A Key to #Cre8time... DIY Key Holder by Brenda Burfeind

Good day all! Brenda here from Creativity is a State of Mind and today I'm hoping to inspire you to make your own skeleton key holder.

My inspiration comes from a key holder our son made when he was in middle school many, many years ago... and we've used it ever since. While this has worked for us for many years – it never hung straight depending on how many keys we had. I honestly don't even know what all these keys are for. Maybe I'll make something with all the extras – LOL! 

Last week my hubby said, "we should get a new one and give the old key holder to our son since he owns his own home now. I'll put a new hanger on the back before I give it to him (or maybe not)". But that's when inspiration started to form in my creative head!

At the time, I was actually in the middle of pouring some molds for another project. Whenever I am pouring molds, I usually mix more resin than I need, so I'll pull out some extra molds out to use up any remaining resin (you can see mixing instructions here). I started with these molds made from some vintage skeleton keys I own. You can view a YouTube video HERE to see how to create your own molds using Amazing Mold Putty. 

This batch of keys cast with Amazing Casting Resin and Alumilite Dyes are not exactly skeleton key colors, but...

with acrylic paint anything can be transformed!

I also used a little bit of the copper Alumidust just by simply putting my finger in the jar and rubbing it all over the keys. Voila!

I used E6000® to glue the faux resin skeleton keys in the shape of a "K" onto a reclaimed wood board painted with black acrylic paint. I used picture hangers as the hooks for the real keys and distressed them with some of the black acrylic paint mixed with a little bit of copper Alumidust. 

I sprayed a couple of coats of clear acrylic over the entire board to seal it and give the resin skeleton keys a little shine. This also helps the acrylic paint stay on the hooks. 

After that was dried my Silhouette Cameo came in handy to cut out the "eys" in a copper colored vinyl, then transferred them to the "K" made with my resin skeleton keys.

Now we have a new key holder and my son

can now enjoy the one he made in middle school.

I hope I've inspired you to make something useful

for your home and I hope to see you again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting! ~ Brenda

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Creativity is a State of Mind

to see all that I've been making. 

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Squeeze in a Little Home Spun #Cre8time... AMAZING Inspiration by Aimée Wheaton

Keys ... we all have them. Most of the time we have a junk drawer with single keys that we have no idea where they came from or what they lock or unlock, here is a creative solution to that! Don't go spend your hard earned money on custom keys or pre-made designs because you can do your own with some simple products and Amazing Clear Cast Resin. I didn't have time to go get some new keys to decorate (leaving for a big trip in the morning) so I grabbed the biggest key I could find at my house and did a simple little painted design for it. What did I do? Glad you asked!

I wrapped the bottom of the key first and then I simply painted the pattern in acrylic right on top of the original key. You could glue down paper or whatever you wanted to do, I chose paint. I added a bit of glitter. So simple!

Painted here.

Add some glitter/mix some Amazing Clear Cast Resin {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation} and paint it on with a craft stick lightly and that's it!!

There are so many ideas for this simple project – when I have more time, I plan to make a bunch more.

Here are a few ideas for you to try on your own:

• Personalized keys for each member of the family, this would definitely come in handy with older kids or teens especially after school.
• Make a custom necklace ... "you have the key to my heart" or something like that.
• Have different locks for the home you could label them so you know what goes to what.

The options are endless!!

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Let's see what you can create with
Amazing Clear Cast Resin
and hardware.

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To see more of my work please visit my blog "Creative Flutters"

and also at the Aimée Wheaton Art and Design website.

Till next time! Xoxo Aimée

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