Happy Accidents!!! AMAZING Inspiration from Sandra Strait

Welcome to Friday - the weekend is upon us!!!

Sandra here today to bring you some "Happy Accident" inspiration today. 

I admit it. I'm a klutz. 

Dropsies and spills and blotches are everyday occurrences for me. But truthfully? I believe I'm a better artist for it. I've embraced the concept of the "Happy Accident" and take my accidents as opportunities. I've learned to relax, reformulate my plans, and to enjoy using what I have instead of stressing over what I think I want.

I knew from the get-go that working with liquids like Amazing Casting Resin, and Amazing Clear Cast Resin, would result in spills And...yep...wind gusts, knocked tables and over-pouring have left me with lot of 'SPILLS'. Resin that has leveled out and dried in chips and chunks and planks. And I cherish every bit of it.

Carla Sonheim and her book "Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals" deserve a shout-out at this point. I used her technique of looking for animals (and people) in the blobs of resin I had. Let me show you a few before and afters.

What fun!

I shuffled out my blobs like a deck of cards and pawed through them. Immediately, I saw critturs, and with a little acrylic paint and a Sharpie pen, I made them appear! You can stamp on the resin, too. I used the Dictionary Page stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps! to add texture and shading on my dancing lady's dress. Soon, I'll be using these for art journal pages and mixed-media canvases.

My tip for today: Clean out the dried resin from your casting cups and hoard the stuff that overflows your molds. Jump for joy if you manage to spill some of your resin. With a little imagination and acrylic paint, you can create unique embellishments for your journals, cards and jewelry.

For more of my work in Amazing Mold Putty, zentangle-inspired art, and daily links to tangles, tutorials, and giveaways please visit my "Life Imitates Doodles" blog.

~ Sandra Strait

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Crafting Oops? ... or WOW - that's AMAZING!!! Inspiration from Isie Villarreal

Crafting Oops???

We've all been there... You have a clear vision of what you want to make. You start to work on it and suddenly, it doesn't go exactly the way you envisioned. We've all had an "oops" moment but it's not necessarily a loss. I created the two pieces above using Amazing Casting Resin for one and Amazing Clear Cast Resin for the other. I won't tell you what I originally had in mind when I started but suffice it to say this is not what I had in mind when I started. Despite my initial reaction to throw them out and pout in the corner, I was happy with the coloration on both pieces so I set them aside.

A few weeks later, in an effort to avoid housekeeping I decided to light a stick of incense and...incense of course! I grabbed my cast pieces and my drill and two minutes later I had two AMAZING hand-cast incense burners. Not an "oops" after all!

Next time you have a crafting oops, take a break and then take another look! Thanks for visiting!
~ Isabel Villarreal

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