A #Cre8time love of ART... Day 2 of StencilGirl and Amazing Casting Products Bloghop!

Hello Amazing Crafters!! Welcome to Day TWO of the StencilGirl Products and Amazing Casting Products Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you for THREE days with new projects each day!

The creative teams of StencilGirl and Amazing Casting Products have joined Cre8time forces in playing with Amazing Casting Products and StencilGirl stencils... including Mary Beth Shaw!!!

Did you LOVE the projects from Day ONE???

PREPARE TO BE AMAZED??!

Gwen Lafleur

Gwen from Team StencilGirl has created this stunning Art Deco book with a matching box! CLICK HERE to see all the details on her blog!

Karen Gaunt

This is just a peek of Karen's creation... but it's looking quite FRIDA! CLICK HERE to pop over for the full REVEAL!

Tracy Alden

Amazing Creative Tracy is inspired by Ancient Greek Art!

Pop over to her blog to see more details HERE!

Brenda Burfeind

Check out all the dimension in Amazing Creative Brenda's mosaic piece!

Follow the elephants to her blog post HERE!

What would a bloghop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!

One lucky winner will receive both a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products AND a $25 Gift Certificate to Amazing Casting Products!

Please take your time and visit each blog showcased today through Friday and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN! 

Day 2 Bloghop Lineup...

Visit the fabulous designers from both teams and comment

for your chance to win (one comment per blog please).

Gwen Lafleur

Karen Gaunt

Tracy Alden

Brenda Burfeind

You have until Sunday, April 23rd at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments. Winner will be announced on StencilGirl's Facebook page and also on the Amazing Casting Products’ Facebook page on Monday, April 24th. GOOD LUCK!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more AMAZING Inspiration!!

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It's #Cre8time AMAZING... Day 1 of StencilGirl and Amazing Casting Products Bloghop!

Hello Amazing Crafters!! Welcome to Day ONE of the StencilGirl Products and Amazing Casting Products Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you for THREE days with new projects each day!

The creative teams of StencilGirl and Amazing Casting Products have joined Cre8time forces in playing with Amazing Casting Products and StencilGirl stencils... including Mary Beth Shaw!!!

ARE YOU READY TO BE AMAZED??!

Mary Beth Shaw

CLICK HERE to pop over and view

Mary Beth's wonderful sculptural pieces!

Tina Walker

Tina's creations are full of amazing layers!

CLICK HERE to her blog to see MORE!

Kristie Taylor

Kristie is part of Team StencilGirl and is one of our amazing creatives... CLICK HERE to see more of her mixed media piece that POPS with color and dimension!

Susan M. Brown

You won't believe what Amazing Creative Susan has up her sleeve combining these fabulous items and StencilGirl Products! CLICK HERE to take a trip to the Cre8time Tropics!

Lyn Gill

Amazing Creative Lyn has created a 3D Masterpiece... with LIGHT!

CLICK HERE to pop over to see all the details.

What would a bloghop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!

One lucky winner will receive both a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products AND a $25 Gift Certificate to Amazing Casting Products!

Please take your time and visit each blog showcased today through Friday and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN! 

Day 1 Bloghop Lineup...

Visit the fabulous designers from both teams and comment
for your chance to win (one comment per blog please).

Mary Beth Shaw

Tina Walker

Kristie Taylor

Susan M. Brown

Lyn Gill

You have until Sunday, April 23rd at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments. Winner will be announced on StencilGirl's Facebook page and also on the Amazing Casting Products’ Facebook page on Monday, April 24th. GOOD LUCK!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more AMAZING Inspiration!!

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#Cre8time Christmas at the Cabin... by Lyn Gill

Hello everyone! Lyn Gill here again with another fun project... a Christmas Cabin! It's a little electric tea light holder that I created for the Holidays!

I created the main pieces from Super Sculpey, just simple

shapes kind of like those from a paper doll house.

Then I molded them with Amazing Mold Putty... at this point I was super excited about the outcome!

I mixed Amazing Casting Resin with some Alumilite Dye in Native American Fleshtone – since I wanted a more reddish brown color, and let it cure in the molds. After de-molding, I brushed on a little more of the dye to give it the true look of wood. I then lined the back of the window with painters tape and poured a little bit of Amazing Clear Cast Resin tinted with yellow Alumilite Dye and let it set up overnight. For the roof pieces,  I left the white color of the Amazing Casting Resin. 

