Precious Memories

Hello Everyone. Molly here to share with you one of the many wonderful things you can do with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin.

I wanted to make a page about my father and wanted to add one of the old antique key he had given me, but it was just to heavy to put on a page. So in comes AMAZING MOLD PUTTY.

I mixed equal amounts of yellow and white putty until I got an uniform yellow color.

Then I placed the key into the putty and let it sit for a few minutes. Then I removed the key and let the mold sit until it was hardened.

I then filled the mold with paper clay and waited for it to dry.

Then using various paints and mica powders I tried to get it to match the original key. I think I got pretty darn close, don't you? The original is the top one.


Then I added it to my page. I LIGHT key that will always remind me of the one my father gave me.

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Hugs~~
Molly

"Steampunk EGGship" Made with Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin

Hello...and Happy Spring!!! Susan here to share another adventure with Amazing Mold Putty. Today's project I am sharing a special "STEAMPUNK" project using Amazing Crafting Products by Alumilite Corp.

I enjoy creating my own original artwork and today's project is quite special - a themed project that is borne out of the Steampunk genre with an Easter twist. This project began with this assortment of items and I let my imagination run wild.

Using this myriad of unrelated items I am going to create a whimsical "Steampunk EGGship". I made a mold of my original and several accent pieces in Amazing Mold Putty and then cast it in a colored mixture of Amazing Casting Resin colored with Alumilite black dye and Gold Metallic Powder. 

Now for the FUN to BEGIN! I got out my Amazing Mold Putty!

Please see accompanying image number to go along with written instruction/description.

Photo(s) #1: I began by adhering shell pieces to egg with hot glue to make nose and wings for my "Eggship". I filled in crevices where pieces met the egg with the glue and smoothed out glue using hot tip of glue gun. To smooth out the glue, I gently heated with a heat gun - being careful not to melt the plastic pieces. Photo #2: Completed "Eggship" base ready for molding in Amazing Mold Putty. To mix up Amazing Mold Putty, I followed the simple illustrated instructions on the packaging. If you want a more in depth how-to of mixing Amazing Mold Putty please click here. Photo #3: Eggship is fairly large and requires many small applications of prepared Amazing Mold Putty to cover object. Photo #4: Completely covered Eggship Base. I have left top open which will be the top open area of the ship. Photo #5: Item removed from cured Amazing Mold Putty mold showing the detail inside. Photo #6: Several other items cast in Amazing Mold Putty molds for the details of my Eggship. Photo #7: Preparing molds by brushing with Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder prior to pouring Amazing Casting Resin.

NOW FOR THE CASTING with the Quick Set Amazing Casting Resin:

Following the directions on package I measure out to equal parts of Part A and Part B to mix Amazing Casting Resin which sets up in approximately 10 minutes.

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Photo #8: I mixed thoroughly into Part "A" of Amazing Casting Resin, just one drop of Alumilite Black Dye to add coloring. The Alumilite dyes are so concentrated a little goes a long way.  Photo #9:  Then I added Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder to the Part A black mixture. You want to mix coloring into Part A. Then gently stir in Part B to Part A colored mixture and stir thoroughly. Then pour into molds. Photo #10: These are my molds with the poured resin as the curing process reaches the flash point where it changes from clear to an opaque hardened plastic. Since I added black dye and gold metallic powder, the color is a shimmery grey. As you can see there are many more molds pictured. When you mix resin have extra molds handy to use up extra leftover resin - you don't want this stuff to go to waste. Photo #11: Completed base Eggship removed from mold. The egg in the center to create hollow void had to be removed with pliers and was rendered a twisty mess [I promise only one golden egg was harmed in the making of this project}. This would have been avoided by applying petroleum jelly prior to placing egg in resin. At time of pouring, I totally forgot about this until I already had resin mixed. Photo #12: A happy accident resulting from not adding a release agent to gold egg - the coloring was totally removed from egg and left inside my cured resin Eggship. YAY!

The gold coloring of the Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder gives a luminous Gold exterior color to my  resin Eggship. Where the seams of the sections of mold met, there are cracks that have to be sanded. This is corrected by removing large areas with a metal file and then sand with emory board. For detailed areas I use my Basic Grey File Kit which has some fine grit tiny metal filing tools.

After filing and sanding - I touch up the exposed "grey resin" areas with burnt umber and antique gold acrylic paints. Then I begin assembly by glueing on casted resin chicken feet and a beanie propeller on nose. I was so happy with how this looked, I went for the "LESS is MORE" approach and decided to not use the gears and other metal embellishments that I cast. I adhered an assortment of chipboard gold embossed gears, metal brads, antique buttons and other findings painted gold to complete the decor. I could keep adding bits and pieces on to this forever. I glued items on with hot glue - quick and easy.

Presenting the "Steampunk Eggship".

Hope you like my Steampunk Chick! He's ready to zoom off to his next adventure! Perhaps a fleet of Steampunk Chick Explorers are on the horizon. I can make more pretty easy...because I have a mold of it! You just gotta love this stuff!!

I hope you enjoyed today's project. Did you hear??? There is a brand new group on the Amazing Mold Putty Design Team! I encourage you to stroll around through the many AMAZING projects from my fellow Amazing Mold Putty Design Team members. There are so many 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.

Happy Crafting : )

A little Snip.. A little stitch.. a whole new mold!

Hey folks!! DeeDee here!! I'm so honored to get to help AMP another 6 months! I love working with this product and this product loves working with me :) 

Today I want to share with you a mold that I altered to fit my needs better..

I was working on a Graphic45 exploding box and needed a miniature spoon.. at the time none of those souvenir shops were at hand so I had to figure something else out. What was instead at my immediate disposal was a measuring spoon.. which tend to run a little long so you can get way down into spice jars. 

So I took my Molding Putty... equal parts A and B (in appropriate sizes equivalent to the measuring spoon I was molding) and kneaded them together. 

I then molded the spoon! After the spoon was set I demolded and thought about how long it was.. I knew I needed it to be smaller.. but still smooth and obviously recognizable.

so I measured out a part of the mold to cut out. I tried to keep in mind where the spoon would reattach.. so that I could make it flow -- after I had "dissected" my mold and had 3 pieces.. I just threw out the middle portion. I grabbed a minute amount of A and B of the molding putty and worked them together until they were uniform in color.. then I pressed the putty against one side of the spoon mold where I had cut.. and I brought the other side of the spoon mold to meet it. It's much like using SLIP to reattach broken pieces of pottery!

I made sure to work the new putty into all the cracks... but to keep everything flowing evenly and smooth!

And here is how my mold looked!! I realize it's  not the smoothest on the OUTSIDE but it's the in that really counts!!

Then I grabbed my Quick Cast White Resin

and my Alumilite Black Dye

I mixed equal parts of the quick cast again.. until it was CLEAR.. then I added minute drops of black dye -- stir until a consistent color.. then pour into mold!!

Out came a nice even black spoon which I glazed with a cheap metallic craft paint... and here is my finished exploding box tab!

so don't be afraid to alter an already "finished" mold!! - DeeDee