#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?

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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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#Cre8time Decorating... Cinco De Mayo Fleur-de-lis by Tanya Ruffin #FlowerPower

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the U.S. than Mexico as an excuse to drink Tequila and Margaritas. It is often mistake as Mexican Independence Day but it is really (according to Wikipedia) "the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862". Either way, in the U.S., we love Cinco de Mayo and the Mexican culture. To commemorate that day here is a southern spin on a Mexican Sugar Skull.

Start with a wooden Fleur-de-lis cut out.

This one is wooden, but you can find chipboard ones

at the craft store. Then paint your design for your skull.

Mold accent pieces with your choice of the molding products (Amazing Mold Putty or Amazing Mold Rubber) and cast two large resin flowers with Amazing Casting Resin. Paint castings.

I had a cheap flower bracelet that molded the huge flower beads. To see that video, click here>>

Use Mod Podge® to seal piece. The Mod Podge® will also act as glue, so while it is still wet you can add rhinestones and other embellishments. In the center of the painted flower I added the resin painted rose.

Variation – I found a Virgin Mary mold online and used it to embellish another Fleur-de-lis. You'll see this used in a future project!

How do you decorate for Cinco de Mayo?

Craft Your Own Way!

~ Tanya

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creations at www.GeauxCreateIt.com

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Show Your COLORS! Make a Faux Stained Glass Sun Catcher by Tanya Ruffin

You can make a faux stain glass sun catcher,
using Amazing Clear Cast Resin as a faux gallery glass!

Supplies:

• 8" x 10" picture frame
• Amazing Clear Cast Resin
• Alumilite Violet and Yellow Dyes
• Puff Paint

Print out of the computer an 8" x 10" design.

Take the glass out of the frame and place on top of print out.

Using puff paint, trace over your design. Make the lines thick because these will be a wall to hold the resin. The Amazing Clear Cast Resin is much thinner than gallery glass so your walls much be thick and tall or your resin will bleed over.

Allow your puff paint to dry. Mix up batches of colors of Amazing Clear Cast Resin with Alumilite Violet and Yellow Dyes, let rest to release bubbles for a few minutes and start to fill the inside of the design with resin. Do NOT fill to the top, when the Amazing Clear Cast Resin starts to cure it sometimes expands and will overflow.

You can see in the image above that I had a little spillage.

SO I ended up marbleizing the yellow area.

Finished off and ready to shine!

There ya go. Now go off and be creative!

I'd love to hear what you are inspired to create with Amazing Crafting Products!

Please leave a comment below :)

Please visit my site to see more of my inspiring creations. Thanks for visiting! ~ Tanya

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