A Wonderful Art Book made with Creative Paperclay® !

 

I absolutely love the way this project turned out! I’ve seen much larger books made for art journaling and for art in general and wanted to try something on my own. As just about everyone knows who reads my blog (maybe not the new followers) I love Creative Paperclay®! This is such a versatile clay and works for many different projects.

To begin with I rolled out my clay with a fondant roller and pressed in a design stamp:

         

I used  a clay cutter to cut the back and front out for the clay book and let the clay dry:

         

I made the holes in the book cover while the clay was still wet. Once the clay was dry, I painted the front and back with Sakura Hobby Craft-Crystal Lacquer mixed with the Terri Sproul Mixer, Tanzanite. While that color was still damp I added the Crystal Lacquer with the Terri Sproul Mixer, Bronze, just highlighting but not completely covering the Tanzanite.

When this was dry I painted the inside of the book cover with the Tanzanite. I then cut some Mixed Media paper to fit the book (3”X31/2”) and used an awl to make the holes. I took the papers and held them pressed together with small clamps while I brushed some Crystal Lacquer on the edge to act as binding.

Once everything was all dry I used some ribbon to hold everything together and attached a little butterfly to the front. Tell me what you think:

 

              

                      

Isn’t this just so neat? By using the Mixed Media Paper (400#) you can write, paint, decoupage, etc. and just about anything that you want to use and it won’t bleed through. I think this will be most fun to work in.

 

Barbara

And The Winner Is…………..

 

Debra Buckland!!!!! I hate to keep everyone waiting. LOL Congratulations, you are really going to love playing with those mixers! Also Lyneen Jesse had the most votes of anyone on the design team, Congratulations to you too Lyneen! I’m so very happy for both of the winners. I thought all of the projects were wonderful and I know there were many who weren’t able to choose and cast a vote, cause they were all so good. wasn’t this a fun hop? I thought so and I know we’ll be having another one sometime within the next few months. Hope you all continue to follow what’s happening on this blog. Lots of fun stuff will be going on!

 

Barbara

Mixing Creativity with Crystal Lacquer~~ A Sakura Hobby Craft & Terri Sproul Mixers Blog Hop!

 

I am so excited about the post today! We’re having a fantastic blog hop. But first let me show you the project that I’ve created for the Hop:

I watched a similar project a few days ago and then adapted it for my project. What we’re making today is a decorative container. I personally think this would be a great gift for a man or for anyone that likes the steampunk style. I started out with a tin can that I’ve had for years and some steampunk ephenera that I created with some resin and a mold from the Articus studio.

A little bit here and a little bob there. These I glued onto the can using some Krazy Glue cause I wanted the instant stick.               I then took some aluminum foil, crumpled it up and flattened it back out again. Note, try not to tear the aluminum and using a heavy weight aluminum foil would be best. I then used mod podge to apply it over the tin can.  You can use a stylus to help press it around the objects on the can. Once all that was done and dry I got to have fun playing with my Terri Sproul mixers!!!! I had fun doing some mixing. I used the bronze powders and mixed them with the crystal lacquer and also used the color enhancer. Wow was this ever some sweet stuff! I painted it on the covered tin twice and this is the end result:

              

       

Isn’t this just amazing?? I love how this tin turned out, don’t you?  Now here is how this blog hop works:

1. Leave me a comment

2. You must be a follower of my blog.

3. After you’ve gone to each blog and left a comment, go to the Sakura Blog and vote for whichever project you liked the best. I HOPE IT’S MINE!! :0)

The winner of the blog hop is going to win three of the Terri Sproul Mixers and some Crystal Lacquer and the design team member who gets the most votes for their project will win the same prize! How cool is that? I love it and wish you all the best of luck! Now hop on over to Gloria’s blog and leave her some love too. (Just click on her name over on the right hand side of this post under the blog hop announcement.

 

Barbara

 

Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team!!!

 
Today I am honored to announce
the new design team at
SAKURA Hobby Crafts!
Yes, I am on the list!

Please stop by their blogs and welcome each of them..
Terri Sproul - Team Leader
Amanda Marks
Lyneen Jesse
Leslie Rahye

Susan Brown
Gloriann Irizarry
and
Me - Barbara Moore
Sakura Crystal Lacquer has a new product line just announced at CHA!!!

Terri Sproul's Mixers

These mixers are simply put “AMAZING”! They mix with the Crystal Lacquer to create a whole new medium in which to work. Jewel tones, Pearlescent tones, Light colors, Deep colors, and a fabulous glitter that looks like Fairy Dust!


Be sure to stop by the Sakura Blog every Monday and Wednesday for inspiration on using these and other Sakura products!  You will really be glad that you did!
We’ll be having a blog hop soon so stay tuned!

