A #Cre8time Game of Horseshoe... AMAZING Inspiration from Brenda Burfeind

Good day Crafties! Brenda here from Creativity is a State of Mind and today I want to share some inspiration... another project I've made using a mold I created a while back! 

As you may remember... this "lucky" sign that I created

from molding/casting a real horseshoe.

Or my first horseshoe make – this red, white and blue star?

If you missed them, you can view these projects HERE.

There is a little history as to why I molded this particular horseshoe. When we bought our house we found this horseshoe among some flowers in a flower bed. My husband said, "this was going to be our LUCKY horseshoe and it needed to stay in the yard". It's very old and rusty, but it's been with us ever since (now 16 years).

I've used the same horseshoe mold filled with Amazing Casting Resin and a bit of Alumilite Dye. I rubbed the resin cast horseshoe with some paint to age and distress, then wrapped with some colored twine to create a faux twine-wrapped horseshoe to hang in my home. Now I can enjoy this "lucky" charm every day.

What I love best about Amazing Casting Resin is that once it's cured it is almost weightless. Imagine if you hung a real horseshoe on a wall in your home and it wasn't hung properly. If it would fall it could hurt someone or break something... but made with Amazing Casting Resin it is featherlight! 

You can also paint plain white resin castings to create very different variations! Wouldn't this make a wonderful rustic gift topper?!

  

Oh and by the way, my horseshoe sign made it on the new packaging for Amazing Casting Resin! I love seeing my creations on their product. You can find it at Michael's, Hobby Lobby and of course online at MoldPutty.com!

I hope I've inspired you to use the Amazing Casting Products to create your own custom home decor that is very lightweight and so easy to recreate! I've used this mold a several times now and it is still as strong and detailed as the original!

What items would you mold 
to accent your home decor?

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will come back often to see what the other designers have created!

Until next time, Happy Crafting! ~ Brenda

I invite you to stop over to my blog, Creativity is a State of Mind

to see all that I've been making. 

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Trimming the #Cre8time Tree... by Michele Kosciolek

Hello fellow creatives! Michele here today and I am super exciting to be sharing with you today, my very first project as an Amazing Casting Products Creative Team member!!! Today I am sharing a quick Christmas ornament I made to use as a gift topper.

I started by creating a shape to mold using some various wood pieces.

Then I used Amazing Mold Putty to mold my wood piece. I sprayed a tiny bit of Mold Release Spray just to be sure the wood wouldn't stick. Follow the package directions for the amount of time to let the putty cure {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}.

Look how great that piece molded!!!

Next I brushed bronze Alumilite Metallic Powder in the numbers and antlers.

I mixed some Amazing Clear Cast Resin according to the package directions and poured in the mold {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}. It is always a good idea to have other molds handy in case you have any resin let so it doesn't go to waste!!!

A bit more package directions to follow for cure time and viola!!! Look how great it looks popped right out of the mold.

I used my Crop-o-Dile to punch a hole for a bit of sparkly ribbon to hang the ornament from... easy peasy!!

Oh my I just love holiday creating and boy oh boy these Amazing Casting Products make it so easy!!!

This will be perfect from package to tree.

And that metallic bronze is gorgeous!

Thanks so much for taking a peak at my first post!

I look forward to sharing so much more inspiration with you!!!

What kind of handmade

ornaments are you making?

Until next time... ~ Michele

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#Cre8time in the Country... Faux Delft Tile Decor by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy with another Amazing Casting Products tutorial! I have recently been seeing in home decor and antique stores blue and white country tiles and pottery. I have always been fond of the look and wondered if I could attempt my own version with everyday craft supplies and without the need of a kiln! 

Supplies: 

• Amazing Clear Cast Resin
• Polymer Clay Scraps (Uncured) 
• Stir Sticks 
• Acrylic Paint in Bright Blue and Ocher 
• Paint Brush 
• Stamps 
• Flat head jewelry pliers 
• Soft Wire 
• ceramic tile 
• Liquid Fusion Glue 
• Disposable gloves 

I started by going through some of my scrap polymer clay, left over from other projects. I tried to pick clay that was pale blue, grey, white, translucent and cream. I was careful to not pick any of the pearl or metallic clay because I wanted to create the look of old country tiles and not something modern.

Using a pasta machine (devoted to craft use only) set on the thickest setting I conditioned the clay and blending all of the scrap clay by multiple runs though the pasta machine. I placed my now smooth and uniform colored clay on a ceramic tile, trimming the uneven edges. I used a frame style stamp as a cutting guide, making sure I could fit 3 across and 2 going down on the clay.

Once the clay was trimmed I sprayed the frame style stamp with water to act as a stamp release from the clay and pressed firmly into the clay. After I pressed the stamp in 6 times I used small plant and insect stamps to press inside the frame impression to create the illusion of 6 individual tiles. I trimmed the clay even closer to the stamped images, smoothing edges and defining details. I placed the ceramic tile with the polymer clay into a toaster over to cure per manufacturer’s instructions.

One the clay was finished baking I removed it from the ceramic tile and cleaned the edges. I applied bright blue acrylic paint to detailed portions of the clay, rubbing off excess with a paper towel. 

I applied a color wash, of Ochre acrylic paint diluted with water, to give the tiles a aged and worn look. I let the paint fully dry.

I mixed up a small portion of Amazing Clear Cast Resin, making sure to slowly stir to reduce air bubbles and let it sit for 10 minutes. By letting the resin sit for 10 minutes, the resin will be thicker and stick more to the polymer clay piece. I carefully applied the resin to the front of the pieces with a toothpick, making sure to get all the grooves and indents of the stamped images. I put on a pair of gloves so I could smear the resin across the piece and get even coverage of resin. I let this layer of resin cure completely.

*At this point if you did not want to drill though the polymer clay piece, you can put a wire hanger on the back of the polymer clay tiles with some Liquid Fusion Glue, as I did for this tutorial.

With this polymer clay and resin coating technique any number of mixed media, embellishments and tile art can be created!

What AMAZING arts and crafts can you create?

Please share them on the user GALLERY on the Amazing Crafting Products Website!

Visit my blog Art Resurrected for more craft tutorials!

Until next time, safe travels! ~ Tracy

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