Let Amazing Mold Putty Bring Out the Artist in You... by Peg Rounds

During my time on the Amazing Mold Putty Design Team, I have grown to enjoy using the products. I have created things I've never even thought of with resin! It is time now for me to move on, but I wanted to share one last fun and artistic post with everyone. Every time someone mentions the word,"artist" I seem to always think of an artist's palette. I'm not sure why other than another hobby of mine is painting and I often use an artist palette to mix my paints.

One thing that I learned creating things with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting and Clear Cast Resins is that it can be painted and I love painting them! Don't you just love that you can use paint on them, too? I created this palette to remember my time on Amazing Mold Putty and how it brought out the artist in me every time I used it. 

I started by mixing 2 equal parts of the Amazing Mold Putty. 

Once it was mixed well I pressed this would palette that I had into the Amazing Mold Putty to create the mold. I did add more putty into the circle so that it would keep that area open. To do that, all I needed to do was add a small ball of the mixed putty into the opening. 

Next, I mixed equal parts of "A" and "B" of the Amazing Clear Cast Resin according to the directions and poured it into my mold. 

I allowed it to sit untouched for 16 hours to cure. 

Once it was set up, I removed it from the mold and sanded it. That's another fun thing I learned while on the team is that the resin can be sanded. I used the sanding disk shown to sand inside the hole, too, because it was a perfect fit for that. 

I added some acrylic paint that I often use and let it dry completely. I even did some color mixing as I do when I'm painting something to add to the fun. 

Now I have a piece that I can use in my craft area to remind me of my time on the Amazing Mold Putty team and the fun I had on it. I hope you have enjoyed all of my posts that I have shared and will continue enjoy the posts of the new members that are coming in. 

Thanks to all of the Amazing Mold Putty Followers, Design Team Members and to the Alumilite Company for allowing me to be a part of your artistic adventures! 

~ Peg

Reminds me of a lumberjack....

When I purchased this mold from my local craft store, the first thing I thought of was that this little guy on here could pass for Santa or a lumberjack.  Since Christmas has come and gone I thought it might be fun to make him into a lumberjack and place a pin back on it.  I enjoy wearing a pin on my coat and thought it might be fun to place him on it.  I haven't decided what to use the girl for yet so that's still a work in progress. 

For my lumberjack, I started by mixing enough of the White Amazing Casting Resin to pour into the mold and let it sit until it was hardened (approximately 20 minutes).  Now I had a fun piece to use, but needed to figure out how to color him.  That night I really didn't want to dig out my paints and brushes and mess with having to clean those up after I was done.  While I sat at my desk I kept looking at my colored pencils and then thought hey why not try those to color the resin?  Thus, a new level of fun began....

I used my colored pencils and even my blending pencil to add some skin tone and then colored his eyes and hat in. Every so often stopping to blend the color together.  

After I had finished the skin tone, I used a pink pencil to give him a little color in his cheeks and blended it in.  Before I knew it my lumberjack had a personality all of his own.  

I glued a pin back that I had also purchased at my local craft store on and sprayed him with a matte sealer to protect the pencil coloring.  Before it was sealed the pencil did not rub off at all, but overtime with wear and tear it might have so I wanted to keep it from happening so I used the sealer on it.  

This is a picture of my completed pin.  What could be more fun?  Making Santa Claus just by coloring him with red and green pencils!  

Amazing Resin Pendant

My mom enjoys making jewelry and several years ago she talked me into taking a jewelry making class with her.  Since then I have enjoyed making a few pieces here and there, but now that I have found the fabulous Amazing Crafting Products I have even more fun making jewelry.  This is a quick pendant I made in just a few hours. 

I started by making the mold using equal amount of Amazing Mold Putty and a child's wood block.  I found the blocks at a local dollar store during the holidays and they work great for making square molds, round molds, triangle molds, etc. 

After I had the mold created I mixed some White Amazing Casting Resin and mixed a little Black Dye in and poured it into the mold. 

I allowed it to sit according to the casting resin directions and popped it out of the mold and here is what it looked like.  What fun! 

 For the design, I used one of my favorite company's rub-ons.  Would you believe that is a rub-on that is normally used on scrapbook pages and cards?  I, also, drilled a hole in the top and added a jump ring.  After that I added the gems with my heat tool made for attaching stones to jewelry pieces  I finished it off by adding it to some lame' roping with a few extra beads I had from other projects and just like that I had a new necklace to enjoy and what is even more fun is that I created it from scratch with the help of Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin!

Happy New Year!

                                                                 

 Wishing everyone a very happy 2012!







These are clock works that I found out my local craft store and thought they'd be the perfect way to ring in the new year with a little fun from Amazing Mold Putty.

The first thing I did was to mix Parts A & B of the Amazing Mold Putty and pressed the clock pieces into the putty and let it harden. 

This is what it will look like once the pieces are removed from the mold.

I mixed equal parts of the White Casting Resin and poured it into the mold.  I let it sit according to the package directions (approximately 10 minutes) to harden.  Then, I removed it from the mold and allowed it to finish harding the rest of the way. 

 I used acrylic paing to paint the pieces.  After allowing it to dry completely, I added a color stone to the center of the the clock hand with a little glue.  The last thing I did was to add this fun new embellishment to the papers. 

Happy New Year Everyone! 

A Little Craft Room Decor

As crafters, all of us like to have special things to hang around our work area that represent our hobby such as some of our work or even some of our tools that we have altered.  Here is another fun idea to help decor your workspace!  You can mold some of your favorite tools and then make a resin cast to display around your room. 