Here's the current Artsy Bloggers linkies for this week:

Beading Arts
Cyndi has some tagua nut beads to give away!

http://www.beading-arts.com/2012/02/giveaway-tagua-nut-beads-from.html


Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Do you have old shower curtains in your linen closet? Make them over into garment and shoe bags. Waste not; want not!

http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-recycle-shower-curtain-into.html

Mixed Media: I'll Live the Life
Cherie continues working on layers for a picture.

http://cherieblogs.com/2012/02/16/mixed-media-ill-live-the-life/

Taz's Corner-Laura Thykeson
Hello Strangers!

http://tazscorner1.blogspot.com/


Barbara

A HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO YOU!

 

I Hope everyone is ready for Valentines Day! I just had to make another Valentine before the great day arrives!

 

I used the Amazing Mold Putty to create the hearts in a previous post and the frame I created new:

Mix equal parts A & B to create your putty and press your frame into it to make your mold:

 Once it sets you pop the frame out and you have this: If you mix equal parts of the Amazing Casting resin along with a little dye and pour it into the mold you get this when it sets up: I also made some resin hearts, which I dusted the mold with pearlesent powders first and they look like this: I also cast some of the resin into a mold from the Articus company. I then put all of the pieces together and created this happy little Valentine:

You hold the key to my heart

I’m thinking this would be something that a young girl would enjoy receiving don’t you? Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!

 

Barbara

Winners from the Blog Hop!!!

 

Here are our Blog Hop winners
Jeannie
she wins some Creative Paperclay®
and
Mary S
she wins some Amazing Mold Putty
please contact
Terri@ultimatescrapbookretreat.com
with Winner in the regards
to claim your prize
by Feb 29, 2012
Thanks for playing.
I didn’t pick the winners and that is why you need to contact Terri Sproul directly.

Our Artsy Blogger Linkies for the week are:

 

Addicted to Love
Cherie makes a mixed media girl that looks (very little) like the girls in that Robert Palmer video.
http://cherieblogs.com/2012/02/01/mixed-media-addicted-to-love/

 

Beading Arts
Nobody ever likes to talk about that necessary evil...pricing!
http://www.beading-arts.com/2012/01/pricing-your-jewelry.html

 

Creative Dreamer
June's sharing how she creates the brightly colored backgrounds for her journals... come see how!
http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2012/02/lets-talk-about-backgrounds.html

 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Have you tried using gel medium to transfer images to fabric? Eileen shares the how-to and the how-not-to!
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/08/using-gel-medium-to-transfer-inkjet.html

 

Mo(o)re Gourd Whimsies
A Valentines Project made with Amazing Mold Putty and Creative Paperclay®
http://www.barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentine-creative-paperclay-project.html

 

All righty then, let’s get on over to these blogs and show some love!!

Barbara

Blog Hop: “Love Cast in Clay!”

 

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I’d love to show you what I’ve made today with Creative Paperclay® and Amazing Mold Putty!  Today I’m going to show you a simple garland made with the mold putty and paperclay. I started out with the mold putty, mixing up equal parts of the putty and then pressing some metal  hearts into it that I’ve had laying around for a long time.

Once the mold was made I pressed the paperclay into it and then laid them out to dry.

Now that the clay was dry, I painted the hearts, added some small hearts to the center and strung the hearts on some cotton yarn. Now I think this turned out pretty cute don’t you? What a way to show your “Love Cast in Clay”

You can mold and make just about anything out of Creative Paperclay® and Amazing Mold Putty! Don’t forget to leave a comment on this blog and remember that you must also be a follower in order to win. The starting spot is Terri Sproul’s and the next stop from here will be :

Gini Cagle

Hop on over to her blog and leave some love!

Barbara

A Valentine Creative Paperclay® Delight Clay Project

It’s hard to believe that Valentine’s Day is just right around the corner. This project turned out so cute I thought you might want to make something at least similar to it for someone special in your life. To start with I took some little hearts that I had and made a mold of them. I then filled them with Delight Clay, waited for them to start drying and then popped them out to finish drying. (They dry quicker when they’re out of the mold).

                                       
Once dry I painted them red and white. I took an 8X10 canvas board, spritzed it with some paint, used some Mod Podge and attached some green fiber, paper, string, words, flowers and my cute little hearts. Take a look at the final project and tell me what you think.

You can change the idea, use the Delight Clay in a different way etc. I’ve got to say this is one of the few times that I’ve used the Delight Clay but have to say it’s great for Mixed Media such as this or for scrapbooking or card making. It is so light weight, it takes detail amazingly and takes paint well.  This project would look very nice on a little stand which is what I plan to put it on.

Don’t forget to join us for the blog hop on Feb.1, “Love Cast in Clay”. We’re going to have some awesome prizes to give away!

