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

Christmas crafting with Creative Paperclay®!!

Hello everyone! I know it's been a little while since my last post but I have a husband who has had back surgery and for the past three weeks I've been the nurse and gopher around here. I finally made the time to work with my Creative Paperclay® though. Yay! My thoughts as I'm sure many others has turned to the Christmas Season. I saw a picture a week or so ago of a Santa that just really appealed to me, so I thought I would try to make my own version of that jolly old Elf! I started out with Creative Paperclay®, some styrofoam (a cone and a ball) and a piece of dowel. Something I didn't show in the original picture is some aluminum foil which I used for the base of the hat.

I took many pictures but had a hard time saving them and uploading them, this go round. But essentially what I did was attach the ball to the cone using the piece of dowel and some glue. I then rolled out my clay  and molded it around the cone and then the ball. This was the base to which I added the facial features. I molded a hat out of aluminum foil and glued it to the head and covered it with clay. After I added all the little details it looked like this:

I do need to add that I used glue under each piece of clay that I adhered to something beside itself. He's already looking cute isn't he? After I got him to this point and he had dried, all he required was painting and sealing. Voila', now here's a super cute Santa Claus!

    

I would love to hear what you think of my Santa!! I also welcome any questions that you might have.

Barbara

My Amazing Giveaway Winner!!

Hello all of my blogger friends!! For those of you who entered a comment on my giveaway, you know that you had to be a follower in order to win the giveaway. I'm very excited about the winner because she has been a follower of my blog for quite a long time and she's an amazing artist and crafter who has her own blog. She gives us new inspiration and crafts to try almost every day. So.......without further ado: Eileen Bergen you are the winner!!! Please send me your address so that I can send these wonderful goodies to you!


Barbara

A Very Bright Idea Using Amazing Mold Putty® !

 

I’m just really happy about this project today! Since I received my first kit of Amazing Mold Putty®, I’m continually looking for something to make a mold of and asking my husband if he can think of anything to make a mold out of. Well the other day my husband said “ You know how you’re always pulling the wrong chain on the ceiling fan? Wouldn’t it be neat to have a fan pull that looked like a light? Then you wouldn’t have a problem anymore.” I thought that was such a neat idea that the next time I had to run errands I purchased a couple of packages of Christmas lights in two sizes and made a couple of bulbs with chains for the ceiling fans! To start with :

  I collected my mold putty, the light bulbs, the chain and the resin.

 These two balls are approximately the same size, because you eyeball equal amounts of Part A and Part B of the putty and I roll it into a ball to compare. When you get your two parts rolled up you quickly knead them together. You have a minute here to do that. Once you have the putty kneaded together until it’s all yellow you work rather quickly to get the putty shaped around the object that you are molding. You have around three minutes to do this. Once the putty is around the piece you are molding it will set up rather quickly. When it is completely set up and it is a piece you have put the putty all around, you can cut a split in the side of the mold to pop your piece out that you have been molding:

                                   Easy Peasy!

Once this was complete, I wrapped tape around the mold to hold the split closed so that no resin would leak out and placed it inside a glass. I surrounded the mold with cotton balls to hold it upright without smashing it. I then mixed up some Amazing Casting Resin®:

Same thing here, equal parts of Part A and Part B which you must measure out exactly. (It comes with measuring cups and stirrers. You quickly stir the resin to mix it and pour it into your mold:

At this point you can either insert your chain before it sets up, or drill a small hole in the top after it sets up and glue the chain in. The casting resin sets up very quickly and you can watch the white bloom as it sets up. Once it set, I removed the tape and popped it right out of the mold.

This one looks lit doesn’t it? Anyway now all you might want to do is paint it and seal it and hang it on your ceiling fan. You’ll never have to worry about which chain pull is the light!! I hope this post shows you just how easy it is to make a mold and create something out of that mold.So easy to use and easy to find to purchase. I have personally checked and you can purchase these products at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or online through the Alumilite Corporation. Great stuff!

 

I wasn’t able to get my light bulbs painted before I had to take my husband to the hospital for back surgery. I thought we would be back home in time to do the painting but there were some complications and at this printing have not made it back home, six days later.

 

On another note: If you haven’t signed up for the great giveaway that I’m doing, look back a couple of posts and sign up while there’s still time.

I’m so happy to see new followers here on the blog! Maybe you will be the winner of the giveaway!

 

Barbara

 

Here’s some exciting links from the Artsy Bloggers Group!

 

Here’s some really great Artsy Bloggers links for you! I really think you need to check them all out!

 

Beading Arts

Polymer clay + greeting cards = a fun mixed media necklace!                                     http://www.beading-arts.com/2011/10/framed-polymer-clay-mixed-media.html

 

Creative Dreamer

June's starting a new tutorial... come join us in creating an art doll similar to the "Ode to Kate" doll!
http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2011/10/so-couple-of-weeks-ago.html

 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter

Here’s how to use 3D clay accents to make your decoupage projects pop.
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/06/use-3d-clay-accents-to-adorn-decoupage.html

 

Grocery Bag Paper Turkey Card

Cherie makes a homemade Thanksgiving card out of an old grocery bag.
http://cherieblogs.com/2010/11/16/paper-craft-turkey-card/

 

Mo(o)re Whimsies

Exciting Times and a Great Giveaway!
http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2011/10/exciting-times-and-great-giveaway.html

Hope you all take the time to hop around ‘cause you might learn how to make something or you might win something! Woo Hoo!

