How do you #Cre8time with #AmazingCastingProducts... join our AMAZING Creative Team

Call to all Creatives!

Now accepting applications for
Amazing Casting Products Creative Team

for term starting June 2016

Are you a Mold Putty addict, a resin junkie or maker extraordinaire?? Amazing Casting Products and the Alumilite Corporation is looking for individuals from all areas and styles of creativity: mixed-media artists, jewelry artists, food artists (Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Clear Cast Resin and Amazing Remelt are food safe), home decor, R/C & miniatures, paper arts, soapmaking, cosplay and costume design, doll makers and more! We are looking for fresh, inspiring talent from all walks of life.

Do you love moldmaking and casting??!

If so, YOU could be one of the new

Amazing Casting Products Creative Team Members!

If you aren't currently a "blogger" that's OK, but we need to see where you share your fabulous creations on social media with the world.

Who is Amazing Casting Products?

Amazing Casting Products is a family of cutting edge, moldmaking and resin products that enable you to create anything you can possibly imagine – consisting of Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Mold Rubber, Amazing Remelt, Amazing Casting Resin and Amazing Clear Cast Resin from the Alumilite Corporation.

What the Amazing Crafting Products Creative Team Does...

Simply put, our team INSPIRES, shares and explores projects and ideas using Amazing Casting Products – everything moldmaking and casting. The possibilities and use of Amazing Casting Products are endless, and limited only by your imagination... the sky's the limit!

We as a team show how easy it is to use Amazing Casting Products and all the amazing ways they can be used through step by step tutorials posted on the Amazing Casting Products Blog, and shared through social media sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.

What we ask of Creative Team Members...

• Create one AMAZING project with fabulous step-out photos -or- AMAZING How-to video providing instructions with materials/supply list to be published on the Amazing Casting Products Blog. Good project photography is mandatory with clear, properly exposed photos.
• Create one inspiration post monthly, fabulously photographed to be published on the Amazing Casting Products Blog.
• Post to your personal blog site {if applicable} linking back to Amazing Casting Products, and sharing to Facebook, Twitter and other social media circles AND groups/galleries.... spreading the love of Amazing Casting Products anywhere and EVERYwhere!
• Publication submissions are not required, but we certainly encourage and reward it.

What We do for our artists...

• Creative Team Members receive these Amazing products to work with, at no cost to themselves. Product includes the five flagship moldmaking/casting products, additives and colorants – everything you need to create with abandon.
• Your work will be featured on the Amazing Casting Products Blog, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages, and website. Additional opportunities for your work to be showcased at CHA trade show, on Alumilite website and other product advertising and packaging; as well as teaching, partnering swaps; etc.
• Creative Team Members are welcomed and become part of a close-knit group of designers, based on camaraderie and collaboration... we can't help it we are mold putty junkies!

HOW TO APPLY!

Please follow these instructions closely.

A FEW TIPS:

• Be sure to include all information requested. If for any reason you cannot, please explain why this is the case.
• Be sure that your photography or video examples are good quality, and an example of your best work – they should be clear, in focus with good lighting. Your work is the STAR - we want to see your work shine! 
• If your examples don't use Amazing Casting Products, that's OK – more importantly is your experience with moldmaking and casting.

This may sound like a lot... but it's really not. If you read our daily posts you can see what we have in mind. If you have questions... please email Susan and ask. You won't know if you don't try.

SEND EMAIL TO

amazingcrafting at yahoo dot com

with the following...

Title your email submission with "Amazing Casting Products Designer Call" in the SUBJECT LINE. Please include your:

• Name
• Address
• Daytime/evening phone numbers
• Email address
• A brief paragraph letting us know why you would like to be a member of the Amazing Casting Products Creative Team.
• Link to your blog {if applicable}, galleries or videos online where you share your work. If you have been featured in publications using Amazing Casting Products, we'd love to hear about this also.
• 3 - 5 projects that showcase your work and what you will bring to Amazing Casting Products Creative Team.
• Use of Amazing Casting Products is not required, but if you do not use our product, please include examples of projects you envision for use with our products! {FYI - Amazing Casting Products are available in Hobby Lobby and Michaels stores, moldputty.com and other online retailers}.
• One project MUST include step-by-step photo directions. How-to can be submitted via *.pdf file or via video.
• Please no photos larger than 500kb each.
• List any current/previous design teams you are on {Previous Design Team experience not required}.
• List any creative sites or groups that you are a member of, and would be able to share your projects as a Creative Team Member with.
• Include any other information you feel we need to know about you.
• Like/Follow our Amazing Mold Putty Blog, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter!

GOOD LUCK and we can't wait to see your "AMAZING" submissions!

DEADLINE to apply is April 29, 2016.

An AMAZING Opportunity Awaits... #AmazingCastingProducts Creative Team Call

Call to all Creatives!

