Amazing Clear Cast Resin Seals a #MixedMedia Canvas with a Kiss!

Good Evening Amazing Creatives!!! Time for another mixed media project from our partner "in crafting", Frog Dog Studio. This stunning canvas created by Frog Dog Studio Designer Melissa Johnson – who is in love with Amazing Clear Cast Resin!

Using the Frog Dog Studio April Mixed Media Kit, Melissa Johnson has created layers upon layers of color and texture... and the finishing touch – Amazing Clear Cast Resin that has bits of Stampendous Mica Fragments dropped into it. Not only does the clear cast resin seal in all the collaged layers, it gives a super high-gloss finish to this AMAZING work of ART.

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to see the full HOW-TO.

Stop by tomorrow for some AMAZING Inspiration from Maria Soto. 

Have a creative evening!  Sb :)

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The Frog Dog Studio April Mixed Media Kit includes:

(1) **Alumidust Powder - Red Plum; (1) StazOn Midi Ink pad - Claret; (1) StazOn Midi Ink pad - Blue Hawaii; (1) iZink Pigment Ink bottle - Gold; (1) Stampendous Mica Fragments Jar, Pearlized; (1) Dusty Attic Chipboard set - Birds; (1) Stampendous Mini Clipboard Canvas pack; (1) Set Canvas Mini's - Canvas Corp; (3) Sheets of Decopatch Tissue Paper; and (16) Tim Holtz Clear Fragments (random sizes/shapes). ** Alumidust is one of the many additives from the Alumilite Corporation. Valued at over $45.

The Frog Dog Studio  April Add-On Kit includes:

(1) Amazing Clear Cast Resin – 16 Fluid Oz Box; (1) Amazing Mold Putty – 2/3 lb Box; (25) 1 oz Measuring Cups; and (50) Wooden Stir Sticks. Valued at over $47.

Polymer Clay Molded to Perfection! AMAZING Desk Drawer Knob Redux by Niki Meiners

Hello everyone! Niki here today with a project using Amazing Mold Putty to dress up my desk drawers with some handmade knobs.

Desk drawer knobs get tons of use in my house. I am not a fan of clutter. If the clutter is out of site I am happy. The kids desk in our play room is used and abused by our kids and their friends. A few weeks ago, a knob fell off and could not be fixed. I tried to find a replacement for it and I even called the manufacturer. No luck. I tried a few from the hardware store and there was a ring around the hole that they would not fit over.

Being the crafty lass, I knew I could make a replacement... AND  I also knew I wanted to give the desk a little something to make it "POP". My daughter wanted pink and purple flowers and my 10 year old son begged me not to. I came up with a motherly compromise, knob that had a flower imprint and in masculine colors. My son suggested black and silver. I think they are pretty neutral so I agreed. 

I found a button I liked. It was the right size and right pattern but not deep enough. I came up with a plan to use more Amazing Mold Putty than would be needed to make a mold of just the button. I rolled the putty into a short fat tube and pressed the button in the center and pressed down through the tube to make it a deep mold. This worked great.

To make the drawer knob...

I conditioned black Sculpey Premo clay. I rolled it into a ball and pressed it in the mold.

Then pressed a screw into the back of the clay about half way in.

To secure the screw, I made a little snake of clay and added it around the opening.

   

I baked the clay on 275º for about 40 minutes. Follow the manufacturers directions for how long to bake. After allowing the piece to cool, I painted on Metallic Silver DecoArt acrylic paint. The paint really made all the details pop.

Using the Amazing Mold Putty really captures all the tiny details. Now I have to make 4 more knobs and finish the desk.

What furniture could you creatively update

using Amazing Mold Putty and polymer clay?

Thanks so much for dropping by! To see check out more of my creative work, please visit

http://nikimeiners.wordpress.com and http://www.365daysofcrafts.com.

Have a fabulous evening! ~ Niki

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Molds and Castings and Findings... OH MY!!! AMAZING Inspiration by Maria Soto

Hello everyone, this is Maria and today I'm sharing with you a few of some of the molds and castings that I've done. I like to make these in advance and keep on hand for future projects.

