Bottlecap Primitive Magnets

I've been doing Altered Art for awhile now and I post it a lot on my art blog. I have posted these Bottlecap Primitive Magnets there, but thought this was primitive enough to post here too, because much of Altered Art can also be considered primitive.

All you need to make these are some craft bottlecaps, some vintage photos, circle-shaped craft magnets, UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamale), a circle punch, and a heat gun or craft melting plate. Using a circle punch that cuts circles to the size you need, you punch out your desired vintage photos. You could also use your favorite primitive graphics. Place the image in the bottle cap and sprinkle with enough UTEE to fill up the bottlecap a little more than half way. Then either set them on your melting plate or CAREFULLY use a heat gun (at a fair distance, so as not to blow the UTEE granules all over the place!) to melt the UTEE until it's completely melted. Then you just let it cool and then hot glue your craft magnet on the back of the bottlecap. Super easy! 

You can find most or all of these supplies at your favorite craft store, on Etsy, or just by Googling the supplies online. And the bottlecaps come in lots of sizes and colors anymore, so you could make all sorts of neat magnets with them. Many people make jewelry with these too!