   

I added some of the details – a tree, shrub, wreath, door and window shutters using the Super Sculpey. The snow texture on the base is created from Super Sculpey and acrylic paint as well.

So fun and festive! It truly shines a little light on the Holidays!

What holiday decor will you create 

using Amazing Casting Products?

Well thank you so much for stopping by... Till Next Time! ~ Lyn

As usual, you can find more of my work on my blog LynzCraftz, 

or on YouTube LynzCraftz, or my Facebook page LynzCraftz.

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#Cre8time Finishing Touches... AMAZING Inspiration by Lara Hjorthoy

Hey Friends! Lara here to share a little inspiration on how I'm using Amazing Clear Cast Resin today! I'm putting the finishing touches on my Mars Attacks, Alien lady – while I work on creating my second sculpt for Penumbra Gallery's, movie-themed extravaganza this March... in Portugal! I'm adding eyelashes and high gloss to her eyes!

I've added the Clear Cast resin to her eyes. I prepared a small batch and let it sit for a bit to get thicker, then dolloped a smidge into her eyes... and let that sit and cure. Now her eyes are glistening and bright – which is lovely for an Alien about to take part in destroying the world! 

What finishing touches do you

do with Amazing Clear Cast Resin!??

Stay Inspired Friends! ~ 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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#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!

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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BYOB to a #Cre8time Happy Hour.... by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy here with another Amazing Casting Products tutorial! I will let you in on a secret, I have a bit of a collecting miniatures addiction. I love searching for all kinds of miniatures and typically I will buy them without even having a miniature scene or project in mind. This happened with an adorable collection of miniature cocktail cups I found. With Summer in full swing I got to thinking about making mini versions of the beautiful, bright and tasty drinks that are a great way to relax in the summer.

Supplies:

• Amazing Clear Cast Resin
• Alumilite Dyes
• 1/12th scale Miniature cocktail glasses
• Polymer Clay
• 21 gauge wire in gold and silver tones
• Red Seed Beads
• Wirecutters
• Toothpicks
• Stir Sticks
• Craft scissors
• Tweezers
• Needle nose pliers and earring wires (only needed if you plan to make the miniatures into earrings)
• Ultra Fine White Glitter for "salt" and Micro Fine Shell White Glitter for "sugar" on the cups
• Beacon Gem-Tac Permanent Glue

With many of the miniature sets and collections available, you will find they are often made of plastic, resin or porcelain. In this case the set was made out of plastic and a few of the cups just needed a quick sanding to remove any raw or uneven edges. I then carefully cleaned them with soap and water and left them to dry.

Resin drips are an unavoidable aspect of creating resin art. However I rarely throw those cured drips away, as they can always be used as filler for other projects or, in this case resin ice cubes! By picking the thinnest and longest resin drips I cut them up into tiny little bits and shards, perfect for emulating ice cubes.

By using the miniature martini glass for size comparison I made sure all of the resin was cut small enough and to size for the cocktail glasses.

To create the look of sugar on the rims of the glasses, I put a thin bead of Beacon Gem-Tac Permanent Glue and then carefully pushed the cup into a pile of Micro Fine Shell White Glitter. To give the look of salt on the margarita glass I once again applied glue and this time applied Ultra Fine White Glitter in the same manner.

Using polymer clay I created tiny lime and pineapple wedges and gently pushed them onto small lengths of 21 gauge wire and baked them per manufacturer instructions. Once they were cool I added some small red seed beads onto a few of the wire elements. These would become the toothpicks with fruit embellishments commonly seen as decoration in mixed drinks.

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 Alumilite Dye into a small mixing cup. Starting from the left I had my untinted resin, a cup with 1 drop yellow + 1 drop brown, a cup with 1 yellow drop, a cup with 2 drops blue and a cup with 2 drops red. These were my base colors that I used mix with each other or add to my untinted resin to create the look of the drinks.

Each cup I would fill halfway with tinted resin by using that oh so expensive tool, the toothpick. If I felt the drink needed some ice cubes I would carefully add some of the resin ice cubes I created earlier and then top with more tinted resin. To create the illusion of a drink with carbonation I would let the resin rest until it reached the consistency of thick syrup, then stir the resin rapidly and pour it into the cup. I would then carefully place a small wire with fruit elements into to the tinted resin and let cure.

A wide assortment of drinks was easy to create by

just mixing different tinted resins together!

With a miniature Happy Hour at your fingertips don't forget

a nice cup of green tea for the designated driver!

