Halloween #Cre8time bangle transformation

Good morning friends.

I wanted to share a quick post on a project I made for the Amazing Crafting Products blog.  Please head here and see how I created this fun windchime piece!

I would love it if you left a comment over there and 

then came back here and left me a comment here also!

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Amazing Remelt to stamps

Good morning friends,

today I want to show you how I came up with a project by accident.

Not too long ago Amazing Crafting Products came out with a new product called Amazing Remelt.  This is such a neat product.  It does however come in this giant container and I didn't like the idea of remelting it each time I wanted to use just a little.  So I decided to melt the entire container and pour it into some ice cube trays so that I could just pull out a bit at a time to melt to create my molds.

Now whenever I want to create a mold I can pull the right amount out to melt.

So while getting ready one morning I pulled the cap off of my deodorant and saw that the inside had a unique shape.  Of course my mind started spinning...could I actually make something from this? 

I pulled my remelt out and poured my "mold"  You can see I also created a cup from my Amazing Mold Putty.  The remelt does get warm and in using the mold putty cup I can just peel it out when I am done.

Loved it

Then I cut the inside out and made another mold.  

Now you are probably wondering what I was going to do with these?

Well ....

I created a stamp and using various other pieces I created some more stamps.  

See #2 and #4 are the stamps I created using the deodorant cap.

#1 and #6 were the pieces from the ice cube trays.

#3 and #5 were created from a breast cancer medallion I had made a while back.

I can't wait to use my "new" created stamps to make up some cards.

I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial today and leave me a comment telling me what unique item you would mold to create a custom made stamp.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Remelted bracelette

Good morning crafties,

Today I am here to show you a quick tutorial using the Amazing Remelt.  I just love the remelt because if it doesn't work out the way you want you can always remelt it and try again.  No waste!  PERFECT!

I started out with a coin I had found and created a mold using the Amazing Remelt.  You can watch a quick video HERE to see what it's all about.

I usually try to make a couple of mold at one time, but today I am showing you what I did with the coin on the left side of the mold.  I also added some Alumilite Gun Powder Metal to the mold and pour a mixture of Amazing Casting Resin with Alumilite Black Dye to the mold.  Right before it is set up, I added a snap to the resin that will harden around it.  You can see another bracelet I made using this technique HERE.

Then using my punch I added the snapped resin piece to a leather strap.

and here is my bracelet.  Now, I have to admit the piece didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but I do like the odd texture it has. I rubbed some gold rub n buff over the top and am actually happy with the outcome.  Also, this is the beauty of the Amazing Remelt, if you don't like it just REMELT the mold and try again.

I hope you enjoyed my remelt tutorial today and would love for you to leave a comment telling me what you would use the remelt for.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Animal crackers to toy fun

Good morning friends,

I totally forgot about this project I made this last fall.  I was watching my grand kids a lot and while they were here often, they were getting bored with their toys.  I always tried to find new things to entertain them but I was running out of ideas until one day while we were playing tea party.  The kids had some animal crackers and we were using them to play with while eating them.  Ooops... now they were all gone and they wanted to play more.  Well, Amazing Crafting Products to the rescue.

I "found" a couple more animal crackers since I don't ever completely run out of them and made a mold using my Amazing Mold Putty.  I added some Orange Alumidust to the Amazing Casting Resin and let them set up for about 10 minutes.

Now I just needed to sand the edges so that they weren't too sharp for the kiddos and now they have animal crackers for their tea parties that will NEVER run out.

I hope you've enjoyed this simple tutorial, but do tell me what you 

would mold if you wanted your kiddos or grand babies to have some unlimited fun playing!

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Adding Non Crafting Products for Pendant making

Good Morning friends

Today I want to show you a simple way to embellish a pendant after creating it with the Amazing Mold Rubber and Amazing Casting Products.

I started out with this pendant I had received a while back.  I recreated it with my Amazing Mold Rubber and you can see HERE how you mix that up.  I also used my Amazing Casting Resin with the Flo Green Dye to create the pendant and HERE are the instructions for mixing that up.

I purchased these fingernail decals at my Dollar Tree for crafting.  I just loved the design and knew I could use them for some sort of crafting project.  2 full sheets for a dollar, oh yeah!  I created a template and cut out the decal and placed it inside the middle of the pendant.

