Showing posts with label ATC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ATC. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Composimold Review and Honeycomb ATC

Hey Everybody, It's Edie, Do you ever buy random things because you just KNOW you’re going to make great things with it… someday??? That was the case with the neon green, silicone pot holder I bought several months ago. It looked like a honeycomb and I just KNEW I could make something super cool with it. I wanted to use it as a stamp, put it in a painting and at least five other projects came to mind just by holding and squishing that piece of random inspiration. The problem was, I didn’t want to USE the potholder because I only had one. I thought it was impossible to mold because it is so flexible and thin that is, until I discovered Compisimold! Compisimold is a pourable, food safe silicone mold that you can melt and remold over and over again and it was exactly what I needed for this project.

You can view BOTH full video tutorials below. I don’t own a microwave, so I melted my Composimold on the stove and poured it over the potholder. Once it was completely cooled, I removed the original and I had a reusable mold that looked just like my potholder! The Composimold did have a lot of bubbles which would ruin most molds but it actually enhanced this particular project, so I didn’t mind too much in the end. The Composimold instructions recommend stirring often, but I think that is what caused all of the bubbles. If I had just let it sit and melt, I don’t think I would have had near as many bubbles. Once the mold was ready, I broke out my Creative Paperclay® and started playing. I rolled out my Paperclay over the top of the mold which gave me an absolutely fantastic honeycomb texture, and then I cut my ATC out of the textured Creative Paperclay®. I let the ATC dry completely and then I painted it, glitterfied it and added the honeybee embellishment. I wrote out my quote, painted the paper and glued it to the ATC and then I covered the text with Glosssy Accents to make it shine.

Overall I was pretty happy with the Composimold and I plan on making more projects with it. If you have something that is an awkward shape or just too soft to mold, you may want to give Composimold a try. It worked great with the Creative Paperclay® and I am really happy with the way this ATC turned out. I hope you enjoyed this project and I hope you have a Valentine’s Day that is filled with love! BIG HUGS!
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Dream It ATC


I adore ATC and Paperclay - so I had to put the two together. So here is my Steampunk meets Tim Burton project.... the center image remind me of steampunk but the color are more Tim Burton...

Supplies:
Paperclay
Molds - mine are from Sweetbrier Studio - which i beleive is not longer in business, but any molds works... Cookie Molds, Candy Molds - or you can make your own...
Bottle Cap
Crystal Lacquer
1" hole punch
Twinkling H2O's
Stamp: Don't Dream it... be it.... from Viva Las Vegastamps!
Ink: Memories Dye Ink "Mint and Pink" and Black ink...
White Cardstock - for the stamp quote
ATC - EcoArt Board from Viva Las Vegastamps!

Direction:
1) I added Paperclay to my molds and let paperclay Dry over night... Pop out the PaperClay piece and started to paint with my Twinkling H2O's....
2) using my 1" hole punch I punch out a steampunk image and adhere to my bottle cap using my Crystal lacquer. then I filled the bottle cap with more Crystal Lacquer. Set aside to dry...
3) Added Mint Dye Ink to my ATC, then I went around the edge using my Pink Dye Ink...
4) Stamped my "Don't Dream it - be it" onto white cardstock and only cut of the two words I need "Dream and It"
5) Now all my parts are dry and really to assemble. Using my Crystal Lacquer - great adhesive - drys clear will not show. I adhere all my parts down to my ATC....
6) Remember to add your ATC info on the back - I try and do this BEFORE i put my ATC together...

I really had fun with this project! I don't claim to be able to mold stuff from paperclay as some of my other Teammate do (Aren't they great at it)- But I can place into per-made molds... See you do can make ART with Creative Paperclay!

TTFN
Terri Sproul - here is my blog