Amazing Casting Products: sacred heart

Monday, December 14

#Cre8time Fun Fusion... DIY Sacred Heart Miser by Tanya Ruffin

While in the middle of creating another project, I had an idea. Isn't that how it always works? I had a small back heart frame sitting on my work space and thought... wouldn't it be cool to make a sacred heart out of this? A sacred heart is the heart with flames coming from the top.

So I grabbed my polymer clay... Ok I didn't "grab" it, it took about an hour of extensive searching to find that it was standing sideways against the back of my desk about 3 feet from me – But I digress...

I "grabbed" my polymer clay and made flames and attached it to the top of the frame.

Now get this.... since I was going to pour the Amazing Mold Rubber on top of the sacred heart creation, I didn't even fire the clay. I just glued the frame part to a plastic tray and poured the rubber mold on top. Sorry I don't have a photo.

When the mold was fully cured, I pulled it out and was even able to salvage the clay. Win, win!

I mixed Alumilite Red Dye with Amazing Casting Resin and made a cast.

Awesome!!! Now what to make with it?

I added some gold Rub 'n Buff® and I LOVE it even more!

The Red reminded me of the Heat Miser soooooo... I printed out a picture of Heat Miser*, and coated with with some Amazing Clear Cast Resin then glued that to the back of the frame.

"...He's Too Much!"

*Keep in mind that you can not just go to google something print it out and sell it. There are copyright issues. This was a project just for fun and for personal use. :)

Now go out there and Craft Your Own Way!

~ T anya

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Thursday, February 12

Passion Heart for Valentine's... Rhinestone and Resin Sacred Heart Pendant by Tanya Ruffin

This is where my art history background becomes visible. I love religious symbolism, jewelry, decor, etc... My favorite period is medieval and one of my favorite symbols is the sacred heart.

I decided to make my own clunky sacred heart charm using air dry clay, Amazing Mold Rubber, Amazing Casting Resin, red rhinestones, red rhinestone paper and red, orange and yellow glitter.

I started off with some air dry clay. I made a scared heart charm and was so excited that I forgot to take a photo of it. I let the charm air dry and then made a mold using Amazing Mold Rubber {CLICK HERE to view mixing/preparation}.

I ended up sacrificing the clay piece removing it from the mold.

Then using Amazing Casting Resin, I cast a charm.

I used a file to clean up the flames a little.

Now, pull out the glitter! I had Tulip Fashion Glitter on hand so that is what I used. It worked GREAT! I glittered the heart because you will would be able to see the white in between the rhinestones. This creates a nice background.

You can use Amazing Clear Cast Resin, glue, mod podge or whatever you have on hand to cover the surface with glitter. I used white glue. I glittered the heart red and the flames, yellow and orange and let dry {it takes about 20 minutes}.

Now take out your red rhinestones and start at the top of the heart and work your way down. I mixed up a small amount of Amazing Clear Cast Resin and dripped a small amount on the surface and a q-tip to place the rhinestones. I placed about 2 rows along the sides and put one rhinestone on each of the flame tips.

After wearing it one night I noticed it did flip around a lot – so I glued some red rhinestone paper from the Buckle Boutique to the back of the pendant.