I also wanted to add some bling to the pendant.  I pop dotted a few silver rhinestones to some vinyl backing and colored them with a black sharpie.  I glued them to the front of the pendant with some E6000.

I knew I needed a finding for the back of the pendant, but didn't have any on hand.  

I did however have these beauties and with some pliers ... 

I was able to straighten and flatten them.

Using some E6000 I glued the finding to the back of the pendant.

I also added some Amazing Clear Cast resin to the inside of the pendant keeping the

 nail decal in place and here you have an awesome pendant.

I hope you enjoyed my pendant today.  I love comments, so please let me know what you think and do tell me what non crafting product you use in your crafts.

As always, have a great day and God Bless!

flashback princess hooks

Good day all - I'm here today to take you back to 1 year ago with an AMAZING inspiration post for my little princesses.

I was given one of those party favor rings, you know the ones you get on cupcakes? Well, it was a princess crown and I kept thinking about what I could make from it for my granddaughters because they are my little princesses. Since I have two granddaughters – I couldn't just make one thing, but I did only get one ring... so Amazing Mold Rubber to the rescue! This is a brand new product that Amazing Crafting Products has come out with and it really is amazing. When you have a 3D project in mind the Amazing Mold Putty doesn't always do the trick, but this new product is the bomb!!! 

When you have only one of this...

you create this!

Which become these...

Now both of my granddaughters will have their own hooks to hang their coats on. 

  I hope  you enjoyed my flash to the back post!  As always,  have a great day and God Bless.

flashback princess hooks

Good day all - I'm here today to take you back to 1 year ago with an AMAZING inspiration post for my little princesses.

I was given one of those party favor rings, you know the ones you get on cupcakes? Well, it was a princess crown and I kept thinking about what I could make from it for my granddaughters because they are my little princesses. Since I have two granddaughters – I couldn't just make one thing, but I did only get one ring... so Amazing Mold Rubber to the rescue! This is a brand new product that Amazing Crafting Products has come out with and it really is amazing. When you have a 3D project in mind the Amazing Mold Putty doesn't always do the trick, but this new product is the bomb!!! 

When you have only one of this...

you create this!

Which become these...

Now both of my granddaughters will have their own hooks to hang their coats on. 

  I hope  you enjoyed my flash to the back post!  As always,  have a great day and God Bless.

Steampunk addiction?

Good day friends...

As you all know I am one of the designers over at ABAC and love it.  One of the reasons I so love designing over there is our fearless leader, Susan, challenges me!  This month is Steampunktember and if you read my blog you will know I am NOT a Steampunker.  This month was the very first time I tried anything Steampunk and with that being said, I created some more things because I am so in love with this new genre for me!

My first piece was supposed to be a necklace, but it got too big so I decided I would turn it into a Christmas ornament.  Of course I used my Amazing Crafting Products, some beads, flock, inks, rub n buff and ribbon.

My second piece is definitely a necklace.  Again using the same products I mentioned above with a slight variation adding a rhinestone.

I hope you enjoyed my pieces and if you have a chance hop on over to ABAC and enter your Steampunk project.  You still have a couple of days to join us.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

ABAC Week 39 - Steampunked Key to my Heart

Good morning friends,

It's time for another ABAC challenge.  I will tell you right off that when I was told we were doing Steampunk, I went into panic mode.  See, I like the look of Steampunk, but I have NEVER done anything Steampunk.  I actually had to go out and search if there were any dos and don'ts.  I didn't find any, so with that being said, here is what I did:

I started out with a key that I recently acquired from a very dear friend of mine who is moving.  I found some odds and ends in my stash of resin pieces and things I hoard and started to play

I also created the wings from this mold I made with the Amazing Mold Putty.  I painted them with a mixture of Alumidust in gold, deep red and bronze and 3d crystal lacquer. 

You can see what I did with this mold from a previous project here.

I twisted some wire, found a circle thingy and added a bead cap.  Painted a spiky thing with a mixture of Deep Red Alumidust and the 3d crystal lacquer and wrapped some wire around it.  The heart was also from a mold I've had for a very long time that I found in my resin stash and it fit perfectly to my key.  Everything was glued on with E6000 or wire wrapped.  I added a bit of white tulle to give it a little softer feel and viola, Steampunked I did!  

