Let's Make a Snowman

I found a wonderful snowman ornament at my favorite store, but he is SOOO very heavy.

So I thought to myself, "self, can we make a lighter weight snowman?".

Myself said "heck yeah!"

So, I did!

This is the finished product....now let's see how to make it, shall we?

Supplies:

Amazing Mold Putty

Amazing Casting Resin

Snowman

Grungeboard holly & leaves

Acrylic paints and paint brushes

Extreme Glitter acrylic paint

Quick Grab glue

Smooch inks (blue and orange)

Twine

Bling

Pour your resin A & B parts. Then pour the little cups into one cup, stir, and let sit.

While it's sitting, make your mold by mixing equal parts of each A & B.

I rolled my ball of putt out with a rubber brayer, and put the snowman onto it face down, pressing him into the putty. Then, gently pull the putty up around his sides to make a wall.

My wall at the top of the hat wasn't deep enough, so after the mold cured, I added a little bit of putty to it.

See my messy patch job? :)

 Pour your mixed up resin into the mold and watch!

Let it set until it's completely white and not tacky to the touch.

Remove your casted piece.

FABULOUS!!

If you've got any edges you aren't thrilled with, just use an emery board to smooth it.

Easy peasy!

 Here's my casted piece next to the store bought one.

The detail is AMAZING!!

Start painting!

Paint some more!

Paint the grungeboard pieces with acrylic paint and then Extreme Glitter paint.

Wrap some twine around the hat, securing with the Quick Grab.

Add some holly leaves.

Add some bling berries!

 I added a little blue Smooch over the blue paint on the hat, and some orange Smooch 

over the orange paint on the carrot nose.

My artsy fartsy 15 year old said he couldn't tell which one came from the store! YEAH!

And, the casted piece weighs considerably less than the store-bought one does.

 Here's your wiener!

Daisy Dog says "Let is snow, let it snow, let is snow...I'll be on the couch!"

Yes Even Food!!!

Did you know that you could use Amazing Mold Putty for food molds?   You sure can!  Today I created a butter mold.  With the holidays upon us dinner parties are all around and a great detail to your festivities are individual molded pats of butter. 

The first step is to make your mold.  You want to be sure to use something that isn't so detail and will be about the right size for an individual butter pat.  I found this great snowflake on the end of a tea ball.  You could use something like a bell, fancy shaped ornament, or anything else your heart desires. 

Once your mold has set up your ready to add your butter.  You can set your butter out on the counter an hour or so before your ready to use, or if you like me and are ready to do it ....NOW!!!! just microwave your stick of butter for 10 seconds.  Not to long you don't want to melt it just soften.  Fill  the mold with the soft butter and be sure to push it into all the detail work.  Pop it in the freezer to set up.

After 20-30 minutes it will be ready to pop out.  You can make several molds to do numerous ones at first or if you have time to do one by one, you can store the butter in a tupperware dish lined with wax paper.  Now the hard part is making the homemade bread to go with the butter, LOL. 

Have a happy holiday season.

Hugs,

Making Your Own Acyrlic Lace Embellishments with Amazing Mold Putty

I love old needlework and lace – but sometimes have a tendency to hoard the really pretty pieces, because I don't want to use them. I've found a way though, that I can use these antique pieces to make my own acrylic versions using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

I have had this lovely needle lace flower for years - and just never had the project that I thought was worthy of using it. To make the lace ready to mold - I stiffened it using Helmar's Fabric Stiffener and Draping Liquid. I let it dry completely, and then started my mold. Although this is a very shallow mold, it still was a rather big one.

I rolled the putty flat, and pressed the flower into the putty,

being careful to press all of the areas evenly.

You can see that the mold is very shallow. I poured the Amazing Casting Resin carefully. I still had some areas that "spilled" over into areas that I didn't want the resin, but I just let it dry, and trimmed the over-fill away with scissors.

I painted my "lace" with Creative Inspirations Paint in beige, to give it an antique textile look. Now I can make the piece over and over again, and never have to worry about running out. Don't you love how much of the stitch detail you can see from the mold? It really is amazing!