#Cre8time Travel Adventures... Inspired by Iceland Challenge #ACPthrowback

Hello Amazing Makers! Today we are sharing an adorable ACPthrowback project by Sandra Strait in celebration of a special bloghop happening with Tina Walker today... an INSPIRED BY ICELAND challenge.

Tina is one of our amazing creative friends and next month she is taking what we consider a "bucket list" trip to Iceland – a land of fire and ice... and she posed a Cre8time challenge to see how her artsy friends would interpret Iceland and its beautiful colors, scenery, and landscapes.

How can you not go to Iceland and not want to take home a PUFFIN??! This fantastic little art doll by Sandra Strait is made using Amazing Mold Rubber and Amazing Casting Resin from an original created using  Delight™ air dry modeling compound and styrofoam egg... CLICK HERE to pop over and see all the details.

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INSPIRED by ICELAND...

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#Cre8time Memories of Paris...

Hello Amazing Crafters! With summer coming to an end and fall just around the corner who can't resist daydreaming about our recent travels. Today we travel to Paris with the latest When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Ana Araujo creates a lovely lighted centerpiece that combines, die-cuts, glass etching, Amazing Mold Rubber and Amazing Casting Resin.

Today's project wraps up the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – which has brought us loads of ideas this summer. Did you see all the fun ways Amazing Casting Products were used? If you missed any of the episodes... you can always binge and catch up! When Creativity Knocks is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

Here's a sneak peek of a special handmade embellishment that Ana Araujo made to accent her "Reflections of Paris" Light using Amazing Casting Products!

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this week's episode.

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A place for your #Travel Memories...

Hello Amazing Crafters! Where do you keep your summertime memories? In a handmade travel journal of course! Learn how in the latest episode of When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series.

When Creativity Knocks airs a new episode every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

Here's a sneak peek of this weeks video with Judi Watanabe...

What are you creating this summer?

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#Cre8time Bird Watching... When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series

Hello Amazing Crafters! How about a little bird watching??! Today we are sharing more Cre8time inspiration from the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Carmen Flores-Tanis shares an adorable plush project using die-cuts, Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

From July 5 thru August 23 you can find Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} and more when you watch the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series. A new episode airs every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

This bird is packed and ready to roll! Here's a sneak peek of Carmen Flores-Tanis and her darling hand-painted fabric bird complete with a scooter made using Amazing Casting Products!

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this week's episode.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.

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#Cre8time Tic Tac Toe... When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series

Hello Amazing Crafters! Before you head out on the family vacation... make sure you've packed some travel games! Today we are sharing more Cre8time inspiration from the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as Jonathan Fong packs his bags including a compact game that combines stamping, die-cuts, Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

From July 5 thru August 23 you can find Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} and more when you watch the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series. A new episode airs every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

Here's a sneak peek of Jonathan Fong and his charming suitcase packed with fun and games using Sizzix dies, stamps and Amazing Casting Products!

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this week's episode.

Thanks for stopping by! Keep a lookout for Amazing Casting Products on When Creativity Knocks this summer and be sure to pop over to their website to enter to win the All-Star Designers Summer Series prize package giveaway.

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#Cre8time TAG-a-long with When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series

Hello Amazing Crafters! Ready to head out on that summer vacation?! Today we are sharing some Cre8time inspiration from the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series – as we TAG-a-long with Cindi McGee and see how she dresses up her luggage with stamping, die-cuts, Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

From July 5 thru August 23 you can find Amazing Casting Products {a.k.a. Alumilite} and more when you watch the When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Summer Series. A new episode airs every week that is available for viewing 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

Here's a sneak peek of Cindi McGee and her AMAZINGly embellished luggage tag using items from her papercrafting stash and Amazing Casting Products!

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this week's episode.

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#Cre8time Globe Trekking... DIY Altered Travel Collage Frame by Tanya Ruffin

Going through some old things I came across a frame that I thought I would try to re-purpose... so today I'm going to show you how to re-purpose a frame into a travel collage frame with Amazing Mold Rubber and some other Amazing Casting Products.

I just returned from a trip to Italy, so I decided to make a frame commemorating that experience. The biggest task was making a mold of part of Michelangelo's Pieta. I had a small statue to use. The tricky part was just casting the top. Between Christ's body and that of the Virgin, there is an open space and there would be no way to pull the statue from the mold, so best to avoid that all together. I would even need to omit the hand of the Virgin since it was too low.

Michelangelo's Pieta 

I found a storage container that the statue would fit in and used duct tape to block off half of the container. The area where Christ's body is will be completely open and I will have to use some creative devices to seal that up before I pour resin. 

I filled the area with Amazing Mold Rubber. This took 2 full containers!

After removing the statue from the rubber, you can see that one completely open side (which is in the top of the photo). I taped up the side with some real sticky flashing tape (any real sticky tape will work). FYI – Flashing tape can be purchased at your hardware store and I use it a lot!

