A Fairy Frozen Charlotte Born from a Bar of Soap and Amazing Mold Putty....

Happy Wednesday and today is the day!!! Susan back and as promised, I'm here to share my "Fairy" project that is featured in a special bloghop today. CLICK HERE to go there. Don't forget...there's a special coupon for Amazing Crafting Products at the end of this post, too!

This project began with a little goodie that was included from an Etsy team-member I purchased some holiday soap molds from. She included this sweet fairy bar of molded goat's milk soap. So I have been saving this for a special Amazing Mold Putty adventure....turns out it's evolved into a whole fairyland altered shadowbox project.

I mixed up a good amount of Amazing Mold Putty to cover the front and all sides of the soap. It's about the size of a trading card and the square part of the soap below the relief is about 1/2" thick. I made the mold around the bar and I can use it for just the relief of the fairy - or as more of a sculptural piece.

A little note about the results...as it turns out goat's milk soap is very soft and delicate {but smells lovely}. It wasn't harmed by the mold putty - but the heat of the curing process of the mold putty sort of melted the soap into the edges of it. I had to put it in the freezer for about an hour {because this particular mold is so thick} to help accelerate cooling and release from mold putty. I had to pull a little to get it started, but it worked! My bar of soap has a slight tint of yellow now, but it's a success!

Then I filled the relief part of the mold with Creative Paperclay™ and let dry. I also put this into the freezer for about 15 minutes so that I could get it out of the mold to dry faster by placing it in the toaster oven at the very lowest toast cycle a couple of times. I let it cool completely between cycles because the paperclay likes to puff up like a donut when it gets too hot. 

My little fairy frozen charlotte is born!

The lovely detail of my Fairy Frozen Charlotte is painted, worn and weathered.

Please CLICK HERE to see my finished piece.

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I hope you enjoyed today's project. I encourage you to stroll around through the many AMAZING projects from the other Amazing Mold Putty Design Team members for some great tips and ideas! If you have any questions, please leave a comment, select receive e-mail follow ups on comments and I will respond. If you would like to see more of my creations, please visit my blog sbartist : painting in the dark by clicking here.

Have a fabulously creative day! Sb : ) 

Vintage Doorplates

Once again, my collections are inspiration to use my Amazing Mold Putty!! I have such a habit of buying things to use in my artwork, and then NOT using them because they are one of a kind... or they are so pretty I can't bring myself to use them... you get the idea. I don't use them. It's one of the things that makes Amazing Mold Putty one of my favorite new art tools.

For example: I have a collection of Vintage Doorplates... and I never use them for anything, because they are each unique. This one in particular is one of my favorites. I would love to use it in a piece of art work, but I can't get another one just like it... 

 Or CAN I?
Now that I have Amazing Mold Putty, I can MAKE one!!
What you need:
Amazing Mold Putty
Casting Resin
*OPTIONAL Brown Alumilite Dye
Spray paint
Acrylic Paint
Metallic paints
Antiquing Stain
Sealant
First, I used two equal parts Amazing Mold Putty and mixed them together until they were uniform in color.Then I molded it around the door plate by pressing the plate deep into the putty. I made sure that where there were holes, the putty came through, and then formed it into a point, so that the mold would pull free of the plate easily once it was set.

Because the plate was so old and crusty, parts of the rust and chipping paint came off into the mold.

I just took the mold down stairs to the sink and scrubbed them out.
Once the mold was as clean and dry as I could get it I used equal parts clear cast A and B. Then I poured Amazing Casting Resin into the mold. I also added a drop of Brown Alumilite Dye, but it didn't really make the resin as dark as I wanted, so that's a moot point. Next time, I will add more dye, and not have to spray paint the piece! When you mix your dye into the resin, add the dye to PART A of your A/B mix before you combine the two. If you don't HAVE dye, you don't have to have it to make this.

I use a "bed" of rice to keep my projects level while they are curing... a handy trick when  you live in an old farm house and NOTHING is level.
As the resin Cures, it starts to turn opaque... it's a cool thing to watch!! These two photos were taken in less than 2 min of each other.

I left the resin over night to set, but you can release the mold in as little as 30 min. if it's not your bedtime. Here's the cured piece! You can see small bits of rust that came out of the mold with this cure. Also, you can see how  slight the one drop of dye colored the piece. It would otherwise be white.

Since I was new to the dye, and didn't add enough, I decided to simply spray paint the piece a black base coat. I also sanded rough edges and cleaned up some of the holes in the piece.

Next, I used Robin Metallics Rub Ons to add metallic tones. My sets were part of my grandma's paints, so I  don't know where she got them. I think they can be found in most craft stores now.

Next, I create the chipped paint layer. Using regular craft paint.

When I'm done, I fill in the cracks with darker paints and antiquing stains until I have filled all the crevices and chips with dark colors.

I have to tell you... I think I ended up liking the NEW door plate better than the old one, and now, I can make more!! It's nearly impossible to tell which is the original, unless you're touching them.

 I love the detail of the chipped paint, and how well the resin and mold retained that.

Now, I need to get cracking and put my new doorplate to USE!! Be sure to share any projects you make using ideas like this on the Amazing Mold Putty® Facebook Page!!
I'd also love it if you visit me at "my house"!!
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Feed Your Soul collage

I recently had the enormous pleasure of taking a class from one miss Anna Debrowska, a wonderful artist from Poland. 

in the class I learned a technique of collaging mixed found objects and making them appear as though they belong together.

of course once I was home I had to go do a bit of playing around with some of my most favorite products and here is the result:

 a couple of journal pages. I of course had to pull out a couple of my absolute favorite amazing molds and fill them with the amazing casting resin. Insert my giant button mold and my cameo mold, both created by mixing even parts of the amazing mold putty and forming it around some vintage pieces. 

Here you can see the giant button and cameo easily... after they had hardened I glued them in their proper places and covered them in tattered angels glimmer mist. The final step was to dry brush them with some gesso to bring out all their beautiful details.