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Thursday, July 28

#Cre8time Transformations... From This to That by Aimée Wheaton

I LOVE playing with resin when I have the time!! I look for random things to mold in the oddest places. One day I finally got into an antique store I had been trying to get to (odd hours) and I found some old looking curtain ties. These are HUGE, they probably came out of a super fancy home with lots of long curtains. Well the owner gave me the one in the photo on the left because it was chipped,

I thought it was perfect to mold but didn't know what to turn it into because it's so large. The flower in the middle was fab and I thought it would make a great hair clip. So that is what it turned into.

I molded the inside flower part by mixing equal parts of Amazing Mold Putty and forming it around the flower. The mold hardens in about 15 minutes and I'm ready to go! Follow my process below.

Next I grabbed some Q-tips and my favorite Alumidust
colors to paint the mold when it was ready.

I used 2 colors. I made sure all the nooks and crannies were covered
in dust – when the resin cures this will adhere to the resin.

Now time for the resin. I mixed equal parts of Amazing Casting Resin and mixed together {to view mixing/preparation CLICK HERE}. This resin cures very fast so it makes crafting quick and easy with a fabulous turnout! I colored the mold with the powders because if I didn't, the resin would be only white.

I poured the resin in, then let it cure.
I think this took about 7 minutes to complete.

I took it out of the mold and trimmed or sanded the edges
a bit that had extra resin – look how pretty!!

Next I embellished with StazOn ink just to bring out some details.

Then I painted on a bit of gold acrylic to make it even more dreamy.

I knew I wanted to embellish it even more and found this super cool trim at the store. I didn't end up using my E6000® glue it was dried up :( so I used my hot glue gun.

I added a hair clip and felt discs to finish it off.
The back is not so pretty but it works.

I glued on some AB finish rhinestones
on the flower part for even more bling!

Look how pretty it turned out!

What's the craziest thing

you've ever molded?

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To see more of my work please visit my new blog "Life Glitter Makeup"
and also at the Aimée Wheaton Art and Design website.

Till next time! Xoxo Aimée

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Monday, December 22

#Cre8time Glitzy Glammy for MOLD RUBBER MONDAY with DeeDee Catron

Jingle Bells... Jingle Bells... JINGLE ALL THE WAY >>>> Merry Christmas beautiful people :) The holiday is just a few short days away and I (DeeDee, here! HI!) want to share a fun DIY with you.

I know as the years go by and the holidays are days gone past, we try to find new ideas and/or work out beautiful handmade bits to deliver to our friends and family. Well the project I'm sharing today can surely be that! I've turned mine into a home decor piece for the beautiful season, but the jar portion can easily be filled with candies, yummies, baked goods, or ingredients to be baked! I suppose I ought to show you the bit first, eh? Check it out:

It's a DIY Jar Topper! So very cool :)

I used the 2 part Amazing Mold Rubber (1:10 ratio) and a resin bird statue to create my mold {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}. The bird was secured inside a leak-proof container. If you don't glue down your piece it will likely float to the top of the rubber before it cures, so just give it a quick secure with some hot glue :) For this mold (I neglected to get a photo, sorry!) I had an acrylic block for the base and a plastic cup for the walls of the mold.

In this top view you can see the base where the bird had been glued down. You can also see that I slit my mold. It goes about half way down and just makes it easier to extract my poured piece after it's fully cured. The bird has a steep undercut for the tail and it was proving difficult to remove. As a second precaution, to help fill the mold as I pour the thick resin in, I poked holes with a pin from the outside edge into the tail cavity. It helps air escape as the resin pours in. Secure the split mold with a rubber band before and during the resin pour.

Following the instructions for the Amazing Casting Resin, mix and fill your mold.

This is the finished cast piece -- see all the beautiful details!

The next step is prepping your lid! I painted the little tin insert with gesso then applied a beautiful Christmas napkin with mod podge. After it was dry and cured, I adhered my resin bird to the insert with E6000. I gave everything a big dose of spray adhesive and then sprinkled on Prima Marketing Inc / Finnabair chunky Glass Glitter in gold. DELISH!

Now just fill your jar with whatever bits n bobs; could be Christmas gifts, home decor pieces, might even be a fun way to deliver some cash or a gift card! Then screw on the lid with the topper. As a final HURRAH I made a bow out of some Michaels and May Arts ribbons. The bow was adhered with handy dandy hot glue :)

Have you got something

laying around you can

turn into a beautiful jar topper?

Thanks for joining me! Stop by my

facebook fan page to stay in contact :) -DeeDee

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Tuesday, October 7

Here Kitty...Kitty! #Cre8time Halloween Inspired Decor by Aimée Wheaton

Hi all! Aimée here with some cute Halloween decor ideas. You'll never know when inspiration hits, this hit me while browsing the Dollar Tree for an event I was doing and I saw this cute little pumpkin ice cube tray, I thought perfect for resin and not ice! That got me thinking for a few days at first I thought I'd do earrings or pumpkin inspired jewelry but felt I'd take it a bit further but wasn't sure what yet. I had to go to Michael's for something and looked in the dollar bins as well and was further inspired. Well before I blah blah anymore let's get to it!

I made a cute swag decor for my home. My girls are little and get freaked out by anything not so cute for Halloween. This is a great craft on a budget, total cost for the trinkets was $8. :)

All items hung on the ribbon I molded with Amazing Mold Putty and used Alumilite Metallic Powders on each. I then embellished with a gold, white and black Sharpie. When the Amazing Casting Resin was curing I added in an eye pin to all but the keys to make it easy to hang on the ribbon. The keys were hung with copper wire.