AMAZING Altered Art by Rachel Whetzel

Hello AMAZING fans!! Rachel Whetzel here!! I'm here again, to show you how I most recently used Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Clear Cast Resin to create a piece of art work! This month, I created a piece using an old, crusty, cracked doll's arm that a friend gave to me. I was so excited about using this arm, that I shared it in my INSPIRATION POST last month! One of my favorite things about Amazing Mold Putty, is that things I haven't used because I only have one, can be USED in my art now!

To create your piece like this, you'll need the following:
An old doll arm or body part
Craft Paint (I prefer Folk Art Acrylic)
A wooden canvas. (I have plywood cut at Lowe's and use those) This piece is 6X6 inches.
Creative Paperclay®
Dictionary pages
Crafter's Pick the Ultimate Glue
Amazing Mold Putty
Amazing Clear Cast Resin
Bubble Wrap in various sizes for stamping with paint
Old tubes from spent tape, etc. for stamping with paint

Here is the original arm piece.

To start, I made a mold of the arm. One thing I did learn when I made this piece, is that you should be prepared that your mold *MIGHT* turn out looking a bit, well... something a bit racy. Because of this, you might also not want to share photos of it on line!

CLICK HERE for video showing you how to make your mold, and mix your putty.

I made the mold and didn't enclose the whole arm in the putty, because I wanted a flat back to the arm when I was finished. Once the mold was made, I had to level it so that unset resin would not run out of the sides. To do this, prepared a small batch of Amazing Mold Putty once my arm mold was set up and the arm was out. Then I quickly poured water into the mold, and while keeping the water where I wanted the resin to stay later, I added new putty to the end that needed to be propped up, and molded it into a "stand" before it set. I also had a tear hear the wrist area of my arm in the mold, so I thickened my mold by adding fresh putty to that end. I really liked figuring out that I could test my molds with water before pouring resin into them! Handy, HANDY, information.

•  Once my mold was ready for resin, I poured Amazing Clear Cast Resin into the mold.

•  I sanded and prepped my canvas, and glued dictionary pages to it. 

•  I also finished off the edges of the plywood using Creative Paperclay®.

• When the Clear Cast Resin was set, I used stain to bring out the cracks and blemishes of the original arm piece.

Stained arm and a shot of my canvas edge.

Next, I got to work on the background and canvas. I stained the edges with paint, and stamped circles and bubble wrap using paints onto the canvas.

Once that was done, I added more bubble wrap stamps, and some paint drops, and glued my arm into place. The glue starts out white, and then dries clear. It's not dry in the picture below.

When the piece is finished, I paint the sides and back of the wood black.

Close up of the arm with the glue dried, and the background showing through.

Have you ever created a using
Amazing Clear Cast Resin
with the intent to allow
a background show through?

If you create something inspired by my project, please leave a comment with a link here, so I can come and visit to see! I would love for you to visit me at my "house" too!! Thank you so much for reading!! ~ rachel

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Totally and AMAZINGLY Inspired... by Rachel Whetzel

Hello everyone - Rachel here today... and I have been AMAZINGLY INSPIRED!!! The idea that I can take one of my "One-of-a-Kind" vintage items that I keep NOT using in my art work, (because it's ONE-OF-A-KIND) and create MORE of them, BLOWS MY MIND!!

This month, I am SO excited about this One-of-a-Kind vintage doll arm, that I'm sharing it with you BEFORE I create with it. I'm always finding pieces that are old, and a bit "loved". I also NEVER used to use them because once I had, that was IT! 

FINISHED.  No MORE.

All gone... 

There wouldn't BE another piece unless I seriously lucked out at the thrift store or a garage sale. I wasn't taking the risk. Then along came Amazing Crafting Products, and their beautiful Amazing Mold Putty, and their Amazing Resins.

Which brings me to today. I've been inspired by the use of Frozen Charlotte dolls in art work. I started collecting doll bits here and there with the idea I might use them similarly. The other day, I got to thinking about creating some of this paritcular doll arm, and experimenting with some of the dies and resins.

Now I'm totally inspired, and excited about the ideas in my head! I can't wait to get them out into the world!! Feels like an avalanche of ideas over this one piece!!

What about you? Do you have a special One-of-a-Kind
piece you have been holding onto instead of using?

Please share your projects in the comments below! 

If you create something inspired by my idea, please leave a comment with a link here, so I can come and visit to see! I would love for you to visit me at my "house" too!! Thank you so much for reading!! ~ rachel

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Please use coupon code " amazingmay " {no quotations}.

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