personalize your clear phone case using sharpie markers

Sunday, March 27, 2016


personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I love my new iphone.

I have never had an iphone so it was kind of a big deal for me.

When I decided to finally purchase an iphone I knew that I wanted one in rose gold.

I HAD to have a rose gold and I waited two weeks for it.

After waiting for so long to get my phone I realized that I didn't want a phone case that covered up the rose gold finish. So I purchased a clear case. My clear case is okay. It does it's job which is to protect my phone but it's B-O-R-I-N-G. So after a couple of weeks, I decided to personalize it myself.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

This is such an easy diy project and you can do it in an afternoon. If you can trace - you can do this.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Gather your supplies: clear phone case, extra fine tip white sharpie oil based marker, paper, pencil, extra fine tip black sharpie marker and a light box. If you don't have access to a lightbox you can use a piece of glass from a picture frame and a light source to create your own. 

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I drew out my design in pencil first. You can trace around your case with a pencil to make sure that your design will fit properly. Once you have your rough design worked out use an extra fine tip black sharpie marker and go over your pencil sketch to create your final art.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I wanted my design to be on the inside of my case so it would not scratch off easily. Because I have lettering in my design, I had to reverse my finished art. I flipped my paper over on the lightbox so I could see the design from the back. Then I positioned the phone case on top of the paper and used painters tape to keep everything in place for the next step.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

This was the fun part - tracing my design onto the phone case using the white sharpie marker. I actually practiced a few times with the paint marker on scraps of acetate before I traced out my phone case. It helped me to get the feel of the markers and to see how long it took for the paint to dry. 

Tip: I am right handed so I started to draw out my design at the top left side and worked my way across and then down so that I did not smudge the ink as I was tracing.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

When you are done flip the case over and take a look at your design. You can add some extra doodles at this point if you need to. I thought that the space under "Hello" needed a little something so I added some additional dots.

I let the paint dry for about 15 minutes before I put the case on my cell phone. 

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

And there you go! One personalized cell phone case.

personalize your clear phone case using oil based sharpie markers | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I'm going to be entering this project into the Makeful weekly challenge tonight. I know that I have some very creative followers and I'd love to see your projects at Makeful too. Leave me a comment here or on Instagram if you have joined Makeful - I'd love to see what you are making too.


6 comments:

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    1. no it will not if you use the pens I have recommended. Mine has not scratched off with use because it is protected on the inside.

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  2. Where did you buy your case from?

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  3. I purchased mine over a year ago from the BELL store that I bought my iphone from. I have since purchased more clear cases from Winners and Marshall stores. I believe they are available from Amazon as well.

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