Barbara

Exciting times and a Great Giveaway!

 

It’s really been awhile since I started blogging and my blog has changed a great deal in that amount of time. I started my blog as a place to share my crochet and make new friends. Well……..I still crochet but not as much. My blog name then changed to More Gourd Whimsies  and I started sharing my experiences with the Gourd Art that I created. I still create a lot of Gourd Art and have it in a couple of Art Galleries and plan to start selling it online. I also teach classes in Gourd Art every Saturday at the Gallery closest to me which is “Hill Country Art Gallery” and other places by appointment. Next stop……..Creative Paperclay® which I just love! I’ve used it for a really loooong time on various things and when I started Gourd Art I used it there too because it is air dry and it sticks easily to the gourd. I was chosen for the first ever design team for Creative Paperclay® and have served one six month stint on the team and have now been chosen for a second six month term. Yippee Skippy!! Now then to make things even better I was recently chosen for the Amazing Mold Putty® team!! Does it get any better than this?? The Amazing Mold Putty® is just that, AMAZING! I have had so much fun experimenting with this product AND the other product that I’ve received such as Amazing Clear Resin® and Amazing Casting Resin® FANTASTIC stuff!! Please keep an eye on both my blog and the Creative Paperclay® blog AND the Amazing Mold Putty® blog to see all of the amazing and creative things that everyone on the teams are coming up with.

I love to try new things and love creating in several different artistic mediums. I’m sure that over time you will start seeing me creating many different things and I hope you continue to follow me and ask your friends to follow also. I do notice new followers and I appreciate every follower that I have. Now to get on with the giveaway! Because my Blogeversary is here as is my birthday month of November. (I was born on the first) I’m going to have what I believe is a Great Giveaway! The lucky winner (who will be chosen at random) is going to receive:

1. A package of Creative Paperclay®

2. An Amazing Mold Putty Kit®

3. A Gourd Art piece that I’ve created.

4. A surprise

To be eligible to enter you must be a follower of my blog. Please don’t become a follower just for this giveaway, it’s not fair to everyone else. You must make a comment on this post. Entries will run from today 10-27-11 thru 11-15-11 at which time I will choose a name at random. So start commenting! You can comment once every day but it must be on this post. Good Luck!!

 

Barbara

Another Term on the Creative Paperclay ® Design Team and the Artsy Bloggers for this week!

 

Wow I’m just sooo excited to be writing this post and I’m so proud to announce that I’ve been chosen to be on the design team for Creative Paperclay® once again. I’m sure that those of you who have been following me for some time now, know that I love to work with Creative Paperclay®. When I use clay on my gourds to embellish them I can’t use a clay which has to be oven baked. I would probably have scorched or exploding gourds in the oven. lol So Creative Paperclay® is the right choice for me. However since I’ve been on the design team, I have been using Creative Paperclay® in many other ways and making a lot of exciting projects.  The design team for this term has grown and there are some amazingly talented people who will also be posting projects which incorporate Creative Paperclay® in their creations. You can go to the Creative Paperclay blog: http://creativepaperclay.blogspot.com to see all of the designers and you can go to www.creativepaperclay.com to order the clay. I hope all of our projects inspire you to try this wonderful product in your projects too!

 

Now our Artsy Bloggers links for this week are:

Beading Arts
Cyndi explains how to turn a cabochon into a simple bead embroidered pendant!
http://www.beading-arts.com/2011/10/silver-leaf-polymer-clay-cabochons-part_17.html

Creative Dreamer
A Gnome... and a free pattern for him too!
http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2011/10/and-here-he-is.html

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Rather than stashing your mom’s jewelry away to tarnish and gather dust, combine some of your favorite pieces into a M.O.M.s (Memories of Mom) necklace.
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-make-moms-necklace-in-memory-of.html

Finished Afghan
Cherie finishes her stained glass afghan.
http://cherieblogs.com/2011/10/19/finished-afghan/

Mo(o)re Gourd Whimsies
What's the new project with Creative Paperclay® ?
http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2011/10/see-what-new-project-is-with-creative.html

(I do hope you will all check back in again this week to hear about my giveaway! Woot! I’ve got a blogeversary, 100 posts, and a birthday coming up and the giveaway’s going to be a good one!)

 

Barbara

See What The New Project is with Creative Paperclay® It’s a Cutie!!!

I don’t know what inspired me on this project other than the cover of the Cloth Paper Scissors magazine for July/Aug. I just loved it! Anyway I decided I wanted to try to make my own version of a doll with Creative Paperclay® These are the items that I used in my project except for paint, eyes,and glue.

To start with I trimmed a piece of styrofoam down with that nifty styrofoam cutter that you see in the back of the photo. The trimmed piece is in the front of the photo. I also used some green wire that I bought a long time ago that I retrieved from my stash to fashion two longer pieces for the legs and two for the arms. I connected the two styro pieces together with that short piece of dowel rod that you see along with some glue for stability. I then inserted the wire for the arms and legs along with a little more glue for stability. Once I had all of the body parts put together I covered them with the Creative Paperclay® and inserted the eyes. Here’s what the doll looked like when it was covered with clay, dried and ready to paint:

            

I also used a flower that I painted and glued on later after I finished painting my little doll up. Check out what she looked like after I got her all dolled up! hehe

              

                                   

So do you think that you could make your own dolly using Creative Paperclay®? I certainly think that you can! What do you think I should name her? Please leave a comment because I love hearing from you! Thanks for following to all of you new members!
Barbara