#Cre8time to Try Something New... Make it Artsy Episode 107 - Industrial

Hello Amazing Crafters!! Have you heard about Make It Artsy?? It's a brand new TV show for makers and crafters – featuring tips, techniques and projects for makers, crafters and artists... AND... in this week's episode you can see Joe Rotella create a dimensional keepsake tray using Amazing Casting Products.

It's time for a new episode of Make It Artsy!

CLICK HERE to view this week's episode

Series 100, Episode 107 - Industrial 

Look toward the gritty, industrial world for inspiration. Using industrial materials and AMAZING Clear Cast Resin, Joe Rotella creates an artsy tray. Illustrator Jenn Mason designs contemporary earrings, then hardens them with heat. Joe Rotella revs up his micro lathe to carve a keepsake pen. Finally, take a road trip to the Columbus Idea Foundry, a center for the growing Maker Movement.

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Make It Artsy launched on September 29th on Public Television stations across the country! Look for it on your local PBS channel. If you can't find it on your local programming, you can view Series 100, Episode 107 – Industrial online from November 25th - December 2nd.

Make It Artsy is a new series that celebrates that maker spirit in everyone. From mixed-media to metalsmithing, using tools from saws to sewing machines, today's most creative "makers" join host Julie Fei Fan Balzer to unleash a new look for crafting with a touch of industrial style.

Amazing Casting Products by Alumilite Corp. is proud to be one of these fabulous group of companies partnering with Make it Artsy. Stay tuned for episodes with projects featuring some of our AMAZING products! Don't worry... we'll be posting here when each new episode is available so you can tune in.

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#Cre8time Recycling... Serving Tray REDUX by Melissa Johnson

Hi everyone! Melissa here and today I would like to share a fun Mardi Gras style serving tray featuring Amazing Clear Cast Resin.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• Serving Tray
• Plastic Bead Necklaces (found in bulk at Hobby Lobby, but I later found them at Dollar Tree!) 
• Tacky Glue (I used Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue®)
• Amazing Clear Cast Resin

 

As I'm sure I have mentioned before, I LOVE repurposing items and thrifting. It's so much fun to transform things into art pieces! For this project I picked up this really well made serving tray at Goodwill for $4.00.

I spread the tacky glue all over the serving tray with a credit card and laid out my bead necklaces to be within easy reach. Then I started cutting the bead strings and laying out circular designs into the glue.

I continued on with this method until the entire tray was full of color.

When the tray was complete, I mixed up Amazing Clear Cast Resin and poured a few layers over the top – allowing each layer to dry before pouring the next {CLICK HERE to view mixing and preparation}.

 

This took about a week to fully complete. I found that if I pour too thick of a layer of resin at once, it takes longer to cure.

And here is my finished tray, all ready to laissez les bons temps rouler!

How do you transform your thrift store finds?

Make something that makes you happy :) ~ Melissa Johnson

For more of my mixed media projects, please visit my blog.

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Mardi Gras Hangover?? Mask it with #Cre8time Leftovers by Tanya Ruffin

On a recent trip to the Dollar Store I saw some foil masks in a package of six. Well, of course my mind went to what I could make with them... so I picked them up and pondered what magnificent things could be made... instead I made this! (a little self deprecating humor is supposed to make me charming, right?) Just kidding, I love it!

I started out with a lot of left over resin pieces made with Amazing Casting Resin. I had a gazillion little boxes with pieces/parts, so I picked out ones that looked Mardi Gras-ish with a little steampunk attitude.

You could recreate this using odds and ends from around your house or craft room... Think keys, screws, small light bulbs, coins, items from gumball machines... the ideas are endless!

With some E-6000, I glued everything to the mask.

Dollar Store masks!

Arrange and glue cast pieces onto mask base.

Just look at some of the treasures on this piece! 

Doesn't matter what color the pieces are – we will paint it all! 

  

I took it outside and spray painted it all black.

  

I then pulled out some Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments colors that worked for Mardi Gras: Spring Green, Misty Lavender and Metallic Gold. I used a matte gel medium to mix with the powders and a q-tip to apply the color lightly to the surface, apply same as you would a rub-n-buff. 

I alternated the colors to give a Mardi Gras effect. 

I think it came out rather nicely!

What can you make with your resin left overs?

Craft Your Own Way! ~ Tanya

Tanya Ruffin with Create Studios

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Celebrating Mardi Gras at #Cre8time... Embellished Resin Shot Glasses by Tanya Ruffin

Embellished shot glass filled with Lemonhead Vodka {see recipe below}. 

If you know anything about Mardi Gras, two things come to mind... Beads and drinking. Now I'm not advocating drinking, but if you want to get in the Mardi Gras mood this will definitely help you! 

Did you know

Amazing Clear Cast Resin

is actually food safe?

