Let your #Cre8time Dreams Soar... Day 3 of StencilGirl and Amazing Casting Products Bloghop!

Hello Amazing Crafters!! Welcome to Day THREE of the StencilGirl Products and Amazing Casting Products Blog Hop! We hope we have been inspiring you to create! If you are just joining us you can catch up with the projects from Day ONE and Day TWO!

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??!

Follow the links below to see today's projects!

Anna Friesen

Anna of Team StencilGirl has jeweled up her art journal!

CLICK HERE to pop over to her blog to see how.

Janet Joehlin

Let your Cre8time soar with Janet of Team StencilGirl.
CLICK HERE to see more on these amazing birds!

Maria Soto

Amazing Creative Maria has created an inspiring piece filled with text, texture and colors! CLICK HERE to see all the details!

Tanya Ruffin

Amazing Creative Tanya has is catching her Cre8time dreams with a colorful dream catcher! CLICK HERE to see the full reveal!

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Thanks for joining us today - we hope you are inspired and we would love to see what you create. Share you creations using Amazing Casting Products on social media using hashtag #amazingcastingproducts.

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 3 Bloghop Lineup...

Visit the fabulous designers from both teams and comment

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

Anna Friesen

Janet Joehlin

Maria Chuy Soto

Tanya Ruffin

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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Share your creations on social media

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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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If you like what you see here, we would LOVE for you to join us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube or subscribe to the blog in the right sidebar for more amazing inspiration!

Share your creations on social media

using hashtag #amazingcastingproducts

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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If you like what you see here, we would LOVE for you to join us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube or subscribe to the blog in the right sidebar for more amazing inspiration!

Share your creations on social media

using hashtag #amazingcastingproducts

A match in #Cre8time Heaven... SAVE THE DATE!!

Greetings Amazing Creatives! We have a very special event coming up this week... a bloghop combining StencilGirl Stencils and Amazing Casting Products – both creative teams have put their talents together for an upcoming Blog Hop April 19th to 21st, 2017 and we hope you will join us!

We are excited to share this special sneak peek from Team StencilGirl member Tina Walker! It's so amazing the way Tina combines use of stencils with Amazing Casting Products!! 

CLICK HERE to pop over to the StencilGirl Talk blog and see Tina's entire project.

The Cre8time challenge –
create something using 
StencilGirl Stencils
and Amazing Casting Products.

Be sure to drop by this week for the bloghop
and see what amazing things have been made!

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#Cre8time by the Sea... DIY Seaside Miniatures by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy here to share another tutorial with you! My continued obsession with miniatures is often a driving force behind my polymer clay projects and today's project is no exception. While the process of finding new miniatures to add to scenes or settings is fun, sometimes one can only find only a few pieces, not enough to complete a diorama. I wanted to have a wide variety of sea-side elements to use without damaging my originals, and this is were Amazing Mold Putty came to the rescue! 

Supplies: 

• Amazing Mold Putty
• Small shells, sea life charms or any small enough object to pass for a miniature 
• Small pieces of colored polymer clay 
• Stylus, small 
• Ceramic Tile 
• Craft Knife 
• Paint Brush 
• Acrylic Paint 

I collected as many vintage small metal charms, shells and even a tiny pair of antique sand dollar earrings to mold. Since the metal pieces had sentimental value I didn't want to use them in my miniature scene but they could make wonderful molds to create miniatures out of polymer clay!

I mixed up some Amazing Mold Putty{CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}, and molded it around the pieces. I was careful not to press the mold putty too much into the tiny crevices of the shells to make it easier to remove them later.

Once the Amazing Mold Putty cured I removed the original pieces. To close up any molded loops created by the metal charms I mixed up and pressed tiny little wads of Mold Putty into the open portion of the mold as seen in the above photo.

I conditioned the polymer clay, making sure the clay was soft and warm enough to be pushed into the molds. I pushed little wads of clay into each mold and made sure the clay was filling the molds by pushing down the clay with a small stylus. I then put the molds filled with clay on a ceramic tile into a toaster oven, per manufacturer instructions, to bake. Amazing Mold Putty can easily tolerate the oven temperatures required to cure polymer clay.

Once the polymer pieces were cured and cool to the touch, I popped them out of the molds and trimmed any uneven edges on the miniatures with a craft knife. I applied acrylic paint to detailed portions of the clay, rubbing off excess paint with a paper towel. 

With so many charms and small objects perfect to mold and use for miniature art, the creative possibilities are endless!

What AMAZING arts and crafts can you create?

Visit my blog Art Resurrected for more craft tutorials!

Until next time, safe travels! ~ Tracy

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Quench your #Cre8time Thirst... AMAZING Inspiration from Kristie Taylor

Hello crafty friends! Kristie here today to share some AMAZING inspiration with you – some DIY custom hardware I've fashioned out of Amazing Casting Products.

Sometimes you need a pipe... a rusty pipe that is. After some failed attempts I decided to make my own using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin!

Can you believe I turned this... into THIS?!

  

I was amazed at how easy it is to turn a bendy straw into a rusty pipedream! All it takes is a few simple steps with Amazing Casting Products and a little rusty paint to create a beautiful art journal cover like this...

Steampunk Dream!

To see how I created the hardware I needed for this project, including all the yummy textured details... CLICK HERE to jump over to my blog The Scrapinator.

What amazing things will you create
with bendy soda straws??!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! ~ Kristie

To see more of my work, please visit my blog, "The Scrapinater", 

over on my YouTube Channel or on Instagram.

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Día De Los Muertos... A #Cre8time Celebration with Amazing Casting Products

Greetings Amazing Makers! Welcome to November and a special Cre8time event featuring Amazing Casting Products celebrating Día De Los Muertos. Please join us for a week of beautiful art made in the spirit of the traditions of this holiday.