One of my favorite things is my scissors.  I have old ones, new ones and some with fun colors and designs, but the one thing I didn't not have was one that I could decorate with so I molded a pair of my own. 

I began by creating the mold using Amazing Mold Putty and the package directions.  I chose the pair of scissors I wanted and pushed them into the Mold Putty to create the cast.  In order to have one complete piece so I didn't have to glue the second handle on, I trimmed the area of the mold to allow the resin to flow completely through the entire mold. The main key in doing this is to make sure that area is trimmed completely flat or you will end up with a rough area. 

Then, I mixed some of the Amazing Casting Resin (White) and added a little of the Alumilite Metallic Powder in the Gun Metal color and mixed it unevenly.  I didn't want a solid color.  I wanted some strong streaked areas to add a little desing to the blades. 

After allowing it to sit in the mold and harden, I unmolded the scissors and let them sit for a little longer to harden completely.  Be sure to keep your piece laying flat as it dries.  Next, I chose one of my favorite paint colors and painted the handles to match the colors of my craft space.

After the paint was completely dry, I hung them on the corkboard area of my dry erase board so that I will be able to enjoy them every time I sit and work. 

Now, it's your turn! Go find your favorite craft tool and start molding it to decorate your craft space! 

Winter Wonderland Box

Another hobby of mine is painting so when I found this snowflake ornament at the store recently I knew that I wanted to mold it and use it on a painted box for Christmas.  The fun thing about the box is that it can be used for a gift  to give to someone or for adding a little tissue paper inside and arranging some of my favorite cookies in it for the holiday season. 

The first thing I did was to create a mold using Amazing Mold Putty. 

I used some of the Pearlescent Powder inside the mold hoping to give the piece an even more shiny look, but when I unmolded it, it was better than I could of ever hoped! It had a frosted look! I was and still am thrilled over that.

I combined the Amazing Clear Cast according to the package directions. 

This is what it looks like when it is first sitting for the 2 minutes.  Notice how it's a little cloudy and bubbly.

This is what it looks like after it is mixed and sitting for the next 3 minutes.  Notice how it is now clear and the cloudiness is gone?  The sitting time allows any air bubbles to move to the top and pop.  That is what is happening in this picture. 

I slowly poured the resin into my snowflake mold and allowed it to sit according to the directions.  This piece sat for 18 hours.  After that I removed it from the mold and added to the top of my box using a little Tacky glue which dries clear. 

Now I have this amazing box which can be enjoyed over and over again. 

Some Last Halloween Fun with Amazing Casting Resin

I found these great Halloween ice cube molds at one of my favorite dollar stores the other day and couldn't resist making one last fun project before it's time to put the Halloween decorations away for another year. 

I started by making  enough of the Amazing Casting Resin according to the package directions to fill the molds. 

This is what a filled mold looks like after only 3 minutes.  After approximately 10 minutes the resin will be completed hardened and ready to unmold.

Now you have your pieces that are ready to paint.

Using acrylic paints, I painted the details on the teeth and ghost and then painted the entire pumpkin. 

After allowing the paint to dry, I now have some fun Halloween pieces to make into magnets or to glue to a decorated mirror, picture frame. I may even use them to decorate a wreath for next year.  The possibilties for these are endless! 

Happy Halloween Everyone!

It's the great pumpkin

Since I was asked to be a part of the Amazing Mold Putty team I have been looking for things to mold anywhere and everywhere from junk drawers to the dollar stores in my area.  I love to decorate for the holidays, but one that I don't have a lot of items to decorate with is Thanksgiving and I've been trying to change that.    Recently I was at one of them and found these styrofoam pumpkins, but wasn't really excited over decorating with them.  Then, I remembered I could use one to make a mold and make my own pumpkin and they quickly went into my shopping cart. 

I began by combining the two colors of Amazing Mold Putty according to the directions.  Next, I molded the putty around the pumpkin to create my mold.  I started at the stem of the pumpkin and made sure that the putty was thick enough so that I could push the stem directly into it and then worked the rest of the putty around the pumpkin making sure to capture the great details of the pumpkin sections. 

This is what the mold looked like when I finished it.  It's the bottom of the pumpkin you are seeing in the picture.  I allowed it to dry (approximately 20 minutes) this way according to the package directions and the unmolded the pumpkin by flexing the mold and carefully working the pumpkin out through the opening.

Using the Amazing Casting Resin, I measured 4 parts of solution A and poured it into a disposable container and then measured 4 parts of solution b and added it to solution A.  I, then, stirred it until it was well combined with no streaks according to the directions.  Once this was done, I poured it into the pumpking mold; filling it to the top of the mold.  After 3 minutes you will start to see it turn white.  After 10 minutes you will have a new molded piece that looks like the one on the left once you remove it from the mold. The pumpkin on the right is the styrofoam pumpkin in the picture.

After giving it a light sanding, I painted and highlighted the pumpkin using acrylic paint to give it some color. Once the paint had dried, I tied the ribbon around the stem and punched 2 leaves from cardstock using a leaf paper punch and glued them to the ribbon. 





I now have a new decoration that I can use on our Thanksgiving table and if I'd like to have some more to add with it or to use for place cards on the table all I have to do is make some more resin and pour it into the reusable mold until I have enough pumpkins.  It's a great way to make holiday decorations of your own that can be personalized just the way you want them.  Now how fun is that?