#Cre8time Brewing... DIY #Halloween Chalkboard by Tracy Alden

Hello! Tracy here with another Amazing Casting Products inspiration post! Lately I have been cleaning and looking through my art supplies for Halloween themed items. In a box I found a series of Amazing Mold Putty molds I made in 2012.

One of my favorites molds is a family of Jack o' Lantern pumpkins I created by molding a small polymer clay piece I had sculpted.

I store my molds in freezer bags and even after all that time in storage my Amazing Mold Putty molds were still in perfect shape to make more castings!

I had made a wall decoration with my original casting but I wondered what other projects could I embellish with my family of pumpkins? I poured several copies of the pumpkins out of Amazing Casting Resin, painted the resin pumpkins with acrylic paints and sealed them with Liquitex Gloss Varnish. I saved the two other painted resin pumpkin pieces for future projects.

Once the paint was dry I applied a thin layer of Liquitex Matte Varnish to one of the resin pumpkin pieces, then rubbed on Orange Alumidust and let dry.

I painted an old picture frame with black chalk paint and let dry. Carefully I glued on the resin pumpkins, twigs for pumpkin stems and little paper leaves.

After I placed all of the leaves, I felt it was missing something, so I brought out flat backed acrylic gems to give it some sparkle. I applied small dots of Beacon Gem-Tac to the frame and picked up small acrylic flat back gems with a crayon.

** A TIP** The gems stick to the crayon when you press the crayon gently on top of the front of the gem, allowing you to move it to the desired place without getting glue on your fingers.

Once the glue was dry I added a thin layer of Liquitex Matte Varnish to the leaves, and dusted them with Orange Alumidust and let dry. Using a chalk marker allows me to write quickly and can easily be cleaned with a baby wipe.

After having so much fun reusing an older Amazing Mold Putty mold, I can't wait to see what other projects I can make.

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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A #Cre8time Monster Mash... Haunted House Decor by Tanya Ruffin

Using a Halloween box, figurines from the Dollar Tree, Amazing Casting Products and some scrapbook paper I had on hand, I was able to create this awesome Haunted House box!

  

Dollar Tree Halloween Box and Halloween figurines.

Mold the figures with Amazing Mold Putty. After the mold has set, remove the originals. Mix some Alumilite Casting Resin, add Alumilite Black Dye and pour your molds.

In the meantime while they cure...

Glue scrapbook paper on the box. Make windows and shutters. I even made a chimney out of scrapbook paper. Since my figurines are so small, I made the house two stories. The best thing to do is place the box on the scrapbook paper and trace along the outside. I left a little extra space on each side to overlap the paper. I used contrasting papers for the windows and shutters. To make the singles, I cut 3 rows of shingles and haphazardly cut "V"s out for the shingles. I then alternated colors for the rows. The top piece was one sheet folded over the top to at the point.

These are the figurines with silver Rub n' Buff® added.
They are totally transformed – I love them!

Glue figurines to the house. They are flat-backed and the resin is lightweight.

  

I have the Bride of Frankenstein at the front door to greet guests!

The Grim Reaper is in the attic window!

This was a fun project. If you like this idea you could make the house into something for almost any season. I was thinking it could also be a Santa's workshop for Christmas, the Easter Bunny's house or a church for Easter... just buy the houses at Halloween because they aren't always available!

How do you create with Amazing Casting Products?

Craft Your Own Way! ~ Tanya

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

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#Cre8time Discoveries... Resin and Art go Hand in Hand by Maria Soto

Hi there – this is Maria and today I want to share how I use Amazing Clear Cast Resin with my art work. Last month I shared a post about how to make frames using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin, and then simply gluing the artwork onto the frame {CLICK HERE if you missed it}. Well... I decided to go further and encase the artwork in resin too – this will protect the art work, and unlike glass, you don't have to worry about it breaking.

I have made a few more frames and after I painted these, I simply adhered the art work inside the frame as before, then with a make-up sponge, I applied a coat of Amazing Clear Cast Resin over the entire frame and the artwork. I set aside to cure over night add a hanger to the back and done.

I really like the glass like finish on the entire piece – I still have a few more frames to make to finish up the rest of my paintings.

After making a couple of frames this way, I thought why not use the resin to just encase the entire art paper. All these paintings were done with watercolors, and I love how the Amazing Clear Cast Resin really brings out the watercolor and it gives it such a different look.

Before layer of Amazing Clear Cast Resin was added to my painting...

I took out one of my frame molds I made using the Amazing Mold Rubber, turned it over and used the back – it was a perfect size and work surface for the artwork I had on hand. I took one of my papers and all I did was brush a coat of Amazing Clear Cast Resin on the front using a make-up sponge. This was my first time using this to apply resin and it worked really good. I'm going to have to stop at the dollar store and get another big bag of this sponges... it's a cheap and easy way to brush the resin with. I can leave it this way or apply some resin on the back; attach a hanger on the back and done... or find a picture frame big enough and frame it without the need of glass.

After the resin was applied to the entire front of the art work!

I hope that I have inspired you to look at these amazing products and find different ways to use them – sure they are great for using with molds, but they really have so many uses that they really are Amazing Casting Products.

How would you put a finishing
touch on your creations?

Thanks for visiting! 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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