You Light Up my Life!

You Light Up my Life!

 

At this time of year when the days are getting darker and the weather is getting cooler, it only seems natural to want to brighten up the house inside and out, add the holiday lights, cozy up by the fire and start spending some time indoors. While I'm indoors I enjoy doing some reading or crocheting, but I really need good light to do both. I also like getting into the holiday season by adding festive little touches around the house. Todays post was inspired by fall and Thanksgiving.

 

 

This lamp shade was created using the following products

Amazing Casting Resin

http://www.alumilite.com/ProdDetail.cfm?Category=Casting Resins&Name=Amazing Casting Resin

3D Crystal Lacquer & 3D Crystal Lacquer Color

http://www.sakuracraft.com/shop/3D-Crystal-Lacquer.htm

and

Wilton Fondant Mold

http://search.wilton.com/?q=fondant+molds

 

I mixed and poured my shapes into the mold, once they were dry I painted them with the 3D Crystal lacquer and attached them to the shade. The shade was highlighted with Tim Holtz distress inks and some glimmer mist. This looks so pretty in person, the lamp shade has a beautiful sheen to it and casts such a pretty defused light.

 

Now I could have easily made the shapes I needed out of the Amazing Mold Putty, but I had a really good coupon for this Wilton mold and for what I paid for it, it wasn't worth using up MY precious mold putty for this project, especially since the mold already existed. Yes, I thought up the idea first and then saw the mold.......it was meant to be.

This is what every room should have, a designer lamp shade made with Casting Resin!

 

 

Funny, I never noticed until just this moment, but I didn't mold resin rope for around the top edge of this lamp, so I will have to add that. However, I do want to let you know that the resin WON'T melt or warp with heat and is an excellent choice for designing your very own shade. Try molding your own pieces with The Amazing Mold Putty for ONE OF A KIND SHADES! Every child would love his or her own lamp shade decorated in a theme of their choice!

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 



Shades of Grey

Shades of Grey

I made a card for a "Shades of Grey" Challenge and since the thumb cuffs my kids had were broken and thrown away I couldn't make a mold out of them.

I went with the next option I could come up with and decided to make a key since the cuffs on the Digi Stamp I used will need a key to open them. :)

The Key on this card was made with resin!

Amazing Crafting Products - Casting Resin

Amazing Crafting Products - Mold Putty

Original Key by Tim Holtz

Prima Bling

Pure Silver Craft Paint

Sassy Studio Designs Digi Stamp

Gray Ribbon

Copics:

Cheeks E95

Skin YR000, YR61, BV20

Hair C1, C3, C5

Clothes C7, C9, BV25, BV29

I used this key:

Took Mold Putty and took equal amounts of the white and the yellow and mixed together until it's mixed well.

Then rolled into a ball and pressed the key into the ball to make a mold and I let it sit for a few hours but really it doesn't take that long, usually 30 minutes but I was multi-tasking.

I somehow completely forgot to take pictures of the resin poured into the mold.

You easily pop your original molded piece out.

I wanted to make a mold because this key was too thick and knew I could press the key in as far as I wanted to get the thickness desired.

After this I took the resin and took equal parts of A and B and mixed them together in a paper cup for about a minute until the mixture is clear and then poured into the mold.

Since I have a tendency to make too much resin I made sure to have a bunch of my molds around to pour the extra into so I wouldn't waste all the extra. :)

I let it harden up for about an hour while I ate dinner but you can also pull out the resin piece before that amount of time.

There is also dye that you can mix in beforehand to have your cast whatever color you want but I was making a whole bunch of things so kept it at white which is the color it will turn when the resin is solidifying.

I popped it out and then painted it with silver acrylic paint and then put ribbon through it and adhered the ribbon to the card.

Check out their website!

 

Thanks for visiting,

Jamie

http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com



Hung Up on YOU!

Hung Up on YOU!

 

Todays little production is brought to you by

http://www.alumilite.com/

AND

http://search.wilton.com/?q=fondant+mold

 

Most of you know I'm am AMP's #1 fan, however, I can't help myself from the allure of the Wilton fondant molds. Have you seen them yet? What I like about them the most is the wide range of items you get in each mold. The possibilities are endless. And when you couple that with The Amazing Mold Putty - http://www.alumilite.com/ProdDetail.cfm?Category=Casting Resins&Name=Amazing Casting Resin

you can let your imagination sore to new heights.

 

Don't get me wrong, I love my mold putty and the biggest advantage of making your own molds is the fact that you are able to make one of a kind pieces and you have control on the size of piece you would like to make.

However, todays post will showcase the use of the Amazing Casting Resin and a Wilton Mold.

 

Lets get started

Supplies

- 5 min. Casting Resin

- Wilton Mold

- Jewellery findings

- glue

- embellishments

 

1. Mix and pour your 5 min. Casting Resin

 2. When your pieces are slightly warm, you can tell when they are ready by gently peeling back the edge of the mold, if it release easily its ready

 3. If your pieces are slightly warm you can insert your jewellery findings in at this time. Here I inserted my metal hooks into the warm resin.

 4. Next paint and embellish your piece. I used 3D Crystal lacquer to adhere my metal findings and painted my pieces with Glimmer Glaze.

 

 Steampunk Keychain

 

 

 Glittered/Glazed Necklace charm

 

 

Additional pieces from the Wilton mold

 

As you can see the mold I used has some fun items in it and I didn't even use all of the mold.

 

I hope you have fun trying some new ways to use your resin. I have an amazing project which will be posted here on Nov. 14th. I hope you will check back often and have a look at ALL of the Design Teams creations. Thanks for dropping by!