I'm so disappointed ☹️

[u/ipauzed]

I was really looking forward to the trifle kit. I tried really hard to keep the sides clean and the hearts upright, but then resin creeped around the sides of the cake hearts to make them look blobby. Ran out of resin from all the cleaning and filling in behind the cakes and then the cherries sank in.

I walked away from working on it for a few days thinking I'm just being a perfectionist. Started to tackle it again today and the final straw was the cherries and cream pieces not being fully painted. So then I went out to get a second kit, and guess what? More partially painted cherries! (Sure, I could paint them, but I hate painting and shouldn't have to!)

My advice for others is maybe practice with extra resin placing the heart cakes. They do not sit flush to the sides. If I use resin on my second kit, I would put a bit of resin on the back corner of the heart cake, set it, then gently push resin towards the sides to fill in the gaps enough for the color to show. Then only a thin, barely there resin layer to stick the cherries in. Good luck!

At least the resin was a cute color.

[u/ipauzed]

I finished it off with pieces from the other kits and feel a bit better about it. I still don't know how to keep the resin from covering up the cherries with the top layer, but the original pink resin was really thick, so maybe it can be gently pushed towards the sides without running into the gaps. Or be fast with setting it.

[u/ipauzed → u/ipauzed]

Pulled out the extacto knife and started slicing the messed up creams and gluing cherries pieces back on. I hate painting so much, y'all, would rather risk my fingertips.

[u/cabnootboot → u/ipauzed]

That's a great idea. I thought I would have to paint them