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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#Cre8time Happy Accidents... DIY Butterfly Hairclip by Brenda Burfeind

Good day! Brenda here from Creativity is a State of Mind with a tutorial how to use your resin paper to create a butterfly hairclip. The paper I am going to use today was created by accident, literally!

My box of resin paper.

So what happened... I was going to pour a mold using Amazing Casting Resin and the Violet Alumilite Dye that I had mixed up. While picking up my measuring cup, I knocked it over instead and my resin spilled everywhere. Thank goodness I keep paper towels within arms reach when pouring molds. 

I quickly wiped it up and was about to throw the paper towel away when I realized it may come in handy. I laid it out on my teflon sheet (if you don't have one you can also use a white plastic garbage bag) as flat as possible and within 10 minutes it had set up nicely. I tried to make sure that there weren't too many thick areas so that it would still be somewhat pliable and easy to cut.

Then I wondered if my new Stampin' Up butterfly die would work on it?

  

I located an area of the paper towel with most of the purple, cut around the butterfly and ran it through the Cuttlebug! Perfection!!!

Now the paper towel is pliable and the die cut it out AMAZINGLY! Do you see the awesome texture the paper towel gave the butterfly?

I had just enough of the purple resin area

so that I was able to cut the butterfly twice!

I glued the edges and pinched it together to create a 3D effect. 

Kind of like a cage.

I also used a Sharpie to draw in the butterfly body and my E6000® 

was the perfect way to attach the butterfly to the hair clip.

I love happy crafty accidents! 

:)

My granddaughter has the perfect hair for this awesome butterfly clip.

What would you create

with resin paper?

Thank you for stopping by today and I would love to hear from you. Leave me a comment and tell me what you would create using your Amazing Resin paper!

Until next time, ~ Brenda 

Visit my blog, Creativity is a State of Mind to see some more of my creations.

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Welcoming a new Amazing Creative our Team... Lara Hjorthoy

Good Afternoon! We have an exciting announcement today! Please give a warm welcome to Lara Hjorthoy (your-toy), from Vancouver, Canada – a sculptor, illustrator, painter and makeup artist who joined us as our Featured Artist back in January. We are so excited Lara is joining the Amazing Casting Products Creative Team.

 

Please take some time to get to know Lara. You may remember Lara's super cute and cuddly monster, LOLA {CLICK HERE to view post}. You won't have to wait long to see what's she's been creating lately – prepare to be AMAZED and INSPIRED next week!!!

I'm a Sculptor, Illustrator and Makeup Artist from Vancouver Canada. I trained in SPFX and Prosthetic makeup, and thats where my love of mold-making began! I'm a future Tiny Home Owner, who lives with my talented husband Mark and my incredibly demanding cat Smudge... and we explore the gamut of creative expression!

My first love, the pencil! Now I make Monsters, art, jewelery and more! 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! I'm thrilled to be a part of the Amazing Casting Products Creative Team, and look forward to sharing my projects with you all!

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WELCOME BACK LARA!!!

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Please visit Lara's "Your Toy Creations" website or her Instagram feed

https://www.instagram.com/yourtoycreations/ to see her daily Cre8time.

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#Cre8time Layers of Movie Magic ... #MakeThings! with a Movie Theme #ACPthrowback

Hello Amazing Crafters – it's a brand new week and there's a new Make Things! Craft Challenge. Our AMAZING creative friend Katie Smith of Punk Projects is hosting a fun craft challenge for the summer and Amazing Casting Products is proud to be one of the sponsors. Play along for your chance to win weekly prizes and a grand prize at the end!

This week's "Make Things!" theme is... INSPIRED by a MOVIE! So to give you some inspiration we are sharing an AMAZING #ACPthrowback project of EPIC proportions using Amazing Casting Products.

Ode to a Giant of the Silver Screen...

Sandra Strait created this one-of-a-keepsake for her hubs – a painting of his favorite movie "Godzilla"; brought to life in layers of Amazing Clear Cast Resin sheets for an AMAZING 3D effect.

CLICK HERE to jump to

Sandra's full how-to.

Want to see more of what Sandra is up to?

Follow her on her blog Life Imitates Doodles HERE!

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#ACPthrowback Third Thursday

June 18 is another THIRD THURSDAY... THIS WEEK and this is your chance to be featured. Post your creations to our Facebook page, Pinterest, and on Twitter! We'll be on the hunt for your projects with the hashtag #ACPThrowBack, (you can even go back into your past pins and add this pin to help us find you!) and share ALL your projects using the hashtag #AmazingCastingProducts!!

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