Wednesday, August 31

#Cre8time Memories of Paris...

Hello Amazing Crafters! With summer coming to an end and fall just around the corner who can't resist daydreaming about our recent travels. Today we travel to Paris with the latest When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Ana Araujo creates a lovely lighted centerpiece that combines, die-cuts, glass etching, Amazing Mold Rubber and Amazing Casting Resin.


Today's project wraps up the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – which has brought us loads of ideas this summer. Did you see all the fun ways Amazing Casting Products were used? If you missed any of the episodes... you can always binge and catch up! When Creativity Knocks is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.


Here's a sneak peek of a special handmade embellishment that Ana Araujo made to accent her "Reflections of Paris" Light using Amazing Casting Products!


CLICK HERE to view
this week's episode.

Thanks for stopping by! Please take a minute to visit the When Creativity Knocks website to enter the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway and your chance to win some Amazing Casting Products.


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Monday, August 29

#Cre8time Keepsakes... Memory Inspired Collage from Trinkets by Aimée Wheaton


What is this? 

It started with a broken mug my mom had saved... believe it or not. This was a simple keepsake project using three products and trinkets I had around the house.


My mom LOVED blue and white dishes and saved
even her broken ones to use in mosaic art.


This was from a mug and makes a perfect niche.


The focal point was a pin she bought me at Express back in the 90's and it was a favorite. We had "Fleur de Lis" all over our home due to our French heritage. I loved it so much I had to mold it before I embedded it in resin. I LOVE Amazing Mold Putty for that reason alone.


I mixed some Amazing Casting Resin and threw in the trinkets!
Wait for the magic!


I swirled around a drop of blue dye as well. As the resin cures, it turns opaque.


Ooey gooey goodness! Love how RICH this looks!


From different angles...


This keepsake project came together quickly. I like how it is free-form and very different – it would make a great conversation starter. Hope you enjoyed this and see how easy it is to save pieces to use in resin work.

Do you save things to create with?

Feel free to stop by my FB page to see the latest with me.

To see more of my work please visit my new blog "Life Glitter Makeup"
and also at the Aimée Wheaton Art and Design website.

Till next time! Xoxo Aimée

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Catch a #Cre8time Dream... with Cat Kerr


Hello Amazing Crafters and fellow dreamers! Today we are crushing on this lovely jewelry project created by mixed-media artist Cat Kerr, and she has generously shared her process in a video tutorial.


What is unique about these dream catcher pendants is what she did to transform blank die cut feathers from Retro Café Art Gallery using glitter and Amazing Clear Cast Resin. We hope you enjoy viewing this tutorial from Cat Kerr.



If you are having trouble viewing video, please click HERE.

Want to learn more from Cat Kerr?

There are a couple events this week where you can learn more mixed-media goodness and techniques from Cat Kerr. The first being an event on "Live with Prima" via Ustream, tomorrow, Tuesday August 30th, at 2pm EST on Ustreamtv


This free "Love More" workshop is all about texture! I will go over the steps I take to add dimension to a RELICS & ARTIFACTS Rising Spirit Relic, along with adding texture to the base of the metal frame. I will also cover the frame in card stock, embellish it with paint, glitter and talk about the value of "Happy Accidents". Lastly, I will unite all of the components, creating a whimsical altered art frame. I hope you can join me! Cat




The second event is the "I carry your Heart with Me" workshop that you can take in-person with Cat on Saturday, Sept. 3rd at Art More Place in Melbourne, Florida. CLICK HERE for details and to sign up.

To see more of Cat's work, we encourage you to take time to
and see what other amazing things she is up to. 
ALSO... please take a minute to leave
her a comment and some creative love!

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Friday, August 26

Chasing #Cre8time Rainbows... AMAZING Inspiration from Lara Hjorthoy


Hi Friends! I'm gonna share a little Rainbow inspiration with you folks today! I decided to make some new wings for a Monster of mine, Pedi...


But for this round I wanted to play with the Alumilite Dyes, and see just what they will do... so I mixed up a small batch of the Amazing Clear Cast Resin and poured into my shiny mold (created with Amazing Mold Rubber). Then using suuuuuper tiny amounts of rainbow colors, on the tip of popsicle sticks, I swirled them into the resin, and let it cure. I'm super thrilled with the results and can't wait to make a new Pedi to match! 