Tape doesn't stick well to the rubber so you need to have enough tape so that you can tape it to itself. Put about two layers of tape. As you can see from the photo above, I wrapped tape around the bottom too. I placed the mold inside another container in case it leaked.

IT LEAKED, but not too bad. You can clean up the edges with a craft knife and a fingernail file. 

I mixed some Alumilite Pearlescent Metallic Powder to the Amazing Casting Resin and poured into my new mold. I LOVE this!!! The rough spot in the front is where the taped edge was. That is OK... I have an embellishment to place over that area.

OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS

I made a mold of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 

Mold of some Euros that had Italian symbols.

Mold of the plastic letters I, T, A, L and Y.

These came from an alphabet set from Dollar Tree. 

To cover the lion head on the frame I glued a book page that I had coated with purple marbled resin.

I also had a lot of miscellaneous pieces I had cast before that include skeleton keys (papal keys), a Coliseum cast, a frame with a photo of Santa Croce (where Michelangelo is buried in Florence), a cast of the head of Botticelli's Venus, a cast of the San Damiano Cross (St. Francis of Assisi), sacred heart cast (a previous project), a title frame with the towns recently visited, and metal key and key hole. All these would embellish my frame.

Tada!

Out of Africa into Italy!

Now, take a look of some of your crazy, unregiftable

frames and see what you can make!

How would you transform travel trinkets?

Craft Your Own Way!

~ Tanya

Please visit my site to see more of my inspiring creations at www.tanyaRuffin.com

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Amazing ARTchaeological Exploration and #Cre8time while Traveling... by Susan M. Brown {sbartist}

Hello Amazing Crafters! Susan here to take you on a little mold making exploration in the tropics. I just returned from a weeks holiday in beautiful Jamaica. I couldn't resist packing a little Amazing Mold Putty along with my watershoes, binoculars and camera. Our hotel was a beautiful resort with a mix of old and new architecture nestled amongst lush gardens and landscaping... providing loads of interesting finds for molding potential.

My Amazing Mold Putty parts "A" and "B" were equally measured in some recycled condiment cups giving me two balls that were approximately 1 1/2" round – perfect size for one nice mold {or a couple tiny ones}. This was small enough to stash in my carry-on bag with my snacks and other gadgets – and it went right through security and customs without a hitch.

After several days of rest, relaxation and exploring... I had to use a scrutinizing eye to make my final decision as to what to mold. I had so many options! I fell in love with these giant marble-like tiles around the resort that were 2" thick cut slabs of petrified coral reef that exposed all the beauty, shapes and textures of the preserved sea life. This is what I decided to mold.

My hubs and I ventured out early with me on our last morning abroad to partake in an ARTchaeological adventure {after some bribing with coffee first}. It was nice to have an extra set of hands to take photos, too! He actually enjoyed seeing what I do with Amazing Mold Putty and how it works...  a win-win!

 

 

We ventured out just after sunrise to scope out the perfect spot to take an impression and not draw attention to ourselves on our covert molding mission. I settled on the marble patio in front of the resort spa. It has a lovely sitting area with a large area of coral tiles with benches for us to sit and enjoy our coffee while we wait for the Amazing Mold Putty to cure. So many designs and textures to choose from! I selected the bottom right image above to mold... one with a nice mix of positive and negative shapes.

  

As a precaution, I brought along this spray I have for my hair to control frizz that is oil based to spray to the marble so my Amazing Mold Putty will release easier from this extreme detail. A couple spritzes did the trick and seemed to soak right in to this ancient coral. I popped out each part of mold putty out of the containers and mixed together until there was no swirling.

I smoothed and flattened the Amazing Mold Putty out into a flat disc and pressed into my chosen shape – making sure to press the putty completely into the cracks and recesses.

I brought the sides in to keep the shape circular and of uniform thickness. Now we sit and enjoy our morning coffee and the surrounding gardens as we wait for the Amazing Mold Putty to cure. Though it was about 80 degrees outside, the tiles were quite cool to the touch, so it took a few minutes longer for the mold to harden than usual. It was ready after about 20 minutes.

   

My hubs was very intrigued and excited at this point and was more than happy to man the camera as I pulled the mold back for the REVEAL!

The Mold putty picked up a little sand that was embedded in the crevices, but that will wash off when I'm ready to use for a casting. When I get home I will mix another batch of mold putty to add a border to my captured sea treasure to hold resin, polymer clay or perhaps even concrete.

Thanks for joining me on our little ARTchaeological adventure! We are home now and not only do I have this fabulous mold for arting, but a special memory shared with my hubs from our travels. Stay tuned to see what I create with my fabulous new mold – you can keep up to date with everything here by subscribing via email in the right sidebar.

What AMAZING finds would you

love to mold on your travels?

Please leave a comment below to share! If you would like to see more of my creations, please visit my blog sbartist : painting in the dark by clicking here. ~ Susan

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