Now accepting applications for
Amazing Casting Products Creative Team

for term starting June 2016

Are you a Mold Putty addict, a resin junkie or maker extraordinaire?? Amazing Casting Products and the Alumilite Corporation is looking for individuals from all areas and styles of creativity: mixed-media artists, jewelry artists, food artists (Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Clear Cast Resin and Amazing Remelt are food safe), home decor, R/C & miniatures, paper arts, soapmaking, cosplay and costume design, doll makers and more! We are looking for fresh, inspiring talent from all walks of life.

Do you love moldmaking and casting??!

If so, YOU could be one of the new

Amazing Casting Products Creative Team Members!

If you aren't currently a "blogger" that's OK, but we need to see where you share your fabulous creations on social media with the world.

Who is Amazing Casting Products?

Amazing Casting Products is a family of cutting edge, moldmaking and resin products that enable you to create anything you can possibly imagine – consisting of Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Mold Rubber, Amazing Remelt, Amazing Casting Resin and Amazing Clear Cast Resin from the Alumilite Corporation.

What the Amazing Crafting Products Creative Team Does...

Simply put, our team INSPIRES, shares and explores projects and ideas using Amazing Casting Products – everything moldmaking and casting. The possibilities and use of Amazing Casting Products are endless, and limited only by your imagination... the sky's the limit!

We as a team show how easy it is to use Amazing Casting Products and all the amazing ways they can be used through step by step tutorials posted on the Amazing Casting Products Blog, and shared through social media sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.

What we ask of Creative Team Members...

• Create one AMAZING project with fabulous step-out photos -or- AMAZING How-to video providing instructions with materials/supply list to be published on the Amazing Casting Products Blog. Good project photography is mandatory with clear, properly exposed photos.
• Create one inspiration post monthly, fabulously photographed to be published on the Amazing Casting Products Blog.
• Post to your personal blog site {if applicable} linking back to Amazing Casting Products, and sharing to Facebook, Twitter and other social media circles AND groups/galleries.... spreading the love of Amazing Casting Products anywhere and EVERYwhere!
• Publication submissions are not required, but we certainly encourage and reward it.

What We do for our artists...

• Creative Team Members receive these Amazing products to work with, at no cost to themselves. Product includes the five flagship moldmaking/casting products, additives and colorants – everything you need to create with abandon.
• Your work will be featured on the Amazing Casting Products Blog, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages, and website. Additional opportunities for your work to be showcased at CHA trade show, on Alumilite website and other product advertising and packaging; as well as teaching, partnering swaps; etc.
• Creative Team Members are welcomed and become part of a close-knit group of designers, based on camaraderie and collaboration... we can't help it we are mold putty junkies!

HOW TO APPLY!

Please follow these instructions closely.

A FEW TIPS:

• Be sure to include all information requested. If for any reason you cannot, please explain why this is the case.
• Be sure that your photography or video examples are good quality, and an example of your best work – they should be clear, in focus with good lighting. Your work is the STAR - we want to see your work shine! 
• If your examples don't use Amazing Casting Products, that's OK – more importantly is your experience with moldmaking and casting.

This may sound like a lot... but it's really not. If you read our daily posts you can see what we have in mind. If you have questions... please email Susan and ask. You won't know if you don't try.

SEND EMAIL TO

amazingcrafting at yahoo dot com

with the following...

Title your email submission with "Amazing Casting Products Designer Call" in the SUBJECT LINE. Please include your:

• Name
• Address
• Daytime/evening phone numbers
• Email address
• A brief paragraph letting us know why you would like to be a member of the Amazing Casting Products Creative Team.
• Link to your blog {if applicable}, galleries or videos online where you share your work. If you have been featured in publications using Amazing Casting Products, we'd love to hear about this also.
• 3 - 5 projects that showcase your work and what you will bring to Amazing Casting Products Creative Team.
• Use of Amazing Casting Products is not required, but if you do not use our product, please include examples of projects you envision for use with our products! {FYI - Amazing Casting Products are available in Hobby Lobby and Michaels stores, moldputty.com and other online retailers}.
• One project MUST include step-by-step photo directions. How-to can be submitted via *.pdf file or via video.
• Please no photos larger than 500kb each.
• List any current/previous design teams you are on {Previous Design Team experience not required}.
• List any creative sites or groups that you are a member of, and would be able to share your projects as a Creative Team Member with.
• Include any other information you feel we need to know about you.
• Like/Follow our Amazing Mold Putty Blog, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter!

GOOD LUCK and we can't wait to see your "AMAZING" submissions!

DEADLINE to apply is April 29, 2016.

Back to AMAZING Basics with DeeDee Catron

Hellooooooo :) DeeDee here today to GO BACK TO BASICS with you.

We're just going to go through molding and casting in step-by-step format.

We'll mold and cast a vintage metal cabinet pull. Casting it in Amazing Casting Resin provides us with the unique ability to finish it anyway we want, AND creates a nice lightweight (but realistic looking!) pull for us to use on any project we want.

Let's get started!