However, now that it's been done, I'm thinking these lovely wings could be drilled for earrings or maybe hooked together for a necklace!!!! I have soooo many ideas now for this process! These dyes are so versatile!!! 

What wonderful creations
can you make
with this swirly effect???

Hope all your summers are great!
Stay Inspired ~ Lara

Check out my website at www.larahjorthoy.com and YourToyCreation.etsy.com. You can follow my day to day creations at Facebook and Instagram, look for YourToy Creations!

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Light up your #Cre8time...

Hello Amazing Crafters! Today we wrap up the summer Cre8time inspiration with the last installment of the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series, which has brought us loads of ideas this summer. Did you see all the fun ways Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} were used?

If you missed any of the episodes... you can always binge and catch up! When Creativity Knocks is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.


Here's a sneak peek of this weeks video with Cindi McGee...


What have you been creating this summer?

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.


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Friday, August 19

From Stickers to #Cre8time Stylish...
by Tracy Alden


Hello! Tracy here with another Amazing Casting Products tutorial! Sometimes inspiration finds me at the strangest times, in this case I was standing in a pharmacy looking at nail art stickers. With such a wide ranges of subjects and themes, nail art stickers are tiny works of art that I felt could be made into stylish elements that don't need to be on nails only!

Supplies: 
  • Amazing Clear Cast Resin
  • Black Alumilite Dye
  • Amazing Remelt
  • Nail Art Stickers (found anywhere that sells nail polish) 
  • Toothpicks 
  • Stir Sticks 
  • Tweezers 
  • Small metal frames (easily found at your local craft store in the jewelry or scrapbooking isle) 
  • Needle nose pliers, Wire-cutters 
  • Beads 
  • Earring wires, jump-rings and chain 

I bought several sets of nail art stickers, picking flower, butterfly, swirl and sparkle patterns. I wanted to have ones that had a lot of detail and good colors, that once coated in resin would look the best.


In my dragon hoard of jewelry supplies, I have a lot of odd shaped frames that are often very small and/or have shallow basins, often just not right for most jewelry projects. However many of these little pieces were the perfect size to frame nail art stickers!


With these pieces being so small and delicate I needed to place them on a small platform to keep them in place and level for resin application. This is where Amazing Remelt came to the rescue! I pulled a block of Amazing Remelt out of its container and placed all of the frames on top of the Remelt. With Remelt being naturally a bit sticky the pieces were held perfectly in place. The earring wires were easy to push into the Remelt and any resin drips could easily pealed off once cured. Once I was done with my project I could reuse the Remelt for any future non-food related projects.


I mixed up a small portion of Amazing Clear Cast Resin, making sure to slowly stir to reduce air bubbles and let it sit for 5 minutes. Using toothpicks, I put a tiny drop of Black Alumilite Dye into a small mixing cup. I applied a very thin coat of the tinted resin to the bottom of each frame. The addition of black tinted resin acts as a canvas for the nail art stickers, helping them become more visible. I let this layer cure about 5 hours.


I carefully peeled off the nail art stickers from their plastic backing and placed them into the thin black resin coatings with tweezers. I found burnishing the stickers a little with tweezers or a small stylus made sure the stickers were firmly in place with no trapped air bubbles. With nail art stickers originally intended for use in nail polish they do not need to be sealed before moving onto the next step.


I mixed up another small portion of Amazing Clear Cast Resin, this time leaving it clear and applied it to the frames with a toothpick. By using a toothpick I was able to control the amount of resin flowing into the frames and to make sure I added just enough resin to create a dome, which naturally magnifies the nail art stickers. I let this resin layer cure completely. 


With the addition of some jewelry wire, beads and findings I made a complete collection of lovely little detailed jewelry. With other frames and stickers any number of fashion styles can be created! 

What AMAZING arts and crafts can you create?

Please share them on the user GALLERY on the Amazing Crafting Products Website!

Visit my blog Art Resurrected for more craft tutorials!