Sure is! That means I can put a layer of resin in the bottom of a glass and it still be safe to drink out of!

Start with some tall shot glasses. I found mine in a three pack at the Dollar store.

I took a few beads of green, purple and gold (you know, the colors of Mardi Gras) and placed in the bottom 1/3 of the glass. I wanted to leave enough space in the glass to actually have a shot! Mix a small amount of clear resin according to directions and let resin sit about 15 minutes for the bubbles rise to the top. Then slowly pour over my beads. 

Let cure and you are ready to laissez les bon temps rouler! 

That is "let the good time roll" for all you non–Louisianians! 

Other ideas... charms, dried flowers, candied hearts, shells, etc...

For a variation on this technique, see my tutorial on making Souvenir Glasses.

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Lemonhead Vodka Tutorial

This depends on how sweet you want your vodka. I like mine sweet!

Ingredients: 

• 2 C of vodka (tip - use a good grade vodka) 
• 1/4 cup to 1 cup of Lemonheads (depends on how sweet you want your vodka) 

Instructions:

• Put vodka into a mason jar or a jar that closes tightly. 
• Add Lemonheads. 
• Let sit for at least 3 days. 
• Shake it up and then strain through a fine strainer. 
• ENJOY! 

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What kind of baubles will you embed in resin?

Craft Your Own Way! ~ Tanya

Tanya Ruffin with Create Studios

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

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From Cheesy to Fancy-Shmancy ~ #Cre8time transforms Mardi Gras Beads... by Tanya Ruffin

Mardi Gras has come and gone, but one thing remains...

no not just empty beer cans...

BEADS!!

I always look for some cool beads that I can create something with. This year I found a few that you may see on some later posts! But this time I used a really cool set with a Crawfish Fleur-de-lis as a medallion and thought... hmm, since Easter is next and what goes with Easter in Louisiana? Crawfish!

So I made of mold of the crawfish medallion using Amazing Mold Putty {CLICK HERE to view how-to mix/prepare}. Cast it with some Amazing Casting Resin tinted with Alumilite Black Dye. I trimmed down the top by the crawfish head so it looked less like a medallion. Embellished with silver Rub 'n Buff® and came out with a rather fancy~shmanshy piece.

Now what to do with the piece? I  E-6000'd (that's a verb isn't it?) it to a mason jar for a rustic silverware holder for when we are outside at a newspaper covered picnic table, chowing down on some crawfish.

Its amazing how a recast and some Rub 'n Buff® can turn something from cheesy to fancy-shmancy! In the meantime it will be a vase.

What will you take from

cheesy to fancy-shmancy?

Until next time! ~ Tanya

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

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What's Pasta Have to Do with It? DIY Medallion or Christmas Ornaments by Tanya Ruffin

Using Amazing Mold Putty and fimo (sculpey) I created a custom Mardi Gras Medallion for a friend's Mardi Gras party. These would also be great for creating your own custom a Christmas ornament!

Supplies:

• Clay - I used Sculpey
• Circle cookie cutter
• Davinci Alphabet Pasta- I actually found this at WalMart!
• Amazing Mold Putty
• Amazing Casting Resin
• Alumilite Dye or Alumilite Metallic Powders or colored mica powders (I used Pearl Ex)

The mascot of the Baton Rouge Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade is a flamingo, so I sculpted a flamingo for the center of the design. I then cut out a long piece of flat clay and created a banner for the top. On your ornament you can press anything into the clay! You could use chipboard pieces, charms, or even draw something with puff paint (just let it dry over night).

Take out your alphabet pasta (thanks for the idea from a design team member!) and sort your letters. These are the perfect size. Press in your letters and yes they have numbers! You can use them as a stamp for an impression or leave them in the clay for a raised letter (which is what I did). If you have air dry clay – let dry. If it is oven bake clay, follow the directions on the clay and bake.

After the clay is baked: you may need to glue in some of the pasta pieces (if they pop out). Let that dry and then using Amazing Mold Putty make a mold of your ornament. Don't forget to add a loop to the top for your ribbon!

I love using the Amazing Casting Resin... I'm impatient and like immediate results... so the Amazing Casting Resin is perfect. 

This resin cures an opaque white so you can either add powder to the mold or paint the ornament later. If you choose to use the powders, you will need to brush this inside the mold before you pour the resin. If you choose dye, you will mix it into part "A" of the resin. Since Amazing Casting Resin only takes a small amount of time to cure (about 10 minutes), you can knock a lot out in a short amount of time!

As pink as my ornaments are, I only used the Pearl Ex powder! Enjoy!

What can you make with pasta

and Amazing Casting Resin?

I'd love to hear what kind of ornaments you would create

with Amazing Crafting Products! Please leave a comment below :)

Please visit my site to see more of my inspiring creations. Thanks for visiting! ~ Tanya

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