Barbara

Check out these Artsy Blogger Links!!

 

Beading Arts
Do you struggle to add Swarovski rivolis to your bead embroidery? Cyndi has the solution for you in her brand new e-booklet, "Three Bezels Plus a Bonus"!

http://www.beading-arts.com/2012/01/three-bezels-plus-bonus-is-ready-to-go.html

Creative Dreamer
June is beginning a long running tutorial about creating an art/visual journal... from stuff you already have around the house! Come find out the details, then join in!

http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2012/01/so-heres-what-were-gonna-do.html

 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Eileen's happy to be back in her niche. Have you found yours yet?

http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/07/eileens-back-in-her-niche.html

 

Keep an Eye Out for Someone Special
Cherie makes a picture with a Chinese fortune.

http://cherieblogs.com/2012/01/11/keep-an-eye-out-for-someone-special/

 

Mo(o)re Whimsies
Amazing Mold Putty and a Victorian Picture Frame

http://www.barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2012/01/amazing-mold-putty-and-victorian.html

Amazing Mold Putty® and a Victorian Picture Frame

 

Wow is it just me or has it been hard for anyone else to get into the swing of a New Year? I am however rather proud of the cute little picture frame that I made using Amazing Mold Putty® and also Amazing Casting Resin®. Let me tell you something about these products, there are other brands out there but from my experience I would go for these products every time. These products are just so easy to use!! To begin with I assembled the product I planned on using:

 All that you have to do is knead equal amounts of Part A and Part B together  and flatten it a bit and press your $1.00 bargain picture frame into the putty.

I know you’re thinking that couldn’t really do anything special and when it’s set and you pull the frame out, it looks like this: Which is even more unappealing. Once the mold was made I mixed up equal parts of the resin along with some black dye, poured it into the mold and let it set up. It was a fun process and once it was finished I used some rub and buff to burnish the edges. I then inserted a victorian picture that I had and covered it with Crystal Lacquer. I used some Petaloo flowers to embellish along with a ribbon for a hanger. I really like the way it turned out, what about you?

Aren’t these ladies beautiful? Do you see all the details that the Amazing Mold Putty® picked up when the picture frame was pushed into it? This stuff really is amazing and they weren’t bragging on themselves when they picked that name! lol Let me know what you think of the project please and ask any questions that you might have about it. You can find these products at Michaels stores and also Hobby Lobby.

Barbara

Artsy Bloggers Link–Ups for the first week of January!

 

Hello everyone! Happy New Year to all of you! I hope that your New Year is filled with all sorts of creative goodness! Listed below are a few of the places to start looking for creativity:

Creative Dreamer
June wants to remind everyone of a great project that you can be a part of. Come read about The Butterfly Project
http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2010/09/butterfly-project.html

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Add beautiful kaleidoscope effects to your hand made cards with iris folded designs.
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/10/iris-folded-card-craft-project.html

Mo(o)re Whimsies
New projects with Creative Paperclay and Viva Las Vegas Stamps
http://www.barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-project-with-creative-paperclay-and.html

Please take a look around and leave a little love behind! (comment)

Barbara

A New Project with Creative Paperclay® and Viva Las Vegas Stamps!

 

I hope that everyone had a Very Merry Christmas and got to enjoy special time with loved ones. I had a wonderful Christmas and still have one of our sons and his wife and one of the children still visiting with us. I did however take a little time out to make a couple of pieces today using Creative Paperclay® and Viva Las Vegas Stamps. I lost a couple of pictures along the way but I think you’ll get the idea. To start with I used:

Yep, Creative Paperclay® and Viva Las Vegas Stamps. After kneading the clay a bit to condition it, I rolled it out pretty thin(1/4 inch) with a fondant roller that I use. I then dusted my stamp with powder and placed it over the clay. I used my roller to roll the stamp into the clay and then lifted it off of the clay. Using an X acto knife I trimmed the excess clay from around the stamped image and set the clay aside to dry.

 

Once the clay was dry I used acrylic paints and glitter to color and enhance it and here’s what I ended up with:

Didn’t that turn out just beautiful? Trust me, the pictures don’t do it justice. While I was working on this combo of Creative Paperclay® and Viva Las Vegas Stamps I also used the same process to create another piece:

Isn’t this second stamp unusual? I love it! I’m going to use this in a mixed media piece. Please leave me a comment and let me know how you like these projects. Isn’t it great how you can use stamps to create something totally new with the paperclay? Stay tuned in for an upcoming blog hop that’s going to be coming up!

