Lucious Layering and Stamped Resin Pendants...

Hello – it's Brenda Burfeind visiting today from the Amazing Crafting Products Creative Team! Today I am going to show you a technique I hope you will enjoy. Many times I use my products not like they are supposed to be used. I love to experiment and with that let's see what I have to share with you today.

There are still a few April Add-On kits with the Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Clear Cast Resin... and a birdie told me that it's on Sale in the Frog Dog Studio store {as well as the Alumilite Metallic Powders}.

I received the new Frog Dog Studio May Mixed Media Kit and wasn't quite sure how to use it. There are a lot of cool items in this kit, but for me it was a bit overwhelming. I'm not much of a artist in the sense of drawing and painting. Today I am sharing what I have done with some of the parts and pieces.

In the April Kit we received these awesome acrylic pieces. Of course I had to mold them before using them. You can go here to see a video how to make your molds using the Amazing Mold Putty. I molded this piece with the Amazing Casting Resin and Alumilite Metallic Silver Powder.

I applied the Beach Hut Paper Artsy Chalk Acrylic paint directly to my stamp and pressed my Amazing Casting Resin piece directly onto the stamp upside down and let it dry. Then I used the Pastel Peach Quick Dry Fluid Chalk onto another part of the stamp and pressed my resin piece directly onto it upside down again. The reason I did it this way is so that I could control which part of the stamp I was using, since it is a big stamp.

I just ran my stamp under some warm water soapy after I was finished stamping and it came pretty much clean. The paints do not alter your stamp in any means, just not as gray as it was brand new. You just don't want to let the acrylic paints dry and clog up the detail in the stamp.

Now before I did all this I knew I wanted my piece to have a textured, 3D effect. How was I going to create that texture of the stamp? How about embossing it? I of course did not have any colored embossing powders to match those colors that came with the kit – but last month we also received these fabulous Aumidust Powders. SO off to experimenting again... I combined regular clear embossing powder with the Orange Alumidust and mixed them together.

Eureka!!! DIY Orange Embossing Powder!

Then after I had stamped my image from above, I sprinkled the embossing powder over the resin piece IMMEDIATELY. The Pastel Peach says its quick dry and I didn't know how "quick" drying it was.

Poured the remaining embossing powder back into my container and, then I set the embossing powder with my heat gun. The result is fabulous shimmery detail.

I wanted my piece to shine so I mixed up some of the Amazing Clear Cast Resin and added a layer to dome my piece. You might be curious as to what I have my pendant suspended on... CLICK HERE to see my DIY Doming Platform for resin.

That had to set up and cure for about 24 hours...

and now I have another pendant created all while experimenting.

I hope I've given you some ideas on how to use your products – not the way they were intended... don't be afraid to experiment. Sometimes you may "fail" but I always have fun trying new and different things. I really love the dimension and layers of texture captured in the Amazing Clear Cast Resin.

Thanks for stopping by! I will also be sharing another project on my blog on June 2nd using more of this month's kit. So please save the date and hope to see you at Creativity is a State of Mind.

Until next time, keep experimenting ~ Brenda Burfiend

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Steampunk Shadow Box Art

  It's another Steampunk inspired project from me (Heather Kindt). I don't always go Steampunk, and this project can certainly be in any theme! 

 I have "One More Thing" to add to the kit, which is going to be my reoccurring theme with Frog Dog's awesome kits. Last month, a paint color tied things together and this time it is the substrate when all the kit parts can be together. 

 

 You can use what ever kind you like. Since this one has a cover, I cut up my tissue and covered it. 

 With the Gold pigment ink, I painted what would be pages if it were an actual book (it is the blue Staz-On ink on the cover edges). I like this disguise!

 What is also difficult to show in the pictures, is the coating of resin I gave to the cover. But the cover was shingling and there is more resin to come.

 Before we get into it I want to show the technique I used for the stamping. I stamped all my images on deli paper. I used the colors and black so I would have choices. 

 

 You could also stamp on gift tissue paper. I prepped all my images and surfaces then prepared some resin. I recommend covering your large flat surfaces first if you have any. That way if gets a bit thicker it is just fine for enclosed areas like the boxes or jewelry bezels. 

 

 Here is everything drying! The resin is soaked into the paper and makes it more transparent. That is how my stamps became darker in the inked area and the images became sharper. You can sprinkle your mica flakes onto the wet resin for shimmer that will never fall off. Putting it under resin is fine too. On one of the fragments I adhered the quote (glossy accents or diamond glaze) then resin, then mica fragments. 

Here is the final shadow box book! Many of the accent pieces were cast in resin and painted. But that is a discussion for another day! Enjoy the close ups! 

 I used Big Pitt Pens for some color, and Staz-on ink pads for the edges.

 

 Defy shadow boxes shadows by flipping over some of the boxes! My ladies and gents would be hard to see if they were inside the boxes.

 Hello birdie! He is black, resin and golden edged. The letter blocks I got at the Frog Dog Studio store also got some gold and black. 

 No need to hang the fragments inside the box (like I have labored over in the past), find some buttons, thick adhesive tape or scrape cardboard and you can secure the fragment at any depth you desire. 

 If you have a cute embellishment you want to use, but it seems to fade away too much in the back of a box, you a pen to increase the contrast. And note all my little gears, butterflies, the scrollwork and the face I cast in resin myself! 

 I hope you enjoyed the pictures and enjoy creating with your kit! -heather Kindt 

 

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A fast and easy card project

Hi there! One more rusted paper project from me today, with a little addition to the "simply stencils" series, too. I used the paper piece I had rusted my metal elements on for this card as a background.

I first glued the paper onto the card base, inked the edges with black Distress Ink, applied some mist splatters and drew faux stitching around the edges for additional detail. Next I stamped some chevron patters with black ink onto the background and then cut some dry embossed foil elements and placed them onto the card. After that I I used a stencil as a doodling guide and drew some triangles for additional interest. After that I just added some sticker elements (some glued using foam dots) and wrote the sentiment. Some white ink splatters for additional detail and the card was all done.

xoxo, Sanna

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A rusted background layout

Hello there! Today I´m sharing with you one more project I used the March mixed media kit for. This time I created a rusted layout background. This is also the very first project to my "simply stencils" series. I use stencils on almost every layout I make and love using them, so you will be seeing more of those on my future projects.

Here is how I did it:

 

I first applied some Glue n´ Seal with a paint brush onto the cardstock and then poured the powder over the "glued" areas. Next I sprayed some white winegar over the powdered areas and let the media react.

And this is the rusted paper result I ended up with! Really, really like this effect alot! I then added some mist splatters here and there as they perfectly matched the rust colour.

 

Next I added some stamping (used a Frog Dog Studio exclusive stamp).

After that I added some circles onto the background for additional detail. Here I used a TCW stencil (by Ronda Palazzari) with black Distress Ink. Love the effect the simple circles create on the background! Now the background was all done and I just needed to add some decoration and the title.

 

I used all the leftover pieces of chipboard, foil tape and corrugated cardboard. Added some sticker elements, some twine, some doodling and some white ink (Liquitex Ink! Titanium white) for detail. This is what the finished layout looks like:

It was so much fun creating this page! I really like the rusting powder on paper!

xoxo, Sanna

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Expanding Your Options - December 2013

Happy December to you, my crafty friends!

For this month's edition of Expanding Your Options, let's take a peek into my layering process for this holiday canvas, using products from every previous and current Frog Dog kit!



I know that for many, this time of year can be chaotic and busy, but hopefully you find a way to squeeze in some Creative Time in one form or another.  Happy Crafting!

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