Until next time, safe travels! ~ Tracy

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Thursday, August 18

A place for your #Travel Memories...

Hello Amazing Crafters! Where do you keep your summertime memories? In a handmade travel journal of course! Learn how in the latest episode of When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series.

When Creativity Knocks airs a new episode every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.


Here's a sneak peek of this weeks video with Judi Watanabe...


What are you creating this summer?

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.


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Tuesday, August 16

How Cheer Up a Sick Plant... by Tanya Ruffin


I found some fun "prize" jewelry cleaning out my mom's house. In my childhood jewelry book alongside my "The Fonz" necklace, I came across some sweet necklaces. By sweet I mean tasty treats – an ice cream cone, fudgesicle, a macaroon and even a sandwich charm. Not sure what 10 year old would wear these, but I bet I won them at the state fair.

I have some great ideas for what to make out of these – but first I need to mold them with Amazing Mold Putty. With my new sweet molds ready... I brushed in some Alumidust powders before I making the first cast. I had to use the pink!! I then filled the mold with Amazing Casting Resin.

They came out adorable!
Now what to make with them?

I decided my first craft would be to create some fun plant jewelry. I used some dollar store (or takee outee) chopsticks and some 24 gauge wire. The thinner the wire, the better. Cording, string or embroidery floss would work well too. I wrapped the wire through the resin charm (my popsicle cast too), and then wrapped wire around the top of the chopstick. Since chopsticks taper you will never have to worry about your charm sliding down.


My plant jewelry is sure to cheer up this sick plant. :)

How would you adorn your plants?

Go Craft Your Own Way!
Tanya


Please visit my site to see more of my inspiring
creations at www.tanyaRuffin.com

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Monday, August 15

#Cre8time Bird Watching... When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series

Hello Amazing Crafters! How about a little bird watching??! Today we are sharing more Cre8time inspiration from the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Carmen Flores-Tanis shares an adorable plush project using die-cuts, Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.


From July 5 thru August 23 you can find Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} and more when you watch the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series. A new episode airs every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.


This bird is packed and ready to roll! Here's a sneak peek of Carmen Flores-Tanis and her darling hand-painted fabric bird complete with a scooter made using Amazing Casting Products!


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this week's episode.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.


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Friday, August 12

An AMAZING #Cre8time Reveal... the Hidden Beauty of Petoskey Stones



Beauty in nature is found most everywhere... even in hidden places. This is true of Petoskey stones, which are found in Michigan and the upper Great Lakes region. This fossilized coral has a unique geometric pattern that is revealed when wet.

While these stones can be polished to bring out it's beautiful designs – we've found an easier way! By coating stones with a thin layer of Amazing Clear Cast Resin, you can achieve a wet-stone look that reveals each stones unique pattern.

Watch to see more of this amazing process...


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**A few TIPS** After applying resin, you'll want to cover stones while curing to prevent dust from settling on the surface. After curing you may have a small puddle of cured resin on the backside of the stones. This can be repaired by sanding that part down, then applying a thin coat of Amazing Clear Cast Resin over the sanded area and allow to cure again overnight. The resin can also be applied using a foam brush or cosmetic sponges.


Enjoy your beautiful coated stones! The Petoskey stones reveal their inner beauty with this easy faux-polishing technique... ready to use in handmade jewelry and other handmade creations.


This technique can be used with other stones to bring out their hidden beauty... like this pendant featuring a triangular stone created by Rachel Whetzel.

What would you embellish with resin?

Thanks for visiting! CLICK HERE to view more videos on how you
can utilize Amazing Casting Products in your creations.

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Wednesday, August 10

#Cre8time Tic Tac Toe... When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series

Hello Amazing Crafters! Before you head out on the family vacation... make sure you've packed some travel games! Today we are sharing more Cre8time inspiration from the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Jonathan Fong packs his bags including a compact game that combines stamping, die-cuts, Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.


From July 5 thru August 23 you can find Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} and more when you watch the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series. A new episode airs every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.


Here's a sneak peek of Jonathan Fong and his charming suitcase packed with fun and games using Sizzix dies, stamps and Amazing Casting Products!


CLICK HERE to view
this week's episode.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.


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