Hugs to you, Barbara

Your Artsy Bloggers Link-ups for this week:

 

Beading Arts
It can be a bit hard to find nice ornament cover patterns that are free, so Cyndi has rounded up a few goodies for you!
http://www.beading-arts.com/2011/12/beaded-ornament-covers.htm

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Learn how to make cute little patterned rosettes to embellish your paper crafts, including where to download some pretty patterned papers which can also be used for tea bag tile folding.
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/10/directions-for-cute-rosettes-to.html

Mo(o)re Whimsies
Merry Christmas
http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com

Enjoy these blogs and leave some love~!

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

May your Christmas be all that you want it to be and all of your Christmas wishes come true! I have enjoyed every minute of time spent with my wonderful online blogger friends and those that don’t blog also. There are just so many wonderful people that I’ve met. I wish you all well in this season of Thankfulness and Love. Glory to God in the highest and on Earth, Peace and Goodwill toward men.

Love,   Barbara

Great contest and giveaway going on!

 

 

You really need to check out this great contest going on over at Penny Saver and Mogasa.

Do you have a Craftmas project that you’re proud of? Well what are you waiting for? Go on over and enter it into their contest. Could be a great opportunity.

 

Barbara

Making Some Christmas Tags!!

 

One thing that I haven’t shown you guys, are tags that I’ve made. Yep that’s right, tags. Bet you didn’t think I knew how didn’t you? I think I’ve gotten the hang of it.

Here’s a list of most of the things that I used:

Plain white large tags

Maya Ribbons

Petaloo flowers

Chalk pigments

EK Success bling

Ranger Ink

Assorted ephemera

Reflections scrapbook paper

Ribbon

Unity Stamp & generic stamp

On this first tag I cut scrapbook paper to fit the plain tag and glued them together. I then added the rick rack from Maya Road.

I then added a stray piece of ribbon and placed another piece of paper that I had stamped believe on it.

  I had grunged up the piece of paper with some gold ink and then I added some gold blingy stars and dots. I tied a gold ribbon at the top and voila’ all done!

This tag was made by chalking up a plain white tag and then using this Unity Stamp on it. I added a little bling on the right hand side and a Petaloo leaf in the lower left corner. I tied the gold ribbon to the top and done again!

Here’s my last one, another Believe tag. I love that word “Believe”. That was my word for this year. This time I used a different Reflections scrapbook paper and some Maya bling. The same gold ribbon in the top.

I just loved the way these tags turned out. Did you? I’ve seen so many tags on so many blogs lately I just had to make a few of my own. I’ve still got several more to make and I’m working on something special card/tag wise for my next post. It’ll be different!!! lol

I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas Season!

Barbara

 

Winter and Christmas projects I’ve made lately….

 

Hello everyone! I hope this Christmas Season is becoming a wonderful one for you. I’ve been rather busy taking care of my husband but, whenever I’ve had a free minute or two I’ve been creating……

     

These are some of the ornaments that I’ve made using, egg gourds. The first one (blue) I used Krylon® Glitter Blast and then made the designs on it using a was technique which I learned from Miram Joy. The rest of the ornaments were dyed first and then had the wax technique used on them. All of the ornaments were then sealed.

 

This is my next project and I must say that I’m very proud of it……..

Don’t you just love this sweet face? I know I do…………………………

                                                 

But this is the whole thing!

 

This snowman was made using a very large gourd, Creative Paperclay® and paint. Decorated with the hat, some fleece for the scarf and buttons. He stands approximately 20” tall to the top of his hat. I currently have him for sale at the Gallery for $60. I would also sell him online for the same price but you would also have to pay for the shipping. I hope you like them as much as I do. You can email me if you have an interest in him at: lmoore@flippinweb.com

 

Barbara

 

Look at all that’s going on!! It’s the Christmas season!

 

Does anyone besides myself watch Martha Stewart? Well even if you don’t, you really need to watch her show on December 12 because she is going to be working with Creative Paperclay® ! How awesome is that? You can bet that I’ll be tuned in!

Has your life suddenly been put into hyper speed with all of the preparations for Christmas? Well I know that it’s hard to do but just let it happen. Do what you can and then just let go of the rest and enjoy what the season is all about. It’s going to happen anyway so why beat yourself up if everything isn’t perfect? I have a husband who is down after back surgery that I have to care for, kids coming in from out of state for Christmas and my artwork that needs my attention. I’m trying very hard to go with the flow and will keep you all posted on the progress.

I also have a very dear blogger friend, Molly Wilson (Crocheting My Bestest With My Worsted)that is having major, major medical problems right now and if you will please put her on your prayer list. She needs prayer more than anything else right now, as does her husband, Jay.

http://www.favecraftsblog.com/monthly-craft-question-quantity-vs-quality/  If you have the time, why don’t you check out this post on the FaveCrafts blog with the question and replies on “What do you think is more important, quantity or quality?” Please give me a comment letting me know what your opinions are. Thanks 

Barbara