I added a pin back to my key and now whenever I wear it I will think of my dear friend Dixie who definitely holds the Key to my Heart.  I'm actually pretty happy with my  - Steampunked project.

Head on over to ABAC and link up with us.  Remember the rules:

Steampunk

Anything But A Card

Have FUN!

I really love comments, so if you would be so kind, please leave me some feedback and tell me what you think of my Steampunked pin.

ATC Swap

Good morning crafters,

I went way out on a limb with this project...well, maybe not WAY out, but a bit different.  

Recently I joined an ATC Swap...what you say, Brenda did some papercrafting?  Amazing, LOL.  Yes, I did indeed do some papercrafting.  I had a lot of fun doing it, but I will give you a little background before I show you what I did.

So, my computer went on the flitz again.  I swear I have more trouble with this laptop than you can shake a stick at.  ???  Whatever that means, I just heard my mom in that.  Ok, so I was without my computer for 2 weeks, but had signed up for this ATC swap and the deadline was drawing near.  I had no idea what I wanted to do as the theme was Victorian and Book Quotes and literally a couple of days before the ATC needed to go in the mail I figured I had better get on them.  Now, without a computer I cannot print, I cannot manipulate.  I basically cannot craft, or so I thought.  Old school here we go.

My husband plays the piano and has gobs of sheet music.  I "borrowed" one of his books and made copies of some sheets music.  The paper was actually pretty old and it looks like he had written on some of it here and there.  Very distressed looking... (victorian?).  I found a quote from Jane Austen that I absolutely fell in love with.  It's from Pride and Prejudice and the quote is " To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards  falling in Love."

So I wrote, yes, by hand, that saying 12 times and cut it out in heart shaped.

I then distressed the paper a bit with some red chalk and black inking around the edges and here and there.  I glued my heart onto the sheet music which I had glued onto some chipboard and added some 3d crystal lacquer to it to make it shine.

I used my Amazing Crafting products and created a mold (Amazing mold putty) of a pendant I've had for a very long time and created 12 "Love" resin pieces.  I mixed up some Alumidust in Deep Red, Bronze and Silver and painted my mold before adding the Amazing Casting Resin.  Love the antique look.  I then glued them onto the hearts.

Once that was set in place the ATC still looked dull.  I added some pink and gold ribbon around the edges to soften them up.  Still something was missing.

I added some stick on swirls above the heart and to give it some pop of color, I added a leaf and some white sprays.  

I am really happy with the way they turned out.

Now, after I was all done and admiring my work, I realized I was only suppose to make 10 ATC, but I've made 12.  So, with that said, if you like my ATC and would like a chance to have one for yourself, leave me a comment and tell me what you like best about making ATCs.  I will choose one person at random next Monday the 15th of September.  

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

                

Rider Golf Plague

Good morning crafters,

Just wanted to show you a quickie post.  I crafted ALL day yesterday and will be showing you a few things in the next couple of days/weeks to come.  Some posts are scheduled way out but my crafting time is so limited right now since I am also babysitting my grandchildren a couple days a week/weekends and working.  I am trying to fit in as much crafting as possible, but I was also without a computer for 2 weeks and that put me way behind on blogging.  I tell you, blogging takes more time than the crafting itself.

Anywho, here is another Golf Plague I made.  Some of you may know my son loves to golf and just started his freshman year in high school.  He tried out for the golf team and made Varsity!!!  I'm so over the top about this.  They have played a few tournaments already and he is doing very well.  They've taken 3rd twice (honestly, his high school's golf team is the worse out of all 4 high schools in our town) and have had a few  scrambles also.  He will be going to an out of town tournament next Friday and he's a bit nervous about it.  Anyway, we are having out Golf Pot Luck this coming Monday and I thought I would make Coach a medal plague like I did for Austyn last summer.  You can see the original post here.

The high school is the Rough Riders and they are Rider Golf, so this is what it looks like.  Coach now has a place to hang all those medals they will be getting (wink, wink).

These are so easy to make with my Amazing Crafting Products, SCAL, vinyl, a few cup hooks, nails and reclaimed drawer fronts.  Maybe I will make one for each of the Varsity kids???  

I might need to redo my kitchen cabinets again, lol.  

