Posts Tagged ‘knittingandthings’

• MONDAYS LIVE KNITTINGANDTHINGS SHOW

  Date: 2012.03.21 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  HI! Hope you all are having a GREAT week! On my show on Monday I made ring and bracelet pincushions…..NOW…I have to say…I tried to take the easy way out and not baste stitch, but…..basting it is a must! lolol They came out good though and it gives you the idea of how to do them and the million and a half ideas you will have on what to do with these or make with these. They are made with recycled waterbottle and milk caps! I hope you enjoy! Here is the replay link
  http://www.linqto.com/PlaybackRoom.aspx?roomname=knittingandthings&name=SingleExplicit_2012_03_19_11_03_04_435

  

• MORE AMAZING MOLD PUTTY AND CASTING RESIN!

  Date: 2012.03.13 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 2

  OK–I LOVE the Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Cast Resin so much I can’t stand it! I played with them a little more today and like in the last post, I came up with a few more things I wanted to try. On the first project I took my Goddess doll I made out of clay a while back and made a mold from it using the Amazing Mold Putty. Then I added some paint and decoration on it and finished it off with some cool fibers for the hair and body. I love the way this came out and love hanging these around my Art Room. They can even be used as necklaces to be given as gifts.

  I first mixed the 2 part putty and then added my Goddess in and let it set. Then, once the Amazing Mold Putty set up with the Goddess, I removed it and mixed equal parts of the Amazing Casting Resin. I added a bit of coloring for the resin in this one.

  

  

   

  And now for the final picture. I have not decided whether to make it a pin or a wall hanging, BUT I love it!

  

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Now here are a few cool things–look at how the resin changes colors from clear to white as it dries within 10 minutes.

  

  This is a quick piece I made for a Mixed Media piece I am doing. I crackled it and once it dries I’ll just have to age it a bit and it will be ready to go into the piece! I hope you all try this product! It really does ROCK!

  

• AMAZING CASTING RESIN AND AMAZING MOLD PUTTY

  Date: 2012.03.09 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 6

  I have been playing with these two items for weeks now and the more I play with them, the better I get (and of course, the more I buy!). New ideas just keep popping up in my mind! I make so many different things, from jewelry and mixed media art to dolls and so much more. I just love being so inspired by a new item I haven’t really used before and best of all; these items can be incorporated in all of the above!

  Here are a few things I did:

  

   

   

  First, I made the molds with Amazing Mold Putty. It is such an awesome product because I have no patience and this hardens within five minutes or less. Plus, it makes an exact copy of whatever it is you are molding.

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Second, I mixed the Resin, which also is an amazing product, and poured it into my molds. It takes about 10 minutes or less to harden. The wonderful thing is that once the Resin hardens, the mold remains bendable so you can easily remove the hardened Resin.

  

   

   

   

  I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and find it very hard to find items that I can work with. These products gave me no problems and were so easy on my hands!!!

  Once the items were out they were ready to be played with! I used an old cameo that belonged to my grandmother. I thought it would be nice gift idea for Mother’s Day to make each of my aunts a pin replica of it as a keepsake and to wear and remember all the good memories they each had with their mother. The cameo itself is a bit worn but it still made a beautiful piece and I can’t wait to give them their gifts! I just used acrylic paints in light pink, medium pink and black and the middle a beige color. I took a bit of gold rub-n-buff around it a little bit and glossed it with 3D Crystal Lacquer. I glued a pin to back and DONE!

  

   

  I also made molds for a spider, a skull and a tree for a small mixed media canvas I am working on. I love doing dark art and Amazing Putty Mold and Resin has opened a whole new world up to me! OH—AND PS…..I did not realize the mess I made the first time when I over filled, BUT I will post a pic of the spill and then show you what I do with it……SO NOTHING GETS WASTED! I really hope I get chosen for the Amazing Mold Putty and Resin Design Team!  I love this product and the ideas I have are endless!