Equal amounts of parts "A" & "B" of Amazing Mold Putty are needed in order to make the perfect mold. I like to condition each part separately before combing both (follow instructions on the box - or click here to watch video). 

Amazing Mold Putty – parts "A" & "B" completely mixed

and ready to create molds, like the ones pictured below. 

The same mold was used to cast each piece shows, you can see the difference between the Amazing Clear Cast Resin and the Amazing Casting Resin. I love the glass look on the doll and the flower, just add some glitter gel and you are done... or paint over the areas you want to show more details. This allows you to finish any piece as needed for your projects. 

These really come in handy when you are busy putting a project together. I poured some of these using the Amazing Clear Cast Resin, and also the Amazing Casting Resin, you get two different looks, I did add color to some of the resin before pouring and some are just clear or white so I can add colors later on as needed. 

If you look around you will find some really cool items to make molds out of, or you can make your own like I did here – the witch's boot you see in the photo below was first made out of clay; then I used the Amazing Mold Putty to make a mold, and now I can cast as many boots as I want. 

Using just one mold paired with Alumilite Dyes and Alumilite Metallic Powders

and your own crafty stash... you can create a whole flock of handmade charms

(or whatever items you desire)!

Here is a photo of some cool owl charms I made for a swap – 

these all were made using Amazing Casting Resin.

I hope this post will inspire you to get creative, to go ahead and try Amazing Crafting Products and share with us by posting photos of your projects in our user gallery. 

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Thank you for stopping by. I invite you to stop over to my blog "What is Creativity"

at http://chuy-creativity.blogspot.com to see more of my creations. ~ Maria Soto

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Keep Finding Skeletons in the Coffins... Make AMAZING Altered Coffins by Maria Soto

Hi there, this is Maria with another spooky project...

using no other than Amazing Crafting Products.

Wood coffin, ready to be decorated!!! 

I found this cute coffin at the craft store and decided to get a few to decorate, at the time of purchase I was thinking paper as the main material to decorate these, however once I got home and looked at all the molds I had poured I decided to go with Amazing Casting Resin to do the decorating of these coffins.

The coffin after a couple of resin pours, is all ready to add the black make up cream, yes I decided to use this instead of acrylic paint, just wanted to see how it would work on the resin and the wood.

Now I made two different ones, following the same steps. I used the Amazing Casting Resin for two reasons, it sets in a white color and it sets in just about 10 minutes each pour. I poured resin over the coffins in different areas, the objective was not to do a solid coverage, I wanted some areas of the wood to be left uncovered, and by pouring several layers of resin, you get a lot of dimension. 

This is the final result after applying with my fingers the black make-up cream paint to the areas covered in Amazing Casting Resin, you can't see the inside but I did the same as on the outside, after wards I added a little of the green make-up cream paint to the inside of the coffin to add more color.

On the other coffin used for this post (photo below) I mixed some of the Alumilite Copper Metallic Powder to add some color to the resin, once it was set, the inside was painted all in red and on the outside where I used the resin I went over in some areas with red acrylic paint, adding and removing the paint so only some areas had the red, I used some of Tim Holtz new distress glitter in red over the resin before it totally set, to use it as glue for the glitter to stay and it worked. 

Front of coffin (you can see on the bottom some of the
copper colored Amazing Casting Resin used).

Back of Coffin (used the same black make-up cream paint),
and the white you see is the white Amazing Casting Resin.

 

Side views showing the texture you get from the colored resin,
and the paints added to bring in more color.

Close up of the front of the coffin.

Once the coffin was painted it was just a matter of gathering objects I had on hand to decorate it. On the photos below you will see I took a skeleton that only had a head and arms, three rings a skull, spider and a bat (I cut the bands off). I like to make a lot of molds of things I have around the house, pour resin and keep on hand for future use, that is what I did with the frame you see on the top of the coffin, it was made with mold potty and I used an old makeup box to make the mold. Below are photos of the open coffins I decorated, I will be making a few more as gifts. 

A view of the Open coffin - this one was just painted all with red
acrylic paint and used black lace and ribbon.

A view of the second Open coffin. Here you can see how the inside is a lot different from the other coffin – on this photo you can see the the green make-up paint and red acrylic paint I added to finish the coffin.

