Extreme Checkers

For each project, you will need:

1 square piece of plywood (I think ours was 12x12)
Sandpaper
Acrylic Paints
Masking Tape
Ruler
Pencil
Paint Brushes
16 Bottle Caps (available online or at craft stores)
2 colors of polymer clay to compliment board colors
Envirotex Lite (or spray glaze)
Jewels, Glitter, Puffy Paint (optional)

1. Sand your board down to eliminate splinters
2. A light base coat can be put down now ( optional)
2. Measure one inch all around, for border and 8 even lines up and down and across.
3. Using masking tape, tape off areas, and paint your first color in remaining boxes.
4. Dry either overnight, or speed up the process with a blow dryer or heat gun.
5. Remove tape, and tape over areas that have already been painted
6. Paint second color in empty areas
7. Touch up any uneven parts.
8. When painting is complete, embellishments can be added, such as jewels, glitter, puffy paint etc. (As long as embellishments are put on outer edges of board, ONLY)
9. Roll polymer clay out, so that it is fairly thick. Using bottle caps, like cookie cutters, slice into the clay, so that the clay sticks into the underside of the cap.
10. Bake bottle cap and clay according to package directions
11. When cool, spray caps with Acrylic glaze or brush clear nail polish on to give a finished look.
12. Following package directions, pour Envirotech Lite on the top of the board. This will give your board an AWESOME shine and very professional finish. (If Envirotech is unavailable, you can substitute Spray Glaze...but seriously, the Envirotech is the BEST!)