1. Mix two ounces of resin, according to the package directions.
2. Mix in a little brown, white and yellow to create a bread/dough color.
3. Pour one ounce into two cavities.
4. Pop the bubbles with the lighter. Allow to cure for a minimum of 12 hours.
5. Unmold the two halves.
6. You may find they look like bagel halves. Take the glue and glue the two halves together to create the donut. Allow the glue to dry.
7. In a cup, mix glue, with a little bit of pink acrylic paint. You can add a little white as well. Remember, you are mixing the paint with white glue, so it will look very pastel. However, the glue dries clear, so the end color will be darker.
8. Spread the glue mixture on the donut, like you are frosting it.
9. While the glue is wet, sprinkle the beads on the glue, so they will stick.
10. Allow everything to dry!
That's it! Once dry, you can hold down a stack of papers, or a stack of napkins at a picnic!
Life's too short not to shimmer, so grab your glue gun and your glitter!™ Stay safe!
Are you a fan of Shark Week like I am? Good! I've pulled some of my shark crafts that I think you might enjoy! It's like a quick swim down memory lane! 😉
1. Mix a 1/2 ounce of resin, according to the package directions. Mix in sand and chunky white glitter, until lumpy.
2. Add to the bottom of the mold. Pop bubbles and allow to sit around 1-2 hours.
3. Place a layer of small shells on the sand. They may sink a little.
4. Allow to cure for at least 12 hours.
5. If you plan on using starfish or sand dollars in this project, be sure to seal them first with Mod Podge and let them dry completely.
6. Prepare more resin. Dip shells and other items into the resin before putting them onto the sand in the mold. Pour remaining resin over them. Allow to cure.
7. Put on the lid of the mold.
8. I created a stand to help suspend the fish hook in the mold. Please see video how I made it.
9. Suspend the fish hook into the mold and try to keep it centered.
10. Mix more resin and pour it through the hole in the top of the mold, it should take approximately another two ounces. Do not overflow.
11. Allow to cure a minimum of 12 hours.
12. Unmold it.
13. Using a Dremel tool, I ground down the lip, where the top and bottom of the mold met. I also ground down the top.
14. Mix a small amount of resin. Using a sponge brush, I painted it on the roughed up areas
15. Allow to cure.
16. Add a pretty ribbon and you are done!!
That's it! Thanks for stopping by! Remember: Life's too short not to shimmer, so grab your glue gun and your glitter! Be safe!
1. Squeeze out the silicone on wax paper. Squeeze out more than you think you will need:
2. Pour some cornstarch over it. With a stir stick, start mixing the silicone and cornstarch together.
3. Add a squirt of baby oil.
4. Mix it some more and add more cornstarch.
5. Continue mixing and adding cornstarch as needed. You will know when it is ready when it stops sticking to your gloves and you can roll it into a ball and it keeps shape.
6. Put it on your was paper and flatten it somewhat.
7. Add the pieces your are wanting to mold and press them into the silicone.
8. Allow to dry for at least a couple of hours. You will feel when it is firm enough to remove.
9. Carefully remove them.
Results: I found it worked really well and picked up the details of what I was molding. When I added polymer clay to the mold and pulled it out, I got a really nice impression. When I used it with resin, I found the resin stuck to the silicone and it did not come out clean.
For use with:
Polymer clay = YES
Resin = NO
I hope that helps and if you have personally tried it and had better or worse results, I'd love to hear about it!
Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe and Happy Crafting!
Ready for some breakfast? How about some eggs? Okay, so you aren't going to eat them, but they would sure look good holding your glass of orange juice in the morning!!
1. Mix three ounces of resin, according to the package directions.
2. Pour two ounces into the mold. Take the remaining one ounce and split it into three parts. The first part - mix a very small amount of blue transparent pigment. The second - mix with blue PearlEx pigment powder. The third - mix with another blue PearlEx pigment powder. Take the colored resins and swirl them into the clear resin, with your stir stick.
3. At the bottom, drop in a layer of the crystal dazzlers. Pop bubbles with lighter and allow to cure at least 12 hours.
4. Take the glitter paint and lightly add to various areas, including the rocks.
5. Take glow in the dark paint and paint jellyfish.
6. Add glow in the dark paint to the higher parts of the rocks. Let everything dry.
7. Mix three more ounces of the resin. Add a small amount of the transparent blue pigment - just enough to tint it. Then, pour a little bit into two cups and pour the remainder into the mold.
