From "Meh..." to #Cre8time WOW! Artsy Home Decor REDUX by Aimée Wheaton #MakeThings

I'm a sucker for good deals and I'm an even bigger sucker for things that have birds on them. Well I found this good deal sometime this Spring at Hobby Lobby for $2.99... couldn't pass that up. I loved how it looked like folk art too. I decided to make it pop a bit more using some paint, gel medium, stamps, ink, glitter, pen and of course Amazing Clear Cast Resin!

Here's the original bird :)

I chose lighter aqua, yellow, orange, white

and added pink as an after thought.

I love how it started coming to life already just with acrylic paint.

I LOVE the orange.

Next I decided to stamp the word "peace" because it looked peaceful

and we could use more peace in this world and our homes.

Next I embellished certain areas with gel medium and then...

sprinkled some glitter :)

Getting really pretty!! You can see I added

a hot pink for even more color.

I mixed up some Amazing Clear Cast Resin in a larger batch – I wanted to pour into another mold as well, the same mold I used in my inspiration post last month.

Mix it well and let the bubbles settle a bit.

Originally I was going to do resin to the edges of the piece,

but decided to go to the border of the bird and stay inside.

Letting it dry overnight.

Now check out the finished product!! :)

Well to my dismay the Amazing Clear Cast Resin jumped the border! LOL I will be filling it in to cover the entire surface soon. I didn't have time to fix it before this post. I really like how it made the entire piece just pop! So much prettier to me! Simple project with a lot of pizazz!

I gave her lashes! How could I not?

Shining in the sun.

You can see where the resin migrated here. I'll go back with

another batch of Amazing Clear Cast Resin and fill it all in.

I really like how she turned out! :) What do you think?

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Let's see what you can create with

AMAZING Clear Cast Resin

and blah pieces around the house.

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To see more of my work please visit my blog "Creative Flutters"

and also at the Aimée Wheaton Art and Design website.

Till next time! Xoxo Aimée

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#Cre8time Restyling with #AmazingCastingProducts #ACPthrowback #MakeThings

Hello Amazing Crafters! We've reached the eighth and final week of the Make Things! Craft Challenge. Have you been playing along? Our AMAZING creative friend Katie Smith of Punk Projects has hosted this fun craft challenge and Amazing Casting Products are proud to be one of the sponsors. This is your last chance to play along for your chance to win weekly prizes and a super amazing grand prize at the end!

This week's "Make Things!" theme is... RESTYLE! So to give you some inspiration we are sharing some AMAZING #ACPthrowback restyling projects using Amazing Casting Products. What do you make with leftover thingies from candy rings... you make recycled "RING POP" rings {photo above by Amazing Creative Isabel Villarreal}!

We hope you are inspired to go make someTHING and link-up :)

FOUR...

Brenda Burfeind is always thinking out of the box... and THINKING Green! This customized award hanger is created using a recycled section of cabinet door and golf balls mold/cast in Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin. Would be a great place to hang the golf cart keys, too!

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more about Brenda's process.

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Vintage Doorknob Reinvented...

Jan Hennings creates altered and mixed media art accented with vintage doorknobs and door plates that are light as air. Molded with Amazing Mold Putty and cast with Amazing Casting Resin and Amazing Clear Cast Resin, these fabulous faux can be customized to accent any creation.

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details of Jan's project.

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Shotgun Shell to Gorgeous Pendant...

Lynne Suprock transforms used shotgun shells into beautiful jewelry by layering colors and embedding gems and pretty findings using Amazing Casting Resin, Alumilite Dyes and a doming layer of Amazing Clear Cast Resin. 

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details of Lynne's project.

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#ACPthrowback Third Thursday

July 23 is our next THIRD THURSDAY!! 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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#Cre8time to #MakeThings with Fabric and Resin #ACPthrowback

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

This week's "Make Things!" theme is... FABRIC! So to give you some inspiration we are sharing some AMAZING #ACPthrowback fabric projects using Amazing Casting Products... you can even a form a fabric bowl in resin {photo above by Amazing Creative Isabel Villarreal}!