Gather Supplies: Amazing Casting Resin, Amazing Mold Putty, Alumilite Dye in 

black, stir stick, measuring cup, Rub 'n Buff® in gold, and piece to be molded!

Amazing Mold Putty is used by mixing equal parts of "A" and "B". Compare round balls of each to make sure you're using the same amount. Sometimes I use a measuring spoon if I can't seem to get it just right.

Thoroughly mix the two parts together, ensuring there are no swirls and the color is even. Work a bit fast, as you don't want the Amazing Mold Putty setting up before you've molded your piece.

Mold your mixed Amazing Mold Putty into a ball and get rid of any seams. 

Since the piece to be molded is flatter, flatten out the mixed Amazing Mold Putty.

Lay the knob onto the mixed Amazing Mold Putty, 

and wrap it around to mold the entire thing.

Like so! Allow to cure 5-10 minutes. When you can push your 

fingernail into it and there's no mark, it's ready!

Demold and reveal the awesomeness. 

Now we're ready to cast our replica! Start by getting a dob of 

Black Alumilite Dye on your stir stick.

Then pour Part "A" of Amazing Casting Resin into a measuring cup.

And an equal portion of Part "B" into the cup.

Using the stir stick with Alumilite Dye mix together the equal parts Amazing Casting resin. It will swirl, cloud up and then go clear when it's fully mixed.

Ready to pour! Sometimes when I'm working with a small area, and I know my heavy hand will overpour the mold, I use a dropper to place the Amazing Casting Resin exactly where I want it. 

And so that I don't waste any, I either fill a mold with leftover resin, or splatter it on my kraft mat, where it will cure and be ready as an embellishment.

Now the knob has been molded and cast. 

The two together.

Now just give the knob a little finish with some Rub 'n Buff®. I chose gold to replicate the original. Put a little on your finger, and rub it on all the raised surfaces of the resin knob.

Original on the left, replica on the right. Now it's ready to use on any project!

I love recreating metal pieces in resin, because they're lightweight and make unique embellishments on things like cards and tags that won't weigh down an envelope when shipping. Supplies to finish this card include watercolor paper, Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps, May Arts Ribbon, Cheesecloth, a paper clip, some ink and adhesive. Don't forget to use your brand new embellishment! And the three dots are some of the leftover resin drips that were on my kraft mat.

Also! I did finish the cast piece to replicate the old, but just as an example. It could also have easily been done in silver, bronze, pewter, old crackled paint. The options are endless!

Can you think of any heavy parts
that you might need to make lighter? 

Or some certain finished you might want to use?

Don't forget to stop by and see me on my own blog, 

and I thank you for visiting me here today. ~ DeeDee

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My Anchor - 12x12 Layout by DeeDee Catron

Hiii ACP Fans!! How are you today?? 

DeeDee here bringing you a bit of inspiration on using our favorite molding and casting supplies. If you've been following the ACP blog long, you'll know that I adore layouts, cards and tags, and my favorite embellishments tend to be vintage found bits. Well today I'm using a super vintage styled anchor from my stash o' goodness.

Anytime I'm in the thrift store, or at a garage sale or even just walking down the street and see something (old jewelry, buttons, frames) for a $1, 25 cents or for FREE if it's on the street, I pick it up! If I really love it, I clean it up a bit and mold it with my Amazing Mold Putty, like this anchor! The original is always great to use in projects, but when I'm just head over heels for something and will want to use it a million times, I can thanks to Amazing Mold Putty. It's just a quick equal part mixture worked together in your hands. Cover your piece in it and allow it to cure. Then it's ready to be cast in any material you want; sculpy, paper clay, wax, soap ... or ... like in this piece the Amazing Casting Resin.

Amazing Casting Resin cures in under 10 minutes (closer to 5) and cures a super brilliant stark white color. Which  makes it great for alteration, either afterwards with paints and inks, or during cure time with dyes and powders. I achieved the finish on my anchor simply by mixing equal parts of the Amazing Casting Resin with a little drop of African American Alumilite Dye. Before I poured the resin into my mold, I dusted the mold with a little bit of Silver Alumilite Metallic Powder. By dusting the mold instead of mixing the powder into the resin I got a more old/rustic feel.

Other Products:

• Viva Las VegaStamps! Rubber Stamps (Directional Circle, Whimsical Cloud)
• UmWowStudio (Star Confetti, Chevron Confetti)
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Charcoal)
• Glitz Design paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Black)
• Prima Bark Stars
• Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
• black pen, spray adhesive, adhesive, thread

Have you found any junk objects that

would look great on a layout?

Join me on my own blog to read more 

about the process of the entire layout! - DeeDee

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Don't forget!!! The annual Winter CHA starts in 2 days {January 11th}... which will be the official introduction of our newest addition, Amazing Mold Rubber. Several of our Creative Team will be on-site demonstrating throughout the convention – stay tuned for some sneak peeks. If you or your LSS are attending... please come and drop by the Amazing Crafting Products / Alumilite Corp. Booth #408.

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