8. In the two cups, add the two different blue pigment powders, mix and add swirls to the resin you just added to the mold. Pop bubbles with lighter and allow to cure at least 12 hours.
9. Print out your mermaid and fish images. I used a laser printer and card stock. I printed the mermaid and fish facing one way and then I printed the same size and printed the flipped or reflection of the same images.
10. I cut them out and them matched them up back to back and glued them together with a glue stick. Tip: You will not get them cut perfectly the same. Do it as best as you can and then trim them some more and if you have areas of white, use a black permanent marker to fill in the white areas. Also use the marker to color the edge. Allow marker to dry.
11. Take your Mod Podge and attach the mermaid and fish to the resin. This will take at least two coats, but I recommend three. Make sure the images are COMPLETELY sealed. I also paint the Mod Podge all over the resin, so in the event it leaves a different look, it won't be noticeable. Allow the Mod Podge to COMPLETELY dry! Don't be impatient and skimp on the drying time. If you do, when you pour the resin, the Mod Podge will become cloudy. Be patient!
12. Once dry, add a little bit of the glitter paint around the fish and the mermaid and swirls in the water. Allow to dry.
13. Mix three more ounces of resin. Pour a little bit into a separate cup. Pour the remaining in the mold.
14. In the smaller cup, add some very small seashells and mix them around. You want them to be completely covered with the resin. The better soaked they are in resin, the fewer bubbles you will have later. Place the shells along the top edge of the crystal dazzlers. Pour the resin they were soaking in on top of the crystal dazzlers. Pop bubbles. Be sure to check back several times for bubbles, especially around the shells.
15. While the resin is still wet, add another layer of the crystal dazzlers. Allow to cure at least 12 hours.
16. Mix three more ounces of the resin. Pour over everything and add some more crystal dazzlers, as needed. Pop bubbles and allow to cure at least 12 hours.
17. Remove the piece from the mold.
18. Clean up edges as needed. I use old scissors for that. Mix two more ounces of resin (I think you get away with one, but you can use any extra to make the sand dollars and seashells that get adhered to the base later). Place your piece on a level surface, with parchment paper underneath. Pour resin onto the piece. Do this slowly, so the resin doesn't overflow the edge. Pop the bubbles and allow to cure at least 12 hours.
19. Trim your light kit to the length of the base of your resin piece. Read the directions on the light kit and if you have to cut it a little longer, that is okay. I had to do that and ended up covering it with some of the base.
20. Tape the light kit to the bottom of the resin piece. Make sure it is where you want it to be when your piece is finished. Wrap your whole piece in plastic wrap and tape the end of the light kit (also the plug part so dust and concrete don't get into it).
21. Mix your Shapecrete, according to the package directions. I used four cups of the product to one cup water.
22. Working on a silicone mat or aluminum foil, shape your Shapecrete into a log. Make sure it is long enough that it is bigger than your resin piece. Press your resin piece into the concrete and make sure it stands on its own. Then carefully remove it. While you have your resin piece in the concrete, if you need to add onto the side for the cord, do that and sink the cord down in the concrete too. Once removed, you can unwrap your resin piece.
23. Gently brush purple pigment powder onto the base. Loosely lay plastic wrap over the base and allow to cure. Follow drying times on the product package. Once dry, you can rinse off any excess pigment powder and allow it to dry.
24. If you haven't already, pour clear resin into the sea life mold. I used three sand dollars, three seashells, three starfish and one seahorse.
25. When your resin pieces are done, place the light kit and your resin piece into the base. Glue the sand dollars and one starfish onto the back of the base and make sure they are up against the resin piece. You are gluing them on there to be sure the piece doesn't fall backwards.
26. Depending on how your piece has come together, you might need to make a cap for the cord, or in my case also where there were extra lights. Mix some more Shapecrete - you might only need a quarter of what you used before. Wrap the portion of the base that needs the cap in plastic wrap. Shape the cap over the plastic wrap and have it somewhat blend into the main base (if you can). Brush on the purple pigment powder, cover to cure. Once cured, rinse off excess pigment powder.
27. Glue on a sand dollar, starfish and seashell.
28. Remove sticker backing on the light kit and apply to the base. Add your resin piece and LIGHT...IT...UP!
This creates great mood lighting. It would make a great night light! Play with the settings on the light kit to see which you like the best!
Thank you for stopping by! Remember: Life's too short not to shimmer, so grab your glue gun and your glitter!™ Stay safe! Mona
