Window Art - Indoor Mobile

 Hi everyone!
     I hope you are having a wonderful summer!
The weather has been beautiful here in Southern California. :)
Every morning, the sun pours in through one very blank and lonely window.
So I decided to make a indoor mobile!
I started with equal amounts of Amazing Mold Putty, mixing the white and yellow until one uniform color of yellow. Then, working quickly, I pressed into the putty items that already had a hole of some sort.

Metal washers and plastic bracelets make great mobile molds!

 But I needed more of a variety. So I raided the vase cabinet and made some more molds.

Only these did not have a hole, so after the first initial set, (10-15 minutes), I mixed some more putty and formed a snake. Then I broke off 1/2" pieces and secured them to the mold with the tip and handle and of a plastic spoon, trying to make it stick as smoothly as possible.

 Another 10-15minutes and the molds were ready.

 I wanted to have some more variety to add to my mobile, so I dug up some fat plastic beads, one glass heart and maybe a button or two and pressed them into the mixed putty.

 Once set, I had the perfect itty bitty molds!

I mixed equal amounts of Amazing Clear Cast resin using the measuring cups provided. One drop is all you need of Red Alumilite Dye. Then I mixed it all in a paper Dixie cup. I use Dixie cups because they are inexpensive and by crimping the side, you have a perfect pour spout.

Using a mold this small works with this resin as you have work around time before its sets, 24-48 hours. Instead of pouring into the tiny molds and risk overfilling, I just filled them drop by drop.

 The other pieces were made with Blue Alumilite Dye.
When the pieces were set but not completely hard, I popped them out of their mold and trimmed off any rough spots with sharp Teflon scissors. Teflon scissors won't gum up like regular scissors might.Then I painted the mat side of the resin pieces with clear nail polish. The mat side is the part that had been sitting in the mold to cure.

If this were to be hung out side, I would have used clear fishing line to hang, but since I had a spot all ready indoors, I used generic white sewing thread. I knotted at each resin piece and hung from a white wire hanger which I bent to shape and wrapped with white chenille stems so the hung resin pieces would stay in place.

I hope you have enjoyed my creation!
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Thanks for stopping by! See you next month!
- Michelle Frae Cummings

#Cre8time presents a Found Object Mobile! A tutorial by Aimée Wheaton

Hi all! Aimée here again with a new project. This project is similar to what I was going to do with my first project last month {click here to view if you missed it}. I didn't have much time to create due to a death in my family last month – so I revisited the idea again, this time with a little extra kick. I hope you enjoy this piece because I had fun creating it.

It came together pretty quickly because I had already painted the driftwood last month and really wanted to use them for this project. Basically all I did was just paint some different colors in different patterns using acrylic paints and a small paint brush. I then drilled holes using my drill press down the center of each piece of driftwood.

Next I built my mold box for 3 items I wanted to mold. I am still learning the ropes with Amazing Crafting Products... so I messed up here and molded a crown that wouldn't work because of all the holes in it. Lesson learned. I'm keeping the parts of the mold as filler for next time. The thimble and key turned out so that's what I focused on. 

I placed my objects into the top of a jar lid and hot glued them down. Next I mixed the Amazing Mold Rubber with the catalyst and poured it into my mold box, covering the items {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}.

I let it sit overnight because it was getting late,

and I figured the extra time couldn't hurt it.

The next morning, I mixed up some Amazing Casting Resin with some gold and pink Alumidust and poured it into the thimble mold. You can see where I had to cut the crown out of the mold to the right.

The thimble turned out amazing! :)

Next I found a piece of driftwood with a hole already in it – and thought of making it the main pendant so to speak. I drilled a hole down the middle of the cast thimble piece after adding some paint to it. I took another piece I had previously molded, and attached the three pieces together with copper wire. Then I added some white paint to the wood and a black stamp to the top for a more tribal look.

I took some waxed twine I had and started stringing the mobile together. I tied a knot on the bottom and at the top of each piece of driftwood – starting from the bottom up with the pendant.

Like so. After stringing it all together it needed more eye candy... so I started casting more objects! I used molds I had previously made to keep things simple. I painted all of them after the fact except for the two blue pieces shown below, which I used the Alumilite Blue Dye for. 