I really liked the inside, I took the skeleton that only had a head and arms and cut him up, I placed the head and one hand inside the coffin and then used some old resin spill I had and placed it inside the coffin, instead of using glue to adhere the resin piece and the skeleton head, I mixed some more Amazing Casting Resin colored with Alumilite Silver Metallic Powder and poured it in the inside – leaving some areas exposed of the skeleton head. I added flowers and a bat before the resin set so they would stay permanently. I glued one hand on the outside of the coffin – to make it look as if he melted away while trying to get out.

For the second coffin, I decided to use resin only on the coffin to match the outside, the entire skeleton was used but since it was too big, I figure why not make it look like he's getting out, so I cut the head and arms off and glue them to the outside while the rest of the body was glued inside the coffin. 

Below are photos to show how different the inside of both coffins look.

A close-up of how the inside looks of the first coffin I made 

Here is a close-up of how the inside looks on the second coffin.

I used a lot of left over materials to decorate this coffin. How you decorate is up to you, but using Amazing Casting Resin to color, add texture and dimension to the coffin is what I did here, and to also use it as a glue, now you can't beat that, I say is great when one product can be used in many different ways. Not to mention I did use molded objects such as the cabochon and picture frame casting used on the front of the coffins and resin spills to decorate, I've found out working with wire ribbon has an advantage, since I didn't need the wire on the edges, I cut it off and used it as a decoration (wire already covered with fabric, a plus) as you can see on coffin #2, I wrapped the wire on a paintbrush handle and added to the coffin, nothing really goes to waste.

This cabochon casting was made using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin with Alumilite Silver Metallic Powders, once set I used the Alumilite Gun Metal Metallic Powder all over. Once done, added some Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder and dry brushed some red acrylic paint on top; then coming back with a little bit more of the gun metal and gold metallic powers. These powders are amazing to work with! 

I had so much fun decorating these coffins, I can't wait for Halloween so they can go to their new owners. Have you tried Amazing Crafting Products? Here is a link to our photo gallery, come and share your amazing projects. http://www.moldputty.com/Gallery.cfm

If you have not tried resin, I suggest you try Amazing Crafting Products, it will change how you create, there are so many different ways to use their products, and the Alumilite Metallic Powders work great on resin dry or mixed in the resin,  it makes experimenting fun. Check out the website to find out more about the products http://www.moldputty.com/products.cfm

Materials used: Wood coffins from the craft store; Amazing Mold Putty; Amazing Casting Resin; Alumilite Copper, Gold, Gun Metal and Silver Metallic Powders; black and green make-up paint; red acrylic paint; Tim Holtz distress red glitter; skeletons; Halloween spider; skull; bat rings; ribbon; lace; flowers; cheese cloth; black feathers; Viva Decor glitter paints; and a hot glue gun.

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Thank you for stopping by. I invite you to stop over to my blog "What is Creativity" at http://chuy-creativity.blogspot.com to see more of my creations. ~ Maria Soto

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Mixed Media Creative Challenge with Amazing Crafting Products by Maria Soto

Hi there, this is Maria with another project to share with you. I have seen so many photos of tags done by so many people in so many different ways, especially those that have that "rusted" look and the "steam-punk" style. I have not tried either one, and I needed a challenge. 

Now as I was getting ready to start working on my tag, I looked at the piece of cardboard as I removed some of the layers to exposed the ridged area and decided that I would try and make my own resin tag that would resemble the cardboard one as you see in the photos below. Now this not only was a challenge but an experiment for me, which just got me more excited about this project.

Here is what I used to make this resin tag:

• Amazing Casting Resin
• Amazing Clear Cast Resin
• Amazing Mold Putty
• Recycled piece of cardboard
• Mixing cups
• Sticks/paper clips 
• AdTech hot glue & glue gun
• Plaid's Dimensional Magic
• Alumilite Dyes (brown, white, blue, flo green, flo red)
• Alumilite Metallic Powders (gun metal, gold, silver, copper)
• Recycled necklace and resin cabochon 
• Black ribbons
• Viva Decor Terra (Morrocan Red) 
• Tiny fabric yellow flowers

First things first, I cut out a piece of cardboard and peeled the top layer off to expose the ridges that I would use to make my mold. Keep in mind I'm making this project as I go along. 