(You'll understand if you read the original posting of this plague)

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

ABAC Week 38 Repeating Pattern

Good morning friends,

I'm so excited about my current project for Anything But a Card.  Originally when I joined the design team it was because I either make cards or jewelry and I really wanted to do some scrapbooking.  I thought this would be a great way for me to get back into it, but again, I DID NOT make a layout for this weeks challenge...someday soon I will surprise you and have a layout.  Maybe...  I love the digital age, but honestly, I did a lot more when I had film, took it to the print store, had them print my pictures and came home to see how many of the 24 on a roll turned out, usually only half of them turned out, but I used them!  LOL  Now I have so many pictures on my computer and I just don't find the time to go through them, pick the ones I want, upload them to my Walgreens and pick them up.  How do you guys do it?  I'd really like to know if it's just me or if others have that same problem.

Ok, enough of that, let's get on with the project for this weeks challenge.  The new Challenge... Anything But a Card Challenge #38 - "REPEATING MOTIFS" a.k.a. PATTERNS. Not necessarily Zentangle (or tangling), but that certainly falls under this category. Repeating Motifs, rather than patterns all apply here... you don't have to use Zentangle... so your muse is free to create! 

I've been wanting to do some Zentangle as it's all the rage right now, but honestly, I can't draw.  I know that Zentangle you can pretty much do however you want, but all my lines aren't straight, my patterns aren't uniformed, etc.  But, I did make an attempt and I'm actually ok with the outcome.  So let's get started...

Of course, I have to use my Amazing Crafting Products as I do with MOST of my projects because I so LOVE this stuff.  You can create so many different things and again, I love to experiment with all the different products they have.

I used a mold I created for some Mini Chalkboards a while back and you can view that post HERE.  

First I mixed up my Amazing Casting Resin and added some Bronze Alumidust to the mixture.  If you have never seen this process, you can check out the tutorial on mixing your resin HERE and preparing your Amazing Mold Putty HERE.

Here it is unmolded and ready to be transformed into a hair barrette. 

I took an ordinary Bic Pen and started my design.  I did however heat set the piece after I drew my pattern just to be safe and that also "softens up" your resin piece so that it can be shaped to whichever form you want.  I then punched holes in either side of the piece with my crop-o-dial (which works so slick) and used my fake chop sticks to keep the shape. 

So, what do you think?  Again, I'm not a good drawer, but I am actually very pleased with the outcome. 

Another view of the barrette, this is more 

true to the color that it actually is. 

Now hope on over to ABAC and join in the fun with your patterned creations and link up with us.  I can't wait to see if I've inspired anyone to create some hair jewelry as I call it.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Amazing Butterfly Pendant

Good morning and happy Sunday to you all.

I know I haven't been here a lot lately and I'm really sorry, but sometimes life just gets in the way.  I had my grandkids for a week day and night and that takes a lot of time away from any "me" time.  They are 4, 2 and 11 months and take all my energy.  I love them dearly and had a great time with them, but I'm glad I have my "own" time back.

So today I am showing you a quick necklace I created using the Amazing Crafting Products.  You can find many tutorials on my blog on how this product can be used and today I am just showing you the mold and the finished piece.  I have no idea where all my pictures went since I only use one camera.  I know for a fact that I took multiple pictures of the process, but they are "poof" gone.

I started with a butterfly pin that I've had for a very long time.  My stepmom gave this to me many, many years ago, so it's very special to me.  I loved all the details in it and wondered what it would look like without the holes.

Here is the pin and my mold.  I usually mold multiple pieces when making my molds as to not waste any of my Amazing Mold Putty.  I'll do something with that eagle in the near future.

I dusted my  mold (not pictured) with the Alumidust powders and poured my Amazing Casting Resin ontop.

After that cured for about 10 minutes I mixed up some Amazing Clear Cast and poured that ontop and added my rhinestones for a little added bling.  This had to cure for about 24 hours but well worth the wait. 

Honestly these pictures do this piece absolutely no justice.  After drilling two holes in the corners with my dremel I added a gold chain and now I have a beautiful butterfly necklace.

I hope you've enjoyed my butterfly necklace as much as I have and make sure to stop over at the Amazing Crafting Products blog and see what all the designers over there are up to.

As always, have a great day and God Bless!