Día De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico, parts of Central America, South America and has now become popular in North America. During this multi-day holiday, Latin American cultures focus on gatherings of family and friends to celebrate the spiritual journey of friends and family members who have passed.

Day of the Dead is not a sad or scary occasion, but a spirited holiday when people remember and honor family members who have died. All of this is part of the philosophy that death is not something to be feared, but a natural part of life. 

People celebrate in their homes, creating altars (called ofrendas in Spanish) that display portraits, favorite foods, and special possessions of their loved ones. Altars are also decorated with candles and marigolds—the light of the candle and scent of the flowers (called cempasuchitl) are said to attract the souls of the deceased and draw them back for a short time to take part in the pleasures they once enjoyed in life.

The sugar skull artwork above is created by mixed-media artist Maria Soto.

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Creeperific #Cre8time Jewels... Amazing DIY Coffin Pendants by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy here with another Amazing Casting Products tutorial! Spooky crafting and decorating is in full swing at my house, with new ghosts and goblins appearing around every corner daily! Looking for a new way to show some Halloween cheer I brewed up a fun project with a little help from Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Clear Cast Resin!

Supplies: 

• Amazing Mold Putty
• Amazing Clear Cast Resin
• Black Alumilite Dye
• Alumilite Polishing Kit
• Small Coffin shaped package 
• Skull Beads painted with Liquitex Gloss Varnish and dusted with Lt. Green Alumidust
• Clear acrylic block 
• Toothpicks 
• Stir Sticks 
• Micro crystal glitter 
• Black chalk paint 
• Cosmetic Sponge 
• Craft Knife 
• Craft scissors 
• Needle nose pliers, Wire-cutters 
• Eye pins, jump-rings and chain 

Many years back I saved a small coffin shaped package the once held plastic vampire fangs, I knew the shape would be perfect to mold! I cleaned the packaging, careful to remove all stickers and dust.

I placed the small coffin on an clear acrylic block, mixed up Amazing Mold Putty {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}, and molded it around the coffin. Being that it was on an acrylic block I could flip it over to see if I had the Mold Putty pushed up tight along the edges.

I needed the mold to have a flat bottom, so I used the lid from one of the Amazing Mold Putty jars to press carefully against the yet uncured mold putty. I made sure to let the Mold Putty fully cure before removing the acrylic block, lid and the original plastic coffin.

I carefully sliced halfway down the mold with a craft knife to create a tiny groove to be able to place and hold tight a jewelry eye pin. I wasn't worried about too much future resin seepage since the slice was paper thin.

I slid into the newly created groove a jewelry eye pin. When I poured resin into the mold it would catch the metal pin firmly in place to later wire wrap into a bail for the pendant.

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 filled the mold 1/4 with the tinted resin.

I carefully placed the 3 skull shaped beads covered in Lt. Green Alumidust in the still liquid tinted resin. While the resin cured I sprinkled a little micro crystal glitter to add some shimmer. If at any point the skull beads shifted out of place, a nudge back in place with a toothpick, helped resolve any wayward beads. I let the resin cure until a tacky set.

My second layer of resin I poured until it coated the top and sides of the skull beads with the beads just ever so slightly raised out of the resin. It gave the spooky look of skulls rising out of the murky depths of a darkened coffin! I let this layer cure completely, removed the pendant from the mold and then carefully trimmed the edges with craft scissors.

Using the 1500, 1800 sanding pads from the Alumilite Polishing Kit, I sanded the sides and back of the resin coffin pendant to a smooth matte finish. 

Using a cosmetic sponge I applied black chalk paint to the sides and back of the coffin pendant. *This step is optional* – but I wanted to complete the look of old dark coffin.

Using needle nose pliers I wrapped the wire into a tight loop, added some jumprings and strung it on a chain. I loved the look so much I even tried a second pendant in gold and black tones! By changing the tint of the resin, the style of beads, inclusions and embellishments any wild assortment of ghoulish glam 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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Today we are hopping along with the artists of the Designer Crafts Connection who has taken on the challenge of creating with Amazing Casting Products.

For this challenge, Amazing Casting Products provided each of the Designer Craft Connection designers with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Clear Cast Resin. You want to pop over to the beginning of the bloghop HERE where you can enter to win what you see in the photo above... an Amazing Clear Cast Resin and a 3lb. kit of Amazing Mold Putty {which is 1 1/2 lbs of each part of this magical goodness}. An artist's dream PRIZE!!!

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Make it Artsy... get your #Cre8time on with Episode 101 - BOOKS!!

Hello Amazing Crafters!! Have you heard about Make It Artsy?? It's a brand new TV show for makers and crafters – featuring tips, techniques and projects for makers, crafters and artists.

Make It Artsy is a new series that celebrates that maker spirit in everyone. From mixed-media to metalsmithing, using tools from saws to sewing machines, today's most creative "makers" join host Julie Fei Fan Balzer to unleash a new look for crafting with a touch of industrial style.

Amazing Casting Products by Alumilite Corp. is proud to be one of these fabulous group of companies partnering with Make it Artsy. Stay tuned for episodes with projects featuring some of our AMAZING products! Don't worry... we'll be posting here when each new episode is available so you can tune in.

Make It Artsy launched on September 29th on Public Television stations across the country! If it's not on your local programming you can view Series 100, Episode 101 – Books online from September 30 - October 17.

CLICK HERE to view this week's episode Series 100, Episode 101 - Books Books are not just for reading! Tool expert Joe Rotella cuts a niche in a book to create a planter. Craft metal book hinges with designer Mary Hettmansperger and Mou Saha makes vintage books into colorful art journals. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer has a tip for creating a charming little book necklace.

Bookmark or PIN the Make It Artsy Website http://makeitartsy.com

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