After mixing equal parts "A" & "B" of the Amazing Mold Putty, I placed it over the area of the cardboard tag that I wanted to mold, waited about 10 minutes for the putty to cure. CLICK HERE for complete instructions. I removed the cardboard tag from the mold and I took some of the Alumilite Gun Metal Metallic Powder and brushed it on some of the areas of the mold now to get the resin ready.

I took Alumilite Fluorescent (Flo) Red, Brown and White dyes and added them to part "A" of the Amazing Clear Cast Resin and mixed thoroughly. Then I combined part "A" and part "B" of the clear cast resin (make sure to follow directions on the box of the clear cast resin for proper mixing or CLICK HERE for instructions). Well I couldn't wait to pour the colored resin on my mold! As I poured I realized that I should have added a border to the mold, because without it the resin was spreading out of the mold onto the paper I had under the mold (I forgot to use wax paper).

I took some more mold putty and added a border to the mold, but I didn't want it to be permanent so I took a bit longer to make sure it would not stick permanently to the mold (I have other plans for this mold). I had to mix some more Amazing Clear Cast Resin and dyes to add to the mold once again, but this time I decide to add a little of the Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder to the poured resin and just swirled it around, not sure if it would settle to the bottom or stay on top. Left it over night to set completely. As you can see below, the gold power did not settle to the bottom of the mold, it stayed on the top. Now that my tag is ready, I just had to do a little bit of trimming on the edges. I seriously did not like the dull color of what would be the front of the tag, but then I figured it would work best this way.

Next is the fun part, adding lots of colors and texture to give it a rusted look. I figure to add texture to the resin tag, I would use the Amazing Casting Resin, so I took the Alumilite Fluorescent (Flo) Green Dye and the Blue dye to see if I could come up with a color similar to a green patina and mixed it with part "A" of the resin. Once all was mixed, I combined part "A" and part "B" of the Amazing Casting Resin and began to pour it over some of the areas of the resin tag, below are two photos, one right after pouring the colored resin and then you can see how the color began to show, for a while I was afraid it was not going to come out the color I wanted, until it began to set. I decided to add some hot glue over the resin I had just poured to give it even more dimension.

I used Plaid's Dimensional Magic mixed with some Alumilite Silver Metallic Powder and brushed it over some areas of the resin tag. I was going to do the same with the gold and copper metallic powders but instead I just took a paper clip and used the tip to get the powder from the bottles and just tapped it off over the tag in different areas, then brushed the dimensional magic over the powders and mixed and spread them around. Look at the photos below to see how the color of the resin tag continued to changed every time I added a different color, I continued to do this until I was happy with the colors, all the hot glue I poured was colored with the different color metallic powders.

I had this necklace I purchased at a garage sale that I figure I could use in my crafts one day, it had some pretty charms on it, I took it apart and used part of the chain and some of the charms as embellishments.

I had poured a domed cabochon a while back and decided to use it on this project after using the same metallic powders to give it an old metallic effect by dry brushing only. I wanted to leave as much of the resin tag exposed, so I decided to make the bottom of the tag the center point, to start I added a couple small pieces of black organza ribbon that had silver glitter on already, used hot glue to adhere to the tag, then placed the cabochon, and the rest of the metal elements where glued in place. I added a few tiny flowers to which I added paint to age them too. Final touch I took some Viva Decor Terra in Morrocan Red and added it on all the metal embellishments, added some black ribbons to the top of the tag and it's done.

This project took several days to complete, having an idea of what you want to make, is exciting but it can also be scary for you don't know the outcome, not knowing if it's going to turn out can be intimidating. I love to challenge myself when it comes to crafting, this project shows my version of a mixed media "grungy, steam-punk" tag without all the gears. I needed to make it my way and I have to say I love the final project. These products are amazing, they have allowed me make my vision a reality, this resin tag turned out just as I imagined it.

What type of project do you see yourself

making with Amazing Crafting Products?

Please leave a comment below and share photos of any
projects you make in our New User Gallery.

To see more of my creations, please visit my blog "What is Creativity?". ~ Maria

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

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