We hope you are inspired to go make someTHING and link-up :)

Lace that's Fabulously FAUX...

Gini Cagle created this gorgeous vintage card that features this amazing piece of lace... that's actually resin. You can mold sections of lace and decorative textiles to use in your mixed media creations using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

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more about Gini's process.

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Textiles and Wings Embellish Art...

Isabel Villarreal created this amazing wall hanging to frame and showcase this papyrus Egyptian art. Using Amazing Mold Rubber, Alumilite Metallic Powders and Amazing Casting Resin, she created a one-of-a-kind GOLDEN winged scarab embellishment that makes this piece truly eye-catching!

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Isabel's full how-to.

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"Be Still" Your Vintage Heart...

Melissa Johnson started out this vintage mixed media piece with treated muslin {a versatile fabric} painted it with a mixture of Alumidust and Alumilite Metallic Powder in gold. With the addition of layers of images, papers, lace and more... this vintage scene is completed with a cast resin key.

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details of Melissa's project.

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#ACPthrowback Third Thursday

July 16 is our next THIRD THURSDAY... in three days!! 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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#Cre8time for #DIY Stamps... #ACPthrowback for #MakeThings a Tutorial using Amazing Mold Rubber

Our AMAZING creative friend Katie Smith, of Punk Projects is hosting a fun craft challenge for the summer and ACP is proud to be one of the sponsors. Play along for your chance to win weekly prizes and a grand prize at the end! The week is young so you have time to squeeze in some Cre8time and enter this week's challenge.

This week's "Make Things!" theme is... FOLLOW A TUTORIAL! What a fun challenge! Today we are sharing an AMAZING #ACPthrowback project using Amazing Mold Rubber. We'd love to see what you create using the loads of tutorials found here on the Amazing Casting Products Inspiration Blog.

Grab some AMAZING Mold Rubber
and create your own custom stamps
3 ways using this tutorial...

Lynne Suprock has some amazing uses for Amazing Mold Rubber! Grab up those metal stamps, found objects and plastic textured packaging in your crafty stash to cast some fun textured and custom rubber stamps! You can create your own durable stamps quick and easy.

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Lynne's full how-to.

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on Social Media to be Featured on

#ACPthrowback Third Thursday

July 16 is another THIRD THURSDAY... 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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#Cre8time to Play with Animals and Kiss a Dog's Nose... #ACPthrowback #MakeThings #TBT

Hello Amazing Crafters! It's a new month and we have reached week five of the Make Things! Craft Challenge. Our AMAZING creative friend Katie Smith of Punk Projects is hosting this fun craft challenge this summer and Amazing Casting Products is proud to be one of the sponsors. Play along for your chance to win weekly prizes and a super amazing 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 some AMAZING #ACPthrowback ANIMAL projects using Amazing Casting Products... you can even a mold a Dog's nose {photo above by Amazing Creative Tanya Ruffin}!

We hope you are inspired to go make someTHING and link-up :)

Remembering a Special Friend...

Lonnie Sexton created this keychain as a memorial to his fur baby Cassidy. He made a master shape that he cast in Amazing Mold Rubber and Amazing Clear Cast Resin; then created versions in different colors using Alumidust and Alumilite Metallic Powders to give to other family members.

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Lonnie's heartwarming post.

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Ode to the Giraffe...

Isabel Villarreal created this fun and whimsical magnetic calendar using Amazing Mold Putty, Amazing Casting Resin and Alumilite Dyes.

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Isabel's full how-to.

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Leaping Leopards...

Sandra Strait created a shadow-box scene to give a home to her paper origami animals. But before she embedded them in layers of Amazing Clear Cast Resin, she made of mold of the shape with Amazing Mold Putty and cast them in Amazing Casting Resin to transform them into her own illustrated critters.

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Sandra's full how-to.

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#ACPthrowback Third Thursday

June 18 is our next 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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