How to Preserve Pressed Flowers in Clear UV Resin

Learn how to preserve delicate pressed flowers and clovers in clear UV resin.

UV resin is easy to work with an instantly dried, so it makes starting and finishing a project much more doable.

Cast some fun resin pieces filled with gorgeous preserved flower art, can be used for a special day, a memento or just for fun!

You can preserve gorgeous flowers in UV resin to use as paperweights, trinkets, jewelry and much much more!

Use some UV epoxy resin, real flowers pressed with a flower press or pages of a heavy book, a silicone mold and a UV gel light or direct sunlight to harden the resin.

I pressed strawberry leaves, 4 leaf clover and crocus blossoms using my Ditsy Flowers press, the kit comes with everything needed to press gorgeous, vibrant flowers. Learn all about pressing flowers here!

My resin piece has a few air bubbles in it (you can use a heat gun to remove them before the resin sets), but I love the detail that shows up on the dried flowers.

It takes just a small amount of resin to create little tokens of natural flowers.

Supplies Needed for Pressed Flowers in Clear UV Resin:

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• Pressed Flowers (Use this kit from Ditsy Flowers)
• UV Resin
• UV Light
• Silicone Coaster Mold
• Nitrile Gloves, Mask, other protective gear

Lightwish also sells Colored UV resin as well as a new product, Colored Glitter UV Resin. Check them out too!

Add gold flakes or glitter in your resin for more sparkle!

Step 1: Resin

For best results begin with a thin layer of resin in one cavity of the resin molds.

The first layer should be thin and fill the entire mold to have clean edges...or just make a small pile to look like a wax seal or token shape.

The UV resin works best if the mold is clear, but it worked great with this mold too. (Mold linked in the supplies list is a clear silicone mold and ideal for UV resin crafting).

Make a thin pile of clear resin and place 2 or 3 dried flowers in the resin. (No fancy resin calculator needed--it's already mixed and you just pour it and set it)

Then place the UV light over the resin and let the resin cure for one cycle of about 60-90 seconds.

There are so many wide application and different methods for using UV resin over deep pour epoxy.

But just like doing gel nails and nail art over regular nail polish, UV resin cures fast--the entire process takes just a few minutes.

However, when using UV resin, avoid thick pours as the drying process will be difficult all the way through.

After the resin piece is cured on one side, pick it up and turn it over.

Add another thin layer of resin and pour it out slowly to avoid air pockets--not much UV resin, and light it up again.

Continue adding thin layers of resin until you are satisfied with the thickness of the resin flowers paperweight.

It can dry and cure in the sunlight but will take a little more drying time than a UV lamp.

That's it!

The only question left is what type of flower will you pick to preserve?

Get creative with resin art and make wall hangings, ring holders, kind keepsake trinkets, resin flowers and other fun resin projects--add glitter or gold flakes to the resin for a little more sparkle!

Resin flower preservation is a beautiful way to cherish flowers from a wedding bouquet too.

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How to Press Flowers (20 Ways to Use a Pressed Flower)

Learn how to press flowers with a simple wooden flower press from Ditsy Flowers.

Plus three fun tutorials on what to do with the finished pressed flowers and making them into flower art!

Pressing flowers is a great way to preserve a dainty and fragile part of nature and make it last forever...or very nearly.

Pressed Flower Paperweights

Resin coasters are a great way to preserve flowers and perfect for bright colors without the allergies!  

Place on a stack of papers to keep them organized or add a magnet and stick them on the fridge.

4 Leaf Clover in Resin

Have you ever found a real four leaf clover? 

We have them all over our backyard!

This cute clover was found in the grass in our backyard. 

It was in a patch of 3 leaf clovers, so it really was lucky to find it!

Preserve a four leaf clover in a wooden coaster with glossy resin for a long lasting reminder of your good fortune!

Plus, if you are excited about resin, check out this round up of 100 resin crafts to make!

Calling all resin crafters and resin crafting wannabes!

If it's your first time working with resin, I have a bunch of projects that are all really beginner friendly, simple projects and using different types of resin--and I've got step-by-step guides for all of them!