Scrap to Treasure... AMAZING Inspiration from Guest Designer Monica Edwards

Hi – Monica here to INSPIRE you to think sunny and bright!!  I often work with vintage colors so for me this is out of the norm and I had such a fun time creating.  I found this wooden frame house and fell in love with the flourish scrolls on the front and I knew I found the perfect item to add my resin cross I made with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

I found the cross in the dirt - cleaned it up enough to get a mold of it and Amazing Mold Putty is so awesome that it picked up the intricate details on the cross even with the damage caused by it being in dirt!

Closeup of the cross I found in the dirt.

You can see all the details that the Amazing Mold Putty picked up.

Hopefully everyone has found this piece INSPIRING – so go out and find your treasure in the dirt, clean it off and MOLD it!!  We'd love for you to show us what your "AMAZING" find is too - post you pix on our Facebook page or tweet with #MoldPutty to @AmazingCrafting on Twitter!

Hugs,

Simply Monica

Transforming Found Objects into Beautiful Handmade Embellishments with Guest Designer Monica Edwards

Hi everyone! Monica here with another Amazing Mold Putty creation. I am always looking around the house both inside and out for interesting things to mold. Well, this find was at the Flea Market. My daughter loves to wear gaudy weird jewelry pieces and awhile back I found a flower ring for a dollar. It was very pretty to me and as I looked at it I saw something I could mold into a piece for a project.

Press the piece you are molding into the Amazing Mold Putty –

press well so you get a nice impression.

Finished and cured mold.

To make the Amazing Casting Resin:

To create casted flowers: begin by mixing equal portions
of parts "A" and "B" of Amazing Casting Resin.

Stir gently to mix completely, then pour Amazing Casting Resin into the mold.

This photo shows when the Amazing Casting Resin "flashes"
and changes from clear to opaque.

Finished resin piece removed from mold.

Coloring Resin Piece

Step 1: After the piece is molded, I used Cranberry Ranger Alcohol Ink

to add color - they work beautifully.

Notice how well the ink really sinks into the resin.

Step 2: I take an ink pad and apply directly to resin piece – 

a color pigment ink pad works extremely well. 

If color is darker than desired, buff away excess ink with a cloth or paper towel.

Finished colored flowers.

I've added these handmade flowers to give a "pop" of color
and dimension to this Asian theme tag.

I hope everyone enjoyed my tag. You can see how easy it is to make your own embellishments from items you would never even think of using. Why don't you take a look around the house and let's see what you can come up with to mold into amazing embellishments for your craft projects.

I would love to see what interesting pieces you find

around your house... so start searching!!

Hugs,

~ Monica