I used Amazing Casting Resin with Alumilite Blue Dye in the mix for these guys.

The batch of items I cast!

All found objects with no rhyme or reason.

I then grittied them up with acrylic paint and then drilled holes in all of the using my drill press. I then tied more wax twine to each piece with various lengths to tie onto the mobile. I didn't end up using them all but will save them for a later project.

Different levels of the mobile.

It's pretty funky if you ask me but fun!

The pendant part.

Now let's see the whole thing together!

Would love to hear what you think about this project. This could have so many variations to it, the possibilities are endless!! I hope you enjoyed this How-To. I purchased the driftwood on Etsy and got a bunch so expect to see more in upcoming projects! Thanks for reading!

XOXO Aimée

To see more of my work please visit my blog "Creative Flutters"

and also at the Aimée Wheaton Art and Design website.

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Sequined Christmas Ornaments

 Hi! Michelle here with some Christmas ornaments I made using Clear Cast Resin and sequins!
To make some of these for yourself, you will need:

 Amazing Mold Putty, some clean jar lids...

 Amazing Clear Cast Resin, mixing stick, measuring cups included with the resin, dixie cup, a non-stick work surface and a old cookie sheet.

 Assorted sequins, chunky/fine glitters and some chenille stem pieces.

 First - place your non-stick work mat onto the cookie sheet.
Mix equal amounts of the yellow and white putty together until you achieve one solid light yellow color. Working quickly, make thick pancakes of the balls and press in the lids, bringing the putty up at the edges. These will cure hard in 10-15 minutes. Then measure your "A" and "B" of the Clear Cast Resin in the cups provided. Pour these two into one dixie cup and stir with the stick until blended. Set out your molds, some you see here are extra from a previous project where I made a mobile. You can see that project here.

 Crease the edge of the cup to make a pour spout and gently pour a bit of the resin to fill the bottom of each  mold. Sprinkle some glitter and add a few sequins. Add more resin as you add more glitter or sequins. The nice thing about this particular resin is, since it takes a few days to cure, you have extra time to fiddle around with your project. Place a bent piece of chenille stem into the finished  molds.

 Place your tray somewhere where it won't be disturbed for a few days.
 It your weather is warm and dry, your ornaments will cure quicker, maybe 1-2 days. If you live in a cold damp area, expect up to 5 days before they are hard and not sticky.
In checking your molds and you happen to get gooey resin on your hands...use nail polish remover to nicely get it off. :)

 Once they are fully cured, you can pop them from their molds and use sharp scissors to trim off any rough edges. Hang and enjoy!

Throwback Thursday... AMAZING Embellishing from the Amazing Crafting Products Blog Vault!

Hello Amazing Creatives! Welcome to our final Throwback Thursday Celebration posts for our 2 Year Blogiversary here at the Amazing Mold Putty Blog. Please click on the photos below or the linked title below each photo to see each project post.

DID YOU LINK-UP??? DID YOU WIN???

First a little business to take care of. First to announce the winner from the link up your favorite projects last week... and James is the winner!!! Please send Susan an email at AmazingCrafting at yahoo dot com with your shipping info {where you can receive via FedEx Ground}. CONGRATULATIONS and thanks for being such an Amazing Fan!!!

I hope you enjoy todays flashbacks...

the first three are the fan linkup favorites.

Reproduce Family Heirlooms by Carole Lassak

Poe Mini Books by Isabel Villarreal

Faux Pearl Vintage Redux by Carole Lassak

Spoon Pendant by Jennifer Ingle

Breast Cancer Awareness Pin by Leslie-Rayhe

Molded Pendants for Embellishments by Lori Williams

Molded Lace Embellishments by Gini Williams Cagle

Resin Ring Mobile by Michelle Frae Cummings

Custom Ribbon Spools by Lee Brehon

Vintage Buttons for Floral Centers by DeeDee Catron

Altered Domino Embellishment

by Susan M. Brown {sbartist}

Please click on the photo or the linked title below 

each photo to jump to the corresponding post.

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