11:49 pmI want to try the Dimensional Magic Mod Podge so very badly, but no one sells it where I live. Those belt buckle are very cute.
Vivienne @ the V Spot says
April 22, 2011 at 12:26 amSo. Stinkin.’ Cool.
I Mod Podged a chair the other week and linked to you so people can see real Mod Podge genius.
laheelahee says
April 22, 2011 at 2:12 amawesome!! i totally want some DM now 😀
Hoot-n-Andy LLC says
April 22, 2011 at 2:35 amYou have no idea how happy this tutorial makes me 🙂 I WILL do this….probably several times!
Jessa says
April 22, 2011 at 3:54 amI need to get some of this stuff!
Vixie says
April 22, 2011 at 10:03 amI bought some of Dimensional Magic after your last post about it, but not tried it yet! I’ll try it out this weekend, it’s such fab stuff!
Tiffany says
April 23, 2011 at 3:00 amThese are so cool, I love having unique buckles!
Rachel@oneprettything.com says
April 25, 2011 at 6:03 amIt’s so hard for me to find crafts to do with my tween nieces- this is PERFECT! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.
Jennifer says
April 25, 2011 at 10:02 amIf I could rock a belt I would so make one of these. 😛
The Autocrat: Haley says
April 26, 2011 at 12:02 pmThose are totally fabulous!
MessyMissy says
April 26, 2011 at 10:47 pmReally, really cute!! I would love it if you would link this up to my Marvelous Mess party….each week I pick one project to feature on my sidebar!! Here’s the link: http://marvelouslymessy.blogspot.com/2011/04/marvelous-mess-10.html
Maggie says
April 27, 2011 at 5:18 amthis totally RAWK!
I would luv for you to join our celebration party by adding your project into our linking post.
http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/04/celebrating-your-talent-with-linking.html
Have a great week,
Maggie
http://passionatelyartistic.com
Its A Blog Party says
April 27, 2011 at 4:22 pmThis is a great idea, I think we could do this with the kids and make matching buckles for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
Stopping by from Show-Me-How linky party
Chameleon Girls says
April 27, 2011 at 5:03 pmThis is oh so cute! We are going to give this a try!
Mel the Crafty Scientist says
April 28, 2011 at 12:10 amThis is SOOO fun and creative! I love it and totally want to make some… : )
Screaming Sardine says
April 30, 2011 at 1:32 amWow, this is awesome! I think I’m going to start working with Dimensional Magic. Thanks for the push I needed. 🙂
You’re more than welcome to link up at the Sunburnt Cow link party.
Cheers,
Tracy All Thumbs Crafts
Michelle says
April 30, 2011 at 5:00 amWhat a great idea!! Thanks for sharing! I am visiting from TT&J and I hope you have a great weekend! Michelle
http://www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com
p.s. I am having a giveaway this weekend, you should come check it out!
Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made says
April 30, 2011 at 1:39 pmOH these are so cool! I have not heard of the Dimensional Magic — need to investigate this further! Thanks for posting such a great tutorial!
Lolly Jane says
May 1, 2011 at 3:43 amNo way! Those are SO cool! Love the creativity 🙂 We would ♥ for you to show this off at our linky party!
Lolly Jane
lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com
Heather says
December 3, 2011 at 4:45 pmIs there a way to save your project if the Mod Podge Dimensional turns blue?
Mod Podge Amy says
December 3, 2011 at 5:58 pmHi Heather! I’ve not heard of this and I think it requires some more investigation! If you didn’t put the DM on blue paper (or ink, which could bleed), then I would suggest writing Plaid so that they can look into it:
http://plaidonline.com/contact-plaid.aspx
Let me know!